Emergency Rally - Say No to The Nazis!: Moh Kilani, of the Truman National Security Project, speaking at Westlake Park, Seattle, Washington, August 20, 2017

• Main Author: Kinsey, Kristin
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Pacific; Ramos; Vance
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/p16786coll16/id/3017

Moh Kilani is a native of Iraq, but now calls the Pacific Northwest home. Moh has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a master’s in Applied International Studies from the University of Washington. With a wide array of experience, ranging from export to North Africa, to Arctic sub-nationalism to working directly with Syrian refugees, Moh brings a creative approach to strategy. He is a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, and was an Arctic Initiative Fellow with the International Policy Institute at the University of Washington. PH Coll 1494. KinseyK27 On August 20, 2017, the organization Americans For Refugees & Immigrants (AfRI) called for a demonstration against white supremacist violence, the Trump presidency, neo-Nazism, anti-Semitism, racism, as well as the influence of Sebastian Gorka and Stephen Miller in the White House. This rally was held in response to the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 11 and 12, 2017, where Heather Heyer was killed. AfRI decried President Trump’s response to the “violence, misogyny, anti-Semitism, and racism in Charlotte” as “lukewarm”, according to their Facebook page. The event was also supported by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Washington Congressman Adam Smith, and the Truman National Security Project. Demonstrators gathered at Westlake Park to hear speeches from Michael Ramos, of the Church Council of Greater Seattle, Ross Cohen, of the Truman National Security Project, Cary Moon, candidate for Seattle Governor, Sheley Secrest, Vice President of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Chris Vance, former chair of the Washington State Republican Party, Rabbi David Basior, of Kadima Reconstructionist Community, and Rabbi Jim Mirel, rabbi emeritus at Temple B’nai Torah.