Khan, Zakir

Zakir Khan is a Program Manager and Trainer/Organizer at Western States Center and serves as the Board Chair for CAIR-Oregon. Zakir’s ability to engage with businesses on a social entrepreneurship level has successfully led to getting Major League Soccer to drop their ban on the Iron Front flag and has also led to hate groups being de-platformed from fundraising websites. He also recently led hate crime reform efforts in Oregon that strongly support survivors and tracks hate crimes and incidents. Prior to joining Western States Center, he served as a Professor of Communication at Linn-Benton Community College and at Broward College.