Events in the Middle East: PDX Discussion

host is Jim Lommasson

Panel Discussion: A conversation about events in the Middle East with American soldiers and members of the Portland Iraqi community

Saturday, January 30, 3:00pm

Hosted by Blue Sky Gallery and Jim Lommasson in conjunction with the
Exit Wounds and What We Carried exhibitions at Blue Sky through January 31.

Jim Lommasson will lead a conversation with former US soldiers and members of the Portland Iraq community. We hope that the audience will participate in the conversation.

The Panel:
Jonathan Sanford, Oregon National Guard, former Veterans advocate for US Senator Ron Wyden, currently Director at Oregon Veterans Lobby.
Dr. Baher Butti, Ph.D. Psychiatry Specialist, Former Director of Al Rashad Psychiatric Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Dilshad Rahim, University of Sulaimani, U.S. Army, Portland State University
…and more.

Saturday, January 30, 3:00pm

Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/

“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
― Langston Hughes

https://thepeaceresource.com/2015/01/24/dreams-dreamers-and-dreaming/