On today’s episode, I am joined by Yeganeh Mafaher. Yeganeh is a 24-year-old activist born in Iran. Her career has taken off in multiple areas- comedy, life coach, and content creator. Recently she has received recognition for leading the conversation on Tiktok about daily Iran updates and what we can do to continue supporting Iranians in Iran. However, this isn’t new to her… she has always used her platform to educate others about Iran and the truth we often do not see.⁣

On today’s episode, I am joined by Mandy Ansari, a marketing executive, influencer, mental health advocate, and immigrant obsessed with the internet’s ability to make the world smaller and more connected. She is passionate about helping people feel less alone by creating a safe space and community online. Her blog girlandthe.com has over 500K readers a month, and her account has reached around 10.7M people in the last month. ⁣

⁣Mandy is a founding member of the Iranian Diaspora Collective. This non-partisan, multi-faith group is inclusive of multiple backgrounds, gender, and LGBTQ identity and include leaders in business, media, entertainment, fashion, beauty, and more who have a combined social media reach of over 50M. In addition, the Iranian Diaspora Collective has raised over $460K to activate in 136 locations with a visibility campaign that launched Thursday, October 27th, and garnered around 150M media impressions.⁣

On today's episode, I am joined by Goldie Ghamari - the first Iranian Canadian politician to be elected in Canada. She’s been in office since 2018 and has always made sure she connects with her audience (not just online). As a politician, she knows the need to be in touch with her community, and as a millennial, she knows the best way is through social media. At the start of COVID, she started her TikTok account and has since dedicated much of her time to educating others about the lack of fundamental human rights in Iran, led under the Islamic Regime since 1979, and on September 16th when Mahsa Amini was murdered, she made sure it was part of her job to be the voice of the voiceless in Iran and bring awareness to the gruesome attacks happening daily to the Iranian people (especially to the women and children). She wants us to band together and helps, whether calling congress, posting on social media, or both. The more voices come together, the better it is for all of us.⁣

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