EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST: A FREE LECTURE SERIES AT ROSE SCHNITZER MANOR

Cedar Sinai Park invites you to join our Rose Schnitzer Manor residents for the final presentation in our lecture series dealing with the Middle East. Guest speaker Baher Butti’s goal in this lecture is to help bridge cultural gaps by introducing us to  his Iraqi culture and Portland’s growing  Iraqi  refugee community. As more new people come to Portland, the city is making an effort to become more sensitive to the needs of new Portlanders. There is an honest desire from the larger community to reach out to new communities. As newcomers to Oregon, we also must make the effort to bridge the communication gaps and build mutual understanding with the larger society, and bridging cultural gaps between the two communities