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‘The real treasury of man is his knowledge.’—Bahd’u

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Volume 18, No. 4 April 1987

‘Abdu'l- Gi

in America

ANNIVERSARY ‘v

DIAMOND JUBILEE 1912 - 1987

April 1912: Master greets the friends in New York City

On April 11, 1912, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá arrived in New York City aboard the ship Cedric. Later that same day, at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Edward B. Kinney, 780 West End Avenue, He welcomed the Sriends with His first talk in North America. The talk is presented here from notes taken by Hooper Harris.

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How are you? Welcome! Welcome!

After arriving today, although weary with travel, I had the utmost longing and yearning to see you and could not resist this meeting. Now that I have met you, all my weariness has vanished, for your meeting is the cause of spiritual happiness.

I was in Egypt and was not feeling well, but I wished to come to you in America. My friends said, “This is a long journey; the sea is wide; you should remain here.’’ But-the more they advised and insisted, the greater became my longing to take this trip, and now I have come to America to meet the friends of God. This long voyage will prove how great is my love for you. There were many troubles and vicissitudes, but, in the thought of meeting you, all these things vanished and were forgotten.

I am greatly pleased with the city of New York. Its harbor entrance, its piers, buildings and broad avenues are magnificent and beautiful. Truly, it is a wonderful city. As New York has made such progress in material civilization, I hope that it may also advance spiritually in the Kingdom and Covenant of God so that the friends here may become the cause of the illumination of America, that this city may become the city of love and that the fragrances of God may be spread

See ‘ABDU’L-BAHA page 5

Left photo: The ‘Spirit of the Roses’ was very much in evidence at the National Women’s Confer

ence held February 20-22 at the North Shore Hilton Hotel in Skokie, Illinois. Right: Sunday’s key

note speaker, the Rev. Motale- lina, speaks forcefully about the pula Chabaku, a South African role of women, especially Bahá’ís, exile now living in North Caro- _ in the peace process.

Women’s Conference charts course toward clear equality

“Equality Is the Responsibility of All’? was the theme of a wideranging and inspirational National Women’s Conference held February 20-22 at the North Shore Hilton Hotel in Skokie, Illinois.

The conference was sponsored by the Baha’i National Committee on Women for the liaisons who represent communities across the country.

Several months ago the committee wrote to each U.S. Assembly and Group asking that they appoint a liaison to serve as a contact person to the committee.

Liaisons are responsible for initiating local women’s activities and forming consultative groups to provide a forum in which ideas and issues regarding the equality of women and men can be explored and examined in a supportive environment.

Of the nearly 300 people who attended the conference in Skokie (conference planners had expected 100-150), most were liaisons, and the others were men and women who had heard about the conference and came to support it and to take back to their communities an action agenda for change.

Participants at Saturday morning’s plenary session were welcomed by Dr. Robert Henderson, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly, who said the American Baha’i community has given lip service to the issue of equality as the responsibility of all, in effect trivializing it, and added that we must move forward in our understanding of the importance of the principle of the equality of men and women,

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Letter to the women of the American Bahá’í community, page 2

The purpose and goals of the conference, its spirit and unity, were continually enhanced by the splendid roster of speakers which included Marvin Hughes on the evolving role of men; Dr. Alberta Deas and Judge Dorothy Nelson, both members of the National Spiritual Assembly and liaisons to the National Committee on Women, speaking on women’s experience on a decision-making level; Ruby Gubatayao, chairman of the American Indian Teaching Committee; and author Bahiyyih Nakhjavani.

Dr. Wilma Brady, a member of the Continental Board of Counselors, brought a healing message with her reflections on the words of the prayer, ‘‘O God, refresh and gladden my spirit ...’’.

Each of the members of the Na

Loving greetings and gratitude to revered House of Justice from more than 270 women representing 46 states, some men, and Sriends of Faith, attending splendidly planned and executed National Women’s Conference held Skokie, Illinois, February 20-22, 1987, opened by prayers House of Worship for Charles Wolcott. Two cherished hopes Master in process realization: the emancipation of women and the coming together of black and white in unific cooperation. All realize need for courage and commitment to put into practice in own communities results of expanded minds and hearts as we arise to emulate example of the Greatest Holy Leaf, whose presence felt by all in this remarkable gathering. Participants National Women’s Conference February 23, 1987

Deeply touched message participants National Women’s Con Ference recently held shadow House of Worship. Assure ardent prayers Holy Shrines their noble aspirations will be fulfilled.

Universal House of Justice

February 26, 1987

tional Committee on Women addressed pertinent aspects of the conference theme, and one of its members, Ernestine Berkey, emceed the entire event.

The other members of the committee are Juana Conrad (chair See WOMEN page 4

Woman’s efforts reflect spirit of ‘days of victory’ campaign

Only a few days remain before the period of 189 ‘days of victory’’ dedicated to the Iranian Baha’is ends on April 26, the final day of the National Convention.

Our accomplishments during this time have been tremendous. It will take some time to compile all the responses in the “Spirit of the Roses” for the journal that is to be sent to the Universal House of Justice in honor of the Baha’is of Iran.

