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The Greater Milwaukee Proclamation, named Bahá’í Info/Expo, sponsored by nearby Bahá’í communities, is now nearing the halfway point in its eighteen month program of events, reaching its culmination on the Birthday of Bahá’u’lláh in November.
As previously reported, Milwaukee’s Bahá’í Info/ Expo began with a two day introductory program at Milwaukee’s beautiful Performing Arts Center and consisted of movies, notable Bahá’í speakers, displays, exhibits, a symphony orchestra, skits and singers. Newspaper, radio, television and posters aided in promoting the event.
Almost 100 lineal feet of exhibits have been designed and produced, thousands of dollars of free radio and TV time have been obtained, posters have been seen by at least 75,000 people, free newspaper coverage approaches 2,000 inches, in addition to another 2,000 equivalent in paid advertising. Continuing classified ads are producing an unprecedented response.
Following the “kick-off”, each of the member communities has been assigned a month in which it can promote the faith in whatever manner it deems appropriate for its area and facilities. Each community, in turn, may have full use of all exhibits and advertising
science + religion
material for its area and facilities. Open house, public meetings, dinner meetings, firesides, mailing campaigns are some of the methods chosen. All communities are encouraged to support each monthly event,
The plan is outstanding in the fact that fourteen separate Bahá’í communities in and around Milwaukee joined in the effort. Because there is no precedent for a campaign of this scope, new methods of procedure had to be developed. In brief, one community was designated as the sponsor to act as administrative and financial headquarters. A Proclamation Steering Committee composed of a representative of each member community functions as the guiding force behind the operation. As aclvisor to the Steering Committee, a professional sub-committee composed of people who are professionally active in advertising, radio, promotion, displays and exhibits, etc., is serving, as well as a Program Committee who arrange for locations and speakers where required.
The Steering Committee members readily admit to errors of omission and commission but they are enthusiastic about the results so far. By continual refining of methods, a very effective instrument is being created to promote the Cause of God.
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MAY ‘1971
GRIEVED LEARN PASSING DEVOTED MAIDSERVANT HARRIETT KELSEY HER DEDICATED EFFORTS COMPANY LATE HUSBAND BEHALF CAUSE AMERICA FROM TIME OF MASTER WELL REMEMBERED CONVEY FAMILY ASSURANCE PRAYERS PROGRESS HER SOUL ABHA KINGDOM.
—THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
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High School Teaching at Montclair, New Jersey
At the request of the principal of Montclair High School (New Jersey), who recognized the need of the students to talk about morality, a religious discussion was started in the school. The class was set for the first period on Thursday mornings and those students who have that period free can, if they so desire, attend. This news appeared in the local Montclair Times. The classes included a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi and a Protestant minister. The Montclair Bahá’í community contacted the leading citizen who was directly involved in the formation of the program and requested that Bahá’ís participate in it.
Mrs. Iris Tarafdar was designated to speak at the school on December 10th. The class was asked whether it would like to hear about the Bahá’í Faith or whether the discussion would go along as it had done previously, dealing in religious generalities.
The students, approximately thirty between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, were interested in knowing something about the Bahá’í Faith. Also present were the head of the English Department, the school librarian and assistant librarian.
Mrs. Tarafdar’s talk stressed the Bahá’í goal of establishing the unity of mankind. By the end of the forth-five minute period, the questions were becoming more and more searching.
Representatives of other religions were men (man’s religious prerogative since the beginning of time) and the Bahá’í speaker was a woman; in essence, the Bahá’í concept of the equality of the sexes was truly established.
At the end of the meeting, the librarian, assistant librarian and head -of the English Department expressed their enjoyment in hearing about the Bahá’í Faith. The head of the English Department invited Mrs. Tarafdar to come back again. This was mentioned to the Catholic priest, Father Dowd, as he was thanking Mrs. Tarafdar for having come, and he seemed resistant to the idea stating there were other religions who would like to participate in the program. When asked if he meant Methodist, Baptist, etc. and replied “yes,” it was pointed out that they were all of the Christian faith. This idea had not occurred to him and strangely enough, it seemed to change his attitude. Mrs. Tarafdar suggested having a Muslim speaker since an erroneous statement had been made by a student concerning Islam, and it was obvious very little was known about it. Father Dowd was very receptive to this idea and began warming up to the entire new situation. Mrs. Tarafdar suggested her husband, Hassan, as the speaker on the Muslim Faith who was a Bahá’í of Muslim background.
