1.
Actions and Stories for
Diversity Awareness and Social Change
The SIETAR Japan 32nd Annual Conference
Living Within Diversity (LiDi) SIG
By
Parisa Mehran

2.
Reclaiming the right of self-representation
Terrorist Series (2004) by the Iranian artist,
Khosrow Hassanzadeh questioning the
label of “terrorism” by portraying himself
and some members of his family as
“terrorists.”
Part of the Iranian Art Show in Toronto
(2017) in reaction to the Trump travel ban
He’s saying, “Look at me. I’m an ordinary
working-class father with a son and a
daughter and a father, and they call me a
terrorist? It’s your inhumanity that doesn’t
see my humanity.”

3.
Hassanzadeh’s family

4.
I Am More Than A Stereotype
https://beyondyourstereotypes.wordpress.com/
Facebook: @BeyondYourStereotypes
Twitter: @BydStereotypes
Instagram: beyondyourstereotypes
#iamfromIran
#beyondyourstereotypes
#私はイラン人
#既成概念を壊そう

5.
Online Petition オンライン請願
We, Iranian people, are
not terrorists.

6.
#AccentPride Movement
I’m from Iran.
English is not my native
language, and yes, I teach
English in Japan.

7.
My Visa Story
https://parisamehran.wordpress.co
m/2017/09/01/denied-yet-present-
at-eurocall-2017-a-memoir/

8.
Merci!
“Our generation thinks it's
cool not to care. It's not.
Effort is cool. Caring is
cool. Staying loyal is cool.
Try it out!”
From @thereaIbanksy

9.
Parisa Mehran
https://sites.google.com/view/parisamehran
Facebook: @parisa.mehran.7
Twitter: @ParisaMehran