The American Baha’i community has moved to a new level of activity and understanding of the power that can be released in the spirit of sacrifice.

Through our efforts we are now more aware of what the Universal

House of Justice was referring to when it stated that ‘‘we shall be astonished at the accession of power which will result to the whole body, and which in its turn will give rise to further growth and the showering of greater blessings on all of us.’”

Our community will never be quite the same as it was before we received the marvelous gift of roses from our beloved brothers and sisters in Iran.

We should remember that the true essence of the ‘‘Spirit of the Roses”’ does not flow from a temporary source of inspiration and power, but from a constant

See ROSES page 8

Peter Khan is pictured during a re

Worship in Wilmette, Illinois.

BULLETIN!

The following message from the Universal House of Justice was re ceived on March 20:

WARMLY WELCOME NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER JUSTICE PETER KHAN.

cent visit to the Bahá’í House of

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‘Abdu’l-Bahá, House of Justice affirm woman’s eminent status

To the Women of the American Bahá’í community Dear Handmaidens of God:

The National Committee on Women extends its loving greetings to you in this the first year of the fourth epoch of the Formative Age of the Faith. At a time when the fragrance of the ‘‘spirit of the roses’’ is everywee we are moved to remind you of the following words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:

“The realities of things have been revealed in this radiant century, and that which is true must come to the surface. Among these realities is the principle of the equality of men and women—equal rights and prerogatives in all things appertaining to humanity.” (The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 283)

The National Committee on Women has the joyous task of concentrating its efforts on the dissemination of the realities specifically addressed to women. The ‘‘Pen of Truth’’ has obliterated the reservoir of negative latent images which women have inherited from their past.

What better ways can the Baha’i women of America express praise and gratitude for such a bestowal than by supporting fully the ‘‘spirit of the roses’’ through teaching, contributing to the Fund, raising up local Spiritual Assemblies, proclaiming the Faith, working for peace, and serving the social and economic development needs of humankind? Is this not the fulfillment of the potential and destiny of women so strongly presented in the compilation released recently by the Universal House of Justice, a compilation that calls our attention to such significant concepts as:

¢ A clear statement that woman has been denied the opportunities which man has so long enjoyed.

A clear statement that she is superior to man in her moral courage,

her intensity of intuition, her tender-heartedness, her receptivity.

The vision of women conveyed in this compilation cannot fail to stir the hearts of all sincere believers. The National Committee on Women is choosing, however, to make a special appeal to the women of the American Baha’i community, in the “spirit of the roses,” to arise as never before and increase their services to the Faith and their support of the Fund.

May they follow in the footsteps of such Baha’i heroines as Martha Root, Lua Getsinger, Amelia Collins and Elsie Austin in demonstrating the spiritual capacity and ability set forth so clearly in the Baha’i Writings. Women have always rushed to meet the needs of the American Bahd’{ community, and we are confident that they will not fail to do so again.

With loving greetings,

National Committee on Women March 1987

In Oregon, panel discussion marks World Religion Day

More than 50 non-Baha’is were among those who attended a World Religion Day program in January sponsored by the Baha’is of Illinois Valley, Oregon.

A panel discussion by five religious leaders on ‘‘Spiritual Foundations of World Peace”’ was followed by a question period and refreshments.

Panelists included a Native American, a Protestant minister, a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a Baha’.

Prior to the program, posters had been put up around town, and four Baha’is had driven 30 miles from Grants Pass to distribute invitations door-to-door in the rain.

The four local Baha’is had baked 50 dozen cookies and, at the end of the afternoon, gave out small plastic bags so panel members and others could take some cookies home with them.

Two seekers later attended a follow-up meeting.

ONE PEGPLE.

PLEAS

On November 23, the Bahd’{ community of Winter Springs, Florida, accomplished one of its goals for the first year of the Six Year Plan, that of having a float in the community’s annual holiday pa

rade. Bahá’ís from five other communities accepted an invitation to walk with the float, which drew cheers all along the parade route and won the second prize trophy.

By Heidi Burns, Lakewood, Ohio

Make your plans now to ‘travel’ across America with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

LT VIEWPOINT

Make your travel plans today!

The 75th anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s historic trip to North America—the diamond jubilee—is an excellent opportunity for each of us to embark on a unique study of the special message the Master brought to our fledgling community.

How can we begin such a study? By resolving to “accompany” ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on his eight-month tour of North America by reading daily from The Promulgation of Universal Peace and by following the trip as He criss-crossed the U.S. and Canada.

Your tickét, You may already have your ticket on your bookshelf—a copy of The Promulgation of Universal Peace. If you don’t own or can’t borrow a copy, there’s still time to obtain your ticket. The book is available from the Baha’i Distribution Service, 415 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091.

Your itinerary. You're going to need a copy of the itinerary yourself, and your family and friends will want to know where you are going to be. For handy reference, photocopy the list of dates and places on pages 473-78 in The Promulgation of Universal Peace.