As Father Dowd and Iris walked out of the school, he remarked “what did it matter if a person believed in the Immaculate Conception but was not able to help his fellow man.”
The young people were much as Father Dowd had described them; a lack of questioning and a_ condition of lethargy seemed to prevail. They do know about Bahá’u’lláh and the Bahá’í teachings now.
Perhaps the most exciting thing was Father Dowd’s response. He was extremely impressed by Bahá’í laws of marriage, divorce, concepts of heaven and hell, life after death, unity of the family and the fact that Bahá’u’lláh had specifically given a law prohibiting the use of drugs. He said the entire morning had been a tremendous revelation to him——it was like a fresh breath of air had blown in, He asked Hassan Tarafdar to speak on Islam at the Parochial school—and Mrs. Tarafdar to come back also.
Iris invited him to a fireside. Not only did he say he would come, but he stopped Sister Grace, a teacher at the school, in the hallway, and told her she would have to hear about the Bahá’í Faith and how exciting it was.
It was exciting to see how receptive to Bahá’u’lláh the Catholic church is becoming; a short time ago, it seemed impenetrable.
We hope this article will be of help to other communities in instituting the kind of class in the public schools that Montclair has going.
Bahc§’l3 and the Mass Media
Clarke Langrall, a member of Baltimore County’s Spiritual Assembly, is the permanent moderator for “Religion Today”, a radio discussion call-in program heard locally every Sunday. The time is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on WCBM, Baltimore.
From Airman, a national magazine, in their July 1970 issue is a two-page article about a Bahá’í, A/1C James L, Habegger. Stationed at Tyndall AFB, he started serving the community around him by assisting teenage boys who were behind in their studies. The secret of his success with them is found in his words “I don’t really have a teaching technique or even a plan. What I do goes beyond tutoring because their problem is not a matter of intellect. It’s attitude. Sometimes we review the material they are having trouble with. We say it in different words, find out why it should be learned. Maybe we just talk about our problems, mine and theirs, or what bothers them about school.”
The article continues: “Maybe it’s Habegger’s candor and unselfish sincerity that reaches the kids. These traits come naturally. Habegger is a member of the Bahá’í Faith, which stresses love and learning as solutions to both man’s social ills and his spiritual life. Habegger’s faith motivated his work in the community.”
Two young Bahá’ís, Linda Speer and Barb Cordell, were instrumental in arranging for publication of an ar ticle on the Faith in their school newspaper, at Bloom-Q
field Hills Andover High School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. May this be an inspiration for other students, especially as the article states: “. . . it seems as if our school has been set afire by this religion.”
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/\\ Moline, Illinois WQAD-TV Channel 8, on December 30, presented the Bahá’í Faith on the “On Q with Georgia” program. Participants were Wendell, Barbara and Debbie Gimm. Displayed on the program were pictures of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Wilmette House of Worship and books written by Bahá’u’lláh. In addition to a general talk about the Faith they were able to announce that Bahá’í Holy Days are now being recognized by the Superintendent of Schools.
Wilson Township, near Sheboygan, Wisconsin, carried on a continuing proclamation effort last fall. It began with a booth at the Sheboygan County Fair. Large weekly ads were placed in the local paper—totaling eight, which climaxed with a two-column, eleven-inch ad. These gave some good approaches to the Faith, and announced two public proclamation meetings.
