Mana Kharrazi

Mana is the Executive Director of Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB), the largest Iranian-American grassroots organization dedicated to community building and youth empowerment. Mana first joined IAAB in 2006 and has led the organization since 2008. Under Mana’s leadership, IAAB has grown into a leading Iranian-American community organization and has been featured on CNN and CNN International, The Washington Post, Huffington Post and PBS Frontline’s Tehran Bureau. Mana was a steering committee member of the Iranians Count 2010 Census Coalition (ICCC) and a member of iBridge Berlin Conference’s US organizing committee. Mana is a former Field Organizer at Amnesty International USA, focusing on campaigning and organizing within the South. Mana helped advocate on behalf of Troy Davis and helped coordinate actions in Savannah, Georgia during his evidentiary hearing in federal court. She also led numerous trainings and workshops, organized events with coalition partners such as the ACLU, NAACP, and other various human rights and social justice organizations. Mana and her work have been featured by various media outlets including CNN International, HuffPost Live, BBC, The New York Times and ABC's Nightline.