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September 1983

The American

Baha'i

Wave of arrests, pressure continues in Iran

PRESSURES MOUNTING AGAINST BAHA'IS IRAN, PARTICULARLY IN TEHERAN, WHERE MEMBERS OF BAHA’i INSTITUTIONS ARE BEING HUNTED, THEIR HOMES RAIDED. IF NOT FOUND, THEIR FAMILIES ARE BEING HARASSED.

TWENTY-TWO BELIEVERS INCLUDING 11 WOMEN WERE ARRESTED BETWEEN 11 AND 20 JULY, AS FOLLOWS:

TEHERAN: HADI SHAFI’I, BAHIYYIH KAYHANIRAD, SHAHNAZ MUSSAMAPARAST, TUHFIH ZANJANI, TAHIRIH PAKAZMA, MAJDHUBP MU’MIN, MIHRANGIZ RAMZI (IMAMI), MULUK KHADIM, IRAJ QANUNI, AZIZU’LLAH DIHQAN, MAWLAVI, KASHANI, AZIZU’LLAH BADI'I. YAZD: MIHRABAN LUHRASB, SIMIN LUHRASB, ATA*U"LLAH LUR, SHAHRIYAR PURKHURSAND, MUNIR MIHRIGANI, SIMIN AKHTARKHAVARI. SHIRAZ: FARZANIH BAHRAMSHAHI. MASHHAD: MUNIRIH VAHDAT, NUSRATU’LLAH VAHDAT. THE ABOVE FRIENDS IN YAZD WERE ALSO EXILED TO KHASH, BALUCHISTAN ON 16 JULY,

ALONG WITH THREE PREVIOUSLY IMPRISONED IN THAT CITY WHOSE NAMES ARE: TAHIRIH VAHDATI, AZIZU’LLAH VAHDATI, IRAJ LUHRASB. URGE YOU APPEAL GOVERNMENT OFFIC! ORGANIZATIONS USE THEIR OFFIC! FREE INNOCENT VICTIMS ENEMIE: UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE JULY 26, 1983

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PERSECUTIONS IRANIAN FRIENDS REMAIN UNABATED. WAVES ARRESTS PROMINENT BAHA’IS RECENTLY INTENSIFIED. REGRET INFORM FOLLOWING DETAINED ON 28 JULY:

TEHERAN: MAHBUBI NADIRI, SUHRAB DUSTDAR. KARAJ: GHULAM HUSAYN FARHAND, IHSANU’LLAH KATIRI, NA’IM BADI’I, FIRUZ ATHARI, YUNIS NAW-RUZI, INAYATU’LLAH HAQIQI, TAHIRIH MUTLAQ, JAMSHID PURUSTADKAR, INAYATU’LLAH IZADI, PARI VUJDANI, ABAZAR SADRI, BAHRAM ISHANI, NURU’LLAH YIKAN,

9 new National Assemblies to be formed at Ridvan 1984

OVERJOYED ANNOUNCE FORMATION AT RIDVAN 1984 FOLLOWING NINE NEW NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES: THREE IN AFRICA: CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, AND GABON. THREE IN AMERICAS: FRENCH GUIANA, GRENADA, AND MARTINIQUE. TWO IN ASIA: ANDAMAN/NICOBAR ISLANDS, AND YEMEN (SAN’A). ONE IN EUROPE: CANARY ISLANDS.

LAST TWO NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES NAMED ABOVE ARE SUPPLEMENTARY ACHIEVEMENTS SEVEN YEAR PLAN. PRAYING SHRINES BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS MAY SURROUND SUPPORT FRIENDS EVERYWHERE IN THEIR ENDEAVORS

At District Conventions

NASIR ARDALAN, MAHBUBIH MUVAFFAQ. UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE AUGUST 2, 1983 ARRESTS IRANIAN BRETHREN CONTIN FOLLOWING 24 INCLUD} 10 WOMEN IMPRISONED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AUGUST: SARI: SUHRAB SAMIMI, SUDABIH ZIYAR (SAMIMD, FARIDIH SAMI’, ZHILA RIDA’I, MITRA YAVRUM, SHUHRIH RIDA’I, MUHAMMAD MAHMUDI, SIYYID-TAQI HUSAYNI, ARDISHIR HUSAYNI. TEHERAN: AWRANG DARUGAR. RAMIYYAN, GUNBAD-I-KAVU! AMINU’LLAH SAFA’ URUMIYYIH: ASAD ILKHCHI, QURBAN-ALI HAJAFZADIH-ILKHCHI, SANA’IYYIH ILKHCHI, HUSAYN-BABA ASL-JAFARI, KHANBABA AS) FARI, NANIH-QIZ AHMADZADIH, AZIZ KAFFASHI, FARIBA KAFFASHI, SIRUS KAFFASHI, DARYUSH KAFFASHI, ZHAKLIN HABIBI, MINA TIZFAHM, FADLULLAH MAQSUDI. i UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE AUGUST 16, 1983

‘Nationwide potluck’ is planned

So, you say you've never been to a nationwide potluck where everyone, at the same time, is enjoying the same delicious menu in support of the same first-ever project? Well—here’s your chance!

All District Teaching Committees have an opportunity this year to host a lunchtime fund-raising potluck at District Conventions (October 2) to support the first

PROMOTE GOD’S HOLY FAITH. UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

JULY 31, 1983

Electoral districts throughout country gear up for annual conventions October 2

You are warmly invited to the annual convention to be held in your electoral district Sunday, October 2. Please see Page 11 for the location of your convention site.

The primary purpose of the district convention is to elect the delegate(s) who will represent your district at the annual National Convention to be held next April 26-29 in Chicago.

ANOTHER vital purpose of each district convention is to allow for a wide exchange of views among the friends on the important affairs of the Cause in that

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Viewpoint Letters . The Funds. Goals Committee.

district.

Ballots will be available at the convention. If you are prevented by illness or some other unavoidable circumstance from attending, you may vote by mail.

To obtain a ballot prior to the convention, please contact the District Teaching Committee coordinator or the person who is designated to receive absentee ballots by mail.

If you are unable to do this because time is too short, you may vote by using the following proedure:

On a white piece of paper (about 3x5 inches), print the name(s) of the person(s) you wish to vote for. Please note that you are to vote for the exact number of delegates allotted to your district.

Voting for a greater or lesser number will invalidate your ballot. To find the number of delegates for your district, see Page Il.

PLACE your ballot in a plain white envelope and seal it. Do not

See DISTRICTS Page 11

North American Baha’i radio station—WLGI! And plans are cooking.

ALTHOUGH this is a voluntary activity (because some District Teaching Committees’ plans

See POTLUCK Page 5

in Mount Vernon, Washington, participated July 9 in the eighth annual Skagit River raft race. Although the Baha’is did not

i itself, they won exity for their raft in

local newspapers. The raft in = — cluded a globe and the words ‘The Baha'i Faith’ painted on each side. Crew members all wore ‘One Planet, One People ... Please’

——? I T-shirts. Rafters pictured are Mike Griffin, Linda Griffin, Russell Weaver and Ritch Boreman. (Photo by Kim Thomsen, Skagit Valley Herald)

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Feast letter

Enemies of Cause help spread Message

Dear Bahá’í friends:

While heart-rending news of barbarous persecution of our brothers and sisters continues to arrive from Iran, the Baha’is show unmistakable signs of determination to confound the enemies of the Faith.

Those who had hoped to obliterate the very word Baha’i have only succeeded in making it known to hundreds of millions of people on

every continent of the globe.

THOSE WHO HAD spread untruths about the teachings,

¢ pur poses, and the history of the Faith have only helped to win for it in an unprecedented measure recognition, respect and admiration. Thus the extremist mullahs have become an instrument for the advancement of

the Cause of God.

The American Baha’i community has suddenly been confronted wii

unanticipated opportunit

to proclaim and teach the Faith. Such opportunities must not be dissipated.

The press, radio and television have aroused much interest in the Baha’is. We must satisfy this interest by inviting our friends and neighbors to our homes for discussions of teachings that have transformed so many lives and have the power to transform all of humanit

If we but do our part, the concluding years of the current Seven Year Plan will be remembered in history as the years of emergence from obscurity and of vast expansion of the American Baha’i community.

With loving Baha’i greetings,

Comment

‘Survivors of martyrs’ must carry Faith forward

In one of His prayers, ‘Abdu’lBaha says: “‘O Lord! These are the survivors of the martyrs, that company of blessed souls.””

Who are the survivors of the martyrs? Only their relatives and friends?

NO! I believe that all of us, the followers of the Blessed Beauty, the Baha’is of the world, are the survivors of the martyrs. Every single one of us is a survivor of the martyrs.

As a survivor of the martyrs, every Baha’i has an obligation to consider serving the Faith of Baha'u'llah his first and most important priority.

Teaching, giving to the Baha’i Funds, educating Baha’i children, helping to consolidate Baha’i communities, becoming deepened in the Faith, being obedient to the Baha'i institutions such as one’s Local Spiritual Assembly, and accepting the honor and bounty of serving one’s Baha’i community in any way his Assembly may ask him to serve are among these re (USPS 042-430) Published monthly by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, $36 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, IL. 60091. Second class postage paid at Wilmette, IL.

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No doubt, we all understand that the Baha’i world community is one family, and that every time ‘one life is sacrificed for the Faith. for every one of us, it is as though we have lost a member of our immediate family.

The shock and sorrow ot sucn a loss can be at least partially compensated by doing something good in the name of the dear one we have lost in the spirit of sacrifice, and by becoming and feeling as close as possible to our beloved martyr.

MARTYRDOM is certainly not a loss to the martyr himself, since the martyr simply gives something temporary (earthly life) in return for something permanent (the eternal life).

But for the survivors, martyrdom can be a loss unless something is done about it; something ‘as precious and as great as martyrdom itself.

Praying for the survivors of the martyrs, ‘Abdu’l-Baha writes:

“O Lord! Graciously reinforce them with a new spirit; illumine their eyes by enabling them to behold Thy wondrous evidences in the gloom of the night; destine for them all good that aboundeth in Thy Kingdom of eternal mysteries; make them as brilliant stars shining over all regions; luxuriant trees laden with fruit and branches moving in the breezes of dawn.””

Dear friends, let us ask ourselves how we can attract the grace of God for the ‘reinforcement of our Baha’i spirit,”” so that we will become “‘luxuriant trees laden with fruits” in this ‘‘gloom of

The American Baha’i

Marion Carpenter Yazdi (third from left), author of the book Youth in the Vanguard, was the guest of honor May 21 at a tea hosted by the Baha’i community of Santa Paula, California. Af terward, a copy of Mrs. Yazdi's book about the early years of the

anford University and the University of California at Berkeley was presented to Dan Robles (second from left), the li brarian at the Blanchard Memorial Library in Santa Paula. Also present were Baha’ is (left to right) Mark Eaton, Molly King, Mary Foghi, Jean Eaton, Mich Yamamoto and Artemis Ledesma.

This month’s article was written by Tahirih Foroughi of Reno, Nevada. Dr. Foroughi is a member of the National Teaching Committee.

night”’ of persecution of our beloved family members in Iran.

CLEARLY, the answer is to offer the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh, the greatest gift in the world, to as many people as possible by teaching the Faith and serving the Cause, its institutions and its followers.

One of the Iranian Baha'is wrote while in prison:

“Value and cherish the Baha’ friends, since seeing them is like seeing the Blessed Beauty Baha’u'lláh and serving them is like serving God ...””

Let us take these courageous and self-sacrificing souls as our examples and follow in their footsteps.

Recently, at a Feast, the suggestion was made that everyone take one of the beloved martyrs of the last four years as his example, study his or her life and services, learn about his or her heroism, and become so close to that martyr as to be able to seek his or her help in teaching and living the Baha’ life.

In this way, it was suggested, each of us can become a hollow reed, a vehicle for transferring the assistance and spirit of the martyrs. from the Abhd Kingdom to this world.

THE TIME is short, the time is now, the time is past. Mankind is in dire need of the gifts of Baha

u’llah. Who else but us, His followers, can offer this gift to a

waiting world?

Let us, the survivors, follow in the footsteps of the martyrs, our beloved family members.

Let us awaken each morning with their memories and in their names. Let us ask them to be with us every moment of the day. And at night, let us sleep with their precious reminders.

Let us become familiar with their lives, one by one, and make them an inseparable part of our own lives.

Let every atom of our being sing the praises of God in their names, and let us serve, and teach, and be as servants to our institutions and humbly obedient to them.

This is the standard for the survivors of the martyrs.

More than 50 Bahda’is attend regional conference for business, professions

More than 50 Baha’is were pres ference at the Bahá’í National Center co-sponsored by the Business and Professional Affairs Committee and the Spiritual Assembly of Evanston, Illinois.

The conference, whose over-all theme was ‘‘Recognition, Understanding and Action,’’ had a twofold purpose: first, to gain an insight into our personal commitment to excellence in all our endeavors; and second, to explore ways in which to proclaim and teach the Faith to all strata of society including the business and

nal community.

To help accomplish those purposes, there were small group discussions on “‘Barriers and Solutions to Achieving Personal Excellence’’ and ‘Teaching: Obstacles, Approaches, Accomplishments.””

Among those attending were four members of the Business and Professional Affairs Committee: Susan Berge, Shahab Fatheazam,

Lawrence Miller and Jeff Mondschein.

Mr. Miller, who is president of Tarkenton and Company, an Atlanta-based management consulting firm, spoke on achieving personal excellence; Mr. Fatheazam, vice-president and partner of Kidder Peabody, a Wall Street investment bank, on teaching peer professionals.

Participants came from eight states and from Brazil.

Two Bahda’is selected

Two Baha’is have been selected for inclusion in the 1983 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America.

The two are Kevin H. Smith of Birmingham, Alabama, and Dean Dobbert of Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Nominations for the listings are made by senators, congressmen, governors, mayors, state legis tors, university and college presidents, and various. civic groups.

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LETTERS

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‘Each one teach one’ remains Baha’i standard

To the Editor:

Baha’u’llah has called each and every one of us to the first and most important requirement placed upon us when we accepted the priceless gift of membership in His Cause:

“Teach ye the cause of God, O people of Bahd, for God hath prescribed unto everyone the duty of proclaiming His Message, and regardeth it as the most meritorious of all deeds.””

WE ARE, individually and collectively, responsible for the continuing enrollment of new believers.

Individually, our watchword is “Seach one teach one.”’ ‘Abdu’ lBaha called us to that standard in the Tablets of the Divine Plan.

If some individual Baha’i had not been willing to share’ this Cause, would any of us be Baha’ is today?

I pray to God that every Baha’i in the U.S. will make just one commitment this year—that Ridvan will not pass without at least one enrollment.

Collectively, our teaching plans and efforts come through the institutions of the Faith.

All we need do is follow the directives of the Universal House of Justice, the Hands of the Cause of God, the Continental Board of Counsellors, and the National Spiritual Assembly.

Had we followed their directions in the past, there would be many more Baha’is in the U.S. than now exist.

Our focus, nationally and locally, has not been on teaching. As a result, we had fewer, by half, declarations during B.E. 139 than in B.E. 138.

So, let our National Spiritual Assembly make teaching the first priority. Let us have national and local teaching projects. Let us have a progressive series of teaching institutes, conferences and deepenings.

And let the members of the National Spiritual Assembly encourage the friends by their personal teaching efforts until there is a groundswell of teaching spirit in this country, resulting in an unprecedented growth in the number of new Baha’is.

Ross Klutke Portland, Oregon

To the Editor:

Belly-aching does not belong in the Baha’i way of life. Whatever one’s complaint, there is an antidote in the Writings and in work for the Cause.

Whatever the grievance, think of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. He and His family daily—regardless of the tribulations—recalled incidents over which they could laugh together: ‘‘Laughter is a spiritual relaxation.””

Whatever the bill of particulars, boast: ‘‘From amongst all mankind hath he chosen you, and

your eyes have been opened to the light of guidance and your ears attuned to the music of the Company above ...’”

Whatever the sadness, be happy: ‘My home is the home of laughter and mirth.’”

Whatever the discontent, ‘‘...be cheered by draughts from the eternal cup of love for God, and make merry as (they) drink from the wine-vaults of Heaven.””

‘ jing harmonies and lays in this divine garden ... and plant a tree in the field of the visible world which may bring forth fruits of the utmost delicacy and freshness.””

You'll feel better, the world will be a bit better, and ‘Abdu’l-Baha will have more about which to smile.

Patricia J. Smith Burlington, Vermont

To the Editor:

I feel I must comment on the article by Pat Tyler Kinney (March) about woman’s role as mother.

I often feel that many Bahda’f women feel they must comply with the status quo; that is, stay home and be mothers—that motherhood is a full-time job that continues at least until the children are 15 or 18 years old.

I ALSO often get the feeling that Baha’is who are mothers assume that other responsibilities belong to motherhood (i. ing the bathroom, sweeping the floors, taking out the garbage).

‘Abdu’l-Bahá did not say that women must “‘stay home’’ and educate the children. He said women should be the ‘‘primary trainers of children” and the ‘‘first teacher of the child.’’ ‘‘Primary’’ does not mean ‘‘total,”’ it means first in order and importance.

My position is that women can have a primary position as educators of children without having to stay home all the time.

I become frustrated when I see what seems to me an interpretation of what ‘Abdu’l-Baha wrote as meaning that women must stay home in order to be effective mothers.

There is no reason why a woman cannot enjoy the benefits of both the intense pleasure of being the primary trainer of her children and the immense satisfaction of spending time away from the home pursuing some other (secondary) goal.

1 AM aware of the great difficulty in today’s workplace of finding a job that isn’t so demanding that the primary importance of rearing children becomes secondary, and I become angry at the injustice in the workplace, where women are penalized for becoming pregnant and find it difficult to leave a job momentarily to tend to the needs of their children.

My hope is that someday the

The American Bahd’{ welcomes

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workplace will not be built entirely around what today suits only the needs of men. Someday, a harmonious situation will prevail that will accommodate men and women equally without fear of reprisals or put-downs.

I am also aware of the frustration women have when they find themselves relegated to the role of house cleaner and chief cook. That is not ‘‘motherhood’’ and is a role that can be shared by everyone in the family.

I would encourage every woman to pursue continually a lifelong task of self-improvement, whether it be in education, a career, or some other area.

When a woman has goals and feels fulfilled as a person, then she can share her happiness and enthusiasm with her children.

Ann Richardson Rockland, Maine

To the Editor:

In my opinion we Baha’is all have a gift in our hearts which is invested by Bahá’u’lláh. But we should not own it, or deprive others from possessing it.

We are appointed to wrap this gift in precious wrapping paper. We are the wrapping paper, and our message the gift.

Once this gift is given to a soul, what happens to the wrapping paper? It is discarded.

We should not attach ourselves to the gift, but’ rather remain separate and not be hurt if we are not as precious as the gift itself.

