164 July-August 2016 Vol. XXVI No. 164 • Hope Needs Heroes • 2016 Annual General Meeting and Election • Persian Poetry in Translation • American Gun Violence and its Fallacious Debates • STAND UP TO HUNGER STAND UP FOR EDUCATION STAND UP WITH US • Ladan-e Bat-begir • Sargeejeh (Dizziness)No. 164 July-August 2016 • Iranian Youth: Assimilation and Americanization 1 164 By: Shahri Estakhry Since 1991 Hope Needs Heroes Persian Cultural Center’s Bilingual Magazine Poverty is not the choice of human beings. According to UNICEF (United Nations Is a bi - monthly publication organized for International Children’s Emergency Fund) poverty is the #1 killer of children globally. literary, cultural and information purposes Children, who are the most innocent and vulnerable in our societies, who are not responsible Financial support is provided by the City of for the situation they are put in, and yet who suffer the most. San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. Persian Cultural Center Today’s reality is that we now live in a roller coaster world. A world in which people make 6790 Top Gun St. #7, San Diego, CA 92121 many short-sighted, self-promoting, and oftentimes selfish political decisions in which the Tel (858) 552-9355 innocent, the children and the poor, suffer the most. Fax & Message: (619) 374-7335 Email:
[email protected] Web site: www.pccus.org Time and again I have been asked to run for a political office and my answer has always been, www.pccsd.org “I honestly don’t have it in my blood, nor do I have the temperament to be a politician”.