Our Mission

The Maleki foundation, is a non-profit, non-political Multi-Cultural grassroots foundation, which continues to engage in activities to make this great America a better and greater America, by providing ways and means by which we all could understand, appreciate and accept the contributions of every culture in our communities.

The Maleki Foundation continues to provide access and awareness of Public Local, State and Federal Resources and Information to Immigrants and to provide a forum for the community based organization to utilize a coordinated portal to network on common issues.

A California nonprofit Corporation

Background:

The founder, Irandokht Maleki Shahrokhi (1934-2002) was an Iranian Immigrant who migrated to the United States after the Islamic revolution in 1979 and settled in California in early 1980.   She was a nurse mid-wife and also a co-founder of the Iranian American Nurses Association in Los Angeles in 1984.  

She started her public work by assisting nurses in registering, studying and passing the California Nurse's Board exam and after that she worked relentlessly to find employment for the newly arrived nurses who had passed their exam.  

Her activities fell dormant during the early to late 1990 when her husband of thirty five years and a retired Army full Colonel and Doctor, started his fight with brain cancer.  Shortly after caring for her husband through and including his last day of life, she started a fight with cancer herself and as a brave human being fought through her last days of life leaving this world on September 10, 2002 with her final words "be good and do good for each other" on to the heavens where she belongs.  She is survived by her son and daughter and three grandchildren who reside in California .  

In her memory and honor, those who followed her goodness and pure heart to help humanity, came together and agreed to support this foundation.  The board thanks each and every person who takes any step in helping humanity and human beings in need.

The Board and Advisors:

Advisors:

• Honorable London Steverson, Social Security Administration.
• Aram Sardarian, Director, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Advisory Council.
• Derrick Cerna Hayes, Securities Specialist.
• Kevin Khadem, Former President, Rotary International, Rancho Park Chapter.
• Nikki Azebe Tesafi, Ph.D., Executive Director, African Community Resource Center.

 

 

Executive Director:

 

Pardis Patrick Ashouri, Esq.        

Tel: 818-989-3333

Fax: 818-361-7491

email: counsel@ashouri.com

Mr. Ashouri is a California attorney who maintains his private law practice www.ashouri.com in Woodland Hills, California.  He has volunteered in various County, State and Federal Multi-Cultural Advisory Committees representing various Community Based Organizations' (CBO) interests regarding fraud, immigration and related enforcement issues.  He has established close relationships with other CBO, Federal and State agencies, bureaus and department’s Community Relation Services (CRS) and has worked closely with a number of local coalitions on common interest issues (NSEERS, Patriot Act and Clear Act).

News Releases

These are the press releases we've issued over the last year.

• 2005 -- News Release

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Maleki foundation 

non political

Multicultural

grassroots foundation

activities to make this great America a better and greater America

ways and means by which we  understand appreciate and accept the contributions of every culture in our communities

provide access and awareness

Local State and Federal Resources and Information to Immigrants

provide forum for the community based organization

utilize a coordinated portal to network on common issues