Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York

Category Archives: Special Announcements

April 27th-Film Screening of Crisis in Faith-Zoroastrians Today

| General, Special Announcements

Dear Friends

On April 27th, World Zoroastrian Chamber of Commerce and the Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York are co-sponsoring “Conversations with Tenaz Dubash.”

Please join us for a screening of Tenaz Dubash’s documentary film, “Crisis in Faith: Zoroastrians Today.” The film will be followed by a brief question and answer session along with some insights on how Tenaz started her career.

Sunday, April 27th, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Anthology Film Archives
32, 2nd Avenue (at the intersection of second avenue and second street) in lower Manhattan (parking on the street is free on Sundays)
New York, NY 10003 USA
Telephone: (212) 505-5181

Q&A, Raffle and DVD sales to follow.

Please RSVP to Shaun Mirza so we can get a pre-count of how many people we have attending. Shaun can be contacted at Shaun_Mirza@Countrywide.Com

Tickets will be sold for $10 at the door on the day of event starting at 2:00pm sharp.

If you would like to explore some of the restaurants in the neighborhood either before or after the film, we reccommend Lil Frankies and Boca Chica. Menus for both can be found on menupages.com or citysearch.com.

“Crisis in Faith: Zoroastrians Today” is a personal journey about an American Zoroastrian filmmaker’s quest for the truth around the controversies facing followers of her faith today, focusing on the dwindling number of Zoroastrians worldwide and the treatment of Zoroastrians as a religious minority in Iran. The film was shot in Boston, Chicago, Iran, India, New York, and Vancouver.

Clips of the film have been shown on CNN International. It has been screened at Harvard University in April 2008 and was mentioned in the New York Times.

For more information, please visit: www.tenazdubash.com

This screening has been generously co-sponsored by ZAGNY (The Zoroastrian Association of New York) and WZCC (The World Zoroastrian Chamber of Commerce). The views expressed in the film are entirely those of the producer, Tenaz Dubash, and are not endorsed by ZAGNY.

Iraqi children clothing drive

| General, Open Letters, Special Announcements

Dear friends of ZAGNY–Little children in Iraq need our help!!! These are little innocent hearts that know nothing of politics, power struggles, and natural resources. They are budding spirits who need support. We are told that they don’t want us to send money but supplies – since money can’t buy much in Baghdad where the shelves are empty. Clothing–for babies, kids, and young adults are needed—especially shoes; Also needed are –paper, pens, stickers, and crayons.

Let’s open our hearts to help those who have suffered unnecessarily.

Please bring in these items to the Darbe Mehr at our Apr. 6th religion class. THANKS.

Khursheed P. Navder

REVLON RUN/WALK EVENT – May 3rd, 2008

| Special Announcements

Revlon Run-WalkOn Saturday, May 3th, 2008 the Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York will participate in the annual Revlon Run/Walk for Women in the fight to help eradicate women’s cancers.

Over the past five years, with the participation of ZAGNY members, their families and friends, we have raised close to $25,000 for this worthy cause. Once again, we will be participating as a “team” for this event. The event is in New York City and participants can choose to run or walk this 5k race. It starts in Times Square and ends in Central Park. Our team usually meets at a specified location at 8:30 am. Exact location details will be sent to you via email 2 weeks prior to the event.

To register and join our team (Team #1109), please log onto the Run/Walk website. Our team name is Zoroastrian Association of Greater NY and the team number is 1109. The Registration fee of $30 includes your registration fee, a t-shirt, and a gift bag.

We encourage you, your family and friends to join our team to help raise funds for this very important cause and to support the thousands of women, who have fought this disease, are currently battling it, and the ones who have unfortunately lost their lives because of it. We thank you in advance for your support.

If you cannot participate in the actual event but would like to make a contribution by clicking here, then selecting a participant to sponsor on our team (Team #1109).

If you have any questions, please call team captain Sheroo Kanga at 201-227-1890 or via email at kangavs@yahoo.com

Join us this year, and walk among thousands united by the power of the human spirit.

Naurooz Day Parade – March 30, 2008

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NAUROOZ DAY PARADE CELEBRATION

The fifth “PersianParade” in celebration of NauRooz Day is coming soon and it will take place on Sunday March 30, 2008. The Parade is expected to draw tens of thousands of participants and spectators in New York City. The Parade procession will march on Madison Avenue starting at 41st street and ending at 27th street. The Parade promptly begins at 12:00 noon.

It has been suggested by the organizers that the Zoroastrians participate among the very early floats. Adults and children may be in traditional Zoroastrian attire, preferably in white attire like Dagli, Dagla, etc.

We are planning to meet all Zoroastrians at the South West corner of Park Avenue and 41st Street around 10:00-10:30 AM Kindly ensure that everyone is ready and assembled at that corner as we will slowly proceed from there to Madison Avenue to be ready to commence the Parade sharp at NOON. Please email your name and telephone # to Khusheed Navder (secretary@zagny.org) so that we have a record of all attendees at the Parade. Thank you.

LET US MAKE THIS NAUROOZ DAY A GREAT SUCCESS!