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Ensuring the Future of the Iranian American Community<\/span><\/h3>\n

Ali Sadr<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"\"Earlier this fall, the Iranian School began its thirty-ninth year of activity. In the fall of 1988, a group of Iranians living in San Diego\u2014who had come to the conclusion that they were here to stay\u2014decided to create a school to teach Persian to their children. Two dedicated ladies took the lead to bring the work to fruition, and the Iranian School was born. In that very first year, the PTA created the Persian Cultural Center, an organization that still serves the broader Iranian community of San Diego. To date, more than 2,500 students have experienced the Iranian School: learning the Persian language, learning and honoring Iranian culture, and many of them now bring their own children to the school.<\/p>\n

Over these past thirty-eight years, the Iranian School has been an important part of the lives of many of us\u2014as if we had brought a child from early childhood to here. Our hope is that, after we are gone, this cultural institution will remain standing and continue to serve the Iranian community in America. The school has played a significant role in the lives of its students, far beyond the learning of language and culture. The efforts of the school staff and organizers have always aimed to create a calm environment full of love and humanity. Although students are with us only three to four hours per week, being in this environment helps them shape their identity and take pride in it, raise their self-confidence, feel a sense of belonging to a community with a dynamic culture, and feel at ease with themselves.<\/p>\n

The school has also had an impact in another way: the school\u2014and, alongside it, Iranian families\u2014has become the central core of the Iranian community of San Diego. Friendships that form between students and families are lasting. Many people in the Iranian community of San Diego consider their community exceptional. There is no doubt that the school has had a crucial influence in this. Perhaps you will find it interesting to know that over these years, most members of the board of directors and its committees have been parents of the school\u2019s students.<\/p>\n

The achievements of PCC are also well known. In its thirty-eight years, Kanoon has hosted unforgettable concerts by masters such as Shajarian, Shahram Nazeri, Lotfi, Alizadeh, Sima Bina, Parisa, Kahlhor, Shahzad Rohani, and the Kamkars family, as well as pop, folk, and jazz music groups, theater productions, and many festivals. This very magazine\u2014Peyk<\/i>, which may be the only Iranian cultural-social magazine in the region\u2014has been made available to culture lovers in the area since 1991; this has been one of the Kanoon\u2019s major achievements. With your help, in 2013, PCC was able to establish the Iranian American Center. These successes were not achieved easily. Dozens of people on the board and committees, in various roles, along with your constant support, helped Kanoon and the school reach their current position and success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that we have come this far, our great challenge is how to ensure its survival so that these cultural institutions remain with us and without us in ten or forty years, grow, and be able to respond to new immigrants and to our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. As you know, one of our fundamental challenges has always been providing funding for these activities. At present, these expenses are covered by government and private grants, membership dues, and, most importantly, your contributions\u2014our loyal friends. How about the future? How can we find ways and financial guarantees to ensure the survival of these organizations?<\/p>\n

For some time, this matter has occupied our minds. In studies I conducted among various non-profit organizations that I am involved with\u2014organizations that are not Iranian\u2014I realized that most of these organizations\u2019 income is provided through endowments. It briefly means financial contributions are invested in a bank or an institution, and the profits from these investments help cover expenses. These contributions and gifts can be made during our lifetimes, or they can come from members who, in their will, have specified that a certain percentage or a fixed amount will be paid to that specific organization after their death. <\/span><\/p>\n

This practice is very common in America and has several benefits. One is that it is tax-exempt; second, these organizations are helped in advancing their goals; and third, no one makes a claim on this money during the person\u2019s lifetime, and whenever the person wishes, they can revoke it. I know that speaking of death and wills\u2014especially in our culture\u2014is a taboo subject and everyone tries to avoid it. How many friends have we seen who, because they had not left a will, saw a large portion of their assets taken by the government, and their children became involved for a long time with courts, lawyers, and mental and emotional turmoil? This is while many Iranians in the region are well-off, and fortunately their children also succeed in life. <\/span><\/p>\n

How good it would be if, by allocating part of their assets, our community members would consider leaving a legacy of support for the advancement of Iranian culture and the Persian language, so that their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren\u2014and also other immigrants and fellow countrymen\u2014can benefit from it. This is a good and practical option for preserving the name of beloved Iran-loving people.<\/p>\n

Please help us with this important task. Because, as Bahram Beyzai says, \u201cThe solution is nothing but culture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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