About FOR's May 2007 Delegation to Iran

The Fellowship of Reconciliation's (FOR) fourth peacemaking delegation to Iran departed for Tehran on May 15, 2007 for a 12-day peace mission. The group of grassroots civilian diplomats will return to the United States on May 30, 2007.

The interfaith delegation is led by Leila Zand, FOR's Iran program coordinator, and John Lindsay-Poland, co-coordinator of FOR's Task Force on Latin America and the Caribbean. Zand is a native of Iran and resident of Niskayuna, New York, and is leading her second delegation to her home country. Lindsay-Poland lives in Oakland, California, and has led FOR civilian diplomacy delegations to several countries in the Americas.

The other members of the delegation are:

• Denise Ames, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Andrea Briggs, Santa Barbara, California
• Kay Fields, Bethesda, Maryland
• Jessica Farrah Garan, Seattle, Washington
• Helena Garan, Johnson City, New York
• Jesse Guma, Los Angeles, California
• George Helder, Moraga, California
• Sandra Mackie, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Thomas Moore, Rochester, New York
• Stanley Rich, Augusta, Georgia
• Johanna Uitenbroek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Michael White, Oakland, California
• Raphael Wilking, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Geneva Woodruff, Brookline, Massachusetts

The delegates will be sending back reports during their trip, which FOR will forward to our e-mail network and post on the FOR Web site. If you are not part of our e-mail network and wish to receive delegation reports, please click here or contact us directly. (E-mail: editor@forusa.org.)

Contact FOR Iran Program (after June 1, 2007)
Leila Zand
E-mail: iran@forusa.org
Phone: 845-358-4601 ext. 27