To include your family photographs and stories in this collection:

• Choose up to five family photographs depicting different stages of your life (scanned at 720 dpi, TIFF or EPS formats; or mail directly for scanning).
• Write a paragraph about each photograph reflecting your thoughts, feelings and/or memories related to the photo and/or migration to the United States.
• Write a short biography of your life. (optional)
• Send your submissions to: Taraneh Hemami, 5911 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94121. You can also contact Taraneh at taranehh@earthlink.net or 415.668.4980 to make other arrangements.

Deadlines:

• to be included in the physical spaces: May 2002 (open to Northern California Iranian residents)
• to be included in the virtual space: on-going (open to all Iranian immigrants across the globe)

We thank you for your contribution to this collective archive.

Your contribution is important:

• To create a voice and a sense of community for all Iranian-Americans.
• To culminate a collective memory of our migration experiences, immortalizing our history for future generations.
• To establish a dialogue between different generations of Iranians living in this country as well as with other Iranians living all over the world.
• To break the stereotyped images of Iranians in the media and help the general public with a better understanding of who we are.

We look forward to your submissions.