The purpose of teaching is to attract human beings to the Divine message and so imbue them with its spirit that they will dedicate themselves to its service.

Kambiz Rouhani Clearwater, Florida

To the Editor:

This is in regard to the ‘‘Comment”’ article in the January issue of The American Baha’i on EST training.

In May 1982 I took the EST training course. It was a unique experience in a room with 220 other people.

1 AGREE with the writer that it was a powerful experience, and one that for me was totally positive. I never once felt it to be a threat to my sanity or my psyche.

And I never felt it to be some discipline that could pull me away from the Faith. If anything, I feel an even greater appreciation for the Baha’i way of life.

The course cleared up some childhood traumas I’d carried

the National Education Committee. The believers may find of interest pages 308-10 in the book, The Psychological Society.—Ea.

around for 40 years. Many psychiatrists are advising patients to do the training.

During the course of 60 hours of group interaction there developed a feeling of fellowship experienced by all 220 of these former total strangers, a sincere desire to reach out unselfishly to each other.

My personal experience, after a year, is that the benefits I derived far outweigh the possibility of any harmful effects.

Also, I found ample opportunity to mention the Faith to some open-minded individuals. I. became aware that most of them are searching for ways to better their lives.

I believe that many of them would be receptive to the Faith, and have heard that nearly half a million people have completed the EST training.

I would enjoy hearing from other Baha’is who have done the training.

To the Editor:

Since becoming a Baha’i this past February I have come to love the Cause more and more as I continue seeking the truth, studying the Writings, and associating with other Baha’is.

I became a Baha’i through my own personal search, study and meditation, and thus realized the truth of the teachings and of the Prophets of God who are Mirrors of His light for this era.

YESTERDAY, however, I received a letter from two of my closest friends who live about 300 miles away.

They had investigated the Faith, and from the tone of their letter it was apparent that they did not like what they had found, and were telling me their inner feelings.

After reading the letter several times and pondering it, I could only pity them that they would not seek deeper into the history of the Messengers of God, not only of the Baha’i Revelation, but of all religions, and see their similarities.

_ At this time I can only ask them to follow Jesus’ advice about testing a true from a false prophet: “By their fruits shall ye know them.””

Indeed, many things come to test our faith, to see if we are true to the Cause of God.

This letter from two of my dear and respected friends has been

Eddie Lee McLaughlin Harrison, Arkansas

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Spiritual Assembly of Miami observes its 50th anniversary

Ciainpion

ELLA BAILEY

“Oh, Ella Bailey, Ella Bailey! Oh, Ella Bailey, Ella Bailey ‘Abdu’l-Baha kept repeating her name when they met for the first time in Chicago in 1912.

“In those few words,’’ Miss Bailey recalled many years later, “He gave me all the emotions of a lifetime. ...He made me feel His spiritual power and His truth.””

ELLA Bailey was born December 18, 1864, in Houston, Texas, and her family moved to San Diego, California, while she was still an infant. At age two she was stricken with polio which left one of her limbs paralyzed.

Ella became fond of nature, and in spite of her handicap became an expert horeswoman.

After attending normal school in San Diego she moved to Berkeley and began her career as an elementary school teacher.

She was introduced to the Faith by Helen Goodall and studied afterward with Lua Getsinger before becoming a Baha’i prior to ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s visit to the U.S. in 1912.

Because the friends in California did not expect the Master to visit the West Coast, several of them traveled to Chicago to meet Him.

MISS Bailey made the trip with her close friends Helen Goodall and Mrs. Goodall’s daughter, Ella Cooper.

‘Abdu’l-Baha greeted Miss Bailey warmly, saying He was happy to see her with her spiritual mother, ‘‘... thereby confirming a beautiful spiritual relationship that continued for life between Mrs. Goodall and myself,” said Miss Bailey.

Ella Bailey was the first chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Berkeley and served on that Assembly for more than 20 years.

She taught constantly but preferred to remain in the background, avoiding publicity for herself.

A long-time resident at the Berkeley Women’s City Club,

See BAILEY Page 23

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The Spiritual Assembly of Miami, Florida, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a series of proclamation events—the goal is one per month.

AN intercommunity committee has been set up to plan the events with help from area Assemblies and the local media committee.

In April, a fish fry was held at a local park and 100 helium-filled balloons bearing a message of unity were given to children.

In May, an observance of the Declaration of the Bab included a buffet dinner and talent show.

In June, information booths were set up at three area locations for Race Unity Day.

At one of these booths, in the “little Haiti’” area, a message in creole was attached to helium balloons wi were passed out to

children in front of a supermarket. In July, the committee helped

plan a memorial service for the recent Baha’i martyrs in Iran. Three hundred invitations were mailed to local officials, churches, synagogues, social service organizations and universitie:

Future plans include a beach party, an awards presentation, an evening of history to view the community’s archives, and much more.

at a Baha’ information booth set up in Miami, Florida, on Race Unity Day, June 12, as a part of the Spiritual Assembly of Miami

50th anniversary observance. Also pictured are Baha'is Marlene Bastien (standing) and her mother,

‘Ss. Bastien. The motto on the jirt reads ‘Everyone

Robert G. Wilson, secretary of the National Teaching Committee, addresses the first Chippewa

Valley Baha’i Teaching Conference held June 25 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

36 attend 1st Chippewa Valley Baha’i Teaching Conference

The first Chippewa Valley Baha’i Teaching Conference was held June 25 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Thirty-six adults and 24 children from Wisconsin and Minnesota attended the conference, which was sponsored by the Spiri: tual Assembly of Eau Claire.

Discussion was centered on the various conditions in our personal lives that can promote or inhibit our ability to teach the Faith.

Speakers included Robert G. Wilson, secretary of the National Teaching Committee; Mike Furst, an assistant to Auxiliary Board

member Stephen Birkland; Charlotte Shaw, an assistant to Auxiliary Board member D. Thelma Jackson; and Jack and Georgia Johnson from Chippewa Falls.

Among the conference highlights was a children’s presentation that included prayers, songs, and a skit the children had learned in their classes.

The conference was followed in the evening by firesides held simultaneously in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, which is the Spiritual Assembly of Eau Claire’s extension teaching goal.

Connecticut Baha’is participate in ‘Alternatives Marathon’ for peace

Band's is in New Britain, Connecticut, participated this y an. xiercative Central Connecticut State University whose theme was ‘‘Inner and Outer Peace.

A local Baha’i led three workshop sessions on ‘True Happiness and True Freedom: A Baha’i Perspectiv

Three sheets of relevant quotations and prayers were used as reference materials, and were taken

home by the students, one of whom later wrote a favorable commentary on the cour:

Also, a Baha’i from a nearby community led a workshop on “The Search for Truth: Freedom from Prejudice.

The title and description of each Baha’i workshop was listed in the course brochure which is sent to all participants and students and appears in the local newspaper.

73 embrace Faith in Encenadas, Mexico

Seventy-three people in Encenadas, Mexico, declared their belief in Bahá’u’lláh during the first phase of a year-long border teaching campaign sponsored by the District Teaching Committee of Southern California No. 4.

Among those embracing the Faith are many professional people from the educated middle class. Two of the declarants are from a nearby Reservation, and their enrollments will open a new Indian locality. The two had heard of the Faith before and are eager to carry the Message back to their Reservation,

Some 20 to 25 Baha’is from the U.S. side of the border are committed to weekend excursions for consolidation and teaching. Funds for the campaign—which is entirely self-supporting—were

raised by a fiesta and Mexican dinner that netted $1,500.

Washington State passes resolution

On May 25, the House of Representatives of Washington state passed the following resolution concerning the persecution of Baha’is in Iran:

WHEREAS, In the past four years, the Iranian government has executed thousands of persons for their religious beliefs; and

WHEREAS, Members of the Baha’i faith in Iran have suffered the loss of property and jobs as a result of their religious convictions; and

WHEREAS, In addition to executions and the loss of property and jobs, members of the Baha’i faith in Iran have been subjected to extreme governmental harassment, persecution, and imprisonment; and

WHEREAS, At least one hundred twenty-five Baha’is were arrested in Shiraz in a single month this year, and these arrests continue; and

WHEREAS, Those Baha’ is arrested are often executed without the benefit of a trial and without being convicted of any crime except their refusals to renounce their religious beliefs; and

WHEREAS, The members of the Baha’i faith in Iran have been specifically excluded from civil protection under the current Iranian Constitution; and

WHEREAS, The Baha’i faith is recognized around the world and its members are a peace-loving people who believe in the basic principles of justice, equality, and unity; and

WHEREAS, The denial of religious freedom and the persecution of a group of human beings is a threat to the freedom of all people;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, That we support United States Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 73 which condemned the Iranian persecution of the Baha’i community; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That we urge Congress and President Ronald Reagan to persever: their efforts to halt the persecution of members of the Baha’i faith in Iran; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to President Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the members of the congressional delegation from Washington State,

ADOPTED May 25, 1983.

[Page 5]THE FUNDS

September 1983

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Contributions rise, but remain far short of goal

Fij Baha’ 4

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION

At the Bahá’í National Convention last May, the proposed contributions goal was raised at the suggestion of the delegates by more than $3 million. .

This was done to allow the National Spiritual Assembly to initiate critically needed repairs on the dome of the House of Worship.

NEVER before has such a sizable increase been made in the goal from one year to the next (last year’s goal was $6.48 million, increased to $10 million this year).

The American Bahá’í community has not yet adjusted to the new goal, as is evidenced by the level of contributions during the first six Bahá’í months of the year.

Although the year-to-date contributions are slightly higher than during the same period last year, they have fallen $1.5 million below the amount needed to keep pace with the new goal.

The primary reason that contributions have not kept pace with the new goal, according to Dorothy W. Nelson, treasurer of the National Spiritual Assembly, is that the number of individuals

contributing directly to the National Fund has declined significantly during the summer months.

Last year an average of 5,012 believers contributed to the National Fund each month. By late July of this year, that number had dropped to 3,961.

IF THE present campaign of unified action to restore the House of Worship, expand the facilities at the Louis Gregory Institute and build a radio station there, and bring about a vast increase in the number of Baha’is in this country is to succeed, it requires above all unified action on the part of the friends in contributing to the National Fund.

In a Feast message dated August 12, the National Spiritual Assembly reminded the friends that the $10 million contributions goal should not be seen simply as a national endeavor.

The recent Baha’i International Convention in Haifa, Israel, vividly reminded the members of our National Assembly that the Baha’is throughout the world look to this country to provide the means by which to proclaim and consolidate the Faith globally.

To meet adequately these expectations requires more funds than are presently flowing into the national Treasury.

We have a great opportunity now to rededicate ourselves to our spiritual heritage as the championbuilders of Bahá’u’lláh’s administrative order.

The sooner we restore the Temple—the symbol of our heritagethe more triumphantly we can reaffirm our place as leaders in the Baha'i world community. If we now seize the chalice of sacrifice and supply the material resources needed at this time, we will have made another great stride toward achieving our destiny.

The $1.5 million shortfall in contributions can therefore be regarded as a “‘spiritual thermometer’’ registering the health and vitality of the American Baha’i community. The remedy depends upon each Baha'i playing his part in the functioning of the entire body.

What is needed now is for 20,000 Baha’is to give whatever they can afford to the National Baha’i Fund every month. Will you be one of the 20,000?

Potluck Continued From Page 1

are finalized at this point and won’t allow for such meal plans), the National Spiritual Assembly hopes that as many districts as possible will be able to support this activity whose purposes are:

To educate the attendees further regarding the significance,

plans and-needs of the Louis Gregory Bahá’í Institute expansion program including the first Baha’i radio station in North America.

To make a positive use of the

lunch period at District Convention.

The menu for the potluck is composed of some real taste treats from the WLGI fund-raising cookbook, ‘‘Let’s Get Cooking,”’ and includes a varied range of luncheon fare from ‘Uncle Henry’s Brunswick Stew’’ (a tra

try:

1 1/2 c. cooking oil 3 eggs

2c. sugar

2 tsp. vanilla

3c. flour

1 tsp. soda

1 tsp. salt

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

This month’s recipe will give you a taste of what’s to come at the District Convention—WLGI potlucks. It also gives us a chance to publicly correct an awful error. This apple cake recipe comes to us from Peggy Scott, who is presently serving at the National Center but who hails from Birmingham, Alabama, not from Atlanta, as shown in ‘‘Let’s Get Cooking.’ Peggy knows we’re sorry for the mistake—but you won’t be sorry when you

APPLE CAKE

Mix together first 4 ingredients. Sift together and add flour, soda and salt, blending well with electric mixer. Fold in nuts and apples. Bake in tube pan* at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Glaze: cook 3 minutes. Pour hot sauce over cake hot from oven; pan at least 2 hours. Remove right side up. HINT: This is a tried and true recipe and has been to so many Alabama potlucks that it was known as Peggy’s ‘‘Get to Heaven’’ cake.

Tube pan—bundt pan or angel food cake pan.

1c. chopped pecans 3c. apples, peeled and chopped fine

Glaze:

lc, sugar

1/4 c. milk

1 stick margarine

ix and let set in

ditional potluck favorite!) to “Apple (Get to Heaven) Cake.’”

ALL THIS fun activity can happen easily if the District Teaching Committee can depend on the help of the communities in its district.

It has been suggested to the committees that assignments for each of the menu items, drinks and clean-up be made in order to handle the lunch on a cooperative and simple basis.

If your District Teaching Committee decides to host a potluck, please lend your full assistance to its plans.

Imagine—instead of bringing along your peanut butter sandwich, or fighting to find the local “greasy spoon’’ and then get served in a hurry, you can have lunch with the champion-builders of Baha’u’llah’s Administrative Order on October 2, enjoying together (and with the entire country!) a meal that befits such a uni » que undertaking in our proud his tory—WLGI—North American Baha’i radio.

Bring your lunch money—and we'll see you there!

MUSICIANS: WLGI needs you! Musicians are encouraged to compose and, if possible, record ‘‘station I.D.’s’’ (i musical introductions) for WLGI. These should be forwarded to WLGI at the Baha’i National Center. The National Spiritual Assembly will then select the one(s) to be used on the air in South Carolina.

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140 BE. Pertection—Kamél

WLGI radio begins ‘broadcasts’ from studios in Mother Temple

“‘WLGI—Lift up your hearts! The Day of God is here! WLGI.’”

With those inspiring lyrics, Baha’i radio station WLGI began “broadcasting”’ to local communities across the country at the Feast of Kamal on August 1.

THE broadcasts originate from a studio at the Mother Temple of the West in Wilmette, and are distributed via cassette tape to all Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups of five or more.

Recorded as a national news bulletin, the broadcasts share upto-the-minute reports of victories in teaching, consolidation and fund-raising for the critical needs of the Faith.

These broadcasts play an important role in the National Spiritual Assembly’s ‘‘campaign of unified action,’’ and the community’s informal response to ““WLGI on the air’’ has to-date been one of excitement and enthusiasm.

The host for the series of broadcasts is the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears.

Although illness prevented Mr. Sears from participating in the initial broadcasts, it is hoped that he will be able to assume his position behind the microphone early in the fall.

GOAL—$10,000,000

IN THE meantime, the friends have had an opportunity to hear from ‘‘guest commentators’’ such as Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, who explained the campaign of unified action, and Dr. Alberta Deas, director of the Louis Gregory Institute, who reported the activities and aspirations for expansion of the Institute.

If your community has a success story to share about your part in the campaign for unified action (teaching, fund-raising, Friendship Teams, etc.) you are invited to phone in your news for broadcast over WLGI.

Call the ‘‘news bureau”’ in the National Teaching Committee office, 312-869-9039, or write to WLGI, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

Isolated believers and those in Groups of fewer than five members should not hesitate to contact a nearby Assembly to borrow a copy of previous Feast broadcasts so that they can be ‘‘in on the news’’ too.

The Bedrock of All Other Institutions National Baha’i Fund ‘Wilmette, IL 60091

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Baha’i pioneer must move about like a ‘seed in the wind’

“The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.’’Bahá’u’lláh

“The duties of teaching and pioneering are enjoined upon all believers.””—The Universal House of Justice (Quickeners of Mankind, p. 24)

. What does it mean to be a Baha’i? To be a Baha’i is to be a ci tizen of the world, to be familiar with the lands and the seas, the islands and the meadows, to be able to travel and move like a seed in the wind to wherever one might implant the glorious teachings and standards of the New Age as revealed by Bahá’u’lláh.

AS ‘ABDU'L-BAHA said, “‘Why are ye silent? Shout! Why are ye sitting? Move! Why are ye

quiet? Stir! This is not the day of rest and comfort. Travel ye constantly, spread far and wide the Teachings of God!’’

Unlike the seed in the wind, the Baha’i pioneer must, by an act of will, make certain decisionswhen to go and where to settle.

It is helpful therefore to become aware of the conditions of other places in the world and the op

Capable, dedicated pioneers urgently needed for vacant posts in Marshall, Caroline Islands

“Upon our efforts depends in very large measure the fate of humanity.”” (Wellspring of Guidance, p. 120)

. We know as followers of Baha’u’llah that our efforts really do count, that our services are needed more desperately than ever before, as we watch the old world order crumbling before us while we erect the institutions that will sustain the new World Order and uphold the laws of a new and most glorious age for mankind.

THE Universal House of Justice is concerned about the lack of progress toward achieving the goals of the Seven Year Plan in the Caroline and Marshall Islands. It feels that each of these communities would benefit from the help of capable full-time teachers, and the International Goals Committee seeks humble and devoted souls who will pick up and go.

Self-sufficient traveling teachers would help greatly, but even more desirable would be pioneers who could move to one of these islands and settle.

AUSTRALIA

If one cannot go oneself, it is possible to earmark contributions to the National Baha’i Fund for this important work above and beyond his regular contributions.

The situation in the Carolines and Marshalls is serious, and believers are needed to help in the teaching work and the development of functioning Assemblies in these island areas.

To help in your decision to arise and fulfill this need, a brief description of each of these goal areas follows. More information about them can be obtained by writing to the International Goals Committee, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or by phoning 312-869-9039.

Caroline Islands

These islands are centered in the South Pacific off the shores of Australia. They have their local languages, but English is also spoken.

The lifestyle is simple and operates at a slow pace. Visitors and pioneers should be prepared to “rough it.’”

There are two seasons per year,

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Newspaper ad brings good response

The Baha’i community of Brookhaven, New York, placed a quarter-page ad July 22 in Newsday, one of the most widely read daily newspapers in the New York City-Long Island area.

The ad was run again by Newsday on Sunday, July 24, this time free of charge. Several phone calls were received from people responding to the ad.

and temperatures average between 80-85 degrees.

Unemployment is high, and pioneers would need to offer skills that local people can’t provide. Jobs can possibly be obtained by teachers (especially math and science) at the Community College of Micronesia on Ponape.

Less likely positions exist for high school teachers, doctors and medical personnel, dentists, and especially lawyers.

