Community Statement on May 26th, 2017 Killings by White Supremacist
First, a personal note of apology. In two separate postings on DU, I incorrectly characterized this horrific event that took place in my neighborhood yesterday as a terrorist attack. It was a way of venting my extreme frustration and outrage, but it could more properly be described as a hate crime.
May 27, 2017
We are grieving the brutal stabbing and murder of two courageous bystanders who sought to disrupt a potential assault on a Muslim woman on the TriMet Hollywood MAX station. We extend our heartfelt care and support to the people and their families impacted by this trauma. This senseless tragedy happened on the eve of the Holy Month of Ramadan, a period that draws Muslim communities together with intentions for peace and harmony by centering our purpose and relationship with God.
We wish to extend our gratitude to fellow commuters who spoke out against racist and xenophobic taunts. We expect that those responsible for their deaths are held accountable, and that we will seek community-driven ways to restore safety. News that the perpetrator was a known White Supremacist, and was intimidating People of Color, Immigrants and Refugees on April 29th on 82nd Ave calls us to be vigilant in our resistance.
This horrific violence requires us to reflect deeply on root causes, and is not an excuse to further militarize our communities. We believe in a world where everyone lives without fear of discrimination, exclusion or harm. May more Oregonians take action to interrupt hate and stand for love. In these terrible moments, we are reminded of our fragile humanity and the need to build institutions around the inherent worth and dignity of all people, institutions that function as systems of care.
Here are several concrete ways community members can show support:
Show up for the Vigil Saturday May 27th 8:30pm and at upcoming public demonstrations planned to resist oppression (more info TBD). There will be a City Press Conference at 3:30pm on E Burnside and 47th ave.
Attend the Portland Ramadan Tent Project, an interfaith sharing of Iftar - the breaking of the Ramadan fast - this weekend.
Join, lead or start an organizing group and educate yourself about the legacy of White supremacy and White nationalism in Oregon (A few resources: One Oregon Coalition, Interview with Scot Nakagawa, Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About This Podcast)
Place a Solidarity Sign in your home or place of business or school
We all have a role in creating the society we live in. As organizations and individuals committed to human rights, we are dedicated to confronting the forces of hate and building movements for social justice. May we find courage and purpose, challenge anti-Muslim Islamophobia, and foster community that ensures each of us have the rights, resources and recognition to thrive.
Sincerely,
Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons, Executive Director
APANO and APANO Communities United Fund
Diego Hernandez, Oregon State Representative
Lew Frederick, Oregon State Senator
Karin Power, Oregon State Representative
Jessica Vega Pederson, Multnomah County Commissioner
Andrea Valderrama, David Douglas School Board
Ann Lininger, Oregon State Representative
Ana del Rocío, David Douglas School Board Member-Elect
Janelle Bynum, Oregon State Representative
Chloe Eudaly, City of Portland Commissioner
Wajdi Said, Muslim Education Trust
Andy Miller, Human Solutions Inc.
Rania Ayoub, Muslim Education Trust
Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Duncan Hwang, APANO and APANO Communities Fund
Khanh Le, State Director, Main Street Alliance of Oregon
Mary Nolan, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon
Rev. Michael Ellick Senior Minister, First Congregational United Church of Christ
Jan Elfers, Executive Director, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Andrea Paluso, Executive Director, Family Forward Oregon and Family Forward Action
Kayse Jama, Executive Director, Unite Oregon
Nancy Haque, Co-Executive Director, Basic Rights Oregon
Amy Herzfeld-Copple, Co-Executive Director, Basic Rights Oregon
Grayson Dempsey, Executive Director, NARAL Pro Choice Oregon
Rev. Lynne Smouse Lopez, Pastor, Ainsworth United Church Of Christ
Jackie Yerby, Executive Director, Bradley Angle
Toya Fick, Executive Director, Stand for Children Oregon Chapter
Nikki Fisher, Executive Director, Bus Project and Co-Director of New Leaders Council Portland Chapter
Charles McGee, Executive Director, Black Parent Initiative
Jackie Leung, Chair, Micronesian Islander Community of Oregon
Andrea Williams, Executive Director, Causa Oregon
Rev. Barbara Stevens, Universalist Recovery Church
Alan Hipolito, Executive Director, Verde
Bobbin Singh, Executive Director , Oregon Justice Resource Center
Jillian Schoene, Executive Director, Emerge Oregon
Rev. Kit Ketcham, Pacific Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Ashnie Butler, Regional Outreach Director, Family Forward Oregon.
