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June 5th 2011 - Los Angeles, CA
Screening of the Glass House & Panel Discussion
Join Nayereh Tohidi, Masserat Amir-Ebrahimi and Marjaneh Halati to see The Glass House documentary and hear about and discuss the problems faced by marginalised young women in Iranian society
147 Dodd Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
5.00 - 6.30pm Film screening (The Glass House)
6.30 - 7.30pm Panel discussion and Q&A with Nayereh Tohidi, Masserat Amir-Ebrahimi and Marjaneh Halati
5.00 - 6.30pm Film screening (The Glass House)
6.30 - 7.30pm Panel discussion and Q&A with Nayereh Tohidi, Masserat Amir-Ebrahimi and Marjaneh Halati
Nayereh Tohidi is the Chair at the Department of Gender & Women Studies, California State University, Northridge. She is also the Research Associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies of UCLA where she has been coordinating the Bilingual Lecture Series on Iran since 2003. Her teaching and research areas include sociology of gender, religion (Islam), ethnicity and democracy in the Middle East and post-Soviet Central Eurasia, especially Iran and Azerbaijan Republic. Her publications include editorship or authorship of: Globalization, Gender and Religion: The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts; Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity within Unity; and Feminism, Democracy and Islamism in Iran.
Masserat Amir-Ebrahimi currently teaches in the Sociology Department at UCLA and is the Nikkie Keddie Balzan Fellow at that institution, a position she has previously held in 2006-2007. She has also taught at Tehran University and her writings have been published in Persian, French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish. Her research interests focus on the city ofTehran, women, youth, public spaces, public sphere, cyberspace and weblog writing.
Marjaneh Halati is a London-based social psychologist and psychotherapist. She studied at the LSE and the University of Cambridge, where her studies focused on domestic violence and the institution of marriage in Iranian society. She is the founder and executive chairperson of the Omid Foundation Group, which has branches in Iran, the UK and the US. The Omid concept is her brainchild, and it is her vision that has created its distinctive holistic approach to helping its vulnerable young female clients achieve self-awareness, self-determination and self-sufficiency in modern Iranian society.
Click Here to RSVP
Inquiries: info@omid-e-mehr.org
Masserat Amir-Ebrahimi currently teaches in the Sociology Department at UCLA and is the Nikkie Keddie Balzan Fellow at that institution, a position she has previously held in 2006-2007. She has also taught at Tehran University and her writings have been published in Persian, French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish. Her research interests focus on the city ofTehran, women, youth, public spaces, public sphere, cyberspace and weblog writing.
Marjaneh Halati is a London-based social psychologist and psychotherapist. She studied at the LSE and the University of Cambridge, where her studies focused on domestic violence and the institution of marriage in Iranian society. She is the founder and executive chairperson of the Omid Foundation Group, which has branches in Iran, the UK and the US. The Omid concept is her brainchild, and it is her vision that has created its distinctive holistic approach to helping its vulnerable young female clients achieve self-awareness, self-determination and self-sufficiency in modern Iranian society.
Click Here to RSVP
Inquiries: info@omid-e-mehr.org
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June 4th 2011 - Los Angeles, CA
A cocktail reception to benefit the
OMID FOUNDATIONS Saturday, June 4th, 7-11 pm
11821 Mississippi Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025
11821 Mississippi Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025
The Omid Foundation's mission is to strengthen the social, emotional, and economic competencies of disadvantaged young women in Iran, providing them with a sense of self-worth and with the opportunities to experience a full range of life options through self-empowerment, education and training.
Marjaneh Halati, the founder of the Omid Foundation will be attending the event.
Art works by the young artists from the Omid Foundation will be featured.
Musical performance by Sussan Deyhim and guests.
Learn more about their inspired approach and the goal of the June 4th event.
Please RSVP by May 27th 2011
A donation of $100 or more would be much appreciated
Please consider making a donation if unable to attend
Musical performance by Sussan Deyhim and guests.
Learn more about their inspired approach and the goal of the June 4th event.
Please RSVP by May 27th 2011
A donation of $100 or more would be much appreciated
Please consider making a donation if unable to attend
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April 10th 2011 - Brighton, UK
Carlotta Luke raising funds for the Omid Foundation
The Brighton Marathon is the UK's most exciting new major race that promises to be even bigger and even better than the stunning inaugural event in April 2010. This year, Sunday 10th April will see the race route around the city of Brighton & Hove packed with spectators and runners alike; based on the astonishing atmosphere in the city for the 2010 edition, the authorities believe there will be over 100,000 people out supporting the runners as they wind their way around one of the UK's most iconic cities. On a gloriously sunny day, the atmosphere was quite infectious in 2010 but with over 15,000 entries sold in just 30 days for the 2011 race, this year promises to surpass the achievements of 2010. The event attracts a very colourful and heterogeneous group of participants from professional athletes competing against each other to amateurs whose main goal is to raise as much money as possible for their favourite charity. For details see http://brightonmarathon.co.uk/index.html
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1 comments:
I went to the Ziba Shirazi Night of Story Telling event to Keep Children In School and it was amazing, Intimate, touching and well worth it. The most touching part was having the chance to hear the children they have helped thank their sponsors. It brought tears to my eyes, and joy to my heart. Thank you Ziba Joon
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