Extra luggage. The trip is going to last eight months, and traveling with the Master will be the event of a lifetime. But for free moments here and there, you’ll want to bring along (or make arrangements to borrow) some ‘‘travel’” books to illuminate the various places you’ll be visiting:

‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Centre of

the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh. H.M. Balydzi’s biography of the Master includes a colorful account of His visit to North America.

© The Dawning Place. Bruce Whitmore’s history of the House of Worship in Wilmette contains a vivid description of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visits to Chicago and His laying the dedication stone on the Temple grounds.

° Portals to Freedom. Howard Colby Ives, at one time a Unitarian minister, reveals his spiritual quest as he follows ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to many of His talks.

To Move the World, Gayle

Morrison’s biography of Louis G. Gregory, the first black Hand of the Cause of God, describes ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s efforts to foster race unity in America.

© 239 Days: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey in America, Allan L. Ward’s book provides excellent background reading on places where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá stopped, the reception given Him by and in the press, and the impressions of Baha’is who met Him.

Your journey. April 11, 1912, New York City: All aboard. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s ship, the Cedric, docks today. You and hundreds of others are invited to welcome Him at the Hotel Ansonia (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 172-73). He tells you that His purpose in coming is “‘to set forth in America the fundamental principles of the revelation and teachings of Bahá’u’lláh.””

April 12-19, New York City: Among your stops is Columbia University, where you hear ‘Abdu’l-Bahá speak about science and humanity’s mastery over nature. You also visit the Bowery Mission and see the Master give pieces of silver to hundreds of poor but delighted new friends. See Promulgation, pp. 3-34; 239 Days, pp. 13-36; and The Diary of Juliet Thompson, pp. 231-66, to relive ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s first week in the U.S.

April 20-28, Washington, D.C.: At Howard University you hear

This month’s column on the 75th anniversary of ‘Abdu'lBahd’s visit to North America was written by Dr. Betty J. Fisher, general editor of the Bahá’í Publishing Trust, and her editorial assistant, Richard A. Hill.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá call for race amity and an end to distinctions based on color. Later, you join the Esperantists for an address on international language. Finally, you put on your best clothes for a reception at the Parsons home, where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá meets Admiral Peary, members of Congress, and other distinguished guests. (See ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 184; Promulgation, pp. 35-64; To Move the World, pp. 51-54, and 239 Days, pp. 37-46.)

April 30-May 5: On to Chicago, home of the largest and oldest Baha’i community on the continent. During the first day there you attend the Bahd’{ Temple Unity convention and the annual convention of the NAACP. On the following day you travel to Wilmette, where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá visits the Temple grounds and lays the dedication stone (Dawning Place, pp. 57-65). See also Promulgation, pp. 65-100, and 239 Days, pp. 47-57.

May 6-June 28: After short stays in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Washington, you are in and around New York, Boston and Philadelphia for the next several weeks. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá speaks at churches, peace societies, and at a woman’s suffrage meeting. (Promulgation, pp. 101-213, and 239 Days, pp. 59-95.)

June 29: Today you are in West

See VIEWPOINT page 8

tative body.

Office of External Affairs serves as National Assembly’s ‘executive arm’

Over the last several years the volume of business transacted by the National Spiritual Assembly through the Office of the Secretary has greatly increased. In the spring of 1984 the National Assembly determined that it needed an office that would deal exclusively with the federal government, national organizations, and national communications media. Therefore, the National Assembly established the Office of External Affairs.

The Office of External Affairs, which is headed by a member of the National Spiritual Assembly, is, like the Office of the Secretary, an executive arm of the National Assembly. It is not a committee or a consul All Baha’i administrative agencies as well as ii ings with the federal government or Officials wi or media should maintain close contact with the National Spiritual Assembly through its Office of External Affairs which is located at 26 High St., New Haven, CT 06510 (telephone 203-787-0303).

Firuz Kazemzadeh, vice-chairman and director of the Office of External Affairs

iduals who have dealnational organizations

‘National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States

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LETTERS

“The shining spark of truth cometh forth only after the clash of differing opinions. ’’—‘Abdu’|Baha

The American Bahá’í welcomes letters to the editor on any topic of general interest. The purpose of the ‘‘letters”’ column is to allow a free and open exchange of ideas and opinions, never to denigrate another’s opinion or to attack anyone on a personal level.

Letters should be as brief as possible (a maximum of 250 words is suggested). Letters are subject to editing for length and style. Please address all letters to the Editor, The American Bahá’í, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

On substance abuse

To the Editor:

Forty Baha’is and friends of the Faith including representatives of Assemblies and treatment centers attended a conference on substance abuse January 23-25 at the Louhelen Baha’i School.

Those assembled felt strongly that the substance abuse problems in our society are impinging on the Baha’i community in many ways and to such a degree that there is a major need to educate the Baha’i community about the dynamics of substance abuse.

Bahda’is—individuals, families and communities—need to learn how to recognize and respond to these problems.

We recommend that the National Spiritual Assembly establish a task force or otherwise directly address this need for education in the community.

We found the conference productive, and recommend that more such conferences be held to include professionals from outside the Baha’i community.