Rev. Tracy Springberry, West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Maureen Andersen, Event Coordinator, Portland Indivisible
Samantha Gladu, Co-Director, New Leaders Council Portland Chapter
Noel Mickelberry, Executive Director, Oregon Walks
Huy Ong, Executive Director, OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon
Patricia Rojas, Executive Director, El Programa Hispano Catolico
Lamar Wise, Oregon Student Association Legislative Director
Rev. Ron Werner, Jr, Oregon Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Sasha Vidales, Director, Creative Goal Solutions
David Rogers, Executive Director, ACLU of Oregon
Cindy Casama Gerber, Community Member
Aimee Santos-Lyons, APANO Member
Bea Downing, Community Member
Zeenia Junkeer, Community Member
Marlie Cardiff, Community Member
Heather Fercho, Community Member
Amy Casso, Gender Justice Program Dir, Western States Center
Rachel Hirsch, Community Member
Jim Labbe & Rita Sabler, Community Members
Megan and William Bird, Community Members
Beatriz Gutierrez, Community Member
Vivian Satterfield, Community Member
Natalie Lerner, Community Member
Ivan Hernandez, Community Member
Megan Kovacs, Community Member
Whitney Grubbs, Community Member
Channbunmorl (Chom) Sou, CEO of JustBarz
Yian Saechao, APANO Youth Organizer
Koua Moua, Community Member
Jamee Greer, Community Member with Western States Center
Andrew Riley, Community Engagement Coordinator, 1000 Friends of Oregon
Kathryn Moran, Community Engagement Coordinator, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Gary Moran, Community Member
Rachel Post, Community Member
Marissa Yang Bertucci, Community Member, Portland Public Schools
Se-ah-dom Edmo, Movement Building Director, Western States Center
Ashlee Albies, Portland National Lawyers Guild
Maria Delgado Miembro y Líder de la Comunidad
Rujuta Gaonkar, Community Member
Kristin Teigen, Community Member and board member, Oregon NOW
Katherine McDowell, ACLU of Oregon Board Member and VP of Litigation
Ben Sand, Community Member
Kenneth Lerner, Co-President, Havurah Shalom
Thach Nguyen, APANO Board
Felicia Williams, President, Portland Downtown Neighborhood Association
Alma Trinidad, community member, scholar activist
Lisa Watson, Community Activist
Dmae Roberts, executive producer, MediaRites
Sara Gelser, State Senator
The Rev Jeremy Lucas, Christ Church Episcopal Parish, Board Member, Institute for Christian Muslim Understanding
Sarah Iannarone, Community Member
Rev. Judy Welles, Unitarian Universalist Association
Laurie Huffman, Executive Director, Oregon School-Based Health Alliance
Annette Mattson, Trustee-elect, Mt Hood Community College
Katie Rose, Executive Director, Oregon Support Services Association
Leah Benson, Community Member
Sophorn Cheang, Director, IRCO Asian Family Center
Ali King, President, Nasty Women Get Shit Done PDX
Judith Mowry, City of Portland Office of Equity and Human Rights
Marcus Swift, Director of Political and Legislative Affairs, American Federation of Teachers-Oregon
Heather Nicholas, Community Member
Daisy Quiñonez, Community Member
Ashley Thirstrup, Community Member and Kay Hutchinson
Raahi Reddy, APANO Board
Dahabolul Khadija Fai, Community Member
Amy Fellows, Executive Director, We Can Do Better
Meera Kumar, Community Member
Charlotte Lumae, Educator, Community Organizer
gita mehrotra, community member
Amanda Rhoads, Community Member
Rev. George William Whitfield, Pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church-PDX.
