Center Stage

A Message from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Passing the Torch, Berkeley, October 10, 2010

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Co-Hosts Maz Jobrani and Rudi Bakhtiar start off the event

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What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 | Hamid R. Moghadam

Navigating Through the Media Maze | Davar Ardalan & Hooman Khalili

Life Lessons | Dr. Vali Nasr

San Francisco City Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's Remarks about the Iranian-American Community and the Event

Sam Golzari and Elevaters

PAAIA's NexGen & ISAA

Doctor Offering a Different Kind of Miracle | Dr. Vishtasb Broumand

Nurturing a Dream to Reality | Anousheh Ansari

Closing Remarks | Nahal Iravani-Sani

Pictures & Reviews

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Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley. Photos: Hossein Salmanzadeh

Proclamation

Program Announcement

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WATCH PROMO VIDEO!

Listen to Hooman Khalili's Radio Promo of Passing the Torch

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Anousheh Ansari - First female private space explorer
Davar Ardalan - Producer, NPR / CPB
Hamid Biglari – Vice Chairman, Citicorp | Citigroup
Dr. Vishtasb Broumand - Humanitarian Reconstructive Surgeon
Hooman Khalili - Morning Radio Personality - ALICE 97.3 FM
Hamid Moghadam - Leading Global Developer & Philanthropist
Dr. Vali Nasr - Senior Advisor to the Obama Administration

Musical Performance by Sam Golzari of the Elevaters
Hosted by former CNN Anchor Rudi Bakhtiar and notable comedian Maz Jobrani

Brought to you by Iranian Student Alliance of America (ISAA) and the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA)

Sunday October 10, 2010, 2:00 - 5:30pm
UC Berkeley’s Wheeler Auditorium
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