We further recommend that The American Bahá’í, through its letters to the editor, be used as a forum for discussing the issues, educating the community, and helping Baha’is to develop a productive understanding of the issues and counteract the denial syndrome that seems to permeate the community.

The participants

in the Conference

on Substance Abuse, Louhelen Bahá’í School, January 23-25, 1987

Keeping children at home

To the Editor:

Charlotte Solarz’ letter (January) advocating keeping children longer in the home—perhaps even as late as the age of 10—ignores the adverse effects of such actions.

This is analogous to keeping a child in a germ-free environment so that the child will become so strong that he will never be sick again, even when exposed to the outside environment.

Of course, the opposite is true. The child would have such a weakened immune system that he would risk his very life by encountering anyone who was actually

sick.

Socially speaking, the principle remains true. Along with exposing the child to prayers and other Baha’i children, parents should

thank God each time their little darling is exposed to the ‘bad side’’ of life. It helps build the child’s ‘‘spiritual immune system.””

A child’s self-confidence and self-identity are formed only in relation to his or her ability to handle ‘‘people’’ situations. Parents who isolate a child will find the child timid (often misinterpreted as ‘‘well-behaved”) and quite prone as a teen-ager to spiritual dis

iseases. Children who are social outcasts (those who love the world but dislike individuals) will be of little use in helping to build a new World Order. Glenn M. Chumley Marion, lowa

People must secure peace

To the Editor:

For peace and stability, we can no longer hope that the world leaders get together; therefore, we the people of the world must get together.

I think each person should have as an objective getting to know at least one person of another race or nationality each year.

Perhaps this is what God wants us to do these days, even if the person is of the opposite sex and the relationship leads to marriage.

Especially in this country, we have people of many races and nationalities. Let us extend our idea of unity to the whole world, rather than be limited to this country. That is God’s way.

I think we need a universal system of marriage that makes the connection.

Such a system is now possible because the whole of knowledge is manifest in this new era. Conferences and the news media are good but limited, and only those who are aggressive will succeed.

Besides that, we should not go to conferences only to find a spouse: ‘‘Do not make your deeds a snare of your desires.””

We need a world-encompassing and efficient system that enhances world stability and peace.

Farrokh Sabeti Dearborn, Michigan

We mustn’t ‘label’ arts

To the Editor:

I would like to address an issue that has troubled me since I joined the Faith in 1980, namely, the error of labeling arts and sciences, which can result in serious misunderstandings.

Let me preface this by saying that the spiritual channel of music led me to Bahá’u’lláh, through association with musicians who happened to be Bahda’is (not ‘“‘Baha’i musicians’’).

I thank God that I could see the essence in action before hearing the name, that I could read the Creative Word, having been prepared by this ‘food of the soul and spirit.” Had it been otherwise, had I been confronted by the label before the concept, I probably would not be a Baha’i today.

For many artists and scientists, work is worship and their sincerest form of prayer—perhaps their only means of prayer. Such was my case upon discovering the Bahá’í writings.

Fortunately, the dear, patient soul who taught me by his deeds realized that labeling is no shortcut to understanding.

In fact, it can actually create detours and road blocks, defeating the purpose of communica tion. Where it aims for unity, it can cause disunity, a feeling of “us and them’? isolationism that is spiritually dangerous. As far as I can tell from the Writings, there is no “us” and “‘them’’; there is only all of us together on the planet.

Knowledge is God’s gift to all humanity, ‘‘a light which He casteth into the heart of whomsoever He willeth.”” When the reflective faculty is rightly focused, arts and sciences can unite and inspire, demonstrating the power of the Holy Spirit in action.

Since this power is infinite, cannot be labeled or divided (i. Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Ba‘ha’i, etc.). It is for a// humanity.

Thus, there really is no such thing as “‘Baha’i music,”’ ‘‘Jewish science,” or ‘‘Christian art.’” There is work that reflects the essence of these teachings, and work based on or incorporating the Holy Word.

For the benefit of all, we should experience, understand and share this work rather than label it. The distinction is essential if we are to avoid creating needless barriers; we cannot hope to unite unless we first stop dividing.

Similarly, there are no ‘‘Christian artists,” ‘Jewish musicians,” “Buddhist scientists,’’ etc., but rather those whose beliefs are reflected in their life and work.

Many artists and scientists, I believe, would feel less alienated and more attracted to the Faith if we could simply correct this error of labeling their work.

The Guardian stated clearly that the arts and sciences would be freed in the new World Order, and would not be subject to enslavement by any ideology.

This illustrates his profound understanding of and respect for the most crucial element in the creative process, namely, the individual’s right to condition his own faith. This is what drew me to Bahá’u’lláh, a blessing for which I am eternally grateful.

Christine Keller Evanston, Illinois

‘Home’ is where heart is To the Editor:

The January issue was extremely interesting to me. My husband phoned me at a friend’s house to tell me it had arrived and that it had three articles on Guatemala.

Like Paula Carson (‘‘Reflections from a young pioneer to Guatemala,”’ page 7), I am the daughter of U.S. pioneers to Guatemala, and lived there for 10 years, long enough to consider myself a Guatemalan and not want to leave.