Renee Ramey, North Plains Grassroots
Kathleen Jeskey, Oregon BATs
Patti Duncan, Community Member
Athen O'Shea, Q Center Board of Directors, Greater Portland Trans Unity
Kirsten Saladow, Director of Communications, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Kristan Kennedy, Visual Art Curator, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
The Rev. Maureen-Elizabeth Hagen, Episcopal Diocese of Oregon; President, Association for Episcopal Deacons
Dr. John Talberth, President, Center for Sustainable Economy
Daphne Wysham, West Linn Alliance for Inclusive Community
Megan Rutherford, Co-President, Action Together Oregon
Dr. Amelia Nestler, Director, Action Together Oregon
Christine Lewis, Community Member
Christine Chin Ryan and Pat Ryan, Community Members
Rachel Prusak, Nurse and Community Member
Cyreena Boston Ashby, Community Member
Diane L. Grover, Portland Immigration Attorney
Kali Thorne Ladd, Community Member
Stephen Green, community member
Raquel Bournhonesque, community member
Lisa Bates, community member
Sonali Sangeeta Balajee, Consultant and Senior Fellow, Haasstitute, UC Berkeley
Katie Potter, Retired Portland Police Officer
Patrik McDade, People-Places-Things Program Director
Jenny Glass, Executive Director, The Rosewood Initiative
Martha Perez, General Political Activist
Jerry Anderson, Disability Rights Advocate
Cari Luna, Chapter Chair, Portland Democratic Socialists of America
Val Hoyle, Community Member
Amanda Lamb, Board President, Montavilla Food Cooperative
Rachele Avolio community member
Tera Couchman Wick, concerned citizen
Katherine McGuiness, Board President, The Network for Reproductive Options
Traci Rossi, Executive Director, Center for Women’s Leadership
Jamie Partridge, Portland Jobs with Justice
Jodi Ballard-Beach, Co-chair, Oregon Women's Equity Coalition
Amy Ruiz, community member
Hanif Fazal, Executive Director of the Center for Equity and Inclusion
Danielle Trammell, community member
Steph Routh, Community & Marketing Manager, Community Cycling Center.
Roberta Phillip-Robbins, MRG Foundation
CJ Robbins, Black Male Achievement, Office of Equity & Human Rights, City of Portland
Anne Marie Hiestand, Community Member
Tatiana Elejalde, Office of Equity & Human Rights, City of Portland
Koffi Dessou, President of Togo Community Organization of Oregon (TOGO CORE)
Carrie Lanza, Lecturer, University of Washington, Bothell
Nickole Cheron, Office of Equity and Human Rights
M’lissa Wetherell, Community Member
Mark McKechnie, Executive Director, Youth, Rights & Justice
Terri Preeg Riggsby, Board Chair, West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
Robin Eisenbach, Facilitator at the Center for Equity and Inclusion
Kelley Weigel, Executive Director, Western States Center
Kyle & Renee Curtis, Community Members
Kelli Brandt, Community Member
Dante J. James, Director, Office of Equity and Human Rights
Suphaphon Wendy Phanthadeth-Aguinaldo, community member
Terri Akey, community member
Malcolm J. Chaddock, Veterans For Peace CH 72 and Individuals For Justice
Tazma Ahmed-Datta, community member
Emily von W. Gilbert, community member
Judith Eda, community member
Leslie Honey, Community Member
Steve Demerest, president, SEIU Local 503
Qwo-Li Driskill, Community Member
Sarita Amaya, Community Member
Susan Rives Denight, Community Member
Blanca Garcia-Rinder & Keiran Wright, Community Members
Kelley Weigel, Western States Center
Rev. Bill Sinkford, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church of Portland
Rev. Thomas Disrud, Associate Minister, First Unitarian Church of Portland
Rev. Dr. Emily Brault
Cyndi Swaney, Community Member
Janet Byrd, Executive Director, Neighborhood Partnerships
Rev. Heather Rion Starr, native Portland Oregonian, Co-Minister, Unitarian Society of Hartford, CT
Jessica Marks, Co-President, The Refugee Center Online
Mohamud Ali, Board Member, The Refugee Center Online, and Community Member
Dr. Aileen Alfonso Duldulao, Community Member
Rujuta Gaonkar, Community Member
Sandy Bacharach, Community Member
Jessica Katz, Project Coordinator Family Preservation Project
Shweta Moorthy, Coalition of Communities of Color
Constance Cloak, Member of the West Linn Alliance of Inclusive Community
Stephen Marc Beaudoin, board chair, Multnomah Education Service District
Lisa Lyon, Laurelhurst Resident
Sari Storch Mathes, new Oregonian
Hannah Love, Campaign Manager, A Better Oregon
Beth Haworth-Kaufka, community member
Eli Haworth-Kaufka, community member
Heidi Guenin, community member
Meg Niemi, President SEIU Local 49
Brian Rudiger, Executive Director SEIU Local 503
Claire Bosworth, on behalf of SURJ Strategic Direct Action Group
Marty Lowrey, LCSW School of Social Work Portland State University and Community member
Jefferson Smith, XRAY.FM
Rebecca Channer, Interim CEO, Community Cycling Center
Michelle Murphy Ramey, Educational Activist
Melissa Laurie, community member
Nikki Suydam, Middle School Teacher
Nancy Davis, community member
A.C Caldwell, Community Chaplain