Bahá’í' Directory Changes Assembly Secretaries
Southern California Dist. #1
Gardena: Mr. Harold Jackson, Chr., 2016 W. 134th Pl., 90249
Inglewood J.D.: Mrs. Patricia Doyland, 5011 W. 141st St., Hawthorne 90250
San Dimas: Mail being held. There is no Secretary at present
Ah Southern California Dist. #2 ‘ j - Orange: Mrs. Nancy Gill, Po. Box 5441, 92667
Southern California Dist. #3
Santa Barbara-Goleta J.D.: Mrs. Esther Singer, 627 Jorre P1,, Goleta 93017
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.: Mrs. Katherine Larson, 2625 Woodley Pl., N.W., 20008
Georgia Dawson: Miss Anne Kavanagh, 302 W. 3rd Ave., 31742
Idaho Challis: Mrs. Susan A. Gabaldon, Box 245, 83226
Northern Illinois
Waukegan: Mr. Larry Frew, Chr., 1117 N. Sheridan Rd., 60085
Louisiana Jefferson Parish: Mr. Samuel L. Dormio, Chr., 168 Grombling Ct., Westwego 70094 Shreveport: Miss Carolyn Reisinger, 2940 Samford #6—Shreveport 71103 "
Maryland Howard County: Mrs. Mamie Harcum, 9219 Cartersville Rd., Jessup 20794 Nebraska , Omaha: Mrs. Brenda Hicks, 2927 N. 58th St., . 68104 South Dakota
Rapid City: Mrs. Patricia A. Taylor, 1801 Evergreen Dr., 57701
Western Washington
Everett: Mrs. Mickey Afnan, Box 1609, 98201
King County Councilman Dist. #9: Mrs. Diane M. O’Fallon, 11115 S.E. 208th, Kent 98031
Longview: Mr. George Laws, Chr., 2856 Ocean Beach 98632
State Goals Committee Secretaries
Florida Mr. John Hatcher, Secty. pro-tem, 406 Joyce Ave., Temple Terrace 33617 Minnesota Mr. John R. Berry, Secty., 5829 Ewing Ave., S., Edina 55410 Nevada Mrs. Sandra Aust, Secty., 2354 Wedekind, Apt. G, Reno 89502 Puerto Rico
Mrs. Rachel Barick, Secty., Condominio Baldorioty Plaza 1202, Calle Diez de Andino 212, Santurce 00912
Hands of Cause Announce Expulsion
Four Covenant-breakers
The following cablegram was sent to the National
Spiritual Assembly on February 9, 1971 by the Hands
of the Cause of God in the Holy Land: OWING ACTIVITIES ATTACKING DIVINELY ORDAINED INSTITUTIONS ATTEMPTS UNDERMINE FAITH LOYAL BELIEVERS ANNOUNCE EXPULSION CHARLES SEEBURGER EARL FALLS CYNTHIA MCDONALD JAMES CARUANA.
These persons were members of the Swarthmore
Bahá’í community in Pennsylvania. The Bahá’ís are
warned against having any association with any of them.
Intercalary Days childr.en’s party in Foundation Hall at the Bahá’í House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois, on February 28, 1971.
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BAHM PUBLISHING" TRUST
The Guardian’s Progress Map—“Half-Way Point of the Ten-Year Crusade.”
When Shoghi Effendi made the plans and set the goals of the Ten Year International Bahá’í Teaching and Consolidation Plan (referred to as the Ten Year Crusade), he prepared a colorful map. It depicted the world at the beginning of the Crusade (1953) and the goals to be won by its conclusion (1963), and it was distributed throughout the world.
