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40 <br />• Daughter in high school wears headscarf; do not feel safe any longer having her walk to school. Especially after the <br />election, I drive her to school. <br />• All have kids in this generation who will be adults who will not be able to live to the fullest because they don’t feel <br />accepted. <br /> <br />Higher Education <br />• To be honest, the president and vice-president are working very hard to make campus welcoming; still on campus <br />you might face hate crimes; getting emails and contact from the VP about how it’s going, those efforts are very <br />meaningful. <br /> <br />Social Services <br /> <br /> <br />Hostile Political Environment <br />• UO campus has incidents since Trump campaign. <br />• Were incidents this year on the street after convention; had three people yell at me to go home. <br />• President tells rednecks it is ok to mistreat Muslims. <br />• Today we’re hearing Muslims will be forced to register; it’s telling everyone who is a bigot that it’s ok to go and do <br />whatever you want with others who are different from you. <br />• Jewish community has said they will register as Muslims if there is a registration. <br />• The night after the election, we had some high schoolers painting their faces black in front of the African Student <br />Union. The election has unleashed the racism inside of people. <br />• My experiences since the election have been great and positive; since the election I have received comfort and <br />support; I’m glad that people are being nice to me. <br />• I used to feel safe and okay about going out. Since the election, I don’t feel the same. I don’t go out now without my <br />husband or others. Don’t feel safe, especially since I wear a headscarf. <br />• I also don’t feel as safe walking places. <br />• My experiences have been great and positive. Since the election, I received comfort and support. I’m glad people are <br />being nice to me. <br /> <br />Micro-aggressions <br />• Looking at men, you wouldn’t know if we were Muslim or not; with women wearing head scarves people know <br />right away you are Muslim; with men they get to know us first and then find out; the experience is different. <br />• People have come to me to say they have voted for Trump and then say sorry; I don’t have time for that. <br />• I personally don’t like when people say sorry to me; I get it but it’s not their responsibility. I want to be left alone; <br />saying sorry doesn’t help me. <br />• People expect Muslims to apologize if terrorism occurs elsewhere; it’s not my job to apologize for these acts. <br /> <br /> <br />Isolation and Need for Safe Space <br />• If you are new, go to mosque because, once you go there, you fall in love with the community. Small group of <br />people, know everyone personally. <br />• Eugene safe, no incidents, good place to raise family. <br />• Love it here. <br />• Safe place, no incidents. <br />• Eugene is very accepting. <br />• Other faith communities show support. <br />• Even mellow Eugene has some hate among them; since 9/11 we have had incidents at the mosque where people <br />came from the community and stood outside with signs saying we are here to protect you. <br />• After 9/11 and vandalism at my business, I received many cards, flowers and calls offering support. Incidents that <br />were bad were one percent and the good responses by the community were overwhelming majority. <br /> <br />Intersectionality <br /> <br /> <br />Differences Within Muslim Community <br /> <br />September 12, 2018, Work Session - Item 1