Employment with individual business firms is extremely rare, and it is best to apply for jobs while visiting the islands.

Baha’is who are self-sufficient are greatly needed. Retired persons with an independént income are most welcome. A minimum of $700 per month per couple is needed.

Marshall Islands

Located northeast of the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands are presently a U.S. Trust Territory.

Marshallese and English are the languages spoken. Temperatures range in the high 70s and 80s with high humidity, typically tropical.

The local diet is mostly fish, boiled rice and breadfruits, and the terrain varies from rugged in the outer districts to easier traveling in city areas. The cost of living is high and jobs are scarce. A minimum of $500 a month for a couple is needed.

What few job possibilities there are might be in teaching, small business investments, or public health. The smaller islands have only primary schools, with secondary schools on the larger ones.

The International Goals Committee asks the American Baha'is to consider taking a year’s break from the American culture and investigate the culture of these people.

They are in great need of help, and this would be an ideal opportunity to gain a fuller understanding of and appreciation for another culture.

The need for deepening and consolidation is very real. One or more traveling teachers could do a world of good in one year of teaching. .

We urge you to seize this chance for spiritual victories both in your own personal growth and in that of the Baha’i world community.

portunities to live and serve successfully elsewhere, just as a gardener must know the requirements of different seeds for their best growth and development.

It is also important to know your own self and your needs in order to find the spot where you will “take root’’ in your efforts.

Some seeds sprout in dark, moist areas; others lie dormant for a long time on the hard, dry earth until a few drops of water appear.

Wherever you may be carried by the winds of will, you must be prepared to respond to that call when it begins to stir in your heart.

WHAT is your education? What needs can you serve with your talents and skills? What possibilities are there in the pioneering posts that remain to be filled? What must be done to get ready?

Some questions can only be answered by you, while other infor

mation can be supplied by the International Goals Committee which can help open the doors for

you.

The goals of the Seven Year Plan have provided the direction of the wind. Each Baha’i is a potential pioneer, a ‘‘seed’’ to settle in new and foreign soil where it will give nourishment and beauty to barren lands.

Clearly, each one of us must realize his responsibility to arise and serve. International pioneering is the highest priority for service, and by this means we can demonstrate to the world that the earth is indeed but one country and that mankind is one family.

And when we arise to serve, we attract the blessings of the Abha Beauty, for this is God’s own Plan.

“Let the doubter arise and himself verify the truth of ‘such assertions. To try, to persevere, is to ensure ultimate and complete victory.”"—Shoghi Effendi (Messages to America, p. 17)

PIONEER GOALS Revised: August 16, 1983

AFRICA

(P) Angola (F) Burundi (P) Cape Verde Is. (F) Chad (F,A) Djibouti (S) Equatorial Guinea

(E) Gambia

(F) Guinea (P) Guinea Bissau

(E) Liberia

(F) Madagascar (E) Mali

(A,F,S) Morocco

(P) Mozambique (F) Reunion (E) Sierra Leone (A,E) Somalia (E) Tanzania (E) Tunisia (E) Uganda (EF) Zaire

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LANGUAGE KEY

A-Arabic Gr-Greek C-Chinese J-Japanese D-Danish P-Portuguese E-English S-Spanish F-French T-Thai

(E) St. Vincent (F) Suriname (E) Trinidad/Tobago

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(J) Japan °(P,E,C) Macau

(E) Nepal

(E) Sri Lanka

(E,T) Thailand

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(E) Fiji

(E) Kiribati (F) Loyalty Islands (F) Marquesas ¢(E) Marshall Islands (F) New Caledonia (E) Niue (E) Papua New Guinea (E) Solomon Islands (E) Tinian (F) Tuamoto Arch. (E) Tuvalu (F,E) Vanuatu

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Goal countries assigned

specifically to the United States. The rest are goals assigned to other countries, which the Universal House of Justice has asked the U.S. to help fill.

(__) Indicates the number of pioneers needed from the United

, States.

[Page 7]YOUTH NEWS

September 1983

CHARLES HOWARD

Chicago youth wins top prize in citywide crafts competition

Charles Howard, a Baha’i youth who attends Kenwood Academy in Chicago, was one of the top award winners in a recent citywide crafts contest that drew more than 2,700 entries in a dozen categories.

Charles won first prize in woodworking for a bookcase and secretary that he designed and built.

USING as his model a single photograph, he developed his own blueprint and designed and built many of the tools he used to complete the project, working after school and late into the night.

Meanwhile, he was maintaining a B-minus average in honors class work at Kenwood and starring on its basketball team.

‘Charles was crowned prince of the school’s senior prom and was a member of the Kenwood Academy Senior Advisory Committee.

An active Baha’i, he is a member of the District Youth Committee.

In a ceremony at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Charles received a trophy for his winning entry which has an estimated value of $3,000 and which he presented to his parents as a gift.

He will begin studying engineering this fall at the University of Wisconsin.

Conference is slated

at U. of Oklahoma

The Baha’i College Club at the University of Oklahoma is sponsoring a conference October 7-9 on the campus of the university in Norman.

The theme of the conference, which will be intellectually oriented, is “‘A Baha’i World View.” Speakers will include Dr. Dwight W. Allen, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly; and Ray Johnson, former principal of the New Era Baha’i School in Panchgani, India.

For more information please Dae Taraneh Sadeghi, 405-321 153.

Series of special conferences for youth to be held October 8

Attention Baha’i college students! A special “‘V.1.C.E.”’ conference is being held Saturday, October 8... and you are requested to attend. What is V.I.C.E.? Vast Increase in College Enrollments!

To find out about becoming a member of the ‘‘V.1.C.E. squad,’” you'll need to attend the conference near you.

A series of nine V.I.C.E. conferences is being held across the country. They will be day-long events to facilitate an exchange of ideas among Baha’i college students and will focus on the teaching plans for the 1983-84 school

year.

Each Bahd’{ College Club is urged to send at least two members to one of the conferences. For more information, please contact the registrar in your area.

Oregon (Oregon State University). Philip Reich, P.O. Box 1351, Corvallis, OR 97339 (503-758-5073).

Northern California (Stanford University). Faranak Samadani, P.O. Box 5571, Stanford, CA

94305 (415-325-6465).

Southern California (University of California at Irvine). Farzaneh Ghofrani, P.O. Box 17254, Irvine, CA 92714 (714-551-8934).

Colorado (University of Colorado at Denver). Tony Duran,

» Lakewood, CO 80228 (303-988-1565).

Texas (University of Houston). Susan Hansen,

_ ~, Houston, (713-667-7529).

Illinois (Northwestern University, Evanston). David Khorram, 600 Lincoln St., Room 125, Evanston, IL 60201 (phone number unavailable).

Massachusetts (Harvard/Radcliffe Universities). Jim Markert, Currier House, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617-495-8751).

Washington, D.C. (George Washington University). Bijan Samali,

TX 77035

Hyattsville, MD 20782 (301-559-3918). Georgia (University of Georgia, Athens). Carey Murphy, _ _ . Tucker, GA 30084 (404-934-4656).

a Shown are some of the more than 100 Baha’f youth from six states and the District of Columbia who

Bere pi

attended a regional youth conference July 1-3 at the Baha’i Center

in New York City.

More than 100 youth attend. conference in New York City

More than 100 Baha’i youth from six eastern seaboard states and the District of Columbia gathered July 1-3 at the Baha’i Center in New York City for a regional youth conference whose theme was “‘The Role of Baha’i Youth in

U.S. youth in Europe send back glowing reports

Glowing reports from the young traveling teachers in Europe are being received at the National Youth Committee office.

As reported in last month’s issue of The American Baha’i, 18 American youth spent the summer serving the Faith as international traveling teachers following a pilgrimage to the World Centre in Haifa, Israel.

WHILE in Europe, the youth were heavily involved in teaching. Joining local believers and Baha’i pioneers, they worked at booths distributing literature about the Faith and handing out invitations to public meetings.

They also participated in a number of firesides that led to the enrollment of several new Baha’is.

One youth, Veda Afsahi of Anaheim, California, who taught in Germany, Holland, Denmark and Sweden, writes of her ex ‘Sacrifice’ nets $1,600

A recent “Sacrifice Supper and Auction’’ sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Prospect Heights, Illinois, raised about $1,600 for the National Fund.

Because the community is relatively small, Baha’ is from the surrounding area were invited to participate.

The supper menu consisted of homemade soup, bread and butter, milk, tea or coffee. The 55 people who attended paid either $2, $3 or $5 per person for supper ($1 for children).

After a brief talk and prayers, items were sold either at auction or at a “general store.’’

perience:

“One of the many things I experienced on pilgrimage is that I learned to recognize that the heart and mind should be united and work as one. How often has the mind changed what the heart feels?

“If one learns to teach from the heart it will be found that it is so easy to attract people. One thing that truly unites everyone is that each person has a heart in which the capacity to know about Baha*u’llah exists.

“A Baha’i’s job is to ‘sow the seeds of knowledge and wisdom in the pure soil of the heart ...’

“The Cause of Baha’u’llah is limitless, and our ability to serve is also limitless. We should never put boundaries on the level of capacity that can be reached by us all.

“Pilgrimage is an experience that is so hard to describe. There is so much emotion, and everyone has a different pilgrimage.

“T learned and felt so much, and one thing that describes what I have tried to write is from the words of Baha’u’llah: ‘Earth and heaven cannot contain Me; what alone can contain Me is the heart of him that believeth in Me, and is faithful to My Cause.’ ’’

the Future.”

The conference, which was sponsored by the Baha’i Youth Committee of New York City, was opened with a reading of the June 23 letter from the Universal House of Justice to Baha’i youth around the world.

Speakers included Gisu Muhajit, representing the National Youth Committee; Dr. Edward Carpenter (‘“Baha’i Youth as Futurists’’); Jeffrey Mondschein (‘Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road’’); Michael Hampton (‘‘Career Development’’); and Dr. Tahereh Ahdieh (“The Sacrifice of Baha’i Youth in Iran’’).

Linda Ahdieh, youth representative at the United Nations, announced that the UN has proclaimed 1985 as International Year of Youth.

Conference entertainment included live music by Paul Vinas, a Charlie Chaplin film, and dancing.

Baha’i youth is class valedictorian

SARA LYNN ALGOTS

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Sara Lynn Algots, a 17-year-old Baha’i youth from Scio, Oregon, was graduated this year as valedictorian of her high school class with a 3.96 grade point average.

Miss Algots was recognized as an Oregon Scholar and National Merit Scholarship finalist, and was named a Century III Scholar.

She was awarded an $1,800 Chevron Merit Award, a $1,200 South Santiam Scholarship, and a $648 Oregon State cash award.

She also received the Albany (Oregon) Democrat-Herald Carrier of the Year Scholarship ($250) and a DAR certificate ($25).

Miss Algots also received recognition in Spanish II, English, physics and citizenship (first place) in high school, and was named Student of the Month last January.

During her senior year she

wrote, edited and published the Scio High School counseling newsletter which was mailed each month to the homes of all junior and senior students to inform them of post-high school educational opportunities and scholarships.

During her four years of high school, Miss Algots taught the Faith actively, introducing many of her teachers and fellow students to the teachings of Baha*u'll4h.

Whenever possible, she wrote about the Faith in essays required for scholarship applications.

She presently serves on the Spiritual Assembly of Linn County’s teaching committee and has been a Feast coordinator.

In August, Miss Algots entered Reed College in Portland to continue her education.

[Page 8]ar EDUCATIO &

The American Baha'i

Baha’is encouraged to take big LEAP forward

Is your local Baha’i community actively participating in the Local Education Adviser Program?

Do you know about the LEAP materials and activities to help meet the needs of Baha’i children, youth and families that have been developed over a period of several years as a result of experience in local communities?

The National Education Committee invites you to contact the LEAP coordinator in your district about becoming a local education adviser.

You can find out the name and telephone number of the district coordinator by contacting the District Teaching Committee secretary or any Assembly secretary.

Following is a description of the program;

Local Education Adviser Program Purpose

To train representatives of Assemblies and Groups, on a district-wide basis, to serve as education advisers to their respective local communities, and to help meet the needs of Baha’i children and youth on a district-wide level.

Structure

Under the direction of the National Education Committee, national representatives will conduct

a “‘training”’ session with the adviser candidate on the topic of Baha’i child education.

After completing the basic session, future sessions will be held at least twice a year to introduce new skills and topics, and to provide opportunities for sharing ideas and community experiences with other advisers.

Assemblies and Groups are invited to appoint one or two individuals as adviser candidates. These individuals should:

a, have a personal interest in, and a sense of commitment to, Baha'i children and youth;

b. be prepared to attend all adviser sessions and complete the required homework assignments. The pace and quality of workshop activities is intensive, and participants should be prepared for this. Advisers will carry out a homework assignment involving the local community following the first adviser session.

The program is open to Local Assemblies, Groups and isolated believers. The interested candidate who lives in an Assembly area is requested to receive permission from his or her Assembly before contacting the LEAP district coordinator to schedule a training session.

‘God’s Purpose for Youth’ is theme of regional conference at Louhelen

A Regional Youth Conference will be held October 28-30 at the Louhelen Baha’i School.

The conference theme is “‘God’s Purpose for Youth in the 1980s.””

The speakers will be Soo Fouts, a member of the National Spiri. tual Assembly, and Dr. Fuad Ziai, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Illinois who was actively involved in youth activities in Iran before coming to the U.S.

The conference chairman will be Changiz Geula, a member of the Louhelen School Council.

Among the topics to be discussed are the role of youth in building a new civilization based

on spiritual principles, and God’s purpose for man in this age.

Also included will be recreational activities, music, and a party celebrating the first anniversary of the new Louhelen School.

There will also be a special program for pre-youth 11-14 years old that will feature a class on life after death and on teen-age relationships. Teachers will be Diane Farris and Carole Dickson.

Enrollment for the junior youth program is limited, and early registration is advisable.

More information can be obtained by writing to the school, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423, or by phoning 313-6535033.

Workshop content

Participants in the Adviser Program will be encouraged to look beyond ‘‘classes’’ as the only means of providing Bahá’í educational experiences for the children. Ways of incorporating children and youth into the “‘natural’’ Baha’i calendar events, especially the Nineteen Day Feast, will be an important focus for consultation.

In addition to exposure to educational theory, methods and materials, an emphasis in the workshops will be on consultation and communication abilities, so advisers can better serve community efforts to help the children love Bahd’u’ll4h and identify with His teachings. Adviser functions

Serve as education adviser to

the local community.

Materials

The following items are used as resource materials for the program and are purchased by the adviser at the first session:

Child Education Teacher Training Handbook ($9); workshop packet ($4); cassette tape on child education by the Hand of the Cause of God A.Q. Faizi ($1.50); book, How to Really Love Your Child ($3).

The Teacher Training Handbook and the workshop packet (first two items listed) are required purchases. (If the community already has a copy of the Teacher Training Handbook and does not wish another, this purchase is optional.) :

The tape by Mr. Faizi and the book How to Really Love Your Child are recommended materials for a community library, but their purchase is optional.

If the adviser or Assembly is not

Louhelen sets regional business conference

The Business and Professional Affairs Committee, a recently appointed committee of the National Spiritual Assembly, will hold a conference October 21-23 at the Louhelen Baha'i School.

The conference is geared to Baha’is and their friends who are seeking ways to integrate the Baha’i teachings into their personal and professional lives and to teach the Faith in business and professional circles.

YOUTH and others interested in the topies to be discussed at the coppterence are also invited to attend.

president of Tarkenton and Company of Atlanta, a management consulting firm, who will speak on teaching one’s peers in business and the professions, and Susan Berge, vice-president of Tucker, Anthony and R.L. Day, Providence, Rhode Island, an international brokerage firm, who will speak on balancing one’s professional life, family life, and service to the Faith.

There will also be a presentation on the role of business and professional people in the Baha’i community.

Serving as chairman will be Jef president of the Wells Fargo Bank, New York City.

Mr. Miller, Ms. Berge and Mr. Mondschein are all members of the Business and Professional Affairs Committee.

Workshops will be held, and the conference will include ample time for fellowship. A program for children to age 14 will be provided.

Those who are interested in attending the conference may send a $10 non-refundable deposit to the registrar, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423, or phone the

able or does not wish to assume the cost of materials, funds are available from the National Baha’i Fund, since the materials are essential to the training program.

Checks should be made payable to “‘Baha’i Services Fund’? and

earmarked ‘‘LEAP.”’

The “‘Education’’ pages of The American Baha’i will regularly carry articles on various aspects of child education/parent training in future issues. Watch for them.

The Spiritual Assembly of Piscataway, New Jersey, is sponsoring Sunday classes each week for children ages 5-8, 9-12 and 13-17. The total number of children par

ticipating is 32. This photo of students and their teachers was taken at the final session of the 1982-83 school year.

Canada’s national secretary to teach course at Louhelen

Douglas Martin, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, will teach a course on Baha’i history during a Thanksgiving weekend conference November 25-27 at the Louhelen Baha’i School.

Mr. Martin’s course is entitled “Trends in Contemporary Baha’i History.””

Also teaching will be Mrs. MeJanie Smith whose course is entitled ‘‘The Language and Structure of Baha’u’llah’s Prayers.””

“We're extremely pleased to be able to offer two outstanding courses for the Thanksgiving weekend conference,”? says Mrs. Paula Drewek, secretary of the Louhelen School Council.

“Mr. Martin is one of the Baha’i community’s leading historians and has been heavily involved in diplomatic work undertaken by the National Assembly of Canada on behalf of the Bahas in Iran. He has observed recent developments in the Baha’i world from the vantage point of an historian and his remarks should be most stimulating.”

Mrs. Smith’s course is one that she has offered with excellent results at the Bahá’í School of the North Shore, an intercommunity school sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Wilmette, Illinois.

The weekend program will include recreational activities, an evening of musical entertainment,

Classes for children and youth up to age 21 will be offered.

Those who wish to make a reservation may send a $10 non-refundable deposit per person to the registrar, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423, or phone the school at 313-653-5033.

The conference, which begins Friday evening, will be preceded by a ‘‘Family Day’’ beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, November 25. The day’s events will include cooperative games, arts and crafts, music, and recreation.

Baha’i architect honored by Rotary

Shinji Yamamoto, a Baha’i for many years who was Wisconsin state architect until his retirement in 1976, was honored recently by the Rotary Club of Madison.

Mr. Yamamoto was introduced at the meeting by another Baha’i, Dr. Manucher Javid, who told of Mr. Yamamoto’s internment with his wife, Hifume, during World War II and his subsequent architectural career in Madison that led to his being that state’s premier government architect.

