[Mitai-announce] Talk on IRAN, tues 6pm

[seohyung kim]

MIT Amnesty International, MIT Lecture Series Committee, and the Social
Justice Cooperative present:

*Human Rights and the Situation in Iran

*A Talk By
Fatemeh Haghighatjou and Nazanin Afshin-Jam
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=93640627229&ref=ts

Tuesday, June 23rd at
6pm
*****KRESGE (NEW LOCATION)*****
schedule of events at the end of the e-mail

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Iran has been in the news recently. The panel will discuss the situation in
Iran mainly from the perspective of human rights. Come and bring your
friends and your questions.

About the speakers:
Nazanin Afshin-Jam is an international human rights activist and co-founder
and President of “Stop Child Executions” organization. She holds a double
major degree in International Relations and Political Science from the
University of British Columbia with scholarship studies at L'Institute
d'Etudes Politques in Paris and the International Study Centre in the United
Kingdom.
(http://www.stopchildexecutions.com)

Dr. Haghighatjoo is a leading proponent of human rights and women’s rights
in Iran. Dr. Haghighatjoo served in the Iranian Parliament from 2000-2004
and was the first to resign when the anti-reform Guardian Council banned
more than 2000 reformist candidates from the 7th Parliamentary election. She
was president of the Student Movement Caucus and a deputy of the Mosharekat
Caucus in the 6th Parliament. More recently, Dr. Haghighatjoo has held
several academic posts, including Fellow in the Women and Public Policy
Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and Visiting Scholar at
the Center for International Studies at MIT. (
http://www.mccormack.umb.edu/centers/cwppp/staff.php)


This event is hosted by the MIT chapter of Amnesty international (
http://www.amnesty.org/) , the MIT Lecture Series Committee (
http://lsc.mit.edu/) and the Social Justice Cooperative (
http://web.mit.edu/justice/www/index.html)

Schedule of Events:
1800-1805 - Welcome and opening remarks by Ms. Jasmine Park (MIT Amnesty)
1805-1810 - Mr. Alex Chan president of the Graduate Student Council will
introduce the speakers.
1810-1900 - Panel discussion by Dr Haghighatjoo and Ms. Nazanin Afshin-Jam.
1900-1940 - Q&A moderated by Mr. Alex Chan.
1940-1945 - Silent walk to 77 Mass Ave.
1945-1950 - Remarks about Neda -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neda_(Iranian_protester).
1950-1955 - Introduction and singing of "Ey Iran"  (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ey_Iran)
1955-2000 - Silent vigil.