Join us for a screening and discussion with "Ultimate Citizens" director, Francine Strickwerda. This event is free and open to all! Ultimate Frisbee teams welcome!

About the Documentary:

In "Ultimate Citizens," Jamshid is an Iranian who came to study in 1970’s America, and due to the Revolution, never went “home.” As a guidance counselor in Seattle Public Schools, Jamshid’s best work takes place on the playing field with “his kids,” the children of refugees and immigrants. Their parents are in the grips of their own struggles to make a living and a home in a strange land. Mr. Jamshid is the charismatic, fiery, funny human with a Frisbee in hand, who shows that love wins on the field, off the field, at home with family or boldly forging a new community, in a new country -  one kid, chicken, ultra-endurance race and friend at a time. Learn more about the documentary.

As a school counselor for nearly 40 years, Jamshid Khajavi uses the outdoors, play, and the sport of Ultimate Frisbee to help children find healing and belonging. Born in Tehran, Iran, Jamshid immigrated to the U.S. in 1977 where he received an MBA. After six long months working in an accounting firm, Khajavi quit to pursue a doctorate in education - eventually leading him to become a school counselor working with deaf children in San Diego.

Organized and sponsored by Albany Ultimate Disc Association, RISSE (Refugee & Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus, Inc.), and the NYS Writers Institute.

Co-sponsored by UAlbany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, Department of Political Science, Department of Public Administration and Policy, Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, School of Social Welfare, College of Integrated Health Sciences, Center for International Education & Global Strategy, and The Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy.