IACC Events

The Bay Area Iranian-American Community and celebrated Iranian New Year at the

Norooz Spring Festival - San Jose

This event was organized by the following community organizations;

• Bay Area Iranian-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC)
• Bay Area Iranian-American Voter Association (BAIVOTER)
• Persian Center
• Society of Iranian Professionals (SIP)
• Dehkhoda Institute of Persian Language
• Kahrizak Foundation
• National Iranian American Council (NIAC)
• Azarbaijan Cultural Society in Northern California
• Iranian Federated Women's Club (IFWC) and Payvand
• Iranian Parents Club of Northern California (Anjoman-e Pedaran va Madaran)
• Persian Society of Marin
• Anjomaneh Doostan in Marin
• Iranian Students Alliance of America (ISAA)
• UC Davis Iranian Students
• OMEED Foundation

List of Entertainment:

• MC - Mr. Hioushang Touzie (Saturday)
• MC - Mr. Homayoon Asadipour (Sunday)
• DJ Teymour
• Niosha Dance Academy
• Azarbaijani Dance Group
• Kurdish entertainer
• Children's Sonati Fashion Show
• Beshkan Dance Academy
• Nejat Musical Academy
• Traditional Haft Seen Sofreh
• Chilren's Activities (Kaardasti, make your own haft seen, face painting, balloons, amoo norouz, paper airplane contest, soccer skills games, NoRooz Gifts!)
• Backgammon Contest

The event was heald in the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose.

Goals of the Norooz Spring Festival - San Jose 2004

Short Term

• Celebrate, preserve, promote and share our beautiful culture with our kids and others in the American Community
• Have a fun filled event, so the younger generation will remember it and look forward to it in years to come
• Prove to ourselves and others that we (different Iranian groups) can put our differences aside and work as teammates to create a better community for ourselves
• Counter recent bad publicity in the news media by publicizing the fun and gracious side of the Iranian-American community
• Acknowledge and publicize contributions of Iranian-Americans to the larger American society
• Instill and infuse pride into the Iranian-American Community and be proud of our heritage
• Realize we are not alone any more, we got each other to count on
• Provide an affordable venue for Eid-Didany in Bay Area

Long Term Goals

• Bring our community together by emphasizing our commonalities rather than our differences
• Encourage creation of contact lists (e.g. email list) for those who want to be aware and quickly notified about issues important to our community
• Start a fund to purchase our own land and build an Iranian Community Center in San Jose or in the Peninsula. Hopefully, Persian Center will accept management of such a center.
• Become more active in the electoral process (be registered, make contributions and vote in elections) to gain political muscle and clout for our community
• Since strength is in numbers, lets show our numbers!
• Set an example for IA communities in other parts of the US to become active members of their community