ALLIED IN PRIDE
June is Pride Month and IAWF is excited to share our next panel, “Allied In Pride.” Dr. Foojan Zeine will moderate a discussion featuring Sepi Shyne, Sara Farizan, and Shahrzad Bakhtiari as they discuss embracing one’s identity and being better allies for LGBTQ+ individuals. We invite you to join us Thursday, June 3 at 5:30 PM PST on Zoom, and we look forward to seeing you there!
A member of IAWF BOD, Dr. Foojan Zeine is a Radio & TV host, International Speaker, Psychotherapist, Life Coach, and the Author of Life Reset – The Awareness Integration Path to Create the Life You Want. She has her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. Her practice is online as well as in Beverly Hills and San Clemente, California offices. Foojan is the originator and the author for “Awareness Integration'' educational and psychological model, a multi-modality approach and intervention toward minimizing Depression, Anxiety while improving Self Esteem and Self Confidence. Multiple research on this method has been published in international journals and has been presented at Harvard University. Foojan hosts a live radio and podcast show in KMET 1490AM/ ABC News Radio, as well as co-host a television program in Tapesh TV. She is a guest speaker in many universities including Harvard, MIT, UCLA & USC. She has been a guest in the Dr. Phil show in CBS, Fox & Voice of America. Foojan is a contributor to YourTango.com, DivorceForce.com, yogajournal.com, Wholelife.com, Men’s Health, Psychology Today, Reader’s Digest, and Huffington Post.
Councilmember Sepi Shyne made history in November 2020 when she was elected to the West Hollywood City Council. She became the first out LGBTQ Iranian elected anywhere globally and locally became the first woman of color elected to West Hollywood’s City Council. Her election also ushered in West Hollywood’s first female-majority City Council. Councilmember Shyne’s priorities include advocating for affordable housing, protecting renters and social service programs, social justice, small business revival, and bringing the people’s voices to City Hall.
Councilmember Shyne received her Bachelor of Science from San Jose State University with a double concentration in Accounting and Management Information Systems and a Minor in Drama with an emphasis in Directing. She received her Juris Doctorate with a specialization certificate in litigation from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco.
