When: October 2nd & 3rd
Where: Orange County Fair & Expo Center, Costa Mesa, CA.
Time: 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM
For more information please visit NIPOC'S Website.
NIPOC: 9th Annual Persian Festival of Autumn (10.2-10.3)
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MEHREGAN - OCTOBER 2-3, 2004
9th Annual Persian Harvest Festival of Autumn (Mehregan) is planned
for October 2 – 3, 2004 at the Orange County Fair & Exposition
Center.
This festival is organized by the Persian Community Volunteers of
Southern California as a non-profit event. Hundreds of people in the
county's large Persian community volunteer their time and talents to
bring Orange County the sights, sounds and tastes of ancient Persia
and modern Iran.
Booth & Exhibit Reservation: Contact NIPOC (949) 851-3993
or email: mehregan@nipoc.org
Corporate Sponsorship: Contact Dr. Hossein Hosseini (714) 674-8528 or
email president@nipoc.org
Come & Join us for Iran Runners & Walkers for our monthly running or walking event at the Stanford Dish/Foothill on Sunday, October 3, 2004 at 11:00 am to 12:45 am.
Also, join us afterward for lunch/brunch at Cafe Renaissance for a delicious Persian cuisine at unbeatable prices located on the heart of beautiful historic downtown Palo Alto.
Please RSVP for this event at iran_runners@yahoo.com as soon as possible seating is limited at the restaurant. Carpool is also available up to three people from Fremont.
About the Dish/Foothills:
A popular respite for students, the foothills habitat conservation area is open to people wanting to jog and hike on trails that pass oak chaparral, grazing land for cattle and beautiful panoramas of Stanford and the San Francisco Bay region (on a clear day the skyscrapers of San Francisco are visible). The Dish is home to a variety of vegetation and wildlife. Look for Valley, Blue, and Coast Live Oaks while on a hike. Birds such as Meadowlarks, Bluebirds and Red-Winged Blackbirds also can be seen (and heard) in the foothills.
Measuring 150 feet in diameter and weighing a massive 300,000 pounds, the radio telescope located in the foothills habitat conservation area, is a popular destination for many Bay Area hikers
BAIAD (www.baiad.org) Presents:
A Discussion with Dr. Abbas Milani entitled:
WHAT IS AT STAKE? Why This Is the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime
Sunday, Oct 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm, FAZ Restaurant, 1108 North Mathilda Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA
Free Admission - This program will be in English
For more information: See www.baiad.org or email info@baiad.org
Topics include:
- Why is this the most important election of our lifetime?
- What are the stakes for the US, Iranian-Americans, and the prospects of peace in the Middle East?
- What are likely to be the major differences between the Kerry and Bush Administrations?
About Dr. Abbas Milani:
Dr. Milani is a Visiting Professor in the department of Political Science at Stanford University and a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
He has been interviewed for radio and television, appearing on the BBC, CNN, Radio and Television of Iran, and Voice of America. His articles have been published in magazines and newspapers including the New York Review of Books, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Times Literary Supplement.
Milani is the author of The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution (Mage, 2000); Modernity and Its Foes in Iran (Gardon Press, 1998); Tales of Two Cities: A Persian Memoir (Mage, 1996); On Democracy and Socialism, a collection of articles coauthored with Faramarz Tabrizi (Pars Press, 1987); and Malraux and the Tragic Vision (Agah Press, 1982). His latest book is Rethinking Persian Modernity (forthcoming). Milani has also translated numerous books into Persian.
About BAIAD - Bay Area Iranian-American Democrats:
BAIAD is a grassroots political organization that stands for protecting the rights and interests of Iranian-Americans by empowering the Iranian-American political voice. BAIAD seeks to promote social justice through political participation, grassroots activism, public and political advocacy, and education. BAIAD is in the process of being chartered and officially recognized by the Democratic Party. For more information please call: (510) 595-3684 or email: info@baiad.org
Views expressed by non-BAIAD speakers and lecturers do not necessarily represent the views of BAIAD.