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When I finally decided to go to college in the U.S. it was with great regret that I left “‘my country.”

I cannot describe those 10 years in this letter, but I can agree with Paula that ‘‘pioneering is one of the greatest experiences one can have.””

What child of 11 years is worldly enough to make a decision to go pioneering? In those days, we kids made decisions based on peer pressure and our own limited experience.

Our parents, who made the pioneering decision for us, gave us a gift we can only repay by passing it on to our own children.

Christy Porter Seaside, California

What is a fireside?

To the Editor:

I would like to share a few ideas on firesides and deepenings.

What is a fireside? Shoghi Effendi, as I recall, said the best example of a fireside was the one given by the Bab on the eve of His declaration to Mullá Ḥusayn.

I would suggest that each of us deepen on this important meeting and try to define the elements that made this a ‘‘fireside.””

Good descriptions of the occasion can be found in The Dawn Breakers, God Passes By and in sea other books and pamphets.

A couple of personal insights: the Bab chose someone who was truly seeking, invited the seeker to His home and made him feel welcome and special. Refreshments were served; prayers were said.

Before He started talking, the Bab asked Mullá Ḥusayn questions. Proofs that were relevant to Mullá Ḥusayn’s questions were offered. Scripture was quoted. Claims and evidence were forthright and clear.

Finally, the seeker left with a personal challenge and clear instructions.

I am sure many more insights could be drawn from this first fireside of the New Age, and would like to hear others’ perceptions.

On deepenings: At the begining of our weekly community deepenings, we lay on a table all the books and materials we have from the Central Figures of the Faith. We then decide on a topic, and everyone is given 5-10 minutes to find something in one of the books on that topic. Afterward, we take turns reading and discussing what we have found.

Suggestion: Make sure there is a Bible and Koran present (or other

scriptures), as there is much we can find and learn from them too.

It’s a bit more challenging finding a text, as there is usually no index (unless you have a concordance or are quite familiar with them).

If you are lucky enough to have Persians or other believers who have texts in other languages, have them bring what they have in their native tongue. They may be able to bring out something that was overlooked because of dur own language/translation/understanding barriers.

This method has been a real inspiration to our community, and we feel we are getting a lot more out of our deepenings than before when we read from cover to cover a certain book and then discussed it.

Another suggestion: Start each session with a ‘‘brief recap’’ of the previous deepening. This may spark a question that was left unanswered or perhaps uncover a related topic that needs further study.

Chris Miller Lakeport, California

Dream of ‘Tree of Life’ To the Editor:

Thad a dream, and this is what I recall from it.

1 saw a tree in my yard. It had been given to me as a gift.

I was told that if I watered the tree regularly it would be a ‘Tree of Life’’ for me and my neighbors (the world). It would give us the “first fruits.”” There would be

enough for all. However, it must be kept healthy, vigorous and strong,

otherwise it would be of no benefit to us (mankind). If maintained properly—that is, watered regularly every 19 days—it would give us cool shade when the summer sun beat down.

This ‘Tree of Life’ is also known as the National Baha’i Fund, the “‘life-blood’”’ of the Cause of God.

There were so many distractions around me, like baseball, foot~ ball, soap operas, school, lessons, you name it, to draw my attention from the tree that I forgot to water it regularly.

Asa result, it started to wilt and to lose its luster, the buds began to fall which meant less fruit, if any, and my neighbors started to fight and to argue with me.

My car tires went flat (I forgot to put air in them) and my battery went dead (no water; I forgot). The doors and fenders began to rust. ‘‘Oh, no,’’ I thought, I had

See LETTERS page 35

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CHAMPION. BUILDERS

&

ROBERT S. ABBOTT

“The news of Mr. Abbott’s acceptance of the Faith has brought deep satisfaction and joy to Shoghi Effendi’s heart. He is fully aware of the possibilities that such an acceptance involves. He will pray that Mr. Abbott may increasingly realize the importance and challenging character and the implications of the principles and teachings of Bahá’u’lláh, that he may feel prompted to unreservedly, publicly, and universally uphold them.”’ (From a letter of September 10, 1934, written on behalf of the Guardian to the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly)

Robert S. Abbott, founder and editor of the Chicago Defender, a leading black newspaper, was enrolled in the Faith in 1934.

In his dissertation at the University of Chicago, “‘The Chicago Baha’i Community, 1921-1939,” Mark Perry, a Baha’i who now teaches at Kansas University, writes:

“Tt appears that though he (Mr. Abbott) did not formally enroll in the Faith until 1934, his association with the Baha’i community had been consistent and enduring. The 1924-25 Chicago Baha’i membership list included Abbott and his wife, probably as affiliated seekers interested in the Cause and well-known members of the community. (Chicago Baha’i membership list, Alfred Lunt papers, National Baha’i Archives)

“Tt should also be noted that Abbott was a member of the Chicago Commission on Race Relations which conducted the inquiry into the causes of the 1919 Chicago race riot and published the report, The Negro in Chicago, in which js described in detail the bombings of the homes of Baha’is Mr. and Mrs. Clarke.”

