Iranian Alliances Across Borders
Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) is a U.S.-based non-profit volunteer organization, with a mission to "address issues of the Iranian diaspora community while raising awareness of the Iranian community, promoting leadership, and connecting Iranians across borders."
Formation
In 2003, IAAB was established by college students in Boston, Massachusetts. The organization "addresses issues of the Iranian diaspora by facilitating community building, developing ways to better understand what it means to be part of a diaspora community, and helping members of the Iranian diaspora community enhance connections with their new communities as well as maintain connections with their root community." The staff is located throughout the United States, Iran, and Europe. IAAB's mission statement claims that the organization attempts to spread awareness in regards to the Iranian-American diaspora community, advocate leadership within the community (focusing on the younger Iranian-American generation), and to build connections between Iranians across borders.
Projects
IAAB's projects include international conferences on the Iranian American Diaspora, Camp Ayandeh, Project Connection, Student Summit,<ref group="Note>Student Summit
IAAB Art, Bam Seminar, and essay contests. The most prominent project conducted by IAAB is Camp Ayandeh, an annual summer leadership camp held for high school students and is the first program of its kind in the United States.
2010 Census Coalition
In 2009, IAAB joined the Iranian American 2010 Census Project along with various other Iranian-American organizations, including the National Iranian American Council and PAAIA . A series of Iranian-American organizations, including IAAB, are attempting to contact every Iranian household within the United States in order to educate them AbOUT the relevance of the 2010 Census.