AN-Lyceum Event: The Courageous Women of Iran, March 1

The Annandale Campus Lyceum Committee invites you to attend a discussion on, “The Courageous Women of Iran,” with author and activist Manda Zand Ervin. This event will be held from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March. 1, in CA-302 on the Annandale Campus. Prof. Jill Caporale will moderate the event.

The author will discuss the long and brave history of Iranian women, from the ruling Women-Gods of 5,000 B.C.E to today’s struggle for equality as discussed in her book, “The Ladies Secret Society.”

Manda Zand Ervin is the founder and president of the Alliance of Iranian Women, an organization that brings the voices of Iranian women living under the gender apartheid regime’s Sharia Laws to the West. Born in Iran, and educated in the United States, Ms. Ervin was the managing director of the department of statistics and international affairs at the Customs Administration of Iran prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In 1980, Ms. Ervin came to the United States as a political refugee and became a US citizen three years later. As a women’s rights activist and leading expert on Iranian affairs, she has been frequently consulted by Members of Congress, and she has testified at Congressional briefings, the Helsinki Commission, and the United Nations. She was the featured speaker at the G8 Summit in Rome, on Violence against Women in 2009.  In 2012, she received the EMET (Endowment for Middle East Truth) Speaker of the Truth award.

Ms. Ervin’s articles have appeared in American Thinker, the Washington Times, PJ Media, Gate Stone Institute, and many others. She has appeared on CNN, Fox News, BBC and regularly speaks on human rights, women’s rights and the Middle East issues.

Visit the Lyceum website for the spring 2023 speaker series. 

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please send requests to Dr. Manori Nadesalingam, MNadesalingam@nvcc.edu by Thursday, Feb. 23.

Submitted by:
Dr. Manori Nadesalingam, AN-Physics, MNadesalingam@nvcc.edu