News Release from: City of Beaverton
BEAVERTON'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMISSION CONVENES CULTURAL CONVERSATION
Posted: August 21st, 2012 10:54 AM
Beaverton's Human Rights Advisory Commission (HRAC) continues their Cultural Conversations by hosting a forum featuring local Persian immigrants on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaverton City Library (12375 5th Street).
"Embracing our differences is imperative to our community's overall success," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "Beaverton is a welcoming and diverse city. We are striving to build relationships and encourage all of our residents to let their voices be heard."
Residents Ray Jaffari, Sepidah Rabii, Massoud Saberian, and Bahram Bahmanyr will share what led them to settle in Beaverton and discuss some of the difficulties and joys they have encountered.
Jaffari is a restaurant owner, originally from Tehran; Saberian is a civil and traffic engineer with extensive volunteer involvement; Rabii came to Beaverton in 1986 and works at Oregon Health and Science University as a microbiologist; Bahram came to Beaverton some 40 years ago and works as a program supervisor with Impact NW.
"The Human Rights Advisory Commission is continuing its effort to break down barriers, "said Rob Solomon, HRAC chair. "We have such a wealth of talent and experience among the various groups in Beaverton. It is through sharing those experiences that we can enable greater understanding and acceptance. We are grateful to have these wonderful members of the Persian Community join us."
The Commission's regular meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. The forum will begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information about HRAC, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov/HRAC or contact Rob Solomon at 503-644-9696.
ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMISSION
HRAC's mission is to safeguard the rights of all citizens and promote mutual understanding. The Commission helps citizens and government in the city of Beaverton to achieve the goal of embracing and celebrating diversity, eliminating bigotry and enhancing a sense of community. HRAC continues to be involved in a number of programs that promote basic human rights in the community. The two largest of these are the annual Human Rights Award and Creative Expression Contest.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton enjoys one of the most diverse populations among Oregon cities. Most recently, the city was awarded the 2012 Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton has been named one of the safest cities in the Pacific Northwest for three consecutive years, as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency'
s Green Power Communities, the Beaverton Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. For more information, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofbeaverton.
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