Mr. Yamamoto, whose three children all have Ph.D’s in organic chemistry, has been a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Madison for almost 40 years, and the Faith was mentioned prominently in Dr. Javid’s remarks to

Presenters include Larry Miller, frey Mondschein, assistant vice- school at 313-653-5033. and plenty of time for fellowship. the Rotarians

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EDUCATION

‘+ Assembly Development Program

Band’ Schools

Brilliant Star (Child’s Way) Magazine

Local Education Adviser Program

‘+ Personal Transformation Program

September 1983

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Study course: The importance of deepening

Introduction

In unveiling the Seven Year Plan at NawRuz 1979, the Universal House of Justice shared with the Baha’is of the world a number of plans to be implemented from the Holy Land and designed to help in “‘the strengthening of the World Centre and the augmentation of its worldwide influence.’” Among these plans was the following:

Work will be continued on the collation

and classification of the Sacred Texts and

a series of compilations gleaned and

translated from the Writings of the Faith

will be sent out to the Baha’i world to help in deepening the friends in their understanding of the fundamentals of the

Faith, enriching their spiritual lives, and

reinforcing their efforts to teach the

Cause.

The Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and U! of the Faith: Extracts from the Writings of Bahá’a’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi is the most recent of these compilations.

A series of monthly study classes to be published in The American Bahá’í will use passages from this compilation to explore the essential relationship between one’s study of the Baha’i Writings and his efforts to live the Baha’i life, teach, and contribute to pauline, of the World Order of Baha*u'llah.

The first class, ‘Deepening on the Creative Word,”’ introduces many of the themes in the compilation and challenges individuals to set specific goals for further study of the Writings. Future study classes will include activities for families, children and youth,

Class format

The study classes are designed for use by discussion groups of several participants, but they may also be used in individual study. Copies of The Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith are available through the Baha’i Publishing Trust; however, communities need not delay in beginning these monthly classes since extracts from the compilation are included herein. The number preceding each quotation corresponds to the reference number used in the compilation.

Each class is designed to last for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Discussion of one question may have to be cut off and the next question introduced in order to stay within the suggested time limit. Many communities will find it beneficial to appoint one or two individuals to familiarize themselves with the material in advance and to serve as discussion group leaders. Each question should be read aloud, followed by a period of discussion by the group members. The quotations should be used to stimulate

group consultation. In addition to this study class guide, the group will need a chalkboard and chalk or a large sheet of newsprint paper and a felt tip marker.

It is recommended that after the opening prayers and welcome, the discussion group leader(s) or some member of the study group read aloud the previous section marked “‘introduction’’ before beginning work on the first study question.

I. Our need to deepen on the Creative Word. What is the Creative Word and how are we called upon to use it during the Seven Year Plan?

“We call upon you to ... pursue a nationwide campaign, with emphasis on the Creative Word, designed to inspire every believer to live the Baha'i life...” (The Universal House of Justice, message to the Baha’is of the U.S. concerning the second three-year phase of the Seven Year Plan, January 1981)

“Term creative word in context Seven Year Plan goal refers to Writings Bahd’u'llh ...’” (The Universal House of Justice, cable to the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly, May 23, 1983)

13. “‘O My servants! My holy, My divinely ordained Revelation may be likened unto an ocean in whose depths are concealed innumerable pearls of great price, of surpassing luster.”

What is the nature of deepening?

80. ‘‘To strive to obtain a more adequate understanding of the significance of Baha’u’llah’s stupendous Revelation must, it is my unalterable conviction, remain the first obligation and the object of the constant endeavor of each one of its loyal adherents.””

93. “To deepen in the Cause means to read the writings of Bahd’u’ll4h and the Master so thoroughly as to be able to give it to others in its pure form.”’

158. ‘When a person becomes a Baha’i, actually what takes place is that the seed of the spirit starts to grow in the human soul. This seed must be watered by the outpourings of the Holy Spirit. These gifts of the spirit are received through prayer, meditation, study of the Holy Utterances and service to the Cause of God.’”

Why is there an emphasis on studying the Creative Word?

4. “Immerse yourselves in the ocean of My words, that ye may unravel its secrets, and discover all the pearls of wisdom that lie hid in its depths.””

141. “The principles, administration and fundamentals of the Faith are well known, but the friends need greatly to study the more profound works which would give

them spiritual maturity to a greater degree, unify their community life, and enable them to better exemplify the Baha’i way of living; in other words, to ‘lead the life.’ ’”

“Direct thine attention to the holy Tablets ...Then wilt thou see that today these heavenly Teachings are the remedy for a sick and suffering world, and a healing balm for the sores of the body of mankind. They are the spirit of life, the ark of salvation, the magnet to draw down eternal glory, the dynamic power to motivate the inner self of man.””

IL. The Rewards of Deepening and Difficulties Which May Be Encountered

‘What are some of the rewards you have found in reading and studying Baha’u’llah’s Writings?

(The discussion leader should encourage several individuals to share something from their personal experiences.)

‘What are some of the rewards promised in the Writings for those who deepen?

6. “Gather ye together with the utmost joy and fellowship and recite the verses revealed by the merciful Lord. By doing so the doors to true knowledge will be opened to your inner beings, and ye will then feel your souls endowed with steadfastness and your hearts filled with radiant joy.”

12. “Intone, O My servant, the verses of God that have been received by thee, as intoned by them who have drawn nigh unto Him, that the sweetness of thy melody may kindle thine own soul, and attract the hearts of all men.””

58. ‘I counsel you that you study earnestly the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh, so that, God helping you, you may in deed and truth become Baha’is.””

111. “The words of Baha’u’llah and the Master, however, have a creative power and are sure to awaken in the reader the undying fire of the love of God.’’

160. ‘‘He is very happy to have this opportunity of welcoming you into the service of our glorious Faith, and he urges you to quietly and steadily read the teachings, as in this way you will fit yourselves to teach others, and also deepen your own understanding and lay a foundation in your soul which no amount of tests and trials can change or destroy.’”

What are some of the difficulties or setbacks which Baha’is sometimes experience in: (a) striving to establish a regular deepening schedule, and (b) carrying out the actual deepening process?

(As group members make contributions, the discussion leader should make a list of the difficulties on the left-hand side of the chalkboard or sheet of newsprint. Classes

with six or more participants might choose to break up into groups of three or four, each group generating its own list, then share their lists with the group as a whole.) What specific suggestions or solutions might help to overcome these difficulties? (Leaders should write these points on the right-hand side of the board or paper opposite the corresponding difficulties.)

Ill. Guidelines for Deepening in the Creative Word

According to the Writings, what are some of the methods we should use in deepening?

1. “‘Recite ye the verses of God every morning and evening.”

51. “‘O maid-servant of God! Chant the Words of God and, pondering over their meaning, transform them into actions!’””

112. “The Master used to attach much importance to the learning by heart of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh and the Bab.””

130. “‘...endeavor to commit to memory certain passages from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, and in particular, some of His prayers.’’

The following works of Bahá’u’lláh are mentioned in the compilation. The numbers refer to specific quotations found therein.

The Hidden Words (37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 65)

Tablets (42, 43, 44, 108, 109, 143)

Most Holy Book (Kitab-i-Aqdas) (43, 85)

Kitab-i-iqin (49, 91, 97, 102, 109, 143)

Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of My Covenant) (84, 123)

Gleanings from the Writings of Baha*u’llh (126, 127, 143)

Prayers and Meditations (149)

IV. Setting Personal Goals for Deepening in the Creative Word

How might you improve the way in which you personally study the Creative Word? What kinds of specific deepening goals would you like to attain in the weeks, months and years ahead?

With these questions in mind, each member of the group should use the remaining time in this session to reflect on his past study patterns, goals and accomplishments and what he would like to strive for in his future study. Then he should set a specific, measurable and attainable goal that can be accomplished before the next study session which will appear in the October issue of The American Baha’i.

Goal-setting hints: Memorizing the noonday prayer and saying it daily is a specific and measurable goal. ‘‘Reading the Writings with greater understanding’’ is not as specific and measurable a goal as “‘selecting several of the Hidden Words to read, meditate upon and memorize.’”

Close the study session with a prayer.

2 Thanksgiving conferences set |About 100 participate in Arizona Summer School

The 1983 Tennessee Baha’i Institute and Regional Youth Conference will be held during the Thanksgiving weekend, November 24-27, in Johnson City.

The over-all theme is ‘‘Emerging from Obscurity.”

The Youth Conference will be held at the Camara Motel in Johnson City, the Institute at the Buffalo Mountain Resort six miles away.

The Institute will include child tee,

ren’s classes and English- and Persian-language workshops.

Recreational facilitie: golf course, three tennis courts, and nature trails.

For information about rates, accommodations and registration, write to the conference commit TN 37343, or phone Iraj Radpour, chairman, 615-875-5443, or Jerry Strain, 842-8068.

include a

near Flagstaff.

, Hixson,

secretary, 615 About 100 adults and children participated July 1-4 in the 1983 Arizona Bahá’í Summer School on the Belmont Baha’i property

The school’s “Workers in the Divine Vineyard During the Age of Transition.”

Its varied program included prayer and meditation, study, songs around a campfire, nature walks, craft projects, and classes on divine attributes, Baha’i his spirituality.

theme was Pam Wegener.

the Creative Word.

tory and literature, nature and spiritual insights, and developing

Instructors were Janet Herbst, Barry Horst, Rick Wadleigh, LaRue Keys, Melanie Martinez and

In response to a directive of the Seven Year Plan, every class included extensive quotations from

Jo Hipp presented an evening program that was centered around

excerpts from the recent ‘ Move the World Conference’’ in Washington state. The program was followed by a lively discussion about the ‘‘most challenging issue.””

A highlight of the conference was the declaration of a seeker whose husband had recently declared his belief in Bahá’u’lláh after visiting the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette.

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The homefront

pioneer

John H. Wilcott, homefront pioneer from Kenosha, Wisconsin, to Kendall, Montana from 1910 until his death in 1963.

The National Teaching Committee has available a listing of homefront pioneer goals.

Selected communities have been asked to raise up specific numbers of pioneers. Also, potential homefront pioneers who have contacted the National Teaching Committee office have been given this material.

WE ARE pleased by the generous response from these communities and individuals.

Inspiring responses have been received from Jacksonville, Florida, which raised five homefront pioneers and is still recruiting; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which has sent two pioneers to their posts and has two others preparing to go; Kansas City, Missouri, which has sent out one homefront pioneer; and Buffalo, New York, which has four potential pioneers and is looking for more.

Those who arise to serve on the homefront are often helped in various ways. One heartwarming story comes to us from Lynn Neale, who, with her husband Cliff and their children, Tom and Alise, are homefront pioneers in Plattsburgh, New York:

“First of all,’ she writes, “when we were thinking of homefront pioneering, we took a family vacation to Michigan.

“After several hours of driving in a hot family bus, we pulled up to the first restaurant we saw in this town we never heard of, Plattsburgh, and Cliff, being the sort of person he is, told the waitress, ‘We are Baha’is.”

“ ‘SO AM I,’ she replied. One thing led to another, and after six months we moved to our wonderful new home at the base of the Adirondack Mountains.

“We did have an Assembly for a short time but because this is a college town, some people moved away. So we are a Group of five adults in the city limits with several other Bahá’ís some minutes away.

“There are many teaching opportunities here, especially within the French-American community.

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Amoz Gibson campaign sets Reservations ablaze

Baha’is from Colorado, Ohio and Kansas gathered at Macy, Nebraska, for the final two weeks of the successful Amoz Gibson Teaching Project.

More than 60 declarations had been recorded during the initial phase of the campaign. in Wanblee, South Dakota. As a result, three new Assemblies will be formed on Indian Reservations.

AMONG those present to help in the Macy project were Robert Wilson, secretary of the National Teaching Committee; Hal Maggiore, an assistant to Auxiliary Board member Ronna Santoscoy; and Douglas McAdams, representing the District Teaching Committee of Nebraska.

Macy was the site of the first all-Indian Local Spiritual Assembly in the U.S. A letter written to the National Spiritual Assembly on the Guardian’s behalf in November 1951 stated:

“The Guardian feels that the Macy Indian assembly should get real help and be speedily enabled to play its proper administrative part in national Baha’i affairs.

“He considers this of paramount importance, as our attitude towards minorities, particularly such a very important one as the American Indians, demands that we give special precedence in attending to their welfare and unfoldment as participants in Baha*u’llah’s World Order.””

There were three enrollments during the project in Macy.

Bill Thompson, a traveling teacher who visited Wanblee, had these observations:

“MY RETURN to Wanblee was a pleasant surprise. The number of workers had expanded from six to about 40

“Major milestone: the Persian youth and Wanblee young people have finally clicked on a rap session format. We have tried to encourage the youth for some tim Some really heavy talking, ing and reading has been going on all week. Many declarations and heavy, thoughtful questions and answers ...

“The (Baha’i) youth seem to have been successful in getting some of these kids to get down to the heart of the Message. Once they get opened up, the kids will talk with anyone who will listen. Some of the young declarants have been so on fire they’ve helped the direct teaching effort ...

“The entire town is aware of our presence. We’ve been able to do more direct teaching and have found literature in most of the homes ...

“My friend John, the chief of police, is really happy with what the Bahá’ís have done for the children. The level of crime and problems with the young people have dropped to almost none. This truly is evidence of the effect of the Divine Word ...

“AMONG the helpers have

Long Beach community’s success story

underscores Friendship Team usefulness

The American Baha’i community is forming Friendship Teams! The Spiritual Assembly of Long Beach, California, writes:

“The Long Beach community has established several Friendship Teams consisting of two Persians, two blacks and five whites.

“Their objective at this point is to visit the inactive believers in our community and lovingly encourage them to come to a Feast or fireside. Already, we have learned that some are invalids or do not have transportation. A report was made at Feast, and several of the friends expressed an interest in visiting these people.

“Other goals are supporting the teaching activities and basically getting to know each other and being friends to each other.””

Long Beach hopes to improve its participation and is encouraged by the efforts of its Friendship Teams.

Does your community have a goal that needs a special effort? Form a Friendship Team and see what happens!

Remember, Friendship Teams can do anything. As of August 25, records at the National Teaching Committee office showed 102 teams in 29 states.

The National Teaching Com

pete TEAMS

mittee has a goal of 1,500 Friendship Teams. If everyone follows the example of Batavia and Glencoe, Illinois, the goal will be won easily. Each of these small com munities has Teams!

Write to the National Teaching Committee with the news of your Friendship Teams and their vi tories.

three Friendship

been the Navajo, Oneida and Winnebago ...The project is also developing members within the Sioux nation to be future teacherleaders.

- ...Well, we got word to go to

Kyle and teach. We were told to. raise an Assembly by Thursday, July 15 ...By 5 p.m. that evening the team had reached 11 believers: and established about a dozen

solid contacts ...Some were actually waiting for someone to tell them about the holy men ...

“A woman told us about her mother who told her she would see the ‘Day of Judgment’ and Mom would watch to see how she’d handled it ...

“One fellow even asked us to hurry up and help make everyone a Baha’i before we left.”

ings.””

1983, the total is 627. During the the total was 770. Adult

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The Universal House of Justice wrote on March 3, “‘When the friends realize that the hosts of the Kingdom are waiting to rush forth and assist them, that others from their own ranks have arisen and have been successful, find some effective method of teaching according to his own particular capacities and talents, they will then no doubt arise with greater confidence to take the first step, and this, we know, will be aided and guided from on high, for the very act of striving to respond to God’s call will bring in its wake countless divine bless One of the duties we look forward to most at the National Teaching Committee is counting our divine blessings in the form of enrollments. With each new Baha’i the world as we know it comes closer to becoming the Kingdom of God on earth.

Enrollment figures for the month of July are: ADULTS—143. YOUTH—S54. TOTAL—197.

The total for July 1982 was 273. From April 1 to August 1,

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mark this envelope in any way. Then place the sealed envelope into a larger envelope for mailing. Be sure to write your name on the larger envelope and address it to the person in your district who is to receive mailed ballots.

old, and is a resident of your electoral district is eligible to vote and be voted for as a delegate to the National Convention.

The only exceptions are the Hands of the Cause of God and members of the Continental Board of Counsellors who are exempt from administrative duties.

Auxiliary Board members are eligible for election as delegates; however, if an Auxiliary Board member is elected, he must choose

his membership on the Aisilaty, Board. He cannot do both. Please bear in mind these in» structions from the beloved Guardian concerning the attitude to be adopted in electing representatives of the Faith:

“IT IS incumbent ...to consider without the least trace of passion, prejudice, and irrespective of any material consideration, the names of only those who can best combine the necessary qualities of unquestioned loyalty, of selfless devotion, of a well-trained mind, of recognized ability and mature experience.’’ (Baha’i Administration, p. 87)

Registration begins at 9 a.m. October 2. An agenda will be distributed at each convention.

Everyone atfending the convention must present a current identification card. It is the responsibility of each Baha’i to keep his or her identification card up-todate.

District Convention sites

Alabama Northern (1). Alabama A&M College, Fine Arts Auditorium, Huntsville. Mail ballots to Mrs. Jacqueline Osborne,

_ Florence, AL 35630.

Alabama South/Florida Northwest (1). Vanity Fair Community Center, Monroeville, Alabama. Mail ballots to Marjorie Williams,

. _ Auburn, AL 36830.

Arizona Northern (3). Mingus Union High School, Old Highway 279 and Fir St., Cottonwood. Mail ballots to Michael Chunowitz, _ Phoenix, AZ 85023.

Arizona Southern (1). The Golden Flower, 58 Opera Drive, Bisbee. Mail ballots to Mehraban Iraninejad, ___ a Tucson, AZ 85716.

Arkansas (2). Carmichael Community Center, S. Elm and W. Crisp, Searcy. Mail ballots to Peter L. Johnson, P.O. Box 16, Dept. of English, UAPB, Pine

bee

Bluff, AR 71601.

California Central No. 1 (7). Lincoln High School, 555 Dana St., San Jose. Mail ballots to Mrs. Johanna Anderholm, _

, Redwood City, CA 94062.

California Central No. 2 (1). Site to be announced. For information contact David P. Baral,

. Stockton, CA 95207. Mail ballots to Ronica Smith, P.O. Box 4513, Fresno, CA 93744.

California Northern No. 1 (2). Placer High School, 275 Orange, Auburn. Mail ballots to Mrs. Frances K. McCune, |

Elk Grove, CA 95624.

California Northern No. 2 (1). Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa. Mail ballots to Carol Leo,

Fortuna, CA 95540.

California Southern No. 1 (7). University Student Union, California State University, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach. Mail ballots to Verna M. Johnson,

_ Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716.

California Southern No. 2 (3). Santa Ana College—Johnson Center, 17th & Bristol, Santa Ana. Mail ballots to Mrs. Kathy, Peterson,

Redlands, CA 92373.

California Southern No. 3 (1). Veterans Memorial Building, 511 2nd St., Fillmore. Mail ballots to Cheryll_ McCarty, 5 Morro Bay, CA 93442.

California Southern No. 4 (3). San Diego Baha'i Center, 6545 Alcala Knolls Drive, San Diego. Mail ballots to Eileen Norman,

, Carlsbad, CA 92008.

