{"id":4717,"date":"2025-07-02T00:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:52:47","slug":"37-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/2025\/07\/02\/37-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"37 Years of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">37 Years of Service<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Annual Meeting and Election of <\/b><b>Persian Cultural Center of San Diego<br \/>\n<\/b><b><\/b><b>May 18, 2025<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4673 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4640-515x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4640-515x231.jpg 515w, http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4640.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/>PCC\u2019s Annual General Assembly took place on May 18, 2025, at the Iranian School of San Diego (ISSD), located at Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, California. At the assembly, the annual report was presented, followed by the election of the new board members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">After calling the meeting to order, PCC\u2019s 2024-2025 president, Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, reported last year\u2019s activities. Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi presented the financial report and Ali Sadr reported about ISSD and <i>Peyk<\/i> magazine. A summary of last year\u2019s activities is listed further below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2024-2025 Board of Directors and Committee Assignments<\/span> <\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">PCC\u2019s board of directors and committee members for the past year were Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian (President), Baharak Shademan (Vice President), Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Treasurer), Soheil Bigdeli (Secretary), Parnian Badii, Tayebeh Bahmani, Mersedeh Hashemi, Ali Pirouzian, Hamid Rafizadeh, Ali Sadr, Sara Taghavi, Sara Alavi (Alternate), and Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi (Alternate).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Advisory Board consisted of Shahri Estakhry, Saeed Jalali, Shahla Salah, and Shaghayegh Hanson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Board held twelve scheduled meetings in the past year and committees held meetings as needed. At its first meeting, the Board elected its Executive Committee and established the following committees:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Arts and Culture<\/b>: Ali Pirouzian and Sara Taghavi (Chairs), Sara Alavi, Anahita Babaei, Farshad Babakhani, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Tayebeh Bahmani, Soheil Bigdeli, Hossain Hajimowlana<b>,<\/b>\u00a0Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, Mojgan Poursadighi, Ali Sadr, Abdy Salimi, Baharak Shademan, and Mehdi Tayaranian Nourani<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Membership<\/b>: Soheil Bigdeli (Chair), Sara Alavi, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Tayebeh Bahmani, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Ali Sadr, and Sara Taghavi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Public Relations<\/b>: Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian (Chair), Anahita Babaei, Tayebeh Bahmani, Soheil Bigdeli, Hossain Hajimowlana, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Ali Pirouzian, Ali Sadr, Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi, Sara Alavi, and Sara Taghavi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Grant and Finance: <\/b>Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Chair), Tayebeh Bahmani, Cheryl Encine, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Hamid Rafizadeh, and Shahla Salah<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Fundraising and Nowruz<\/b>: Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Chair),\u00a0Sara Alavi, Nikoo Atefi, Mohammad Ayari, Farshad Babakhani, Parnian Badii, Bahar Bagherpour, Hamid Beikzadeh, Farideh Fazel, Baharak Shademan, Venus Safaei, Parnian Badii, Hamid Rafizadeh, and Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>PCC Charity<\/b>: Parnian Badii (Chair),\u00a0Nikoo Atefi, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Mersedeh Hashemi, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Venus Safaei, and Shahla Salah<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Education (ISSD)<\/b>: Ali Sadr (Chair),\u00a0Shahnaz Ahamadian, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, and Ali Pirouzian<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Chaharshanbehsoori<\/b> <b>and Sizdahbedar<\/b>: Hamid Rafizadeh (Chair),\u00a0Hamid Beikzadeh, and Hamid Shaghaghi<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Iranian American Center (IAC)<\/b>: Hamid Rafizadeh (Chair), Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Hamid Beikzadeh, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Ali Sadr, and Shahla Salah<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>PCC Youth<\/b>: Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Chair), Farideh Fazel, and Mersedeh Hashemi<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><i>Peyk<\/i><\/b><b>: <\/b>Ali Sadr (Chair), Saeed Jalali, Shahri Estakhry, Shahrzad Julazadeh, Shaghayegh Hanson, Reza Khabazian, Ali Sahebalzamani, Rachel Tait, and Hooshyar Afsar<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Governance:<\/b> Ali Sadr (Chair),\u00a0Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Shaghayegh Hanson, Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, and Shahla Salah<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s4\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Summary of Persian Cultural Center Events and Activities<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>During 2024-2025, PCC was active in organizing traditional celebrations and programs for the Iranian American community. PCC also collaborated with other organizations to reach out to the community at large. These events were held in-person, virtually, or both. <\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>PCC sponsored or co-sponsored the following programs:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p5\">Stand up Comedy with Arman at IAC<\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Art Gallery Exhibition (by Working Children of Tehran) at IAC in collaboration with DMF <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">ISSD End of the Year Celebration<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Avaz workshop with Sahar Mohammadi at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s5\">Food Drive by the PCC Youth Committee for the San Diego Food Bank twice a year<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Collaboration with SDMA Persian Calligraphy Workshop with Master Yadollah Kaboli<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Screening\u00a0<i>Jila<\/i>\u00a0and