In his biography of Mr. Abbott, The Lonely Warrior, Roi Ottley writes:

“The man’s endless search for racial peace led him finally to the Baha’i Faith. This is not as sensational as it sounds. As with everything else, Abbott judged a religion by the degree to which racial equality was practiced; moreover, like the Chinese, Negroes care little for religious stratifications.

“Abbott had been brought up in the Congregational Church in which his stepfather, Rev. Sengstacke, was a missionary. When

See ABBOTT page 13

Women from page 1

man), Nancy Dobbins (secretary), Shiva Tavana and Dr. Phyllis Gudger-Porter.

Sunday morning’s keynote speaker was the Rev. Motlalepula Chabaku, a South African expatriate now living in North Carolina, whose impassioned call to women, and Bahd’s in particular, brought a standing ovation.

“You have the answer!’ she told her audience. ‘‘Take it to the people!””

In a stirring response to the Rey. Chabaku’s address, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani hailed the spirit of the Greatest Holy Leaf as being graciously present at the conference.

An unscheduled bounty was the presentation of two talks by children, nine-year-old Errol Doris and 10-year-old Saba Firoozi, both of whom are in a public speaking project for children conducted by Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Gayle Woolson of Evanston.

The celebration of women in the arts was interspersed throughout the agenda with performances and presentations of music,

Left: Participants in the National Women’s ference receive rose petals from the Shrine of Bahd’ drama, dance, poetry and graphic arts.

Ladjamaya Green dramatized the black experience through the poem ‘‘For My People’’ by Margaret Walker; Carol Rutstein and Cathy Higgins sang prayers set to music; Anne Gordon Atkinson and Michelle Broussard danced; Donna Sires spoke of her art; Sharon Nesbit-Davis mimed the pathos of losing a son to war; Vicki Hu Poirier’s slide presen ~

Conset to music.

tation shared the stages in the creation of her tapestry of “Women’s Work” that now hangs in the House of Worship in India as a gift to the women of that country from the women of America; and Donna Kime entertained with songs.

The conference, which had opened Friday evening with attendance at a memorial service at the Baha’i House of Worship for Charles Wolcott, a member of the

u’lláh. Right: Cathy Giebitz Higgins sings a prayer

Universal House of Justice who died January 26, closed Sunday afternoon with all hearts aglow and fired with the spirit to help achieve ‘“‘the emancipation of women, the full equality between the sexes,’’ described by the Universal House of Justice in ‘‘The Promise of World Peace”’ as “‘one of the most important, though less acknowledged prerequisites of peace.’’—Dr. Phyllis GudgerPorter

Most of all, refugees need love, to feel they are part of ‘family’

During the past year 429 Persian Baha’i refugees have come to the U.S. from Pakistan. Their arrival in this country is, of course, a major step on the way to establishing a new life for themselves.

The mere fact that they have reached the U.S., however, does not mean that their ordeal is at an end. Once they reach America,

they must begin the arduous task of orienting themselves to an alien culture, where even a trip to the grocery store or paying an electric bill can be confusing and discomfiting.

To help Americans understand more about the culture and expectations of the Iranians in our midst, the National Persian/Am

Peter Jorgensen, a member of NABARS (North American Bahá’í Amateur Radio Service), at

his listening post in Balboa, Panama.

Group of Baha’? ham radio operators ‘get together,’ share ideas as NABARS

A group of Baha’is in North America who are amateur ham radio operators have formed an association in which to share their common interests.

NABARS (North American Baha’i Amateur Radio Service) publishes a monthly newsletter, and its members ‘‘get together’’ via weekend short-wave radio meetings.

Usually, participants check in from Canada, the U.S. and Panama, although radio contact has been made with Baha’is in Dominica, St. Vincent, and even Israel.

Their hobby is more than social. Last year, for example, ham radio operators got the word out to the U.S. and the World Center

that Baha’is in El Salvador were all right following an earthquake in that country.

Peter Jorgensen in Panama picked up that message from ham Quentin Farrand in El Salvador, and relayed it to Counselor Ruth Pringle, who telephoned the news to the World Center.

Although meetings are on weekends, the operators are on the air every day, performing many services on behalf of Baha’is in their area.

Those who would like information about amateur radio operations or NABARS should contact the newsletter’s editor, Mark Clark, Fort Worth, TX 76114.

erican Affairs Committee has published a booklet, Jranian Refugees in America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, to help American Baha’is help the Persian Bahda’is adjust to their new home.

What the Baha’i refugees need most is not donations of clothes or funds, important though they are, but care and concern and personal friendship.

Most of all, they need to feel welcome in this country, to feel that they are our brethren in the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh, to feel the familial love that each and every member of a truly unified Baha’i community anywhere in the world displays for one another.

How can we best show our love for the refugees? Local Baha’i communities can organize welcoming parties to greet the new arrivals at the airport. Individual Baha’is can pledge to invite a local refugee family to their home one night each week.

Various friends can volunteer to take them shopping, help them obtain a driver’s license, explain the process of getting a job, or give them an opportunity to practice their English. The best way to begin is to offer the refugees our friendship.

