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2005 NEWS:
Following are
important news items from around the Iranian Bay Area
community. Click to Read:
September
21, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE Mayor Tom Bates, UC Chancellor Robert
Birgeneau, and Persian Center host Hurricane Relief Fundraiser.
Berkeley community focuses local Katrina aid effort....Click
to read
Click
to Read Event Report
Click
for Event Pics
PAST
NEWS ITEMS
December 29, 2003- URGENT EARTHQUAKE RELIEF INFORMATION. Fund
raising event and important information on how you can help the
victims of this tragedy.
October
9, 2003 EXHIBITION OF 18 LOCAL ARTISTS TO
SUPPORT PERSIAN CENTER AUCTION BENEFIT Fundraising Event at Persian
Center on Oct. 12,2003 to raise $350,000
October
3, 2003 - Press release - FIRST IRANIAN WOMAN BICYCLING AROUND
THE WORLD PEDALS INTO PERSIAN
CENTER
September
3, 2003 - Press
Release - PERSIAN CENTER BRIDGES "FROM
IRAN TO ARGENTINA" WITH
THE IRANIAN GUITAR DUO. Event
at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre at 7:00pm on Sept. 14, 2003
dedicated to the victims of Sept. 11, 2001
April 9, 2003 - CENTER Report by the Persian
Center Board of Directors
"NoRouz 2003"
Thur.
March 20th, 7:30 pm (Click
for Pics)
Click
to read the report
Mark
Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco;
Cultural
performances, traditional Persian Dinner, and dancing!
 "ChaharShanbehSouri"
March
18, 2003 7pm (Click
for Pics)
Click
to read the report
Jump
over bonfires in the street, Persian Style, at
the 2000 block of Durant Avenue in Berkeley!
See
Pics from Last Year's Event
2002 NEWS:
Following
are some important news items from around the Iranian Bay Area
community. Click to Read:
October
10, 2002 - The Persian Center announces its new partnership with
the eScrip program. In cooperation with eScrip, the Persian Center
has made donorship support for community members easier than ever!
March 21, 2002 - Press Release: Record number of city
mayors in Bay Area declare March 20th Persian Heritage Day!
March 20th, 2002 - Persian Center Annual
NoRooz celebration at the Ritz Carlton in SF with Mayor Willie Brown's
surprise announcement!
March 19, 2002 - Persian Center Annual Chaharshanbeh-Soori
Celebration draws record crowd!
March 19, 2002 - Press Release: Yolo County Board
of Supervisors declares March 20th Iranian-American Day!
February 22, 2002 - CENTER Report by the Persian
Center Board of Directors
February 22, 2002 - Press Release
February 11, 2002 - Press Release Persian Center raises $150,000 for
Wheelchairs to Iran!
Click for Photos of Wheelchair Event
Click for article in Daily Planet
Click for another
article in Daily Planet
YALDA CELEBRATION 2001 IN PALO ALTO!
(click for pics)
2001 NEWS:
- YALDA CELEBRATION 2000 IN PALO ALTO!
- 12/00 - pictures by M. Baradar
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- 2001
NOW-ROOZ CELEBRATION
- 3/01 - Bay Area Celebrates
the Persian New Year in style!
- pictures by M.Baradar
2000:
- BAY AREA BEGINS THE MILLENNIUM WITH
IRAN'S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM
1/5/00 - Niloofar Mohtasham-Nouri, Persian Center
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- PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
January 6, 2000 - Niloofar Mohtasham-Nouri, Persian Center
Photos - Bijan Sartipi
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- THEY LEFT THEIR HEARTS IN San Francisco
January 7, 2000 - Niloofar Mohtasham-Nouri, Persian Center
- -Photos: Bijan Sartipi
The Cities
of Berkeley and Oakland Welcome Iran's National Soccer Team,
Declare March 20th as "Persian Heritage Day".
- 1/7/00 - Niloofar M. Nouri
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