Just before his death, November 4, 1957, at about the midway point of the Ten Year Crusade, Shoghi Effendi made a new progress map. Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum wrote of this in her tribute to the Guardian published in Bahá’í World, Vol. XIII, as f-ollows:
“On Saturday morning, the beloved Guardian told Rúḥíyyih Khánum that he wanted a large table placed in his room, big enough so that he could lay on it the map of the world on which he had been working. He had prepared one -of those beautiful maps he used to make showing the progress of the work, and this one he called The Half-Way Point of the Ten-Year Crusade, in other words, the progress made, and the victories won, during five years. He had already worked a great deal on this map; indeed it seems a strange coincidence that the first time and the last time he worked on it should both have been occasions on which he was ill, symbolic of the great sacrifice of his life and strength that went into the conception and prosecution of the World Crusade. About two months before he passed away, the beloved Guardian had had a cold, with a temperature the first night; the next day he had no fever, but it was understood he would remain in bed and rest. It was that day he worked on his map for the first time, for about ten hours, and it was on Saturday, November 2nd, that he worked on it for the last time. He told Rúḥíyyih Khánum that he wanted her to check over carefully with him the figures and said that except for adding a few extra details and making sure that what was on the map agreed with his various lists, the work was finished. She remonstrated with him and begged him not to work, saying that in a few days he would be stronger and could then complete it, but he said: ‘No, I must finish it; it is worrying me. There is nothing left to do but check it. I have one or two names to add that I have found in this mail, and I will finish it to-day.’ In the early afternoon he stood in front of the table and worked for about three hours. The table was strewn with pencils and files of papers which constituted the Guardian’s lists of languages, tribes, countries, Temples, Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds, work completed, work being carried out, and a tremendous amount of data. At one time, while Rúḥíyyih Khánum was checking over with him the various lists and totals, he said to her, as he had said many, many times during the last year: ‘This work is killing me! How can I go on with this? I shall have to stop it. It is too much.- Look at the number of places I have to write down. Look how exact I have to be!’
“The beloved Guardian looked tired after working on his map that day. He went back to bed and continued reading the many reports he had received.” (B.W., Vol. XIII, pp. 211-213)
Hand of the Cause of God Ugo Giachery wrote concerning the reproduction of this map in Italy, which he personally oversaw: “I think the reproduction of
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the map is excellent; it has taken nearly three and onehalf months during which I have followed the work daily to make sure that no err-ors or omissions would occur. I am sure you will be pleased, and so will be the friends, in seeing this masterly work, in conception and execution, made by the beloved Guardian in person.” The Publishing Trust has a small supply of this last map of Shoghi EPfendi’s which can be purchased separately. Its historic value cannot be estimated. A copy oflfl thoils map is included in Volume XIII of Bahá’í or .
5 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.50
Order from the Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 415 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.
New Printings
God’s New Age. An illustrated, comprehensive booklet giving the basic Bahá’í beliefs and teachings. 7x51/4”, 16 pages.
This pamphlet is one that has been widely used in the “mass teaching” as the first piece of literature given to the newly declared followers of Bahá’u’lláh. Now available from the Bahá’í Publishing Trust.
25 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 3.75 100 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 12.50 500 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 50.00
2500 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$225.00
Bahá’í': Way of Life for Millions (EBONY REPRINT). Listed in 1971 “Bahá’í Literature Catalog” as item No. P-11.
Another favorite item used in the current mass teaching, as well as in other teaching and proclamation programs.
10 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.00
Additional Summer School Announcements
Arizona/ New Mexico
Blue Triangle Camp (YWCA Girl’s Camp)
Location: 17 miles east of Albuquerque, on Route 40
Session: August 1-7. Types of classes, not determined yet
Rates: Not fully determined, but very reasonable
Registrar: Mrs. Jeri Smith, 10500 Woodland, N.E. Albuquerque, New Mexico 87112
Special features: Elevation, about 5500 feet, requires warm bedrolls and two or more wool blankets. Bring bedding, towels, fork, knife and spoons. Bring coats and sweaters, also hiking shoes as there are many trails-to follow. School cabins can accommodate sixty-five persons. A map giving directions will be sent to all who register.
Georgia/ Alabama Bahá’í Summer School
Location: Camp John Hope, near Fort Valley, Georgia.
Session: July 3-8. Registration at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 3. Classes for adults and children. Adult classes will be small seminars focusing on Administration, the Bahá’í Way of Life, The Laws and their Purposes, etc. Occasional lectures for whole school. Some workshops.
Rates: Registration, $5.00. $5.00 per day for adults and $4.00 for those under 18; this includes lodging and meals, but each must bring own linens. Single and family accommodations.
For Information: Write Frances S. Worthington, 2178 N. Decatur Road, #8 Decatur, Georgia 30033.
REVIEW N A INTEnNAT:oNAL Goats
Be "Unrestrained as the Wind”
We speak of mankind being one family and the love we feel for each other as members of this family, but one usually has to experience this reality to gain a greater understanding of these words. One way this is demonstrated is when a Bahá’í is traveling and teaching the Cause and thus drawing on Divine Assistance.
