IAAB Blog

Camp Ayandeh 2010 Is In Full Swing

leyla — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:10:59 +0000

Hello from Camp Ayandeh 2010! This week marks the fifth anniversary of IAAB’s annual leadership camp for high school students. After four years of Camp Ayandeh camp spots up and down the East Coast, IAAB has been anxious to bring camp to the West Coast for the first time. Campers, counselors and staff find themselves [...]

Hello everyone!

Yalda — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:52:09 +0000

My name is Yalda, and I am a part of the 2010 camp planning committee. I, along with my fellow camp team members, have been working very hard in planning and organizing this summer’s Camp Ayandeh, which is set to be held at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, CA, July 6- 12, 2010. This [...]

Jumping Into Fall 2009

omeed — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:27:20 +0000

Hey all! Summer just ended, and with the beginning of fall comes a new year at IAAB. We have some new staff members that I hope will be introducing themselves here soon! This past year IAAB rocked the west coast in Berkeley, CA with our biannual International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora, and closed the [...]

Recap of Camp Ayandeh 2009

arya — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:43:58 +0000

Hey everyone! For those of you who followed the camp or had loved ones attending this year, none of the following information will be “news” for you. For everyone else, IAAB’s Camp Ayandeh 2009 was a GREAT SUCCESS. Held in Hinsdale, MA, the camp saw campers/staff/counselors brave through pesky mosquitoes and spontaneous rainstorms in an [...]

What Four Years Means To Me

roshan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:30:25 +0000

Dear IAAB Family, Hi, my name is Roshan and I am a current IAAB Staff member and previous Camp Ayandeh camper. Camp Ayandeh was the best week of my life and I took with me so from the experience. I learned that I am not the only Iranian-American struggling to define myself. I can be [...]

Extended Deadline

kayvan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:17:58 +0000

Salaam! I love the IAAB blog because it gives you a more personal look into the workings of our organization. Currently we are working hard on and getting excited about Camp Ayandeh, which is just 2 weeks away. We are still actively encouraging students to enroll and have decided to extended enrollment for camp until Sunday, June [...]

Camp Ayandeh 2009

Arash Majdi — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:29:47 +0000

Hello everyone! My name is Arash Majdi and I am the Director of Camp Ayandeh 2009. For those of you who have not heard of Camp Ayandeh yet, allow me to give you some information about it. Camp Ayandeh is the first camp of its kind. It is a one-week leadership camp for Iranian-American high [...]

Conference Recap

kayvan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:03:28 +0000

Thanks to the support of our community, IAAB was able to execute another important international conference. Coverage of the conference is just beginning to be released through a variety of media outlets, but we want you to hear from the IAAB team first. Video, audio, and synopses of the panels will be available on our [...]

Less than 72 hours until the Conference!

sherry — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:57:59 +0000

With less than 72 hours to go until the commencement of IAAB’s Fourth International Conference, the rise in IAAB’s energy is definitely palpable – I can feel it through our gchats, phone calls, texts, BBM messages, emails and all the other technology that we use to keep our geographically-dispersed staff as a cohesive whole. Personally, [...]

Fourth International Conference is Coming Up!

nakkisa — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:59:58 +0000

Hello Everyone! My name is Nakkisa Akhavan, and this year I am the Director of the Fourth International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora. It’s 9 days until our conference kicks off, so we are all working hard to make sure every detail is in place! However, I wanted to take some time out from all [...]

Bayaan: New Plans for the New Year

raha — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:57:43 +0000

Dear friends, family, and supporters of IAAB: Hello! My name is Raha and I am one of the incredibly fortunate individuals to hold a staff position with IAAB this year. It is an exciting time for our organization, which seems to have grown leaps and bounds in mere months. With our Fourth International Conference on [...]

Winter Staff Meeting

reza — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:50:00 +0000

Hey guys! First off, I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Reza Rad and it’s my first year as an IAAB staff member. I began working for IAAB in the fall, and I’ve enjoyed every second of it so far. This past President’s day weekend, I spent time with my fellow coworkers for [...]

Coming Up Soon…

nikta — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:44:21 +0000

Hi Everyone! I am new to IAAB this year and have been having a great time working with the amazing staff. I’m excited to tell you all about IAAB’s next project coming up! We are co-sponsoring the International Conference on the Iranian Diaspora, to be held in April at UC Berkeley with the Iranian Student [...]

Thank You!

omeed — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:56:05 +0000

Hello Everyone! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Omeed Askari, the Development Associate for IAAB. I hope you have been reading and enjoying our new blog, appropriately named the IAABLOG, that we recently launched after our last staff meeting in Washington, DC. Speaking of our last staff meeting, I have a wonderful story [...]

An Update from Leyla

leyla — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:01:25 +0000

Hi Everyone! This is so exciting- IAAB’s first blog! Hope this finds you all well & enjoying your week. We are just a couple days out of our productive Winter Staff Meeting, and we’re all working hard towards and getting excited for the Conference at UC Berkley in April- we hope to see you all [...]

Message from the Executive Directors

EDs — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:33:03 +0000

Dear Friends and Supporters, We are excited to report that our February Fundraiser, celebrating IAAB’s Fifth Birthday, is off to a great start. With two weeks left, we still need your help to achieve our goal of raising $ 10,000. The success of our projects largely depends on the generosity and support of our community [...]

IAAB+Blog=IAABlog…

sherry — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:26:36 +0000

Welcome to the IAAB blog…or, be ghole Irooni-ha, befarmaeed, khosh amadid…IAAB has officially entered the blogging world. One of our underlying goals in recreating our website was to create a more interactive platform for us to communicate with our community. IAAB’s mission centers largely around connecting Iranians, and that includes connecting ourselves to you! What [...]