The Iranian American community can most effectively promote, advance and defend the common interests of its members and contribute to American society if its many individuals and organizations act collectively and collaborate with each other and those who share its goals. PAAIA seeks to serve as a nexus for this collaboration.
PAAIA's community building objectives are to:
- build a broad based national grass-roots public affairs organization that truly represents the Iranian American community at large and its interests, with an active local presence in major metropolitan areas with relatively large Iranian American populations and a large membership of thousands, if not tens of thousands;
- build networks of local and national Iranian American organizations that regularly collaborate on matters of common focus with the goal of advancing the interests of the community at large;
- build networks of local and national Iranian American business, political, community, student and thought leaders; and
- further empower the Iranian American community in the public arena, expanding opportunities for and encouraging the active participation of increasing numbers of Iranian Americans in the public life of the United States.
