30 YEARS AFTER 2ND BIENNIAL CIVIC ACTION CONFERENCE
Sunday, October 10, 2010
8:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
2025 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, California 90067
www.30yearsafter.org/conference
Purchase your tickets now before ticket prices increase.
Early Bird: $150
General : $180.00 (after September 13, 2010)
At The Door: $250.00 (if available)
($75 for full-time high school and college students with student ID– limited number available by emailing
info@30yearsafter.org)
Please join more than 1,500 members of the Los Angeles Jewish, Iranian-Jewish, and political communities as we work together to enhance our participation in American political, civic, and Jewish life.
The Conference will include plenary sessions on Israel and Iran; breakout sessions on policy issues facing Los Angeles and California; sessions on the Iranian-American Jewish community; workshops on activism, political action and philanthropy; an organizational fair; and a keynote gala dinner.
***Glatt Kosher breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served.***
30 Years After also invites you to a "Young Professionals Pre-Conference Mixer" on Saturday evening, October 9th at 9:00 p.m. at X-BAR at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.
The New York Chapter of 30 Years After will be hosting a simultaneous symposium in Manhattan at NYU's Kimmel Center with a live video link to LA. Limited travel subsidies to LA will be available, please email
newyork@30yearsafter.org for an application.
Check
www.30yearsafter.org/conference regularly for updates on the program. Confirmed speakers to date include:
* Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles
* Hon. Howard Berman, Member of Congress (Congressman Berman will be recognized and thanked at the Gala Dinner for his leadership in sponsoring the recently signed Iran Sanctions legislation)
* Meg Whitman, California Gubernatorial Candidate and Former CEO of eBay (Just confirmed!)
* Carly Fiorina, U.S. Senate Candidate and Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
* James Woolsey, Former Director of the CIA
* Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.)
* Jacob Dayan, Consul General of Israel
* Hon. Mike Feuer, California Assembly
* Hon. Bob Blumenfield, California Assembly
* Hon. Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles City Controller
* Rabbi David Shofet, Nessah Israel Synagogue
* Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Jewish Values Network
* Rabbi David Wolpe, Sinai Temple
* Dan Senor, author of "Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle" (Just confirmed!)
* David Nahai, Senior Advisor to the Clinton Climate Initiative
* Jay Sanderson, Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles President (Just confirmed!)
* Elliot Brandt, AIPAC Western States Director
* Amanda Susskind, Anti-Defamation League Los Angeles Director
* Peter Lowy, Managing Director of Westfield
* Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, UCLA Hillel
* Rabbi Spike Anderson, Stephen S. Wise Temple
* Rabbi Kalman Topp, Beth Jacob Congregation
* Dan Schnur, USC/California Fair Political Practices Commission
* Dr. Sharon Baradaran, UCLA/Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation
* Prof. David Menashri, Tel Aviv University
* Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment (Just confirmed!)
* David Javdan, Fmr. General Counsel to Small Business Administration
* Roz Rothstein, Founder of StandWithUs
* Andrew Cushnir, Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
* David Levinson, Founder of Big Sunday
* Dr. Morgan Hakimi, Touro College/Nessah Synagogue
* Gina Nahai, Author/Journalist
* Rosalie Zalis, Fmr. Advisor to Gov. Pete Wilson/Exec. Dir. Winnick Family Foundation
* Joel Mowbray, Syndicated Journalist
* Rachel Levin, Righteous Persons Foundation
* Prof. Firuz Kazemzadeh, Yale University
* Rabbi Randall Brown, American Jewish Committee
* Mark Toubin, The Israel Project
* Jesse Gabriel, Former Student Body President of UC Berkeley and Israel Activist
* Jasmine Oberman, Co-Founder of 30 Years After
* Alex Raminfar, Co-Founder of LEV Foundation
* Gabe Halimi, Co-Founder of Society of Young Philanthropists
* Eman Esmailzadeh, Co-Founder of Jewlosophy
* Jasmin Niku, Co-Founder of 30 Years After
* Simon Aftalion, UC Irvine
* Shirley Eshaghian, UCLA
* Shanel Melamed, USC
* Leah Yadegar, UC Santa Barbara
*** 30 Years After has also invited Attorney General Jerry Brown and Senator Barbara Boxer to serve as keynote speakers of the Conference. 30 Years After is awaiting word on their availability.
The Conference would not be possible without the generous support of the JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
The Conference is part of a continued partnership with the JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES.