Sierra Willett, Community Member
Stephanie Bryson, BSW Director, School of Social Work, Portland State University
Beckie Child, adjunct faculty Portland State University School of Social Work & community member
Laura Burney Nissen, Dean and Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University and community member
Don Nissen, Elementary School Educator and community member
Sue Hildick, President, Chalkboard Project
Aaron Schultz, teacher, father, community member
Ann Curry-Stevens, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University
Tara Kim, community member
Andy Ko, Executive Director, Partnership for Safety and Justice
Emily Crum, President, Reynolds Education Association
Alejandra Barragán, Oregon Education Association Board Member
Arthur Towers, Community Member
Wayne Scott, Community Member
Zakiya Williamson, Board Chair, Momentum Alliance
Liathana Dalton, President, Interfaith Council of Greater Portland
Kyra Butler, Vice President, Interfaith Council of Greater Portland
Rory Judah Blank, Steering Committee Member, Students of Color Caucus at PSU School of Social Work
Carol Bresky, community member
Stephanie Wahab, Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University
Molly Chidsey, NE Portland community member and board member of Our 42nd Avenue and Social Justice Fund
Aaron Brown, Community Member
Charles Gallia, community member
Patty Unfred, Metro Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Dr. T. Allen Bethel and Robin M. Johnson, Portland African American Leadership Forum (PAALF), Executive Committee Co-Chairs
Bill Boyd, community member,
Sam Gioia MSW Assistant Professor of Social Work Practice, Portland State University.Nancy Campbell Mead, board member of the National Organization for Women (NOW)- Oregon
John Mulvey, Community Member
Ravi Khanna, Director Philanthropy for Change
The Rev. Marianne Allison, Chaplain, William Temple House
Linda Robinson, Community Member
Gloria Rhyne, Community Member and member of Nasty Women Get Shit Done PDX
Ashley Henry, Chief Collaboration Officer, Business For A Better Portland
Bobbie Regan, former Portland School Board Member
Theresa M. Kohlhoff, Lake Oswego City Councilor
Robin Stevens, Co-Chair, Vernon Neighborhood Association
Sarah Shaoul, Community Member
Wendy Wolfgang Community member
Britt Conroy, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Ellen Rubinstein, Board Member, Montavilla Food Cooperative
Scotty and Katie Ellis, Community members
Ruby Grad, Community member and Buddhist minister
Cynthia Towle DeVore, proud Presbyterian, retired public school teacher, community member
John Wolfgang, community member
Stephanie Ghoston Paul, Co-Founder of Da Lab PDX, community member
Maxime Paul, Founder of CMD Sense, Co-Founder of Da Lab PDX, community member
Brooke O’Dell, community member
Allan Lazo, executive director, Fair Housing Council of Oregon
Helen Buckingham, BSW Student, PSU
June S. McCandless, BSW
Jennifer Bell, East County Church of Christ leadership & board member Intergenerational Outreach Choir
Noland Bell, community member
The Rev Dr Caroline Litzenberger, St Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Portland, and Christ Church Episcopal Parish, Lake Oswego
Spencer Trumm, community member
Michele Roland-Schwartz, Executive Director, on behalf of the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force
Lauren Goche, Dwell Realty, Community Member
Lori Rodriguez, former resident of Portland, Communications Director at Equality for Her
Ben Maurer, RESPECT Oregon
Christina Nicoaidis, Professor, Portland State University; Director, Social Determinants of Health Initiative
Sarah Andrea, PhD Student, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
Vanessa Sanchez, community member
Kathy Selvaggio, community member
Leigh Grover, SW PhD Student, PSU
Julie A. Evans, Ph.D., Psychologist, Director, Pastoral Counseling Center
Benno Lyon, Teacher, Corbett High School, Community member
Katherine Lattimer, Community Memeber
Ned Rosch and Maxine Fookson, Jewish Voice for Peace
Ana Ortega Bustamante Portland State BSW Student
Bob Brown, Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice
Amber Keller, community member
Lisa George, Sociology Faculty, Portland Community College
Becky Wright, community member
Beth Crane, Community Member
Musse Olol. Chairman, Somali American Council Of Oregon (SACOO)
Ned Rosch and Maxine Fookson--Jewish Voice for Peace
Ridhi D’Cruz, Co-Director, City Repair Project
The Rev. Beth Neel, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Portland
Michelle DePass, City of Portland Housing and Community Member
Angela Uherbelau, Emerge Oregon Board Member, Irvington School PTA Member
Colin Bondi, SE Portland
Deborah Solheim, North Portland
Marco Mejia, Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition - PIRC, Migrant Collective
CollectiveColective, Portland
Stacey Triplett, Community member
Tara Stephenson, community member
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