Monday, December 11, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Muslim Educational Trust: 2nd Floor Al-Andalusia Hall
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, OR 97223

Join us for an engaging discussion about developing affordable housing from the perspective of a non-profit housing development corporation. Our keynote speakers will be Rachael Duke, Executive Director of Community Partners for Affordable Housing; and Amanda Saul, Housing Development Consultant.

Sponsored By MET Professional Network (MPN)

Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) was founded in 1993 by faith-based organizations in the Tigard and Tualatin area to address the need of people experiencing housing instability and homelessness. Today CPAH is a non-profit (501 C 3) community housing development organization that provides 372 units of affordable housing in Washington County (primarily Tigard and Beaverton) and Southwest Portland. CPAH is known for creative, sustainable and beautiful developments. CPAH also provides resident services, including youth services, services for seniors aging in place, partnerships with agencies that support our most vulnerable residents, eviction prevention and housing stabilization. CPAH is part of the housing advocacy community in Washington and Multnomah counties and works to educate our community on the need for housing affordability as a key component of a resilient community. And CPAH is absolutely committed to managing our assets as the precious resources that they are for the long term.

Press Release: Oregon Islamic Academy Senior, Ibrahim Ibrahim (Class of 2018), First MET Student Admitted to Harvard University in Fall 2018

Tigard, Oregon, USA ­12/15/2017 - On behalf of the Muslim Educational Trust Board of Trustees, Board of Directors, and Staff, we wish to extend our warmest congratulations to Oregon Islamic Academy Senior student, Ibrahim Ibrahim (Class of 2018), for being MET's First Student to be admitted to Harvard Class of 2022 under the Early Action program. Praise be to Allah, this is a huge milestone and a unique accomplishment for our Oregon Islamic Academy High School that celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year.

Friday, January 26th, 2018 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Muslim Educational Trust: 2nd Floor Al-Andalusia Hall
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, OR 97223

Join us for an engaging discussion titled "Islamapobia and the Three Evils of Society." Our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Hatem Bazian, Co-founder and Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College. Dr. Bazian will look back at Martin Luther King's last speech on the three evils of society: militarism, materialism and racism, which he critiqued and offered alternatives to the future of American society. "Islamaphobia today emerges out of the same three evils that are utilized to target and demonize Muslims."

About Dr. Hatem Bazian

Hatem Bazian is a co-founder and Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College, the 1st Accredited Muslim Liberal Arts College in the United States. In addition, Prof. Bazian is a lecturer in the Departments of Near Eastern and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bazian between 2002-2007, also served as an adjunct professor of law at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches courses on Islamic Law and Society, Islam in America: Communities and Institutions, De-Constructing Islamophobia and Othering of Islam, Religious Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies. In addition to Berkeley, Prof. Bazian served as a visiting Professor in Religious Studies at Saint Mary's College of California 2001-2007 and adviser to the Religion, Politics and Globalization Center at UC Berkeley.