[Mitai-announce] The situation in Iran and the Iranian situation

[Elan Pavlov]

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

This event will be held on:
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 between 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Mezzanine lounge - MIT student center (third floor)
84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP requested (but not
required) at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=93640627229

About the speakers:

Nazanin Afshin-Jam is an international human rights activist and 
co-founder and President of “Stop Child Executions” organization. She is 
also a singer/songwriter, actor, former Miss World Canada and a director 
on the board of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. 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 as well as a member of the 
political bureau of the Mosharekat party in Iran. More recently, Dr. 
Haghighatjoo has held several academic posts in the United States: 
Assistant Professor In-Resident at the University of Connecticut, Fellow 
in the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy 
School of Government, and Visiting Scholar at the Center for International 
Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Haghighatjoo 
earned her Ph.D. in Counseling from Tarbiat Moalem University, served as a 
Professor at the National University of Iran, and authored 'Search for 
Truth' (2002). She has served as Vice President of the Psychology and 
Counseling Organization in Iran. She was honored as a Young Global Leader 
Nominee 2005 by the World Economic Forum. 
(http://www.mccormack.umb.edu/centers/cwppp/staff.php)

This event is hosted by the MIT chapter of Amnesty international 
(http://www.amnesty.org/) and the MIT Lecture Series Committee 
(http://lsc.mit.edu/).

Please feel free to invite others to this event. We apologize if you 
receive multiple copies of this invitation.