The following is quoted from a letter by a young Bahá’í from the United States who spent the summer travel teaching in Europe then moved on to pioneer in another part of the world. His experience demonstrates the deepening in the verities of the Faith which comes as we give this Divine Message to others.
“I met a German youth in a store three blocks from where I was attending the German summer school at Bremen-Blumenthal. He had never heard of the Faith before, but he wanted to talk and so I invited him to visit me at the summer school the next day. After four days of talk, almost endless questions and answers, he declared for the Faith. Two weeks later he attended the premiere performance of the “Dawnbreakers” (a Bahá’í drama group) of Europe in Bad-Godesburg, Germany. In introducing him to other Bahá’ís before the performance, I mentioned that he had been a Bahá’í for two weeks. At this point he took me aside and in a friendly way admonished me for introducing him in this manner, explaining ‘I have been a Bahá’í all my life.’
“In Scotland I was told of a youth who loved the Faith but said he could not declare because of his very strong and personal feelings about war. He could not reconcile his feelings with what he thought was an adequate Bahá’í answer. Very shortly after I met him for the first time, he, himself told me of this obstacle, which I think is indicative of how much he was hoping someone would remove it for him. ‘That's funny,’ I told him. ‘That’s the very thing that led me to the Faith.’ And then I explained to him why the Bahá’í Faith is the greatest message of peace and unity ever revealed to mankind. Two days later he quietly said he had made up his mind to declare. A few days after that he said he was looking forward to pioneering in about two years.
“While in Dusseldorf, Germany with the ‘Dawnbreakers,’ I was asked to be available one afternoon because an American youth interested in the Faith would be arriving shortly from Cologne. That afternoon he arrived and we were able to talk about the Faith for a couple of hours. He had met another young American Bahá’í on a train to Vienna and, among other things, had learned that a Bahá’í number is listed in the telephone book in many cities around the world. In Cologne, Germany he decided that he must call that number. As a result, he was given Bahá’í literature and driven to Dusseldorf so he could talk to young Bahá’ís. He was most eager to learn more of the Faith and so, before he left, I gave him the names and addresses of Bahá’ís I had met earlier in the summer in cities where he was now headed. When he returned to Cologne that night he told the Friends there that ‘this was the greatest day in my life and my whole life has changed.’ There was an interesting aspect to this story. The young American Bahá’í
who first told him of the Faith on that train to Vienna, had also introduced me to the Faith seven months earlier in the U.S. ”
Pioneer Posts Open
GAMBIA
In The Gambia on the coast of West Africa two pioneers are needed to replace a couple who must return to the United States. Best opportunities for employment are: secondary school teachers; doctors; agriculture and marine departments of the government.
FINLAND
Finland, where six American pioneer goals are still unfilled, offers opportunities for youth without college degrees who are willing to work in restaurants and hotels serving the expanding tourist trade. Knowledge of the Finnish language is not necessarily a requirement for these jobs. Volunteers should have funds to travel to Finland and for living expenses while looking for a job.
BELIZE
Belize presently has two unfilled pioneer goals; there is an opening for someone familiar with cattle raising and general farm maintenance, to manage a 600 acre farm in Belize.
If you are interested and have the necessary qualifications, notify:
INTE RNATIONAL GOALS COMMITTE E 112 Linden Avenue Wilmette, Illinois 60091 312 256-4400
Youth Pioneer to a University in Alaska
Alaska beckons Bahá’ís interested in serving the Faith while continuing their education. Accredited University facilities are available in both Fairbanks and Anchorage. Study leading to the bachelor’s degree is offered in most fields and graduate programs are available in many areas of specialization.
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA:
MAIN CAMPUS: Located near Fairbanks, the Main Campus of the University of Alaska has an undergraduate enrollment of about 2,000 students. The undergraduate program is sufficientlybroad so that most students can either get the specific education desired or the preprofessional courses required for further study in professional schools. The total cost for room, board and fees is $1742 per year. (This includes a $300 out of state student fee.) For more information write to: Director of Admissions, University of Alaska, College, Alaska 99701.