Q&amp;A session in collaboration with DMF &amp; KCIS<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">Mehregan Celebration in collaboration with SDMA, \u201cSiyria Ensemble\u201d at SDMA<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Hafez Day in San Diego in collaboration with San Diego Central Library<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Collaboration\u00a0with Coronado Island Film Festival <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Collaboration with Pacific Art Movement\u2019s Annual Asian Film Festival<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">Collaboration with SDMA \u201cWonders of the Creation\u201d On the Steps at SDMA<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Yalda Celebration with Shourangizan Ensemble at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Turkey Trot 5K Walks by the PCC Youth Committee<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Kurdish Tanbur Music of Iran in collaboration with UCSD and AIAP<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Avaa Singing Talent Show at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Concert Tunes of the Zagros<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>FarYad <\/i>Play<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Marjan Farsad Concert at Westview High School <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Art Exhibition by 5 Women at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">The Art of Ney collaboration with Center for World Music <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s5\">Screening <i>The Seed of the Sacred Fig<\/i> in collaboration with the Digital Gym Cinema <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Nowruz Preparation at ISSD <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Presentation of Nowruz haft-seen along with literary, cultural, and historical exhibits at seven San Diego Public Libraries<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">ISSD Nowruz Celebration at Lewis Middle School<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">PCC Nowruz Celebration with Black Cats and DJ Julius at Marriott Hotel La Jolla<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Nowruz Celebration in collaboration with Poway Public Library<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Chaharshanbehsoori with AIAP and HOI at NTC Park<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">Making multiple announcements regarding Nowruz from KPBS radio and website<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">The Wonders We Carry Inside in collaboration with San Diego Symphony<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Sizdahbedar with AIAP and HOI at NTC Park<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Toy Drive by the PCC Youth Committee for the San Diego Food Bank<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Collaboration\u00a0with Pacific Art Movement at the San Diego Asian Film Festival Annual Spring Showcase<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">ISSD Talent Show at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Shahk &amp; Mahak<\/i> Play at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Four Jong e Farhangi programs at IAC<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Three Family Nights at IAC (first Friday of every quarter)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Four Virtual and In-person Jong e Farhangi (third Friday of the month)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Ten Virtual One Poem, One Poet presentations (third Wednesday of the month)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\">Ten Virtual and In-person Film and Discussion sessions (last Friday of the month) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Iranian School of San Diego: <\/b>The academic year 2024-2025 was ISSD\u2019s 37th year of operation. This year, ISSD had 300 students attending in-person and virtual classes. The in-person classes were on Sunday mornings. ISSD had a total of 24 classes online and in-person, which were separated into six levels, in addition to Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Persian classes for adults. Extracurricular classes such as Dance, Drawing, Theatre, and Music were offered as well. In the virtual classes, students from other parts of the country participated as well.<b> <\/b>ISSD is planning to establish a virtual platform and share information, teaching material and experience with other Persian language schools around the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">ISSD\u2019s Persian language program is <b>accredited by all local School Districts as well as WASC. <\/b>This accreditation allows the high school students to meet their second language requirements by enrolling in Persian language courses at ISSD. ISSD\u2019s six Persian language textbooks designed for teaching Persian as a heritage language are being used in several Persian schools nationwide. Audio versions of the textbooks are also available. ISSD maintains an online presence through its website (issd.pccsd.org) and is also engaged on social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The school\u2019s Nowruz program was held on March 9, 2025, at Lewis Middle School. The End of the Year event and graduation for the Class of 2025 took place on Sunday, June 8, 2025. <b> <\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Persian Dance Academy: <\/b>The Persian Cultural Dance Academy, with a total of fifty eight students, convened at ISSD every Sunday. The dance students performed at the PCC Nowruz event, ISSD Nowruz program, House of Iran Nowruz Program, Poway Public Library Nowruz Program, and the ISSD End of the Year program. In addition to the regular dance classes, a Persian Zumba dance class was held for adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>Iranian American Center (IAC):<\/b> The Iranian American Center (IAC) typically hosts a variety of PCC events and other cultural activities for the Iranian community, including those for the Iranian American Scholarship Fund and Dollar a Month Fund (helping street children in Iran), and also classes and workshops in partnership with SDSU. The Center has a library with more than five thousand books.