Corporate sponsors to date include:
Atlantis Casino Resort & Spa, Reno
Infinite Communications
Soroudi Advanced Lasik & Eye Center
Farzaneh Farnoush Insurance Services
Jack Hakimian Silvers, MD, Biopsies of the Bible
Beverly Hills Weekly
The Jewish Journal
Glatt Kosher Subway
Message Communications
Sherwin Aryeh, Lion Capital Group
O. Alex Tofer, Tofer & Associates, A Professional Law Corporation
Dr. Shahriar Rad, Doctor of Chiropractic
Color Me Mine
Alan K. Abrams, A Professional Law Corporation
Save-On Insurance
Lazar Akiva & Yagoubzadeh
Hanasab & Zolekhian LLP
Merino Yebri LLP
Organizational sponsors and partners to date include:
Sephardic Traditions and Recreation (sponsor organization)
United Against A Nuclear Iran (sponsor organization)
Society of Young Philanthropists
Y&S Nazarian Foundation
The Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life
American Jewish Committee (Los Angeles Chapter)
B'nai B'rith International
Camp Ramah
Gondi Lunch Box Project
Iranian American Jewish Federation
Jewish Learning Academy
Jewish Unity Network
Sephardic Temple
IJPAC
Iranian Jewish Women's Organization
American Jewish University
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro
Progressive Jewish Alliance
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem
Anti-Defamation League
Friends of IDF
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Jewish Jumpstart
Jewish World Watch
Birthright NEXT
The Israel Project
Los Angeles Blueprint
For corporate sponsorship inquiries, please contact: Debbie Farnoush (
debbiefarnoush@gmail.com). For non-profit sponsorship inquiries, please contact: Jasmine Oberman (
jasmineoberman@gmail.com). For media inquiries, please contact: Tabby Davoodi (
tdavoodi@gmail.com).
30 Years After's First Biennial Civic Action Conference was held on September 14, 2008 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The theme of the 2008 Conference was "The Iranian-American Jewish Community At A Crossroads." The 2008 Conference attracted over 1,200 attendees and featured prominent speakers including: Congressmen Henry Waxman and Adam Schiff, Rabbis David Shofet, Marvin Hier, David Wolpe, Ed Feinstein and Abraham Cooper, and community and civic leaders including Beverly Hills Mayor Jimmy Delshad, Dennis Prager, John Fishel, Dr. Nahid Pirnazar, Dr. Morgan Hakimi, Ph.D., George Haroonian, Pooya Dayanim, Robin Kramer, Gina Nahai and David Nahai. For more information on our 2008 Conference, please visit:
http://www.30yearsafter.org/conference.asp or read about it in the Washington Post:
http://www.30yearsafter.org/washington-post.pdf.
www.30yearsafter.org/conference
30 YEARS AFTER LOS ANGELES REGIONAL COUNCIL
Sina Aryeh * Natalie Behfarin * Natasha Behnam * Diana Cohanzad * Tabby Davoodi * David Duel * Eman Esmailzadeh * Shireen Farhadian * Debbie Farnoush * Nicole Farnoush * David Ghalchi * Kevin Javidzad * Aaron Kahen * Daniella Kahen * Natalie Kashefi * Pamela Kohanchi * Kash Lalezari * Rona Ram Lalezary * Parisa Leviadin * Elham Makabi * Katrin Malakuti * Diana Massaband * Jason Massaband * Daniel Niku * Jasmin Niku * Jennifer Nourafshan * Jasmine Oberman * Shirley Pakdaman * Michelle Pessah * David Peyman * Ben Pezeshki * Ramin Rabieian * Rozalin Rabieian * Sara Sarshar * Kimia Sehati * Navid Soleymani * Michael Yadegaran * Jonathan Yagoubzadeh * Sam Yebri * Raymond Zolekhian
30 YEARS AFTER BOARD OF ADVISORS
Dr. Sharon Baradaran * Rabbi Daniel Bouskila * Rabbi Abraham Cooper * Makan Delrahim * Hon. Jimmy Delshad * John Fishel * Dr. Morgan Hakimi * George Haroonian * Sam Kermanian * Hon. Paul Koretz * H. David Nahai * Gina Nahai * Dr. Salar Niku * Jack Nourafshan * Dr. Nahid Pirnazar * David Pollock * Rabbi David Shofet * Mona Shenassa Toubian * Rabbi David Wolpe * Shahram Yaghoubzadeh
www.30yearsafter.org/conference
