Striving for Racial Justice and Unity: the Role of Iranian Americans (Persian Language webinar)

Farhad Sabetan teaches Economics and Finance in the Economics and Engineering Departments at California State University, East Bay. He is a spokesperson for the Bahá’í International Community and has lectured and presented in various scholarly forums on Bahá’í-related topics including Ethics and Economics, Human Rights, Non-Violence and Spirituality, and Persecution of the Bahá’ís in Iran.

Dr. Chitra Golestani is currently Associate Director of the Wilmette Institute and an Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for Humane Education/Antioch University. She also works as an educational consultant, guest lecturer, qualitative researcher, and a co-founder of the Paulo Freire Institute (PFI) at UCLA - an organization committed to social justice education locally and globally. Her areas of interest, lectures and research include Human Rights, Social Justice and Global Citizenship Education, Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice, Youth Activism in Extended Education, Conscious Living and Social Action. She holds a PhD in Social Science and Comparative Education from UCLA and a Master’s in Education from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Dr. Monjazeb is an Associate Professor of Oncology at UC Davis. He has an M.D. specializing in radiation oncology and a Ph.D. in cancer research. He is an internationally recognized expert in oncology and cancer research and has authored over 80 publications in top scientific journals. He is a leader in the field of immunotherapy which aims to arm the body’s own immune system to fight cancer and he has leadership roles on the National Cancer Institute’s immunotherapy committees. He has served the faith in many roles including as a travel teacher, assistant to auxiliary board, secretary of the area teaching committee, junior youth animator, ruhi tutor, and local spiritual assembly member.

Safineh Tahmassebi holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Masters degree in Linguistics from Northeastern Illinois University.  She has over 30 years of teaching experience in the field of English as a Second Language and training English teachers. Ms. Tahmassebi has presented numerous workshops, papers, and training sessions at a variety of regional and state professional conferences in Cross-Cultural Training, Cultures of the Middle-East, The Role of Economics for Women in Developing Nations, Colonialism in the Middle-East, Teacher Training, Learner Autonomy, Language Testing and Assessment, and the history of California as a culturally homogenous society.   In addition, she is certified in Basic Mediation from the State of California, and volunteers as an onsite/simultaneous interpreter in Farsi and English.