SOUTHCENTRAL REGIONAL CENTER: Collegiate, technical-vocational, and general interest courses are all available at the Anchorage Community College. The collegiate program is part of the University of Alaska administered through the South Central Regional Center in Anchorage. A full spectrum of undergraduate courses are available. There are no dormitory facilities so all students live “off-campus”. Fees for undergraduate courses are $100 per semester for students carrying a full schedule. For further information write to: Director to Admissions, University of Alaska, South Central Regional Center, 1820 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Anchorage, Alaska 99503.
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ALASKA METHODIST UNIVERSITY:
This private, co-educational institution is located near Anchorage. The current undergraduate enrollment is about 500. Tuition, fees and room and board cost $2340 per year. (There is no additional fee for out of state students.) Address inquiries to: Director of Admissions, Alaska Methodist University, Wesley Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99504.
If you plan to attend one of these universities, please notify:
International Goals Committee 112 Linden Avenue Wilmette, Illinois 60091
Three Florida Communities Celebrate Naw-Ru'z Together
The communities of Pinellas, Clearwater and Pasco Counties of west-central Florida combined to hold a picnic at the Fred Howard Park in Tarpon Springs on Sunday, March 21st. The beautiful location on the Gulf of Mexico and the mild weather were conducive to the good fellowship of the occasion, About fifty persons attended. Games were provided for the children. After the picnic the group sang Bahá’í songs.
Calendar of Events
Feasts May 17—‘Azamat (Grandeur) June 5—Nur (Light)
Holy Days May 23—Declaration of the Báb May 29—Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh
Holy Days on Which Work Should be Suspended May 2, the Twelfth (last) day of Riḍván May 23—Declaration of the Báb May 29-Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh
U.S. National Spiritual Assembly Meeting June 18-20
Chartered Ship “New Bahama Star” May 17-28
Caribbean Conference, Kingston, Jamaica May 21-23
Special Events June 13, Race Unity Day
‘An Appropriate Presentation at
West Lafayette, Indiana
“Bahá’í Information Days” received a proclamation by Mayor James R. Williamson of West Lafayette, Indiana in mid-February, 1971. Since the city had just finished building a new city hall, it was decided that it might be a suitable time to present something for its beautification such as a shrub, tree or rose bushes, but it was discovered that the city had contracted in full for all the landscaping; however the mayor said: “We forgot about getting any clocks.” So, the Bahá’ís decided to give a wall clock to match the decor of the mayor’s offices. There is a permanent plaque on the base of the clock stating “Presented by the Bahá’ís of West Lafayette, February, 1971.”
Photos were taken of the presentation of the clock, the signing of the proclamation and presentation of the volume The Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh which were printed successively in the local weekly newspaper. They were also displayed in the window of the newspaper office. The local TV station used one-minute spot announcements, and continued using them after the event; they are bringing in a response. Mr. Salvatore A. Pelle of the National Public Information Office spoke at the Unitarian Fellowship of Greater Lafayette and to junior and senior high school classes where, it is reported “faculty and students were absolutely delighted with him.”
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Proclaiming the Faith to the Public
This issue of the National Bahá’í' Review carries a list of the special event days for proclaiming the Bahá’í Faith to the public during 1971-72.
Each year these special days have brought more and more publicity to the Faith, and they continue to be an effective method of proclamation at the local level. For each of these events the National Bahá’í Public Information Ofl°ice provides, months in advance, suggestions for their observance, sample press releases, radio and television announcements, sample proclamations, and other appropriate information. In the case of United Nations Day and Human Rights Day, the National Spiritual Assembly’s Committee for the United Nations prepares such material for use at the local level.
The events listed represent the minimum which the National Spiritual Assembly desires every Bahá’í locality—assembly, group, and individual—to use in proclaiming the Faith to the public and in establishing relations with a larger circle of acquaintances. All such events should be directly sponsored, announced, and conducted under Bahá’í auspices, and their Bahá’í identity is not to be submerged in an interorganizational arrangement; exceptions to this are United Nations Day and Human Rights Day which are -officially sponsored by the United Nations and its Associations, and for these cosponsorship or cooperation with other local organizations is encouraged where appropriate. As in the past, many localities will also use occasions other than those listed to proclaim the Faith in their communities.