Colorado Northeastern (2). Plaza Hotel, 1900 Diagonal Highway 119, Longmont. Mail ballots to Martha C. Tromp, j

Franktown, CO 80116.

Colorado Southeastern (1). Sangre de Cristo Fine Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo. Mail ballots to. Donald E. Brayton, P.O. Box 1033, Woodland Park, CO 80863.

Colorado Western (1). Montrose High School, 700 S. Townsend, Montrose. Mail ballots to

Fred North, Mancos, CO 81328. Connecticut (2). Manchester

Community College, Manchester.

Mail ballots to Sharon Ramsharran, , Hartford, CT 06120.

DelMarVa (1). Holiday Inn, 348 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware. Mail ballots to Sandra Fishman, R.D. 2, Box 222, Camden, DE 19934.

Florida Central (1). Sanora Swim and Tennis Club, Sanora Blvd., Sanford. Mail ballots to Dr. Monib Collestan,

. Lake Mary, FL 32746.

Florida Northern (1). University of Florida Student Center, Museum Road, Gainesville. Mail ballots to Beverly C.A. Sneed,

Jacksonville

Beach, FL 32250.

Florida Southeastern (3). Santaluces Community High School, 6880 Lawrence Road, Lantana. Mail ballots to Paige Massey, *

. Lake Worth, FL 33461.

‘Florida Southwestern (2). Gulfport Community Center, 5730 Shore Blvd. S., Gulfport. Mail ballots to Robert D. McKinney,

Gulfport, FL 33707.

Georgia Northeastern (1). Medical College of Georgia, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Augusta. Mail ballots to Jan Perry, Route 2, Box 259C, Harlem, GA 30814.

Georgia Northwestern (2). Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, 450 Auburn Avenue N.E.,. Atlanta. Mail ballots to Malcolm Thomas,

Road, Doraville, GA 30360.

Georgia Southern (3). Site to be announced in Savannah. For inSe contact Connie Mor , Savannah, GA Siaos, Mail ballots to Joan Shinnick, Brunswick, GA 31520.

Idaho North/Washington East (1).’Red Lion Inn, Pasco, Washington. Mail ballots to Gary Eugene McConnell,

Kennewick, WA 99336.

Idaho Southern (1). Camp Sawtooth, Star Route, Ketchum. Mail ballots to Frances Seme Newlin, H.C. 76, Box 1010, American Falls, ID 83211.

Illinois Northern No. 1 (2). Ramada Inn, 1-90 and Route 20, 7550 E. State St., Rockford. Mail ballots to Jerry Helt,

DeKalb, IL 60115.

Illinois Northern No. 2 (3). Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Avenue, Evanston. Mail ballots to Becky Lorentzen,

Blue Island, IL 0406.

Illinois Southern (2). Ramada Inn, Route 13, 3000 W. Main St., Carbondale. Mail ballots to Joel Smith, . , Carbondale, IL 62901.

Indiana (2). Greenfield Central High School, 810 N. Broadway St., Greenfield. Mail. ballots to Michael Dapoz,

Greenfield, IN 46140.

Iowa (1). Camp Hantesa, Boone. Mail ballots to Dan Hines, P.O. Box 45, New Liberty, IA 52765.

Kansas (1). Holiday Inn, 914 Madison St., Topeka. Mail ballots to Stella Ranjbar, Emporia, KS 66801.

Kentucky (1). East Middle School, Shelbyville. Mail ballots to Sanford Swanson, P.O. Box 133, Shelbyville, KY 40065.

Louisiana Northern (1). Sheraton Inn, 3880 Greenwood Road, Shreveport. Mail Ballots to Everett L. Hubbart,

, Shreveport, LA 71104,

Louisiana Southern (2). Joan’s Day Care Center, 1712 Corrollwood, LaPlace. Mail ballots to Robert Anker, > LaPlace, LA 70068.

Maine (1). University of Southern Maine, Luther Bonnie Hall,

Portland. Mail ballots to Alma Warner Carr, P.O. Box 256, South China, ME 04358.

Maryland/D.C. (2). Site to be announced in Frederick, Maryland. For information contact Larry Nylin, P.O. Box 1424, Frederick, MD 21701. Mail ballots to Ruth Nylin, P.O. Box 1424, Frederick, MD 21701.

Massachusetts (3). Holyoke College, Holyoke. Mail ballots to Elda DiLorenzo,

, Lowell, MA 01854.

“Michigan Mainland (3). Muskegon Community College, 221 Quarterline Road, Muskegon. Mail ballots to Douglas Allen,

Southfield, MI 48075.

Minnesota Northern (1). Bemidji State University, Bemidji. Mail ballots to Harlen Whitling,

. _ » Carlton, MN 55718.

Minnesota Southern (1). Lakewood Community College, Theatre Building, 3401 Century Avenue N., White Bear Lake. Mail ballots to Ali Mahakadi,

Golden Valley, MN 55422.

Mississippi (1). Paul Johnston State Park, Hattiesburg. Mail ballots to Virginia Johnson, Route 1, Box 219A Livingston Road, Madison, MS 39110.

Missouri (2). Stewart Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia. Mail ballots to Jeanne Engle,

-_, Fulton, MO 65251.

Montana (1). Copper King Inn, 4655 Harrison, Butte. Mail ballots to Betty Bennett, | 5 Butte, MT 59701.

Nayajo-Hopi (1). Site to be announced. For information contact Dr. Gordon H. Tong, P.O. Box 395, Tuba City, AZ 86045. Mail ballots to Dr. Tong at that address.

Nebraska (1). Nebraska Youth Leadership Development Center, Route 2, Aurora. Mail ballots to Mrs. Geri Marshall, P.O. Box 74, Aurora, NE 68818.

Nevada Northern (1). Lovelock Community Center, 6th St. across from Pershing General Hospital, Lovelock. Mail ballots to Richard Francis, P.O. Box 18437, Reno, NV 89511.

Nevada Southern (1). Paradise Park Community Building, 4770 Harrison Drive, Las Vegas. Mail ballots to Dr. Jeffrey Andrews, Boulder City,

NV 89005.

New Hampshire (1). Richards Auditorium, Murkland Hall, University of New Hampshire, Main St., Durham. Mail ballots to Jon Ring, , Exeter, NH 03833.

New Jersey (2). Busch Campus Student Center, Rutgers University, Bartholomew Road, Piscataway. Mail ballots to Evelyn Grammar, Hamilton, NJ 08610.

New Mexico Northern (1). Valley Plaza Community Center, Highway 6, Belen. Mail ballots to Mrs. Dorrie Emmel, P.O. Box 637, Jemez Springs, NM 87025.

New Mexico South/Texas West

(3). YMCA Building (downtown), 701 Montana, El Paso, Texas. Mail ballots to the Spiritual Assembly of El Paso, P.O. Box 5100, El Paso, TX 79953.

New York Eastern (3). Lecture Center, State University of New York-New Paltz, Route 32 south of New Paltz. Mail ballots to Evelyn Aabel,

~ Poughkeepsie, NY

12603.

New York Western (2). Rochester Institute of Technology, Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester. Mail ballots to Cheryl JonesRichter, Victor, NY

14564.

North Dakota (1). Holiday Inn, Jamestown. Mail ballots to Linda Duckwitz, P.O. Box 1166, James: town, ND 58401.

North Carolina Central Q). North Carolina A&T State University, E. Market St., Greensboro. Mail ballots to Lonnette Edwards,

Greensboro, NC 27405.

North Carolina Eastern (2). Site to be announced. Mail ballots to Dr. Gary Reusche,

Cary, NC 27511.

North Carolina Western (1). McKnight Hall, UNC-Charlotte. Mail ballots to Lillian Dobbs, Star Route Black Mountain, NC 28711.

Ohio Northern (2). Bowman Hall, Kent State University, Kent. Mail ballots to Norma Avegnon,

. , University, OH 44118. Ohio Southern (1). John Bryan Community Center, 100 Dayton St., Yellow Springs. Mail ballots to Rose Wendel, , Dayton, OH 45459.

Oklahoma Eastern (1). University of Tulsa. Mail ballots to Steve Smith, Tulsa, OK 97203.

Oklahoma Western (2). Arms Services YMCA, S.W. 4th and B Avenue, Lawton. Mail ballots to Fuad Zahrai, P.O. Box 2054, Norman, OK 73070.

Oregon Eastern (1). Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 N.W. Carden, Pendleton. Mail ballots to Mrs. Mary Thompson, P.O. Box 447, Helix, OR 97835.

Oregon Western (3). Mt. Hood Community College, 2600 S.E. Stark, Gresham. Mail ballots to Pincstine Berkey,

Albany, OR

973 21.

Pennsylvania Eastern (2). Pottstown Senior High School, Wilson and Washington Sts., Pottstown. Mail ballots to John Moyer, — ~_, Gilbertsville, PA 19825.

Pennsylvania Western (1). Bel Air Hotel North, 2800 W. 8th St., Erie. Mail ballots to Susan Leopold, ' ~ _ Erie, PA 16502.

Rhode Island (1 delegate). Mettatuxet Yacht Club, S. River Drive, Narragansett. Mail ballots to Mrs. Edith Carpenter,

- Warwick, RI 02888. For information phone 401-461-7904.

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RACE UNITY

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“RACE AMITY...A Vital Path to Progress’ is the theme of a three-day conference sponsored by the South Carolina Regional Teaching Committee that is drawing registrants from across the country.

The conference is to be held October 14-16 in the lovely seacoast city of Charleston, South Carolina, the birthplace of the Hand of the Cause of God Louis G. Gregory.

It will open with a dramatic play entitled ‘“Them Next Door’” and continue with presentations and seminars on a variety of topics pertaining to race amity.

The speakers will include Counsellor Sarah M. Pereira; Dr. William Roberts, chairman of the National Education Committee; Auxiliary Board member Nat Rutstein; Dr. Elsie Austin, an attorney and former member of the National Spiritual Assembly; and Dr. Andrew Billingsley, the president of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, who is a renowned sociologist and longtime friend of the Faith.

Special classes will be provided for children ages 5 through 14 with Dr. Ann Rowley, an educational specialist from Athens, Georgia, coordinating an all-day program Saturday, October 15.

Parents are urged to pre-register their children early so that plans can be made to accommodate those who will be attending the conference with their parents.

The conference is designed for Baha’is and non-Baha’is alike, and the believers are asked to encourage their non-Baha’i friends to attend, says Alonzo Nesmith

oneness of humanity will shine

‘Path to Progress’ race amity conference theme

Jr., chairman of the South Carolina Regional Teaching Commit tee.

Any Baha’i who anticipates bringing a non-Baha’i guest must also pre-register his guest(s).

Non-Baha’i guests may attend conference sessions free of charge. Their only expenses will be for meals and lodging.

The pre-registration fee of $15 covers conference materials, one breakfast, one lunch and a reception.

Registration checks should be made payable to “‘Bahá’í Race Amity Conference.””

The conference site is the Francis Marion Ramada Hotel in downtown Charleston. Rooms for the conference are priced at $40 per night for a single, $48 for a double, and $8 more for each additional person in a room (maximum of four).

To secure reservations at these special rates, phone the Ramada hotel system at its toll free number, 1-800-228-2828, and say that

RACE AMITY CONFERENCE (Sponsored by the South Carolina Regional Teaching Committee)

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registrar,

St. Petersburg Baha’is take part in church’s race unity program

The Baha'is of St. Petersburg, Florida, participated in June in a Race Unity Day program at the Greater Mt. Zion AME Church.

Dr. Kerry McCord opened the morning service with a Baha’i prayer and a brief presentation on the Faith.

The Rev. Jesse Brown then invited the Baha’i Choral Group, consisting of Baha’is from St. Petersburg and the surrounding area, to perform at the church’s youth program that afternoon.

Dr. McCord also spoke to the youth, after which the Rev.

The Spiritual Assembly of Batavia, Illinois, observed Race Unity Day with a public meeting and panel discussion. The panel members were (left to right) Albert Burnell, an elementary school principal; Baha’is E.J. Sullivan, Robert Ramirez and Xcylur Stoakley; and William Rausche, a re

tired Methodist minister. Mayor Jeffery Schielke, who proclaimed June 12 ‘Race Unity Day’ in Baattended the program, and both he and Mr. Rausche wrote letters to the Assembly expressing their thanks for having been invited to participate.

Brown invited the Baha’i musical group to perform during a midsummer revival service and asked that a representative of the Baha’is of St. Petersburg come to speak to his congregation in the near future.

The Bahda’is also received an invitation to speak at a church in Ft. Myers.

A bouquet of flowers was presented to the Mt. Zion church on behalf of the Spiritual Assembly of St. Petersburg, symb: ng the lovely garden of humanity.

New Britain friends participate in civic interfaith service

Baha’is in New Britain, Connecticut, participated June 24 in an interfaith service entitled ‘‘An Evening for Unity and Justice.”

The event was organized by local civic, religious and humanitarian organizations to precede by one day a planned rally in New Britain by the Ku Klux Klan.

Baha’ is were present at a press conference held two days before the service, and one of them, Mrs. Jacki Odess-Gillett, led those present in singing ‘‘God Is One’’ and ‘‘One Heart Ruby Red.’”

A Baha’i statement composed of quotations about the oneness of mankind and a brief statement about the Faith was one of 13 that appeared in the printed program for the interfaith service.

Afterward, Andres Centeno, a representative of the Hispanic community, invited the Baha’ is to his home any afternoon to discuss the Faith.

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A gospel choir from a local church entertains during a Race Unity Day picnic June 19 sponsored by the Baha’i community of Frankfort, Kentucky. Adding to the festivities were Baha’i musicians

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from Frankfort and Louisville, Kentucky, and from Cleveland, Ohio. The picnic also featured games, fellowship and plenty of good food.

A three-week radio broadcasting course sponsored by CIRBAL, the Baha’i mass media center for Latin America, will be held November 14 through December 3 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

The course instructor is K. Dean Stephens, director of CIRBAL’s broadcast division and designer of Radio Baha’i facilities.

Mr. Stephens is a certified senior broadcast engineer with more than 25 years’ experience in broadcast administration and engineering.

All graduates of the course will receive a certificate suitable for framing detailing the various elements covered.

Reserved tuition is $400 per student including materials, room and board. $100 is payable by No

CIRBAL to sponsor 3-week radio course at new training center in Puerto Rico

vember 7, the balance by November 14.

Non-reserved applicants will be admitted if space is available. All tuitions later than dates indicated above are $450,

Sessions will be conducted in English and Spanish at CIRBAL’s new Amoz Gibson Training Centre on a farm in the hills of Arecibo.

For more information contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

Essential to Our Progress National Bahá’í Fund Wilmette, IL 60091

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World NEWS

More than 400 people, about half of whom are indigenous residents of Honduras, declared their belief in Baha’u’llah during ‘‘Camino del Sol’? (Trail of the Sun), a recent 15-day regional teaching campaign planned by the National Teaching Committee of Honduras and dedicated to the Hand of the Cause of God Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum.

The campaign was designed to concentrate on three of the main indigenous groups in Honduras: the Hicaque, Paya and Garifano peoples.

The eight-member teaching team included members of the Miskito, Garifano, Hicaque and Paya Indian tribes, one member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Honduras, and one Auxiliary Board member ...

Radio Baha’i in Ecuador has developed what it terms ‘‘mural newspapers’’ that are being placed in village homes and community centers.

The poster-like ‘‘newspapers’’ are composed primarily of illustrations. with a brief text that can be quickly explained by someone who is able to read to those who. cannot.

Each ‘‘newspaper’’ contains a Baha’i message and a social comment such as tips on nutrition or planting or health ...

As of last January, the goal for the establishment of new Local Spiritual Assemblies in Chad was exceeded by 90 ...

The national television news service in Italy recently featured a three-minute report on the persecution of Baha’is in Iran.

Describing Baha’u’llah as “‘Messenger of the Omnipotent,” and referring to ‘“‘His Holiness the Bab,” the report showed the demolished House of the Bab in Shiraz. The commentary was quite sympathetic toward the persecuted Bahda’is ...

Dr. Laurence Poncini, a Baha’i who is a lecturer in chemistry at the University of the South Pacific and chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Suva, Fiji, has received the 1982 Allan Joseph Casey Medal for sugar research.

The medal is awarded each year to a scientist in sugar research who. has contributed to advancements in sugar chemistry ...

The Timonde Tutorial School, established two years ago by the Spiritual Assembly of Timonde, Ghana, has been absorbed into the public school system of the area’s educational district.

“We have therefore the first Baha’i primary school in the country at Timonde in the Upper East,’’ reports the National Spiritual Assembly of Ghana ...

News in brief

Pleasant Hill Baha i ‘i named 1983 ‘citizen of year’

Roberta McFarland, a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Pleasant Hill, California, has been named that city’s 1983 Citizen of the Year.

Mrs. McFarland, a resident of Pleasant Hill for 13 years, was recognized for her work in coordinating the renovation of the Old School House, Pleasant Hill’s first school which later housed the city’s fire department.

The structure is now home to the Pleasant Hill Arts Council, Friends Abroad, Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library, the Guild of Quilters, Onstage Theatre, and the local Historical Society.

Mrs. McFarland headed the Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library for three years, and is presently on the board of the city’s Historical and Cultural Center, the 4th of July Commission, and the Library Information System Lay Advisory Board.

Homefront Continued From Page 10

Cliff became involved in coaching and umpiring baseball and basketball ... and Tom adds his contribution ‘by’ always wearing a jersey with the number nine.

“I became involved with a battered women’s ci intervention program and won a volunteer of the year award in 1980.

“Alice has several close girl friends who participate in our family activities, and now they say they can hardly wait to turn 15 so they can become Baha’is.

“Both Tom and Alice won good citizenship awards here the first year after moving. They adjusted quickly and love it here. This is a lovely and tranquil town for raising children.””

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For information on how to become a homefront pioneer, contact the National Teaching Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

ROBERTA McFARLAND

Mrs. McFarland, the recording secretary of the Spiritual Assembly of Pleasant Hill, has a B.A. degree in home economics from McGill University and serves as an administrative consultant to six Bay Area communities.

She and her husband, Gerald, an engineer, have two daughters. wae

The National Bahá’í Archives now has available a guide to its collections that are open for research.

The 19-page guide covers 149 collections of institutional records, personal papers, community histories, and personal recollections, giving the collection title, quantity, and some information

Correction

On page 13 of the June issue of The American Baha’i, i that Dr. Hiroji Mukasa, president of Rotary International, was received by the Universal House of Justice during Mr. Mukasa’s visit in March to the World Centre.

While Mr. Mukasa visited the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, and two of its members were in the party which received him and his entourage, it is incorrect to say that he was ‘‘received by the Universal House of Justice.”’

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Two Christian Science churches in the Brookhaven, New York, area promised prayers for the Baha’is in Iran after receiving copies

Visitors examine works of art at a day-long exhibit presented June

of the book A Cry from. the Heart which was sent to 100 clergymen in that area by the Spiritual Assembly of Brookhaven.