It is normal for refugees to feel helpless in the face of the new culture and society that confronts them, and in addition to coping with this culture shock, refugees often experience ‘‘survivors’ guilt’’—feelings of guilt for having escaped the holocaust back home to which some of their friends or family members have fallen victim.

To help them re-establish themselves in their new home, we must shower them with love and affection. We must help them become acclimated to life in America, and we must help them to participate in the work of the Faith in this country.

The Persian friends may feel that they are not qualified to serve the Faith here; they may not speak English well, they may not know anything about the cultural beliefs or practices of Americans, they may not be accustomed to volun teering for or serving on comimittees.

In short, they may think that they are incapable of contributing to the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh in this country.

We know, however, that this is not the case. If we can impart to the Persian friends a vision of the role they can play in the achievement of the destiny of the American Baha’i community, they will wholeheartedly arise to share in the work.

If we seek them out to serve on committees, seek their advice, lis ten to their experience of having lived in Baha’i communities in Iran, we may profit greatly fro their contribution, and they, i turn, will be strengthened in the resolve to serve the Cause here.

The Baha’is of America should not look on the presence of the Iranian believers in their midst as an accident or a burden. Rather, it is a golden opportunity for us, not only to learn from the Baha’i experience of the Persian friends, but also to integrate more completely our Baha’i communities and to demonstrate the unity of the family of man.

This goal is of paramount importance for the Baha’i community at this stage in its growth, for the Universal House of Justice has offered the peoples of the world, in ‘‘The Promise of World Peace,” the experience of the Bahai community as a model for study.

Tennessee Baha’i wins scholarship at College of Law

Edda Erroll, a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Knoxville, Tennessee, and a first-year student at the University of Tennessee’s College of Law, has received the first Judge Frank W. Wilson Scholarship from the Community Foundation of Chattanooga.

Ms. Erroll, who served as a pio. neer to Finland from 1973-82, also has been appointed to the university chancellor’s Commission for Blacks.

�[Page 5]Lakeport community shares its simple three-step method to overcome ‘budget crunch’

@ THE FUNDS

The “‘budget crunch’ is not a breakfast cereal or a new dance; it’s that feeling we get when our expenses exceed our income.

As a community, this feeling begins anew in April when we, “individually and collectively,’ assess our resources and establish goals for the new year.

The Six Year Plan urges ‘‘grassroots initiatives.’’ Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups must also take the initiative and devise ways to work together during budget time.

For example, the Baha’i community of Lakeport, California, has developed a way of setting up its budget and encouraging 100 per cent participation.

In the “‘Spirit of the Roses,”” they have shared their plan with us. They follow three simple steps:

1. Each member of the commu nity is asked to submit anonymoiusly the minimum amount he or she can contribute each Baha’i month ... mo matter how small the amount.

2. The treasurer totals the amount, and the budget is set.

3. After that, it’s up to the individual to keep his pledge.

The Lakeport treasurer says the community “‘usually reaches (its) goal before the end of the year and exceeds the amounts allocated to each Fund and activity.”

As the Guardian has reminded us, ‘‘It is only evident that unless the flow of donations is regularly maintained by means of generous and continual support by all the believers, individually and collectively, the National Fund will never be able to meet the needs and requirements of the Cause.””

Certainly, there is a strong link between the health of the Local and National Funds. How will you, ‘‘individually and collectively,” manage the ‘‘budget crunch’’?

December 6-7 at the Green Acre Bahá’í School in Maine for the second annual ‘“‘Love and Unity Weekend.”” Highlights. included talks by Ray LaBell, Green Acre’s director of operations, and Robert Armbruster of the National As about the possibilities for restoration at Green Acre; a workshop by Carolyn Cruikshank, a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Rochester, Vermont; and an evening talent show featuring music and poetry.

Dear Friends,

Letter from a friend

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

from page 1

from this place to all parts of the world. I have come for this. I pray that you may be manifestations of the love of Baha’u’llah, that each one of you may become like a clear lamp of crystal from which the rays of the bounties of the Blessed Perfection may shine forth to all nations and peoples. This is my highest aspiration.

It was a long, long trip. The more we traveled, the greater seemed the expanse of the sea. The weather was brilliant and fine throughout; there was no storm and no end to the sea.

1 am very happy to meet you all here today. Praise be to God that your faces are shining with the love of Bahd’u’ll4h. To behold them is the cause of great spiritual happiness. We have arranged to

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meet you every day at the homes of the friends.

In the East people were asking me, ‘‘Why do you undertake this long voyage? Your body cannot endure such hardships of travel.’” When it is necessary, my body can endure everything. It has withstood 40 years of imprisonment and can still undergo the utmost trials.

I will see you again. Now I will

greet each one of you personally. It is my hope that you will all be happy and that we may meet again and again.

Reprinted from The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912, pp. 3-4. Copyright © 1982 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.

Milwaukee marks World Religion Day

Nearly 200 people were present January 17 as the Bahá’í community of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presented its third annual World Religion Day observance.

