Guide For Action - A step-b-step guide for getting started. In this document, you will find context, vision, and some suggestions for planning and taking action to further the initiative at the grass-roots level. It includes a useful script that provides an easy to follow background story on the BIHE and the the Nobel laureate letter which can be used to get the conversation started.
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The Nobel Laureates' Letter - This is a centerpiece of the campaign. We should share its contents near and far, begin conversations as to how the campus community can come together to discuss its contents and make decisions on action items. It should be offered as an attachment to the EUF University Letter when reaching out to decision-makers at your university.
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EUF University Letter - Perfect for reaching out to professors, administrators, department heads, deans and others. It gives an overview on our letterhead and references the attached Nobel laureates' letter and Amnesty International endorsement letter.
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Approach Script with University Chancellors, Deans,
Professors and Administrators: - The Education Under Fire team has developed
this approach script to assist local activists in obtaining
face-to-face meetings
with University officials and educators to begin the conversation and to
obtain their collaboration. This method will help you get that first
meeting. We recommend that you go into that meeting armed with a few tools
such as the Nobel Laureates’ letter, Amnesty International’s Endorsement
Letter, details on the Drive to 25 petition initiative, the EUF University
Letter and a copy of the EUF DVD (if possible). Be prepared to ask your
prospective collaborator to help in specific ways such as co-sponsoring
your event, completing a Drive to 25 petition, reading the Nobel Laureates’
letter and promoting all of these things among faculty, staff and students.
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Cornell University Campaign Report - This report generated by local
activist at Cornell University should be used as a template for future
reports sent in to the Education Under Fire team. It documents a thorough
process of campus engagement, and lists key learnings that can be reflected
upon and utilized by other organizers..
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Boston EUF Synergy Report - In October and November of 2011, a diverse team of Boston-area Baha'i's, working with the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i's of Boston, planned and executed three screening-conversations at the following venues: Wheelock College; Harvard Graduate School of Education; Boston University. This report documents their learning.
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Concordia University, Canada EUF Report: 20 January 2012 - This report highlights the effective efforts of a team of collaborators at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in January of this year. It should be reviewed and used as a useful tool for organizers engaging a broad base of partners and carrying out screening-conversations on the university level.
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Second Amnesty International Endorsement Letter to Members
and Activists - At the beginning of 2012, Education Under Fire emerged
into a second phase with two new elements–the Drive to 25 and the
release of the Documentary for public purchase. This second letter
from Amnesty International provides refined focus to its members and
activists on the vision and purpose of the campaign.
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Amnesty International Endorsement Letter - In this letter, Amnesty International mentions its co-sponsorship of the Education Under Fire documentary and expresses its support for the EUF initiative. Amnesty rarely gives this kind of endorsement and it will be a real door opener with those in positions of administrative decision-making. You may also use it to reach out to on-campus Amnesty International clubs (and other groups and organizations who will respect the prestigious Amnesty name).
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Joint Letter from Wheelock College, UMass, and Wheaton College to Iranian
Officials: 24 September 2011 - In this incredible letter, the presidents
of the Wheelock and Wheaton Colleges, along with the Chancellor of the
University of Massachusetts, address Iran's representative to the United
Nations and the Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology,
expressing their "dismay regarding raids and arrests" carried out against
the BIHE, and call for the release of the BIHE prisoners.
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Harvard Dean's Letter to Iran's UN Ambassador: 28 November 2011 - This letter is useful when engaging Academics and University Administrators concerning the actions of the Iranian government. "I am writing to express my concern regarding reports I have received from alumni of the Harvard Graduate School of Education concerning alleged mistreatment of Baha'i students and scholars at the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE).."
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Open Letter from Canadian Academics: 11 January 2012 - This letter,
addressed to Iranian governmental officials in Canada and Iran,
expresses a collective concern by Canadian academics over the
situation of the denial of education to Iranian Baha'is. The names,
positions and universities of these academics are listed in the
statement.
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An Open Letter to President Khatami: 1 January 2000 - This beautifully
written letter by Amir Soltani, signed by a dozen Nobel laureates and 100+
academics and published in the NY Review of Books in 2000, fits so well
with our own initiative. It demonstrates that these issues have impacted so
many Iranian citizens and further establishes the long-standing pattern of
the Islamic Republic of Iran's abusive policies and activities with respect
to its youth.
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ISRCC Document: Written 25 January 1991 by Seyyed Mahammad Golpaygani - on behalf of the Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council, this document describes in detail the Iranian government's systematic design to culturally cleanse the country of its' Baha'i community.
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Inciting Hatred: Iran's media campaign to demonize Baha'is - Analyzing more than 400 press and media items issued in Iran by
state-controlled or pro-government media over a 16-month period from
late 2009 to early 2011, this report documents a wide-ranging campaign
by the Islamic Republic of Iran to incite hatred and violence towards
the 300,000 member Baha'i minority. Using false accusations,
inflammatory terminology, and repugnant imagery, this campaign is
shocking in its volume and vehemence – and entirely in violation of
international human rights law.
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EUF Local Event Press Release Template - This document is a template for a local press release and is available in Word so you can easily cut and paste or add your own local details to the base format.
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Prominent Professors Letter - Prominent U.S. professors sign global letter, denounce
restrictions on freedom of education in Iran.
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Senator Dallaire`s statement to the Canadian Senate - Senator Romeo Dallaire addressed Canada’s Senate on Tuesday 29 November 2011 in one of the most challenging and detailed public indictments of Iran’s treatment of Baha’is. In his remarks, he noted how “the human rights situation of the Baha’is in Iran is deteriorating..."
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Screening-Conversation FAQ - This document provides answers to frequently asked questions that have arisen from initiative efforts across the country.
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