The Christian Scientists also forwarded a news clipping of an article about the persecution of Baha’is in Iran that appeared in the July 14 issue of The Christian Science Monitor.

26 by the three-member Baha’i Group of Paramount, California.

More than 250 at art exhibit sponsored by Baha’is of Paramount, California

On June 26, the three-member Baha’i Group of Paramount, California, supported by the communities of Compton and Gardena, presented an art exhibit that featured works by Bahi and non-Baha’i artists.

The exhibit included crafts, sculptures, drawings, paintings, calligraphy and poetry.

Also on the program was an anti-gang membership presentation by Tony Ostros, an employee of the city of Paramount, and a karate demonstration by instructor Julian Chan and 20 of his students.

More than 250 people visited the day-long exhibit at the Towers Art Center.

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The American Baha'i

Queridos amigos baha’is,

El siguiente télex se manda hoy por la Casa Universal de Justicia a asambleas espirituales nacionales seleccionadas, y se nos piden transmitir el texto a ustedes para que puedan compartir las alegres noticias con los creyentes en su comunidad. GOZOSOS ANUNCIAR FORMACION EN RID- S#

Nuevas asambleas nacionales

A todas las asambleas espirituales nacionales

NADA, Y MARTINICA. DOS EN ASIA: ISLAS

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR, Y EL YEMEN

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CASA UNIVERSAL DE JUSTICIA

Materiales de Braneonnda en espanol ya listos

Se acaba de producir una coleccién de material para proclamacién y publicidad dirigida a la prensa de habla hispana.

La coleccién, resultado de colaboracién entre la Oficina de Informacién Publica y el Comité Nacional de Ensefanza, se puede adquirir por el precio de $5 (franqueo incluido) de la Oficina de Informacién.

La coleccién contiene folletos sobre la igualdad del hombre y la mujer, la unidad de la humanidad y la vision Baha’ de las Leyes Divinas para la humanidad.

Se incluye también retratos, con encabezamientos, de la Casa de Adoracién en Wilmette y el Santuario del Bab en Haifa; un informe titulado “La Fe Baha’ y su Comunidad Mundial,’’ y un breve folleto escrito por Shoghi Effendi que explica los puntos principales

de las Ensehanzas Baha’is; una coleccién de articulos para publicacién relacionados con varios Dias Sagrados y observancias ¢speciales, y unos anuncios para publicar.

Otros materiales ofrecidos por

Ja Oficina de Informacién Publica incluyen la coleccién para la prensa de habla inglesa ($5), una colecida a los funcionarios s (inglés, $5), y una dirigida a los empresarios funerarios (inglés, $4.50).

Excelencia en todas las cosas

Qué séamos como luces de guia

Extractos de los escritos de ‘Abdu’l-Baha.

En todo momento, corresponde a los artesanos del mundo ofrecer mil muestras de gratitud ante cl Sagrado Umbral, y esforzarse al maximo y diligentemente dedicarse a ejercer sus profesiones para que sus esfuerzos produzcan aquello que manifestar4é la mas grande belleza y perfeccién a los ojos de todos los hombres. (Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, pag. 145)

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Haced un poderoso esfuerzo, para que la pureza y santidad qi sobre todo lo demas, son apt ciadas por ‘Abdu’l-Baha, distingan al pueblo de Baha; para que en todo tipo de excelencia, el pueblo de Dios sobrepase a los otros seres humanos; que tanto interior como exteriormente sean superiores al resto; que por la pureza, inocencia, refinamiento, y por la conservacién de la salud, sean los lideres en la vanguardia de aquellos que saben. Y que por su liberacién de la esclavitud, su sabiduria y autocontrol, seran los primeros entre los puros, los libres y los sabios. (Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, pag. 150)

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Que todos los bienamados de

Dios sean la esencia de la pureza, la vida misma de la beatitud, para que en cada pais sean famosos por. su santidad, independencia de espiritu y humildad. Que sean alegrados por los sorbos de la eterna copa del amor, y se regocijen al beber de las bodegas del ciclo. Que contemplen la Bendita Belleza, y sientan la llama y el éxtasis de esa reunion, y se pasmen de temor y sorpresa. Esta es la posicién de los sinceros, esta es la senda de los leales; esta es la radianza que brilla en los rostros de aquellos que estan cerca de Dios. (Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, pag. 203) o

Ahora los bienamados deben Ievantarse entre todos los pueblos del mundo, con un corazén como el sol, un fuerte impulso interno, una frente radiante, un hilito almizclado, una lengua siempre hablando de Dios, una exposicion clara como el ‘al, unal alta resolucién, un poder nacido del cielo, un cardcter espiritual, una confirmacién poco menos que divina. Que todos se conviertan en un solo esplendor sobre el horizonte del empireo, y en los cielos del mundo sean una estrella deslumbrante. Que sean arboles fructiferos en las glorietas celestiales, flores de dulce aroma en los jar

dines divinos; que sean versos de perfeccién en la pagina del universo, palabras de unicidad en el Libro de la Vida. Esta es la primera edad, y el temprano comienzo de la dispensacién de la Mas Grande Luz, por lo tanto, dentro de este siglo deben adquirirse virtudes, dentro de este lapso de ticmpo deben perfeccionarse hermosas cualidades. En estos mismos cl Paraiso de Abha debe levantar sus tiendas en las planicies del mundo. Ahora deben revelarse las luces de la realidad, y los secretos de las dadivas de Dios ahora deben darse a conocer, y ahora la antigua gracia debe brillar y este mundo convertirse en. el placentero parque del ciclo, el jardin de Dios. Y mediante las gracias celestiales, de los corazones puros todas las perfecciones, cualidades y atributos de lo divino, deben ahora hacerse manifiestos. (Selections from the s of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, pag.

No es la cantidad, sino el espiritu ...

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Iran: dos secuestros, 130 creyentes acosados

A todas las asambleas espirituales nacionales Queridos amigos baha’ La Casa Universal de Ju: ha mandado otra vez mas un mensaje por cable a asambleas espirituales nacionales seleccionadas respecto a la lamentable condicién de nuestros hermanos en Iran, y ha pedido que se comparta el texto con ustedes. ATROCIDADES AUMENTAN CONTRA HE! RMANOS CUNA FE, AHORA DIRIGIDAS HACIA CAMPESINOS INDEFENSOS CE CA SARI EN MAZINDARAN. EN EL PUEBLO IVAL MAS DE 130 BAHA'IS INCLUYENDO MUJERES Y NINOS HECHOS CAUTIVOS POR TRES DIAS EN UN CERCADO SIN ALIMENTO NI AGUA. CUANDO PRESION A RENEGAR FE, ACEPTAR EL ISLAM FALLO ELLOS FUERON PERMITIDOS REGRESAR A SUS CASAS. NO OBSTANTE, MISMA NOCHE, PRIMERO DE JULIO, FUERON ATACADOS POR ALDEANOS Y OBLIGADOS A ESCONDERSE EN BOSQUE CERCANO. OTRAS NOTICIAS CONGOJOSAS DOS BAHA'IS DISTINGUIDOS TIHRAN, JAHANGIR HIDAYATI Y AHMAD BASHIRI, SECUESTRADOS. SUPLICAS A LAS AUTORIDADES HASTA AHORA DESATENDIDAS; DESMIENTEN CONOCIMIENTO ALGUNO DE SU SECUESTRO O SU PARADERO. INSTAMOS CONTINUAR ESFUERZOS MEDIANTE OFICIALES GUBERNAMENTALES, ORGANIZACIONES HUMANITARIAS, MEDIOS NOTICIEROS.

CASA UNIVERSAL DE JUSTICIA: 4 DE JULIO DE 1983

Llamadoalajuventud del mundo

A las asambleas espirituales nacionales Queridos amigos baha’is,

La Casa Universal de Justicia ha enviado el siguiente cable, di la juventud baha’i en todo ¢l mundo, a asambleas espirituales nacionales seleccionadas, y ahora se envia a ustedes para que lo compartan con los amigos, y especialmente con Ia juventud baha’i, en su comuni jad. A LA JUVENTUD BAHA'I EN TODO EL MUNDO:

MARTIRIO RECIENTE JOVENES VALIENTES FIRMES EN SHIRAZ, LUGAR DE INAUGURACION MISION PROFETAMARTIR, RECUERDA ACTOS DE VALOR JOVENES INMORTALES EDAD HEROICA, CONFIAMOS EN QUE JUVENTUD BAHA'I ESTA GENERACION NO PERMITIRA QUE ESTA SANGRE NUEVA, DERRAMADA SOBRE MISMISIMO SUELO DONDE REALIZOSE PRIMERA OLA PERSECUCION FE, PERMANEZCA SIN VINDICACION NI QUE ESTE SACRIFICIO SUBLIME SEA EN VANO. EN ESTA HORA DE AFLICCION Y CONGOJA, Y AHORA QUE NOS ACERCAMOS ANIVERSARIO MARTIRIO BENDITO BAB, LLAMAMOS A JUVENTUD BAHA’I VOLVER A_DEDICARSE REQUISITOS URGENTES CAUSA BAHA’U’LLAH. QUE RECUERDEN BENDICIONES QUE Bt PROMETIO A LOS QUE EN FLOR DE JUVENTUD S TEN PARA ADORNAR EL CORAZON CON SU AMOR PER MANEZCAN CONSTANTES Y FIRMES. QUE RECUERDEN ESPERANZA MAESTRO QUE CADA UNO SEA LEON INTREPIDO, BRISA PERFUMADA DE ALMIZCLE QUE SOPLA SOBRE PRADERAS DE VIRTUD. QUE MEDITEN SOBRE CUALIDADES UNICAS JUVENTUD MENCIONADAS TAN GRAFICAMENTE EN ESCRITOS GUARDIAN QUIEN ALABO SU ESPIRITU. EMPRENDEDOR Y AVENTURERO, Y SUS TAREAS SAGRADAS, CAUTIVADORAS Y DIVINAMENTE SENALADAS. ORAMOS FERVIENTEMENTE ANTE SAGRADO UMBRAL QUE EJERCITO DE JOVENES RESUELTOS Y ESPIRITUALMENTE UNIFICADOS SE LEVANTE DE INMEDIATO EN RESPUESTA REQUISITOS HORA PRESENTE DEDICAR CADA VEZ MAS SUS APRECIADAS ENERGIAS A PROMOVER, TANTO EN FRENTES INTERNOS COMO CAMPOS EXTRANJEROS, CAUSA SU EXPECTANTE SENOR QUE TODO LO VIGILA. QUE MANIFIESTEN MISMO ESPIRITU DEMOSTRADO TAN RECIENTEMENTE POR SUS HERMANOS MARTIRES CUNA FE, REMONTEN A ALTURAS DE ESFUERZO TALES COMO PARA LLEGAR A SER EL ORGULLOS DE SUS PARES, CONSUELO CORAZONES CREYENTES PERSAS, Y DEMUESTREN QUE LA LLAMA ENCENDIDA POR SU MANO OMNIPOTENTE ARDE CON FULGOR Y QUE SU CALOR Y RADIANZA VIVIFICADORES PRONTO ENVOLVERAN Y PENETRARAN PLANETA ENTERO. CASA UNIVERSAL DE JUSTICIA 24 DE JUNIO DE 1983

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The Creative Word

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf: mankind

ich the Guardian, Shoghi Effendi, “last outstanding Tablet’’—can aid us all in win

called Baha'u'llah’:

. hing the goal of the Seven Year Plan that calls for a “‘nationwide cam paign, with emphasis on the Creative Word, designed to inspire every believer to live the Baha’i life,”’ thus demonstrating to our “‘fellowcountrymen the beneficent effects of the Baha’i way of life achieved through adherence to the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh.””

How? It can help us form a positive response to the senseless persecutions of the Baha’is in Iran. And it can suggest a new approach for using the persecutions to share the Message of Baha'u'llah with those about us. This last major Tablet of Bahd’u'llah’s was addressed to Shaykh Muhammad Taajiy-i-Najafi, a cleric of Iṣfahán, who with students kicked and trampled the corpse of Mirza Ashraf, a Baha’i killed in 1888 by order of the city’s mulla.

‘The cleric’s father was the notorious Shaykh Muhammad Bagir, who commanded the deaths of the innocent “King of Martyrs”’ and the “‘Beloved of Martyrs.”’ He was named by Baha'u'llah “the Wolf” and condemned as “‘the last trace of sunlight on the mountain-top.””

Baha'u'llah, in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, does call upon the “rapacious” son of the Wolf to “‘repent of his acts.’”

But He also uses His last major Tablet to “‘adduce proofs establishing the validity of His Cause’’ and to hold out to all mankind the eternal gift of the mercy of God.

With the relentless persecutions continuing unabated in Iran, now is an excellent time to study Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (HC, Cat. No. 103-001, $11).

Titles from around the world

BIC—Bahs'i International Commonity a GR—George Ronald be KP—Kalinst Press

New Books

George Townshend: Hand of the Cause of God

by David Hofman. (GR)

(HC, Cat. No. 332-103, $19.50) (SC, Cat. No. 332-104, $9.50) An Index of Quotations from the Baha'i Sacred Writings (GR) (HC, Cat. No. 368-062, $37.50) (SC, Cat. No. 368-063, $24.50) Supplement to The Baha’is in Tran: July 1982-July 1983

A 32-page supplement for the comprehensive white paper, The Baha'is in Iran: A Report on the Persecution of a Religious

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Solve that difficult gift question with a “Gift of Love’’—a gift certificate from the Baha'i Publishing Trust.

These gift certificates are good for any item carried by the Publishing Trust. They are used just like money for full or partial payment of an order.

The certificates are available from the Publishing Trust in Wilmette and may be redeemed through the mail from the Trust. (Please do not ask your community or Baha’i school librarian to honor the certificates.)

Ordering a “Gift of Love’’ (Catalog No. 868-000) is easy. Simply send (1) the name and address of the recipient, (2) your name and address, and (3) a check or money order for the amount of the certificate in full dollars only—there is no handling or postage charge for gift certificate orders—to the Baha’i Publishing: Trust, 415 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091, or telephone 1-800-323-1880.

You must provide VISA or MasterCard information on all phone orders.

The certificate, in a handsome gift envelope, will be sent cither to you or to the recipient, as specified in your order.

To make the gift certificates available, we regret that they cannot be purchased from or redeemed through local or school librarians. They cannot be charged to community or school accounts, and they are not cligible for the 10 per cent community discount.

A certificate may be redeemed any time within two years of the date of issue by sending it with an order to the Publishing Trust.

Minority. Contains major developments in the Iranian persecutions between July 1982 and July 1983. (BIC)

(SC, Cat. No. 555-106, $1)

Books by George Townshend Christ and Baha’u’llah (GR)

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Books About Model Teachers

To Move the World

Louis G. Gregory, posthumously appointed a Hand of the Cause of God, shows, in the sterling example of his life, how devotion, discipline and integrity can spread the Faith and make the oneness of mankind a reality. By Gayle Morrison. Now available in a

paper edition. (SC, Cat. No. 332-073, $7)

Martha Root

A biography of America’s greatest teacher and the foremost Hand of the Cause of God raised up by “Abdu’l-Baha’s will in the first Baha’i century. Shy about taking a trolley across town, Martha Root—armed with the Creative Word of Bahá’u’lláh—was fearless in sharing His Message of love with millions around the world. By M.R. Garis. 496 pages, many photographs.

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Tahirih and the Babis come alive in a new novel that captures the bravery and audacity of the foremost woman Babj teacher. By Kathleen Jemison Demas. (SC, Cat. No. 332-108, $2.50)

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Divine Law: Source of Human Rights

Newly reprinted—a pamphlet for people concerned with problems of justice, injustice, and the entire range of human rights. (Pamphlet, Cat. No. 340-360, 10/$2.75)

The Environment and Human Values

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(Pamphlet, Cat. No. 340-056, 10/$2.75)

The Equality of Men and Women A thought-provoking statement on the Baha’i teachings on the equality of men and women, (Pamphlet, Cat. No. 340-074, 10/$2.75)

One World, One People

A discussion of the spiritual standards needed to resolve the interlocking economic and social problems of our day. (Pamphlet, Cat, No. 340-099, 10/$2.75)

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Classified notices in The American Bahá’í are published free of charge as a service to the Baha’i community. Notices are limited to items relating to the Faith; no personal or commercial messages can be accepted for publication. The opportunities referred to have not been approved by the National Spiritual Assembly, and the friends should exercise their own judgment in responding to them.

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HIGH SCHOOL seniors considering a career in optometry or physical therapy, or who want a well-rounded liberal arts education, should come to Pacific University in the charming small town of Forest Grove, Oregon. Our active community of nine adults wants to sponsor a Baha’i College Club and would like your help. Please write to the Assembly at P.O. Box 332, or directly to the Office of Admissions at Pacific University, 2043 College Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116.

SPANISH-speaking Baha’is are needed in the goal town of Cornelius, Oregon (population 5,000), about 20 miles west of Portland. There is one family of (not yet deepened) Hispanic Baha’is, and many other Hispanics, both migrant workers and ri dents. Enjoy small town living with easy access to Hillsboro, the county seat (six miles east), and Forest Grove, the home of Pacific University (six miles west). Please write to the Spiritual Assembly of Forest Grove, P.O. Box 332, Forest Grove, OR 07116.

TANZANIA: This is a world goal post that needs to be filled. Teaching positions in chemistry and biology are open at an international school; full relocation and a two-year contract. Call immediately for more information. ional Goals Committee, National Center, Wi mette, IL 60091. Phone 312-8699039.

SOMALIA, an important goal area, has openings for a field office director of community development, a district medical officer, agriculture extensionist, a civil engincer of irrigation, and chief forester. Prime opportunities that need attention now! This is a difficult country in which to place pioneers. Write to the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

NORTHFIELD-Mount Hermon alumni: I have begun to build a Baha’i book section in the libraries of our alma mater. Please contact me to coordinate book donations to the libraries. John Nicol, class of ’58,

_ “Sarasota, FL 33581. Phone 813-924-5726.

MARVELOUS opportunity to become a homefront pioneer and add diversity to the mostly Persian community of Mount Airy, North Carolina. A private home on 3.3 acres with bedrooms, an office,

living and dining rooms, family room, kitchen, two and one-half baths, finished basement and circular driveway with three-car garage is for sale. The home has been used in recent years to house Persian and other foreign students as well as for a variety of Baha’i activities. Would love to sell to a Baha’ or Baha'is. For more information please contact Patsy Brad

ley, Mount Airy, NC 27030, or phone 919-786-7407.

