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May 2017 Newsletter
Issue II
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delivered a powerful speech
at SFSU Commencement
IAWF is proud and impressed by the member of its Board of Trustee's speech at the SF State University 2017 Commencement. Please click here to watch Neda Nobari's inspiring and empowering speech.
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IAWF's First International
Women's Leadership Conference
We have partnered with
Tirgan
to host
our very first International Women's Leadership Conference
in Toronto, Canada on July 29th!
Purchase your tickets here to secure your seat!
Meet our Speakers!
Speakers:
Anousheh Ansari, Azar Nafisi, Behnaz Ghahramani, Fay Arjomandi, Ferial Govashiri, Foojan Zeine, Hon. Shahla Sabet, Linda Bernardi, Mariam Khosravani, Maryam Ghiai, Nazie Eftekhari, Neda Nobari, Rudi Bakhtiar
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We are thrilled to announce that our Second International Women's Leadership Conference will take place in London, England!
Save the Date
September 23, 2017
Stay Tuned
for more information!
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IAWF members at the Grand Opening of
Dr. Ansari's Dental Office
IAW Foundation congratulates one of its members, Dr.
Shokouh Ansari and her husband, Dr. Kia Ebrahim for opening their new Dental office and wishes them more success.
Members of IAWF were present at the reception and had an opportunity to take a tour of their beautiful office.
Address: 27422 Calle Arroyo, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Website: Click
here for more information
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New York
Laya Khadjavi is a member of IAWF's Board of Advisory. Laya Khadjavi was most recently Chief Operating Officer, Head of Strategy and Business Development at ICE Canyon, a global investment management firm specializing in Emerging Markets and Global Credit. Prior to joining ICE Canyon, Laya was Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where during her 23-year tenure she held a succession of senior management positions, including: Global Head of Markets Group in Global Wealth Management, Global Head of Collateralized Debt Obligations and Co-Head of North America Finance Group in Institutional Securities.
Read more about Laya Khadjavi here.
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Northern California
IAWF would like to congratulate Persis Karim on becoming the new
Persis Karim has been IAWF's speaker and supporter.
Persis Karim is editor/co-editor of three anthologies of Iranian American literature including A World Between: Poems, Short Stories and Essays by Iranian Americans (1999), Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora (2006) and Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers (2013). She teaches literature and creative writing at San Jose State University and is also the founding director of Persian Studies and Coordinator of Middle East Studies.
Read more about Persis Karim
here.
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6:00pm Located at the Taglyan Cultural Complex. Get more information about the event
here.
Ms. Jila Ajeli Kashef is the founder and president of Keep Children in School Foundation (KCIS), based in Los Angeles, and Anjomane Yarane Danesh va Mehr, a sister organization of KCIS in Iran. These two organizations were created with the mission of keeping less fortunate children of Iran and Afghanistan in school. She also served as a board member of the Iranian Children's Right Society (ICRS), supporting Working-Children's Rights in Iran.
Read more about Jila Kashef
here.
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Circle of 1,000 Featured Member:
The Honorable Judge Shahla S. Sabet is the first Iranian American Judge appointed to the Superior Court of the State of California. She was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to the bench in San Bernardino County in 1993. Judge Sabet has presided over criminal, civil, juvenile, and family law cases for the last twenty years. Throughout her judicial career, Judge Sabet has served as a member of the faculty at the California Judges Center for Education and has taught numerous judges on the topics of judicial ethics, fairness, and equal access to the justice system. She has led seminars at the Orientation Program and the New Judges College in Berkeley, California. In 2013, Judge Sabet retired from the bench and currently sits on assignment as a retired judge under an appointment order by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Judge Sabet was named Woman of the Year by the California Assembly in 1994. She has received outstanding achievements awards from the Iranian American Council of Los Angeles in 1998 and the Persian Heritage Society of London in 2000. Judge Sabet received her bachelor's degree from the University of Tehran. She then moved to the United States and earned her master's degree from UCLA in 1972 and a Ph.D. from Claremont University in 1977. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 1985. After practicing law as a Deputy District Attorney for eight years, Judge Sabet was appointed to the bench. Visit her IAWF profile here.
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