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November 2017 Newsletter
Issue I
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Let's Donate & Help the victims and survivors of the Tragic
Earthquake in the Western part of Iran
IAW Foundation is terribly saddened by the catastrophic
EARTHQUAKE
in the western part of Iran!
Let's CONTRIBUTE to any of the following organizations to support victims and survivors of this tragic Earthquake.
For those donating in the U.S:
For those donating in UK and Europe:
- Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation (PKCF) --> Donate here
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Community, Peace, and Transformation:
Perspectives of Iranian-American Women
On Sunday, November 12, 2017, IAW Foundation partnered with Georgetown University's Persian Language and Culture Program and presented a panel entitled Community, Peace, and Transformation: Perspectives of Iranian-American Women. The panelists included three women whole-heartedly engaged in different social justice fields.
One of our three panelists included Leila Milani, a Senior International Policy Advocate for Futures Without Violence, where she leads their work on global violence prevention, with a focus on women and children. While sharing her work and her story, Leila expressed the importance of moving from a perspective of individual prosperity to valuing collective prosperity.
Another panelist, Anusce Sanai, supervising immigration and family law attorney at the Tahirih Justice Center, shared her experience providing legal representation for women and girls who have courageously escaped gender based violence. Anusce echoed Leila's words and expressed the importance of how transformation must start from the individual self.
The third panelist Yosi Badie, the division manager of the Petey Greene Program DC region, where she works to improve the quality of education for incarcerated individuals, encouraged the audience to maximize their privilege and utilize it towards supporting collective prosperity.
The panel was an enlivening and inspiring discussion, and we are thankful for our amazing panelists and all our members who attended. A special thank you to Farima Mowstofi at Georgetown University's Persian Language and Culture Program for sponsoring the event. We look forward to all our future DC Chapter events.
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Circle of 1000's Featured Member
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Malekeh Amini
is the Founder and CEO of
Trayt
(previously known as AVA Health Technologies). She is also a mother of a child who suffers from brain-based disorders.
The lack of answers she was receiving from a variety of physicians and therapists regarding the health of her child, led to the creation of Trayt.
Trayt is a patient-centric data analytics company that is improving diagnosis, treatments and quality of life for patients with autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental and brain disorders by creating tools to measure efficacy of all interventions, and by engaging the entire system of care to continuously track, measure, and share behavioral and medical outcomes.
The company has just launched the
Trayt app, a track-and-map application
for parents, caregivers, and physicians that collects and analyzes comprehensive, individualized health data to facilitate a more rapid and relevant response to the daily challenges that confront patients with brain-based disorders.
To read more about
Malekeh Amini
and
Trayt
click
here
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To read her interview conducted by Digital Journal click
here.
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New York
Sheila Mortazavi is a partner at Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, a law firm that specializes in intellectual property matters, and is based in the New York office. Her practice covers all facets of intellectual property litigation and counseling, with a particular emphasis on patent infringement litigation across a wide range of technologies. Sheila Mortazavi advises clients on litigation strategy in complex patent cases, and has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving consumer electronics, electrical connectors, automotive components, medical devices and pharmaceuticals.
Read more about Sheila Mortazavi here.
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Northern California
Dornaz Memarzia joined NIAC in November 2017 as the Northern California Field Organizer and works to create a stronger Iranian American Community in Northern California. Dornaz left Iran with the dream of being a human rights activist. She worked in the area of women's rights and human rights at Freedom House and Persianate Global Network. Dornaz is a staunch advocate of the LGBTQ Community. Before joining NIAC she worked as a fellow for the Commission on the Status of Women and the LGBTQ Commission of San Mateo County. She graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore County with a major in Political Science.
Read more about Dornaz Memarzia
here.
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Nellie Keyhani is the Vice President of Advisory Services with Whittier Trust, the largest private wealth management firm in the United States headquartered on the West Coast. As the youngest Vice President in the firm's history, Nellie advises on client relationships, serves on the firm's executive corporate marketing committee and manages relationships with luxury partners such as Tiffany & Co., Tesla and others. Nellie is also involved in numerous global and local non-profit initiatives including the Patron Council for Farhang Foundation and as a trustee for IAWF. She holds an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco.
Read more about Nellie Keyhani
here.
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Tina Noohi is a consultant for a boutique health care firm in New York City. She graduated with a Master in Public Health from the Yale School of Public Health. She has experience working in population health at the Yale New Haven Health System and was an administrative intern at MultiCare Health System in Washington State. During her time in Washington, she helped coordinate Mergers & Acquisitions, develop strategic planning guidelines and establish quality oversight committees for independent business units. She has a background in clinical research and spent three years at the San Francisco Department of Public Health where she coordinated phase III trials in the areas of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. Read more about Tina Noohi Here.
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To apply for the
Mentorship Program please click
here.
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IAWF Scholarship Opportunities
The IAWF scholarships are to help students achieve their goals by providing them financial assistance based on their needs. Scholarships are available to current IAWF
Mentorship
to
Internship
Program participants. However, only a limited number of individuals will be selected to receive the scholarship. Scholarships are meant to assist the students with tuition, textbooks, and other course materials. Qualifying criteria include academic achievement, community service, and financial need.
For more information please click
here.
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