There are different ways in which these special event days can be observed. Where there is a large Bahá’í membership, public meetings, or other gatherings, and publicity can be used. Where only one or two Bahá’ís are in a locality and they ca.n’t hold public observances, they can, as a minimum, send the publicity to the local news media.
With each public information kit or UN Committee kit supplied for the above events, a report form is included which requests a report to be sent to the appropriate agency. Bahá’í communities and groups holding events in conjunction with these days should document them well and, if at all possible, photograph the activities. The story of these Observances will, along with photos, appear in future issues of Bahá’í News, the National Bahá’í' Review, or the American Bahá’í'.
Further details on the events, particularly on planning and materials to be used, will appear in future issues of the National Bahá’í Review and the Public Information Newsletter.
Mrs. Ida Harris Homestead, Florida January, 1971
Miss, Alma L. Heise Baltimore, Maryland October 12, 1970
Mrs. Julia Jordan Downers Grove, Illinois May 4, 1970
Mrs. Theresa Bragg Atlanta, Georgia February 24, 1971
Earl Cates Palm Desert, California February 8, 1971
Vernon Choquette Portland, Oregon February 19, 1971
Eric Lambourne Darien, Connecticut February 26, 1970
Selmer Lofstedt Altadena, California March 9, 1971
Mrs. Alice Cummings Eliot, Maine February 7, 1971
Miss Marie Grant Rochester, New York March 8, 1971
National Bahá’í Fund
"THE YEAR": 1970-1971 3 150,000 125,000 coax 100,000 “oflw, 75,000 50,000 25,000 Mulk ‘Ala’ Fiscal Year (Dominion) (Loftiness) to Date INCOME Regular Contributions $84,435.51 $121,402.78 $1,215,844.08 Special Contributions 4,810.00 17,368.47 131,731.75 Total Contributions $89,245.51 $138,771.25 $1,347,575.83 Estates 262.02 14,197.48 65,504.24 Other Income 44.41 — 14,990.78 Total Inc-ome $89,551.94 $152,968.73 $1,428,070.85 Budget $126,000.00 $130,000.00 $1,728,000.00
In Memoriam
Mrs. Edna M. Lucas Wyandotte, Michigan February 12, 1971
Miss Beverley Perry Palm Springs, California February 15, 1971
Mrs. Mary Richardson Montgomery, Alabama February 6, 1971
Thomas H. Sauter Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio February 12, 1971
Mrs. M. Shook Waynesfield, Ohio No Date
Gary Slaughter Wagoner, Oklahoma January, 1971
Miss Charlotte Steinmeyer Brattleboro, Vermont February 26, 1971
Burleson Thomas San Antonio, Texas November 23, 1970
Robert Williams
Little Rock, Arkansas
No Date
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19714972 Special Events For Proclaiming the Bah<5’:' Faith to the Public
Baha"|' Material
Date and Event Theme Recommended September 19, 1971 “Human Rights— WPD Public Information Kit World Peace Day Prerequisite to Peace” WPD Poster Human Rights are God-Given Rights
Universal and Lasting Peace Pattern for Future Society
October 24, 1971 “Justice—the Basis of Material Suggested by the United Nations Day Unity” United Nations Committee Bahá’ís at the United Nations
- Poster Kit
One Universal Faith Bahá’í' Peace Program November 12, 1971 “Bahá’u’lláh——Unifier of Public Information Kit Birth of Bahá’u’lláh Mankind” *Poster Kit
Lord of the New Age Bahá’u’lláh—His Call to the
' Nations Bahd/i Answers
December 10, 1971 “Equality—A Divine Material Suggested by the Human Rights Day Standard” United Nations Committee
- Poster Kit
Human Rights are God-Given Rights One World One Family Man One Family January 16, 1972 “World Religion—Basis WRD Public Information Kit World Religion Day for Universal and *Poster Kit Lasting Peace” Bahá’í—World Faith for Modern Man
The Future of Mankind _ Pattern for Future Society
March 21, 1972 Public Information Kit Naw-Rúz Faith for Freedom
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