BRILLIANT Star magazine

needs your creative support: adults and youth and children; writers, poets, crafts persons, cooks, game players, musicians, composers, dancers, idea people, photographers, critics, mothers, fathers, siblings and grandparents—each of you has something to contribute to Brilliant Star. Universal participation makes a better publication. Some of us support by subscribing, some with ideas, some with their creative energies, some with production skills, some with editorial knowhow, and some are great at telling others to be aware of a great thing! Don’t sit back and think about it any longer. ACT NOW! A special note to children: Please send us your paintings, preferably in a vertical format, for possible use on the covers of Brilliant Star. We invite you to become excited about Brilliant Star. We invite you to be proud of Brilliant Star. Please send all written materials to the Brilliant Star editorial office, Suburban Office Park,

Hixson, TN 37343. Send all pictorial materials to Rita Leydon, art and production director, Box 127, Lahaska, PA 18931.

THE UNIVERSITY of Hong Kong needs a qualified lecturer in psychology. Requires a Ph.D with research competence. Social psychology is useful, as is a knowledge of the Far East. Relocation, various fringe benefits. Contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or telephone 312-869-9039.

LOVE to ski? Then move to Golden, Colorado, and help its five-member Group reach Assembly status. Golden, the county seat of Jefferson County (renowned for its excellent public schools), combines a small town atmosphere (est. population 15,000) with metro Denver accessibility and Rocky Mountain skiing. Golden is the home of the Colorado School of Mines. For more information write to the Baha’i Group of Golden, - — . Golden, CO 80401, or phone 303-279-1004.

JOBS are available for prospective homefront pioneers only 31 miles from the Louis Gregory Institute and radio station WLGI in South Carolina: public information officer, Upward Bound counselor, part-time counselor, paralegal assistant, school teachers, and manager of a fast

food restaurant. For details contact Greg Myers, Williamsburg Technical College, 601 Lane Road, Kingstree, SC 29556, or phone 803-354-7255.

WE ARE a loving, active and energetic community of 10 adults and I1 (almost 12!) children in a small eastern Iowa city. We would welcome your diversity to help strengthen our Assembly, teach local seekers, and enjoy our children. If we can help you get settled, contact the Spiritual Assembly of Marion, P.O. Box 362, Marion, IA 52302, or phone the Assembly secretary, Rebecca Jensen, at 319-377-5651.

IF YOU want to become a homefront pioneer, come to Smithfield, Utah, only seven miles from Logan, home of Utah State University with a diverse educational program. There are presently no Baha’is in Smithfield, so come and let’s raise an Assembly by next Ridvan. By the way, apartment and housing rents are cheap. Write to the Spiritual Assembly of Logan, Box 471, Logan, UT 84321, or telephone 801-752-9643.

OPENINGS for a town planning officer, senior probation and welfare officer, and a personnel secretary in the Cayman Islands. Good pay, housing, fringe benefits. This is a fine pioneer post for those who love tropical weather. Contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

DUMONT, New Jersey, near the Wilhelm properties where ‘Abdu’l-Baha visited and spoke in 1912, was for the first time in more than 30 years unable to form its Assembly last Ridvan and needs two more members to restore that Assembly next April. Dumont is a residential town with good schools, is neat universities, New York City, and industrial areas. Apartments are occasionally available; homes can be purchased. For more information contact the Dumont Baha’i community, 14 Pine St., Dumont, NJ 07628, or phone 201-384-6799.

DO YOU know of any Baha’i prayers that can be said before or after meals? I would be most grateful for any information. Joan Leavitt, 101-D Dumbarton Road, Baltimore, MD 21212.

SIERRA LEONE is a difficult post in which to place pioneers. Recently, a number of high school teaching jobs have opened in various subjects. The principal of the school has become a Baha’i and would like hard-working, dedicated co-workers. Needed are four math teachers, five in English, one in physics, two in biology, two in chemistry, two in French, two in geography, one in physical education, and two in agricultural science. Certification is probably not necessary. The school is 17 miles from the Liberian border, which is

a potentially important base from which to spread the Faith. For more information, please contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or telephone 312-869-9039.

THE FOLLOWING are available for the cost of shipping: Baha’i Canada, 1974-1981; The American Baha'i, 1970-1981; Baha’i News, 1956-1981. Most issues are available; I will send only an entire year, not individual issues. Also available are World Order since 1971; Baha'i Journal (Great Britain) 1973-1976 (not all issues available), New Day (Ireland), a few copies in the 1970s; Glory (India), 13 copies in the 1970s; and World Citizen (three copies). Many books and other materials are also available. Please write to Sonya Murphy, ) Pleasantville, NJ 08232, or phone 609-646-1266.

LAMINATING machine is needed at the Louhelen Baha’i School to laminate educational materials. If you know where one can be purchased inexpensively, or are interested in donating one, please contact Geff Marks at the Louhelen Baha’i School, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423, or phone 313-653-5033.

UROLOGISTS, there is still an important need for qualified urologists to go overseas. The Baha’i doctor must be deepened and willing to teach only indirectly, as the country is in a sensitive area. Contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Phone 312869-9039.

BAHA’i NEWS is secking manuscripts on all aspects of the Faith for inclusion in the magazine. Articles on Baha’i history, the teachings of the Faith, Baha’i activities in various parts of the country or the world, or contemporary issues and problems as seen from a Baha’i perspective are welcomed. If the article is illustrated with appropriate photographs, so much the better. Please send your manuscripts for review to the editor, Baha’i News, Baha’i National’ Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

SPEND your winter vacation teaching in a district that has seen continued success and growth over the last six years. The sixth annual Winter Teaching Project in Southern New Mexico-West Texas will be held December 17, 1983 through January 2, 1984. Teaching in northern Mexico is a part of this year’s project, as is teaching in Hispanic communities in southern New Mexico. Spanishspeaking teachers are especially needed! Please contact the District Teaching Committee of Southern New Mexico-West Texas,

Alamagordo, NM 88310, or phone 505-4370173.

HAVE YOU been at a loss trying to figure out what you can do

as your part in the Seven Year Plan? Well, Yukon, Oklahoma, is the answer! We’ve recently come across an opening (usually quite hard to find) for an individual to join our work force, Qualifications: must be at least 21 years old and very enthusiastic. You'll be stationed only 30 minutes from almost any location in the Oklahoma City area. Time is short; this may be your best chance to do your part in the Seven Year Plan. Call before someone else grabs your chance. Phone 405-354-7301 or 405-354-4447.

MANY of the homeland areas of South Africa need deepened pioneers to help in the teaching and consolidation work. There are multiple opportunities for computer science personnel and for university level instructors and administrators. If you are willing to apply for positions in outlying areas away from the main cities of South Africa, please write to the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or telephone 312-869-9039.

SPANISH-language teaching and deepening materials are available from the District Teaching Committee of Eastern Oregon, which has prepared in Spanish an assortment of popular publications from Publishing Trusts in several countries. Each pamphlet or booklet has been restructured so that it can be reproduced by your community on a photocopy machine. For a copy of the items included please send a stamped self-addressed envelope to the Eastern Oregon District Teaching Committee, P.O. Box 447, Helix, OR 97835,

HELP is needed to maintain the Baha’i Center and Assembly in Wapato, Washington, on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Wapato, a farming and orchard area, has a dry, sunny climate and a multi-ethnic population with Caucasians in the minority. Ideal for a family or retired persons. For more information write to the Spiritual Assembly of Wapato, c/o Joyce Eklund, secretary, P.O. Box 247, Wapato, WA 98951, or phone 509-877-4554.

POSSIBILITY for homefront pioneering in a dynamic rural setting. A national design and manufacturing firm in lovely western Massachusetts needs a controllerCPA. A great opportunity to work and grow with Baha’is. Send resumé to Univision Inc.,

Hadley, MA 01035.

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, needs one or more homefront pioneers to strengthen a potentially jeopardized Assembly. Thibodaux (population about 16-20,000) has beautiful bayous, a trade school and four-year university. It is about an hour’s drive from New Orleans and one and one-half hours from Baton Rouge. The area offers possible employment

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THE MEDIA

September 1983

Spanish-language information kit now available

An information kit in Spanish has been added to the series of specialized kits for use in proclamations and publicity offered by the Office of Public Affairs.

The kit was prepared as a joint project of the Public Affairs Of

On May 2, Tom Armistead, a member of the Baha’i Group of Milford, Connecticut, spoke to about 150 students and faculty at each of two high schools in that city on ‘Genocide: The Story of the Baha’is in Iran.’ The Group then presented Baha’i books to the libraries at each school and to the Milford Public Library. The

fice and the National Teaching Committee. Translations were done by Emelia Allmart, a Baha’i from Wheaton, Illinois.

The kit includes pamphlets on the equality of men and women, the oneness of humanity, and the

proclamation effort was carried out with financial support and prayers from Baha’ is all over Connecticut. Shown presenting Baha’i books to Stanley Carman (center), head librarian at the Milford Public Library, are two members of the Baha’i Group of Milford, Thomas Z. Miranda (left) and Mr. Armistead.

Chicago gallery, National Assembly sponsor exhibit of paintings by Baha’i Mark Tobey

An exhibit of paintings by Baha’i artist Mark Tobey is being held through October 3 at the Goldman-Kraft Gallery in Chicago.

The extent of Mr. Tobey’s influence on modern painting and its enduring quality is considerable. In 1961, an English art critic wrote that Mr. Tobey was considered by prominent European painters to be the foremost living American artist.

Mark Tobey died in 1976. Some of his paintings are in the permanent collections of leading museums, others are owned by

private collectors, and nine of his works are owned by the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly.

The Spring 1977 issue of World Order magazine contained a collection of articles about Mr. Tobey entitled ‘“‘Tobey in Memoriam.””

Visitors to Chicago may see the Tobey exhibit at 233 East Ontario St. from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The exhibit is being held under the auspices of the GoldmanKraft Gallery and the National Spiritual Assembly on behalf of the American Baha’i community.

Baha’i view of divine laws for humanity.

Also included are photographs with captions of the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette and the Shrine of the Bab in Haifa; paper entitled ‘“‘The Baha’i Faith and Its World Community”; a brief booklet by Shoghi Effendi explaining some major points of Baha’i teachings; a set of news releases that can be adapted for various Bahai Holy Days and special observances, and a set of ads ready for publication.

The kit may be ordered from the Office of Public Affairs for $5 (price includes postage).

English-language kits available from the Office of Public Affairs include the standard press kit ($5), a kit designed for presentations to public officials ($5), and a kit for

funeral directors ($4.50).

‘Wage Peace’ is

The Office of Public Affairs, working with a team of graphic arts consultants, has prepared a variety of advertising materials based on ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s words, ““Wage peace:’”

Although especially appropriate for World Peace Day, September 18, these materials can be used throughout the year to attract attention to the Faith and provoke interest in the Baha’i peace principles.

Materials now available from the Office of Public Affairs include:

Poster (14 x 17 inches), $1.50;

Media briefs

13 million households see ‘20/20’ report on Iran

On July 28, television sets in 13,160,000 U.S. households were tuned to the ABC News program “20/20,”’ according to the A.C. Nielsen Company.

The program, which included a lengthy segment on the persecution of Baha’js in Iran, was seen on 30 per cent of all TV sets in use that evening (15.8 per cent of all television sets in the country), and, according to Nielsen, was the 11th most-watched program that week.

No estimate of how many people watched the program is available.

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As a result of placing the newspaper ad headlined and Now They Hang Women’”’ in an Overland Park, Kansas, newspaper, three Baha’is from that community were interviewed live for half an hour on a local television station.

The three, Jim and Margaret Walker and Vahid Ferdowsi, appeared August I on the ‘‘Around Town’? morning program whose

Baha’i Florida Media Conferences has been criss-crossing the state holding media gatherings that are sponsored by a Spiritual Assembly in a given area. The goal is to schedule at least one such coi ence a month, each of which is di

theme of new ad campaign

poster 8 1/2 x 11 inches), $1; ad slicks (3 sizes per page), $1; bus cards (11 1/2 x 27 inches), $2.50; billboard (30-sheet), $35; reel-toreel tape with five 30-second radio public service spots and one commercial, $5.

Also, statements by the Baha’i International Community at a special session of the UN General Assembly on ‘‘The Promise of Peace and Disarmament,’’ 25 cents each; ‘“Disarmament”’ (oral statement), 15 cents each.

Posters, bus cards and_billboards are three-color.

It is suggested that these ma

hostess talked with them for about 15 minutes before air time and for about half an hour afterward, saying she wanted them to return soon to talk more about the Faith,

The program was broadcast four times for a total of two hours, air time.

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A letter to the editor from Elie Wiesel, the widely known and respected chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, calling attention to the plight of Baha’is in Iran and calling upon governments, individuals and the United Nations to raise their voices in protest has appeared recently in many newspapers in this country, often as an article instead of a letter.

In the letter, Mr. Wiesel says in part, “I am particularly troubled that echoes of the Nazi cruelties are again being heard in our world.

it is especially distressing that this occurs in a land ruled by representatives of one of the world’s

vided into four one-hour segments that deal with organization, print media, outdoor advertising, and radio and television. Shown discussing print media at the Sout west Florida Media Conference is task force member Diane Stinnett.

terials be used in coordination with such programs as peace seminars, ‘“‘coffees,’’ firesides, and other creative gatherings to which influential persons, friends, and members of sympathetic groups can be invited.

is visual reinforcement of Baha’i-sponsored group discussions or public lectures on topics relating to peace is highly recommended.

Send orders to the Baha’i Office of Public Affairs, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Please make checks payable to “Baha'i Services Fund.”

great religions—Islam. Believers in the God of all men should spread compassion, not persecution; understanding, not hate. ...

“Perhaps the Human Rights Commission of the U: tions should look into thi and perhaps an international conference should be called to deal with the question.””

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Dr. Winifred Eshragh, a physician who is a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was profiled in a recent article in the Grand Rapids Press which told of her appointment as full-time doctor at Neighborhood Health Servi: a health-care agency for the poor.

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Anestimated 10,000 people saw the Baha’i entry in the annual Fourth of July parade in Port Jefferson, New York.

About 30 Baha’is marched in the parade, accompanied by a van that was decorated with a large globe and flowers, to the music of “It’s a Small World.”’

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New Archives series profiles various manuscript collections

The National Baha’i Archives is starting a series of articles highlighting various manuscript collections in the Archives that are open to researchers. The first article is on the International Auxiliary Language Committee Records, 1934-1941.

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This committee was first formed as the Baha’i Committee on Esperanto in March 1934 with the aim of fostering contacts between Baha'is and Esperantists.

However, as the relationship between the Faith and Esperanto became clearer, it was more fully appreciated that the Baha'is did not endorse Esperanto specifically as the auxiliary language called for by Baha’u'll4h, but rather encouraged its use by Baha'is and offered help to Esperanto activities, on the basis that this was a step toward fulfilling that requirement.

AFTER several name changes the committee became known in 1938 as the International Auxiliary Language Committee.

Its most significant activity came during 1937-38 when, in cooperation with the Esperanto Association of North America, it arranged a lecture tour for Lydia Zamenhof, the youngest daughter of the creator of Esperanto, Dr. L.L. Zamenhof.

Miss Zamenhof had become a Baha'i in her native Poland after meeting Martha Root.

“There can be no limit fo one’s contributions ...”

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She gave Esperanto courses and talks from New York to Green Acre to Illinois. Her lectures and classes were well received and produced much newspaper coverage, including some in Polish and in other foreign language and ethnic papers.

Miss Zamenhof’s visit greatly stimulated the committee's efforts. to use Esperanto to help spread the Faith. Plans were formulated to teach by correspondence, to associate with the recently formed international youth hostel movement, and to encourage Baha'is to be active in local Esperanto associations.

AMONG those who were active in developing these plans were Mrs. Luella Beecher; her daughter, Dorothy Baker; Roan Orloff (now Roan Stone), and Della Quinlan. Regrettably, those efforts became increasingly hamPered by the spread of World War

The International Auxiliary Language Committee Records include, besides committee correspondence and reports, Lydia Zamenhof correspondence from her U.S. tour, scripts of some of her radio talks, and newspaper clippings about her activities.

These materials are mainly in English and Esperanto.

The International Auxiliary Language Committee Records in the National Baha’i Archives document, then, the relationship of the Baha'i F to an important international movement, Esperanto, and the efforts of the Bahatis to give a practical form to one of the principles of the Faith.

Many vital archival topics are covered in Guidelines for Baha’i Archives

Guidelines for Baha'i Archives, a comprehensive manual of archival procedures that was released at the most recent National Convention, is now available from the National Baha’i Archives.

The manual covers such topics as what to do with sacred writings and relics, how to process archival collections and prepare finding

aids, and how to handle photographs, tape recordings, films and other non-textual materials.

It also includes basic preservation techniques, a bibliography of archival references, and suggested sources of archival supplies.

To order the manual, simply use the order form below.

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Guidelines for Baha’ Archives (72 pages) covers in detail the organization and functioning of a Baha’i archives. It is highly suitable for larger communities faced with the need to organize a local archives.

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This photograph was taken at the Geyserville Baha’i School in 1939. If you can identify any of those in

Conventions

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South Carolina Central (4). Columbia Jr. College, N. Main St., Columbia. Mail ballots to Cynthia Carter, ~. Colum: bia, SC 29210.

South Carolina Eastern No. 1 (6). Police Cabin, Mclver Road, Florence. Mail ballots to Moses Richardson, Route 2, Box 177, Darlington, SC 29532.

South Carolina Eastern No. 2 (5). Louis Gregory Baha'i Institute, Route 2, Box 71, Hemingway. Mail ballots to Lavivia Vereen, P.O. Box 181, Aynor, SC 29511.

South Carolina Northern (2). Howard Johnson's, a J ~~, Rock Hill. Mail ballots to Robert Martin, P.O. Box 44, Winnsboro, SC 29180.

South Carolina Southern No. 1 (2). Holiday Inn, Route 95 and 63, Walterboro. Mail ballots to Mrs. Donia Spahn, ~~ a Walterboro, SC 29488.

South Carolina Southern No. 2 (2). Best Western Inn of N. Charleston, 2400 Ashley Phosphate Road, N. Charleston. Mail ballots to Venne Deas-Moore,

. Philips St., Charleston, SC 29401.

South Carolina Western (1). Pendleton Community Center, Pendleton. Mail ballots to Nancy A. Markovich,

Taylors, SC 29687.

South Dakota (1). Kneip Building (next to State Library Building), Pierre. Mail ballots to Mrs. Marinell Rhine, 3 Pierre, SD 57501.

Tennessee Eastern and Western (2). Civic Forum, McMinnville. Mail. ballots to Thomas Irvin, P.O. Box 96, McMinnville, TN 37110.

the picture, or have other information about it to offer, please contact the National Baha'i Arch Texas Central No. 1 (2). Site to be announced in Austin. For information contact Dale L. Ricklefs, . Round Rock, TX 78664. Mail ballots to Mr. Ricklefs at that address.

Texas Central No. 2 (1). Site to be announced in Midland. For information contact Monir SadeghZadch, oe x Odessa, TX 79762. Mail ballots to Ms. Sadegh-Zadeh at the above address.

