Student Summit 2008
April 4 - 6, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
Iranian Alliances Across Borders held its first Iranian-American Student Summit during the weekend of April 4th-6th, 2008 at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
The 2008 Student Summit brought together Iranian-American student leaders from around the country, committed to building partnerships and fostering increased future collaboration among their various student organizations. The student leaders were able to share their ideas and knowledge of issues regarding publicity tools and effective organizational management, helping them become more effective leaders in the Iranian diaspora community.
IAAB hopes to continue the Student Summit on a bi-annual basis, to build upon the foundation of leadership- and community-building set by the 2008 Student Summit.
- Iranian Student Cultural Aesthetic Organization (ISC AO), UC Davis
- Harvard Persian Society, Harvard University
- Persian Students Association, MIT
- Wellesley Persian Students’ Association, Wellesley College
- Iranian Student Alliance in America, UC Berkeley
- Iranian Students' Cultural Organization, UC Berkeley
- Persian Students Cultural Club, Boston University
- Iranian Students Association, Georgia Tech
- Harvard Iranian Students Association, Harvard University
- Persian Association, North Dakota State University
- Persian Cultural Society, New York University
IAAB’s first Student Summit aimed to provide an opportunity for student leaders from around the country to get to know other Iranian-American student leaders on a personal level, while promoting increased and regular communication between student groups. The Summit gave students the unique opportunity to reflect on shared challenges and strategies for running an effective student organization, and inspired student leaders to re-imagine the role that a student group can play in the Iranian-American community. New ideas were encouraged regarding the role that an Iranian-American student group can play within the American university community. Click here to view the complete schedule of the Student Summit.
Speakers at the summit are listed below, and their biographies are available here.
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Banafsheh Akhlaghi, Esq., Founder and President of the National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement (NLSCA)
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Mahdis Keshavarz, Principal of The Make Agency and Director of Media and Public Relations at BoomGen Studios
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Ms. Niloofar Nouri of The Persian Center at Berkeley and Founder of UC Berkeley’s Iranian Student Cultural Organization (ISCO)
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Niaz Kasravi, Director of Community Relations for the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA)
Many thanks to The PARSA Foundation and the Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College, whose generous support helped make the Student Summit possible.
