Orange County Reads One Book, Year Two Orange County Reads One Book began as the spark of a dream in July 2002, when the Orange County Community Foundation encouraged the concept and agreed to support the program through a seed grant. The program is modeled on the experiences of other “One Book, One City” efforts, first initiated by a librarian from Seattle in 1998 when she said, “What would happen if all of Seattle read the same book?” Soon other communities joined in, today more than 200 throughout America and other countries too, but only a couple of counties have been known to try it and none the size or influence of Orange County, until the summer of 2002. The mission of the Orange County Reads One Book project is to • Increase reading and literacy • Strengthen community building Develop multi-cultural understanding and multi-generational dialogue. March 21-April 3, 2004 are the official book weeks. For additional information on Orange County Reads, please go to www.orangecountyreads.org.

Organizing Committee
Dr. Jack Bedell, Sociology
Dr. Lee Bentley, Titan Communications
Thomas Bonetati, Titan Shops
Amir Dabirian, Information Technology
Dr. Touraj Daryaee, History
Dr. L.Y. Mickey Hollis, College of Human Development and Community Service
Parastoo Jamshiddanaee, Modern Languages and Literature
Susan Katsaros, Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations
Dr. Thomas Klammer, College of Humanities and Social Science
Carlos Leija, University Advancement
Linda Mencken, Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations
Mona Mohammadi, President’s Scholar
Maryam Molavi, Iranian Cultural Center of Orange County
Jerry Olson, Titan Shops
Richard Pollard, Pollak Library
Darya Salout, Pre-Business Administration Major
Sadaf Salout, Pre-Business Administration Major
Eraj Shadaram, Titan Communications
Dr. Fred Zandpour, College of Communications

California State University, Fullerton offers Fundamental Persian, which introduces the development of listening, reading comprehension, speaking of Persian (Farsi) language, as well as cultural awareness to communicate on a basic level. Also taught is an introduction to Persian customs, culture and civilization. The Iranian Cultural Center of Orange County, funded the instruction of this course for one full academic year; however, student participation as well as your financial support will make this program grow further. Please send your tax-deductible contributions to support the continuation and expansion of course offerings in Persian studies to: University Advancement Foundation (noting “Persian Studies - account number 30060” in the memo section of the check) Cal State Fullerton, Attn:Carlos Leija 2600 E.Nutwood Ave., Suite 850, Fullerton, CA 92831-3112