APPAC Supports The Bravest Trio!
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We - Board Members of American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee and its chairman - Dr. Ijaz Ahmad recently helped to alleviate one of the most burdensome moments of American history.
American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee (APPAC) is an US based based PAC whose mission is elevating the status of Pakistani Americans and promoting better relations between the U.S. and Pakistan by encouraging the full participation of Pakistani Americans in political, social-economic and cultural areas of life, improving interfaith harmony, and helping candidates and organizations which vigorously oppose discrimination.
Back in May of 2017, three men were stabbed for their acts of kindness in defending teenagers on a Portland light-rail.
Jeremy Joseph Christian, a 35-year-old convicted felon. is accused of fatally knifing three men who were trying to protect two African-American girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab, on a Portland light-rail train. Christian shouted ethnic and religious slurs at the two young women, the Portland Police Department said in a statement.
The three men that intervened were stabbed by Christian. Ricky John Best, 53, died at the scene, while Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, died at a hospital, police said. Micah David-Cole Fletcher of 21, who was another victim, remained in a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The relatives of the victims will attend the 9th annual scholarship dinner of the NYPD’s Muslim Officers Society at Terrace on the Park in Corona, Queens. During this dinner, the APPAC is planning to hand over $13,000 to the families of the Portland victims that was raised by the committee via GoFundMe.com.
No amount of money will bring back the victims, but American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee (APPAC) does hope to lessen their burden in some way and show heartfelt appreciation for their heroic acts against Islamophobia and bigotry.
APPAC condemns all forms of violence, hate crimes and bias attacks regardless of the religion, ethnic origin, language and place of residence of the perpetrators. We call on all members of our constituent communities to take note of, document and report to us such instances of hate crimes, bias attacks and individual cases of discrimination. History proves that the easiest position to take in such instances - staying indifferent and uninvolved is often the worst course of action or inaction we can take as a humanity.
American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee (APPAC) is an US based based PAC whose mission is elevating the status of Pakistani Americans and promoting better relations between the U.S. and Pakistan by encouraging the full participation of Pakistani Americans in political, social-economic and cultural areas of life, improving interfaith harmony, and helping candidates and organizations which vigorously oppose discrimination.
Back in May of 2017, three men were stabbed for their acts of kindness in defending teenagers on a Portland light-rail.
Jeremy Joseph Christian, a 35-year-old convicted felon. is accused of fatally knifing three men who were trying to protect two African-American girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab, on a Portland light-rail train. Christian shouted ethnic and religious slurs at the two young women, the Portland Police Department said in a statement.
The three men that intervened were stabbed by Christian. Ricky John Best, 53, died at the scene, while Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, died at a hospital, police said. Micah David-Cole Fletcher of 21, who was another victim, remained in a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The relatives of the victims will attend the 9th annual scholarship dinner of the NYPD’s Muslim Officers Society at Terrace on the Park in Corona, Queens. During this dinner, the APPAC is planning to hand over $13,000 to the families of the Portland victims that was raised by the committee via GoFundMe.com.
No amount of money will bring back the victims, but American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee (APPAC) does hope to lessen their burden in some way and show heartfelt appreciation for their heroic acts against Islamophobia and bigotry.
APPAC condemns all forms of violence, hate crimes and bias attacks regardless of the religion, ethnic origin, language and place of residence of the perpetrators. We call on all members of our constituent communities to take note of, document and report to us such instances of hate crimes, bias attacks and individual cases of discrimination. History proves that the easiest position to take in such instances - staying indifferent and uninvolved is often the worst course of action or inaction we can take as a humanity.
Organizer
Ijaz Ahmad
Organizer
Old Westbury, NY