Texas Eastern No. 1 (3). Hi day Inn, 13700 LBJ Freeway (exii on Centerville Road), Garland. Mail ballots to Bertha Larralde,

Carrollton, TX 75006.

Texas Eastern No. 2 (2). The Woodlands Inn, 2301 N. Millbend Drive, The Woodlands. Mail ballots to Mrs. Priscilla Banks, P.O. Box 27194, Houston, TX 77227.

Texas Northern (1). Lubbock Civic Center, Room 101, 1501 6th St., Lubbock. Mail ballots to Kim Bowers, Lubbock, TX 79424.

Texas Southern (1). Holidome, 2nd and Expressway 83, McAllen. Mail ballots to Margaret Serna,

_ Portland, TX 78374.

Utah (1). Orson Spencer Hall, Room 175, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Mail ballots to C.D. Schneider,

Ogden, UT 84401.

Vermont (1). Hartford High School, Hartford. Mail ballots to Stephen Langley,

White River Junction, VT

ives Committee, Baha’ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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Virginia Northern (2). Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown. Mail ballots to Beverly Hunsaker,

Marshall, VA 22115.

Virginia Southern (2). Virginia State University, Harris Hall, Ettrick. Mail ballots to Archie L. Abaire Jr.,' . .

Richmond, VA 23233.

Washington Northwest (3). Marysville-Pilchuck High School, 5611 100th St. N.E., Marysville. Mail ballots to Mrs. Carol Lenhard, P.O. Box 103, Bellingham, WA 98227.

Washington Southwest (1). Evergreen State College, Olympia. Mail ballots to Zuhair Dallal,

. Tacoma,

munity Building, Gassaway. Mail ballots to Azita Nezhad, Huntington, WV 25703. Wisconsin/Michigan (1). Howard Johnson's, 2001 N. Mountain Road, Wausau. Mail ballots to William Wieties IH, ____ , Marshfield, WI 54449. Wisconsin Southern (2). Student Union, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee. Mail ballots to Michael Paik, y

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WI 54935. Wyoming (1). Casper Ramada Inn, Casper. Mail ballots to

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Programs, scripts sought for WLGI radio

The National Teaching Committee is now accepting for review 30-second, one-minute, five-minute, 15-minute and half-hour scripts and/or programs for WLGI radio. Tapes or written scripts are acceptable. Especially sought are public service announcements, deepening themes, special information on Holy Days, deyotional programs, music, stories, and children’s programs.

Please send cassette tapes or written scripts to: National Teaching Committee, c/o WLGI Radio, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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The American Baha'i

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The Hand of the Cause of God Jalal Khazeh arrives September 11 in New York City for a five-day visit to the U.S. that also takes him to Teaneck, New Jersey, and Hartford, Connecticut.

His visit to this country, which is part of a trip to support the teaching work of various National Spiritual Assemblies, follows appearances at the Baha’i National Conventions in Alaska and Canada ...

The Hands of the Cause of God Zikru’lláh Khadem, John Robarts and William Sears attend a meeting in Lincolnwood, Illinois, of the Continental Board of Counsellors for North America and the 21 members of the Auxiliary Board.

In addition to the four Counsellors for North America, the meeting is also attended by Counsellors Hooper Dunbar and Florence Mayberry who have recently been appointed to the newly established International Teaching Centre.

Representatives of the National Spiritual Assemblies of Alaska, Canada and the U.S. join the conference at one point to outline their respective teaching plans ...

Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly; Dr. Victor de Araujo, the Baha’i_ International Community’s United Nations representative; and Mabel R. Garis, the UN representative for the National Spiritual Assembly, attend a daylong UN Association conference in New York City that is.also attended by UN representatives of other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the national directors of those organizations ...

‘Ali Nakhjavani, a member of the Universal House of Justice, visits the Baha’i National Center in Wilmette, Illinois, and meets with the friends at the House of Worship during his first visit to the U.S. ...

More than 200 people from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Pennsylvania attend a weekend proclamation event at Dinnebito, Arizona, on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Many of the Native Americans present hear of the Faith for the first time ...

The 61st memorial observance for Thornton Chase, the first American Bahá’í, is held at his resting place in the Inglewood Park (California) Cemetery in accordance with the wishes of ‘Abdu’l-Baha that a memorial service be held each year to commemorate his passing

Bailey

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Miss Bailey used her membership there to sponsor many Baha’i gatherings, and her room became a sort of clinic for the disconsolate and distressed.

SHE WAS gentle and sweet, never trying to force her opinions on someone or arousing hostility, but she would not compromise on principles.

“She would give sumptuous dinners for friends,”” one of her close friends once wrote, “‘who were oblivious to the fact that their hostess often contented herself with tea, toast, and perhaps a little soup.””

Miss Bailey, who had) retired from teaching in 1924 because of ill health, was present in 1953 at the dedication of the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette.

Having developed pneumonia after returning to California, she was obliged to live in a nursing home where she gradually regained her strength and began to plan a move to the North African country of Libya as a pioneer.

In New York City, en route to her post, she fell and hurt herself, but continued on to Italy where she suffered another fall.

Undaunted, and determined to reach her pioneering post, Miss Bailey pressed on.

EQUIPPED with an oxygen mask, she arrived in Tripoli on July 20, 1953, and was met at the airport by two Baha’is. Her condi

Piscataway mayor joins believers at memorial service

About 60 Bahá’ís and guests including the mayor of Piscataway, New Jersey, and the minister of a Quaker church in North Plainfield attended a memorial service July 9 for the recent martyrs in Iran that was sponsored by the Spiritual Assemblies of Piscataway, North Plainfield and Passaic.

The event was well pub local newspapers, and in were sent to some 60 people.

Both the mayor and Quaker minister expressed delight at haying been able to participate in the servict

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in the sea food industry, offshore and onshore oil field-related jobs, and sugar cane refining. The Baha’is of Thibodaux will be more than happy to offer whatever help they can in relocating anyone who. might be interested in moving to this charming community. For more information contact the Assembly at Thibodaux, LA 70301, or telephone 504-446-1826, 504-447-1920 or 504-447-2522.

tion quickly worsened, and she died a month later, on August 26.

Baha’ is from the East and West who were living in Libya gathered at her bedside and chanted and read prayers in Arabic and English.

Ella Bailey’s earthly remains were buried in the government cemetery on the outskirts of Tripoli. A few days later, a memorial service for her was held at the House of Worship in Wilmette.

The beloved Guardian, Shoghi Effendi, asked that three American pioneers in Tripoli submit a design for a memorial marker for Miss Bailey’s grave, adding that he wished personally to bear the expense of that marker.

In a cablegram to the International Conference held October 7, 1953, in New Delhi, In the Guardian paid tribute to Miss Bailey’s contribution to the Ten Year World Crusade:

“‘Irresistibly unfolding Crusade sanctified death heroic 89-yearold Ella Bailey elevating her rank martyrs Faith shedding further luster American Baha’i community consecrating soil fast awakening African continent.”

Michael W. Burks Italy, TX Date Unknown

Mrs. Jennie Carter David Hancock Donavan Livermore Walterboro, SC Roanoke, VA Rogers, AR

1981 Date Unknown June 29, 1983

Hugh Chapman Huston Hirst Mrs. Estelle Mack

Wilsonville, OR Date Unknown Joseph L. Chase

Cannon Ball, ND Date Unknown

Johnny Clerkley Jr. Perry, GA

March 30, 1982

E. Davis Dickinson S. San Francisco, CA July 25, 1983

Arthur M. Duncan Monticello, NY

Date Unknown

Mrs. Lizzie Evans

Somerville, TN Moultrie, GA Surry, VA Jacksonville, FL Date Unknown Date Unknown February 1983 May 25, 1983 Volney Furlow Mrs. Alta Kahn Harvey W. Neff Mrs. Sally Walker Americus, GA Houck, AZ Redding, CA Toledo, OH

Date Unknown July 10, 1983 June 29, 1983 June 6, 1983 Robert Gaines George Oliver M. Guy Watson Jr.

Greenville, SC Date Unknown

Mrs. Dora German Walterboro, SC

1978 June 21, 1983 1982 July 6, 1983 : 2 Ned German eee Mrs. Myrtle Scott David L. Wilson Walterboro, SC Wayne, NJ i Italy, TX Live Oak, TX 1978 euebiows December 11, 1980 June 5, 1983 Miss Myriam Grablery4ice Mary A. Lewis | Robert Seabron Fred M. Wilson Mansfield, OH Ds en? ce bt Zebulon, NC Jasper, TX

April 5, 1983

George Gray Naples, FL July 1983

1978

Mrs. Josephine Griewank Wauwatosa, WI July 30, 1983

Greenville, SC May 1983

Willie Jackson Americus, GA Date Unknown Raymond Johnson Hillsboro, TX Date Unknown Mrs. Sophie Johnson Yazoo City, MS Date Unknown Austin J. Jones Hillsboro, TX Date Unknown

Charles Jones

Mrs. Enid Kimball Huntington Beach, CA June 11, 1983

Steven E. Kinsey San Francisco, CA

Bainbridge, GA

Trust charts busy publishing schedule for fiscal 1983-84

The Baha’ Publishing Trust is planning a busy publishing schedule for the rest of fiscal year 1983-84, according to Dr. Betty J. Fisher, general editor.

Now being prepared are new cket-sized editions of the Kitabiqain and Some Answered Questions.

Coming also is a new pocket

sized edition and a new 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch edition of The Seven Valleys, bound in maroon to

match the new hardcover editions of Gleanings and Kitab-i-Iqan.

The hardcover edition of The Advent of Divine Justice will be reprinted, and the softcover e tion will be replaced by a portable, pocket-sized edition—another first.

A compilation on life after death is planned for spring 1984.

New and revised adult titles will include a facsimile edition of Mirza Abu’l-Fadl’s Baha’i Proofs; Bruce Whitmore’s The Dawning Place, a history of the

In Memoriam

Onesi Lino

Hahira, GA

Eloy Medina

Ellaville, GA

June 14, 1983

1983

Eldred W. Schramm

Conway, SC

Salt Lake City, UT January 7, 1982

Walterboro, SC Date Unknown

Thomas McFall

Date Unknown

Fort Garland, CO Date Unknown

Joe Middlebrook

February 5, 1983

Roland Molzahn Minneapolis, MN

Martin E. Mullins

Oglethorpe, GA

Date Unknown

Mrs. Susie Sheffey East Orange, NJ October 1, 1982

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Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette; and a new edition of Henry Ginn’s God’s Great Plan.

Four books for children and youth are planned: a prayer book containing a prayer in English on one page and the same prayer in Persian on the facing page; 1 Ama Baha’i, Deborah Christensen’s four new Sunflower activity books bound under one cover; Fly Away Home, by Bret Breneman; and a compilation of stories by Gail Radley.

Wall and pocket calendars and

a 1984-85 date book are already in production.

Two ‘Legacies of Service’’ tapes, featuring Hands of the Cause of God, together with a number of reprints, round out the publishing year.

Information on new titles and reprints will be made available as they are released for sale. Watch for announcements in The American Baha’i.

Mrs. Minnie Siler Toledo, OH June 29, 1983

Arthur Singer Red Lake, AZ June 27, 1983

Mrs. Miriam Stearns Kokomo, IN

Date Unknown

Miss Anne Stevenson Jersey City, NJ August 3, 1983

Otha R. Todd

Zebulon, NC 1979

Mr. Leslie Tremper Carmichael, CA

July 1, 1983

Mrs. Dorothy Underwood Lake Park, FL

July 31, 1983

Miss Kathryn Vernon

Baltimore, MD December 13, 1982

Mrs. Estelle Williams Walterboro, SC

Date Unknown

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make every effort to keep my face turned toward the light of God as it has been decreed through His Prophets.

Looking at the world today, I can understand my friends’ skepticism, yet if they were to look at other eras when the Manifestations of God came, they would see that things did not happen overnight as regards changes in the inner states of men.

As we see the Faith spreading over the world and unifying men, and gradually nations, we can indeed see that the New Age is happening, that the prophecies are coming true, but that it takes time and effort for God’s plan to work out.

We who are Baha’is must stand firm, no matter what our friends might say, and exemplify the teachings to the best of our ability. Let us also keep in mind those fearless souls who have been sore ly persecuted for the glorious Cause of God.

David W. Lehning

Happy Camp, California

To the Editor: I feel that Anthony Lee’s letter

~ (May 1983) supporting Baha’i involvement in public demonstrations for peace and other social issues was well researched and necessary to change what has been proscribed.

Apathetically waiting for ‘‘the collapse,’’ confident that when the dust has settled, a bruised and battered world will turn to us for guidance is an empty dream if we don’t help others along the way.

They won’t even know who we are. Involvement does not weaken; it strengthens.

Dramatic increases in our ranks could occur if we were to support and teach those groups and individuals whose social consciences parallel our purported beliefs.

They are seeking new, non-violent heroes, and are justifiably put off by our silence and lack of visible concern. Instead of keeping a low profile, the National Assembly should issue a statement in defense of the whole human race by opposing nuclear armaments and war on any scale, as other religious leaders have done.

Peace is the most important issue of our time. Without it, all else becomes superfluous.

Perhaps if millions of people the world over demonstrated publicly for peace, those in high places would be sufficiently impressed to stop glorifying war and killing, and would get on with the business of living together in the world Bahá’u’lláh envisioned.

Sally Underhill Katy, Texas

To the Editor:

In recent months The American Baha’i has published a number of letters and articles that deal with important and controversial issues

within the Baha’i community.

I deeply appreciate the forum we have in The American Baha’i for demonstrating ‘‘the principle of the undoubted right of the individual to self-expression, his freedom to declare his conscience and set forth his views.’’ (Shoghi Effendi, Principles of Baha'i Administration, p. 44)

WE HAVE a regular page devoted to the race issue, a page for our Spanish-speaking friends, one or two pages for the Persian believers, and various other articles dealing with Native Americans, Asian groups, our youth, etc.

While I applaud this diversity and recognize its necessity, I feel there is something else that should be adequately addressed.

I have yet to see the issue of sexism/sexuality shown enough thoughtful consideration and concern.

True, there have been articles, talks and classes about the role of women, but these have been very general and restricted to woman’s role as mother.

‘We need more dialogue and exchange of ideas, for there are some specific and vital topics that need desperately to be addressed—topics like chastity (both within and outside of marriage), non-sexist parenting, birth control, biological vs. cultural femininity and masculinity, the search for a spouse (especially for not-soyoung Baha'is), surviving the sexism and sick sexuality constantly expressed all around us, how to juggle the twin duties of career and parenthood ...

MOST of us come into the Faith after years of struggle in the old world, where we have learned many kinds of prejudices and have been afflicted with emotional and spiritual diseases.

We have all suffered, and still do, to one degree or another from the effects of a decadent age. Therefore, we all need as much understanding, support and guidance as possible—in all areas.

The area of sexism/sexuality should not be ignored, for ‘‘the happiness of mankind will be realized when men and women coordinate and advance equally ...”” (‘Abdu’l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith, p. 241)

We must know how to coordinate, how to advance, without compromising our spiritual integrity or the sacredness of our bodies.

Here is an example of one of my personal concerns in this area.

My husband (a ‘‘non-Baha’i’’) and I have been blessed with boygirl twins, and have endeavored, to the best of our ability, to raise them each to become spiritual, productive and unprejudiced, and to have a desire to filfill their highest potential.

WE KNEW we would have a hard row to hoe among those in the old world order, but we—especially my husband—did not expect to find so much hidden resistance among the Baha’is.

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Is it really right to assume that “*boys will be boys’’ and that girls will be emotional and passive? Should we actually train our boys to be physical and aggressive, while training our girls to be valued for their looks above all else—even to the point of entering them in beauty/glamor contests?

Is it possible to treat boys and girls equally, to educate them so that ‘‘Dignity before God depends not on sex, but on purity and luminosity of heart’’—and where “Human virtues belong equally to all’? (‘Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 162)

These are some of my thoughts. I would love to see and hear more about an issue that so deeply affects each and every one of us.

Shirley Hayes Springvale, Maine

To the Editor:

I felt the need as a psychologist, woman, and -future wife and mother to respond to the first article on ‘‘True Feminism: The Baha’i Approach’ by Pat Tyler Kinney (The American Baha’i, March).

I do not feel I would be ‘‘abdicating my role as mother’’ by continuing to pursue my career while sharing the bounties and responsibilities of mothering with the father of my children.

My role as psychologist, although I agree that it is secondary in importance to my religious and family commitments, is not pursued because it is, as Mrs. Kinney states, ‘‘fulfilling, exciting or rewarding,’’ or because of economic need.

It is pursued to help ‘‘bring

forth an ever-advancing civilization’’ through service to others and the sharing of every aspect of my talents and training as an individual and as a Baha’i.

Yes, Baha’i standards are high, and we must give everyone an opportunity to express themselves, perhaps not only by offering them a chance to consider the role of women as mothers but also to consider the role of men as fathers.

How much happier would men’s lives be if they could spend more time at home with their children by pursuing ‘‘occupations with flexible hours or those that can be done at home, or where a short child-rearing hiatus would not cause difficulty.’’

Let us not deny women the choice to be mothers to their children, nor men the choice to be fathers.

Suzanne Popke Green Bay, Wisconsin

To the Editor:

In saying prayers for the martyrs of June, especially for the Afnan whose family has already given so much and for the young girls whose lifeless bodies dangling in the summer sun must have broken the hearts of everyone who saw such a cowardly act, I came upon the Fire Tablet which the Blessed Beauty wrote during a period of anguish.

SOME of the passages are especially poignant: ‘Calamity has reached its height: where are the signs of Thy succor

“Abasement has reached its lowest depth: where are the emblems of Thy glory ...””

“Anguish hath befallen all the peoples of the earth: where are the ensigns of Thy gladness ...’”

“Greed hath made captive all mankind: where are the embodiments of detachment ...””

Part of the response that our Lord gave to the Prisoner of ‘Akká was this: ‘‘Dost Thou wail, or shall I wail? Rather shall I weep at the fewness of Thy champions ...””

I suggest that you and I are the “signs,’”’ the ‘‘emblems,”’ the “‘ensigns’’ and ‘‘the embodiments of detachment.””

I don’t yet feel a personal responsibility for the deaths of our Persian brothers and sisters, but if I don’t start today to teach the Faith at every opportunity and support the Funds even more sacrificially, then next month I will have to accept some of the responsibility for those deaths.

I believe that the martyrs are dying because of the collective disobedience of the Baha’is, The blessed Bab, in one sense, fulfilled Islam, but in another sense it is we Baha’is who must fulfill Islam by being ‘‘submissive to God.”

We can defeat Khomeini in a moment by being perfectly submissive to God. I pray that the American Baha’i community will arise to fulfill the directives that our Lord God has given us through Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’lBaha and Shoghi Effendi. 1 believe that at that time we will have seen the last martyr.

Ron Frazer Phoenix, Arizona