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PAAIA trustee Shiva Sarram recently spent some time in Jordan to visit programs that are being implemented by Blossom Hill Foundation, a non-profit organization she founded in 2009. Blossom Hill’s vision is a world where children affected by war and confl...

From July 10 – 15, PAAIA’s Civic Leadership Program hosted our first Farokhzad Civic Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C.! Thirty-two Iranian American high schoolers and counselors from fifteen states across the […]...

PAAIA celebrates news that the House has passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which PAAIA helped spearhead....

PAAIA celebrated the introduction of an amendment to the NDAA which would help the people of Iran gain access to telecommunications.....

Michelle Siri, candidate for Lt. Governor, is the Executive Director of the Women’s Law Center of Maryland, a statewide non-profit which fights for the physical safety, economic security, and bodily autonomy of women in Maryland through legal services and...

For Immediate Release  Contact: Layla Sharaf  Email:  [email protected] Washington, DC – PAAIA is happy to share that the Civic Leadership Program is officially launched! Last Sunday, we were joined by actor Arian ...

For Immediate Release  Contact: Aman Ardalan  Email:  [email protected]  Phone: (202) 828-8370   Washington, DC – Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) issued the following statement in response to […]...

Happy #PrideMonth! This June, PAAIA once again joins the LGBTQ+ community in celebrating Pride Month, a time of activism, celebration, hope, visibility, and solidarity. This year, we are proud to […]...