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Education Under Fire: Join the Conversation What if you were forbidden to learn?

A 30 min. documentary and conversation
Keynote speaker: Rainn Wilson (The Office)

Conversation with Nazanin Boniadi (Amnesty Spokesperson, UCI Alum, Actress), BIHE Faculty and Students & our campus community

Moderated by Prof. of Education Tesha Sengupta-Irving & Bret Kaufman (Extension, International Programs)

What is Education Under Fire?

A national campaign supporting Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees education as an inalienable right of every human being.

The inspiring centerpiece of Education Under Fire is an open letter to the international academic community written by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President Jose Ramos-Horta, that calls upon academics to assist the Baha'i minority who have been denied access to education in Iran. In 1987, the semi-underground Baha´i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) was formed to give young Baha'is their only chance for a university-level education. Despite repeated raids and arrests, volunteer teachers and administrators created an independent, decentralized university system that has lifted the lives of thousands across Iran.

Visit: educationunderfire.com

Co-sponsored by ASUCI, Baha'i Club at UCI, the International and Global Studies Club at UCI |With thanks to the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, the Law School, the Program in Religious Studies, the Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies, the Interfaith Center, UNICEF at UCI.

Reception to follow. Seating is limited.