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><i>Peyk<\/i><\/b><b> Magazine: <\/b>For the past 34 years, <i>Peyk<\/i> has been one of our most successful means of outreach. <i>Peyk<\/i> is PCC\u2019s bimonthly and bilingual cultural publication, mailed to thousands of subscribers in San Diego and other parts of the country. Typically, hundreds of copies of the magazine are also distributed throughout business and cultural centers in San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties; the Bay Area; Chicago; Washington, DC; Maryland; Dallas; Atlanta; and many other cities. <i>Peyk<\/i> is also available online at\u00a0<span class=\"s4\">peykmagazine.com<\/span>. This site offers interactivity, allowing readers to communicate directly with and leave comments for the editorial board. Past issues of <i>Peyk<\/i> are accessible at the <i>Peyk<\/i> archive at<span class=\"s4\">\u00a0pccsd.org\/peyk<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Grants &amp; Outreach Programs: <\/b>PCC continued its joint programs with local organizations such as local city libraries, San Diego Museum of Art, UCSD, Dollar a Month Fund, Iranian American Scholarship Fund, House of Iran, Association of Iranian American Professionals, Iranian American Bar Association, Pacific Art Movement, Sheed Film, Dornab, Persian Cultural Center of Atlanta, Professional Organization of Iranian Americans, San Diego Symphony, Conrad Perbys, and Racism Awareness Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">PCC also worked with SDG&amp;E&#8217;s &#8220;Energy Solutions Partners&#8221; campaign.\u00a0As an &#8220;Energy Solutions Partner,&#8221; PCC joined other nonprofits and environmental groups in a collaborative effort to make all San Diego consumers aware of how they can save energy and money through energy efficiency. PCC was selected as a partner because of its ability to target a specific demographic and translate important emergency news alerts into Farsi, as necessary.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Membership<\/b>: The Persian Cultural Center continued advertising and extending the invitation to community members to join. Members get a special discount for PCC events. Moreover, PCC successfully maintained partnership with various Iranian businesses, securing continued discounts for its members. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Public Relations<\/b>: Thousands of people all over the world viewed the Persian Cultural Center\u2019s website, <\/span><span class=\"s6\">www.pccsd.org<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, Facebook, Instagram Page, Telegram, and YouTube Channel. PCC issues a weekly electronic newsletter that reaches thousands of community members. The PCC website provides quick access to <i>Peyk<\/i>, our ongoing programs and activities, as well as other cultural information and events. People can visit the website to explore PCC\u2019s numerous activities, renew their membership, and make tax-deductible contributions online. In the past year, several PCC events were featured on KPBS radio in San Diego, KIRN Radio Iran in Los Angeles, and the San Diego Arts and Sol website. These programs not only reached out to the Iranian American community, but also attracted attendees from other communities to our highlighted programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The PCC Foundation\u2014A Charitable Organization:<\/b> In the past year, this organization succeeded in providing assistance and financial and emotional support to a woman suffering from cancer, at a time when she was unable to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Youth Committee: <\/b>The Youth Committee has been instrumental in supporting PCC\u2019s and ISSD\u2019s events. Some of the members are actively working as Teacher Assistants at ISSD. They have organized two food and toy drives on behalf of the San Diego Food Bank; provided free-of-charge tutoring for other students, particularly refugees; hosted an informational seminar about college applications; organized a hiking trip; and participated twice in Creek to Bay cleanups.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Special Note of Gratitude:<\/b> We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following board members who are leaving us. We are grateful for the time, energy, and talents they generously gave to PCC and our community. We look forward to having them back on the PCC Board again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The following members have served their terms and are leaving the board: Sara Alavi, Soheil Bigdeli, Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi, Ali Pirouzian, Ali Sadr, and Baharak Shademan. Except for Ali Sadr, who has served his two consecutive terms and is subject to \u201cterm limits,\u201d the others can run for re-election. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">We are continually looking for volunteers to join our committees and subcommittees. Please step forward and GET INVOLVED with various groups to HELP US better serve the community.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>2025 PCC Board of Directors Election:<\/b> After the Board of Directors\u2019 report, candidates to fill the vacancies in the Board introduced themselves and presented their plans for joining the Board. Ms. Shahri Estakhry, Mr. Reza Kohbodi, Ali Khorsandian, and Mr. Hossain Hajimowlana observed the election, which was performed by secret ballot. After counting the ballots, including the absentees and electronic votes, the results were announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The following were re-elected as voting members of the Board of Directors: Ali Pirouzian, Soheil Bigdeli, Shahla Salah, and Marshia (Sadeghi) Hashemi. Mohammad Ayari and Sara Alavi will serve as alternative board members. These members will serve along with the current board members: Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian, Sara Taghavi, Mersedeh Hashemi, Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi, Hamid Rafizadeh, Parnian Badii, and Tayebeh Bahmani.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">The general assembly adjourned at noon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p6\">The first meeting of the Board of Directors was held on June 11, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\">Subsequently. The board decided to increase the number of alternatives to four. Executive Committee, who will serve PCC for one year:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>President:<\/b> Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian<br \/>\n<b>Vice President:<\/b>\u00a0Sara Taghavi<br \/>\n<b>Treasurer:<\/b> Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi<br \/>\n<b>Secretary:<\/b> Soheil Bigdeli<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Other members of the Board of Directors will be leading various committees such as Arts and Culture, Education, PCC Charity, Building, Grant and Finance, Fundraising and Nowruz, PR, PCC Youth, Chaharshanbehsoori &amp; Sizdahbedar, and Membership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">If you are interested in joining any of the committees, please contact PCC by phone at (858) 552-9355 or email at pcc@pccsd.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>37 Years of Service Annual Meeting and Election of Persian Cultural Center of San Diego May 18, 2025 PCC\u2019s Annual General Assembly took place on May 18, 2025, at the Iranian School of San Diego (ISSD), located at Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, California. 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