Prominent figures in law enforcement will join Eastern for an anti-terrorism forum titled “From ‘Black September’ to September 11” Monday.

The forum will be held from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lumpkin Auditorium. After the discussion, two panels will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Charleston/Mattoon Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union where questions can be answered.

The forum will be based on the first major terrorist attack which occurred at the Munich Olympics in September of 1972 and the attacks on September 11, 2001 in the US.

“We want to tie these attacks together because both were led by terrorists from Germany,” said Ping Chen, leader of Eastern’s Public Policy Institute.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the attacks at Munich and the one year anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Reinhard Rupprecht, commander of the Munich Olympic Village Security Forces at the time of the Munich Olympic attacks, will speak about what it was like during the time of the terrorism attacks. He will talk about what it’s been like in Germany since the Munich attacks, and what they’ve done as a country to prepare for any attacks in the future.

Matt Bettenhausen, the Illinois Deputy Governor for Homeland Security, and Jim Burns, Inspector General for the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State, will speak about what preparations Illinois has made after September 11 and what future plans they have made for the safety of Illinois. They also will concentrate on the topic of forged ID’s because terrorists use them.

“Our goal is to bring the issues of importance to the faculty and students through the presentation of experts and people who were at the terrorism attacks,” Chen said.

The Public Policy Institute will sponsor this event.

The public is welcome and the event is free.