- 4 September 2008
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- Election 2008, Iranian American activism, Iranian American Life, Presidential 2008 Elections
Last night I had the pleasure of sitting down with about ten IAs at a restaurant in Rochester, MN. The town of 99,000+, the third largest in Minnesota, is home of the renowned Mayo Clinic medical facility (treating the likes of George HW Bush, Henry Kissinger, Jalal Talibani, and King Hussein of Jordan), which employs about a third of the city’s working-age residents. The Clinic, and its associated School of Medicine and various medical fellowship and residency programs are a big draw for Iranian American students and that is reflected in the Iranian American community that has been formed in Rochester.
So as you can imagine, we had a vibrant and eclectic conversation about our community’s political activism, healthcare laws, the Presidential election, and… tax policy!!