The program, titled ‘‘Religion: Remembrance of the Creator,” was held at Alverno College.

It featured representatives of the Zoroastrian, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Native American, Islamic, Christian and Baha’i communities, each of whom gave a

short talk or performance to illustrate their faiths’ concepts of the Creator.

The Faith was represented by George and Sharon Davis of

Rockford, Illinois, who performed dramatic readings and a mime piece.

Most of the audience stayed for a social hour afterward to talk with the speakers and each other. Several of the speakers were participating for the third year.

Automatic Contribution System makes giving easy, convenient while helping National Fund

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The Automatic Contribution System (ACS), unveiled during the 1985 National Convention, is designed as a convenient way of giving regularly to the National Fund.

As we begin a new fiscal year, your local Spiritual Assembly or Group may wish to consider participating in ACS through your community checking account.

Yes,

ACS assures that even when your Assembly or Group cannot meet, its budgeted contribution will be regularly sent to the National Fund.

Some communities (and individuals) have expressed the concern that ACS removes the spontaneity and inspiration associated with giving to the National Fund each month. But communities that take part in ACS note that they can satisfy this desire by sending additional contributions by check on special occasions or when unexpected ‘‘windfall’’ contributions are received.

Thus, the satisfaction of know ing that the budgeted amount will go to the Fund whether ‘‘the treasurer gets around to it or not”’ and the convenience of supporting all the Funds through one-withdrawal really seems to appeal to a number of communities which have opted to use the system.

While ACS may not be appropriate for éveryone, especially for those Groups that have trouble maintaining a minimum balance in their checking accounts, it does appear to be a ‘win-win’ situation for most larger communities and for the National Treasurer’s Office, both in terms of sending and receiving contributions.

our local Spiritual Assembly, or Group, would like to participate in the Automatic Contribution System!

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From time immemorial I have served Bahá’u’lláh’s servants throughout the world. I have supported the work at the World Center of Bahá’u’lláh’s Faith. I have helped maintain the work of other Baha’i institutions throughout the world, the Hands of the Cause, the Continental Boards of Counselors, the National Spiritual Assemblies, the Auxiliary Board members, the local Spiritual Assemblies and the assistants.

I have built Baha’i schools, Temples and Centers, and have supported full-time Baha’i teachers and Baha’i teaching projects. Ihave sent Baha’i traveling teachers to the east of the earth and to the west thereof. I have sponsored great Baha’i local, national and international conferences and conventions. It is I who takes care of the Baha’i representative at the United Nations and those representatives at other non-governmental organizations. From the beginning, I have been laboring night and day.

Friends, I have withstood the test of many generations. I have given to millions longing for the meaning and essence of their existence. I have welcomed millions of men and women from all walks of life seeking rest from their labors of search and uncertainty; seeking peace and security, and a reason for living. In recent years, however, my health has not been too good. The demands of the friends on me, the rising cost of goods and services, inflation, devaluation and the expanding responsibilities of the Faith have weakened my body. Friends, for me to continue to serve you well, you must nourish me always so that I may be healthy to serve you always. Friends, I need you, just as you need me.

Your friend, The Baha’i Fund Reprinted from the New Zealand Bahá’í Newsletter November 1986

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Devoted pioneer Eleanor Hollibaugh dies in Switzerland

REGRETFULLY ANNOUNCE PASSING DEVOTED, OUTSTANDING PIONEER TEN YEAR PLAN ELEANOR HOLLIBAUGH. HER DISTINGUISHED SERVICES SPAN SEVERAL PERIO) UNFOLDMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER AMERICAS AND EURUPE. HER UNASSUMING, ALBEIT DIGNIFIED PERSONALITY, FIRMNESS IN COVENANT, DEDICATED SERVICES SET EXAMPLE FOR FUTURE EUROPEAN GENERATIONS OF BAHA’ iS NOW CALLED UPON TO ESTABLISH AND LET EMERGE DIVINE INSTITUTIONS IN FOURTH EPOCH FORMATIVE AGE

IN OLD CONTINENT. ...

With these words the National Spiritual Assembly of Switzerland announced the passing of steadfast and long-time pioneer Eleanor Hollibaugh on February 15 at the age of 89.

Born Eleanor Smith in Hastings, Nebraska, on February 17,

Opportunity beckons in Caribbean

If you are a seasoned traveling teacher or a first-timer, you’ll find inspiration and happiness serving your Lord in Central America or the Caribbean.

Guatemala offers a teaching project with a pioneering family. Visit and get to know the native people of the coastal regions in | Livingston, Guatemala. | Grand Cayman offers a variety of opportunities to support local efforts through visiting seekers, speaking at public meetings, making new contacts, and giving firesides. There you will find a true mixture of the garden of humanity.

Jamaica is a land of pure hearts and receptive souls. Young and old are needed to sustain the teaching work.

Special one-month youth projects are being planned for Guatemala and Jamaica. Begin your planning now. Contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

12-year-old Baha’i pioneer makes debut as concert pianist in Brasilia, Brazil

Andre Karel von Frasunkie- Ney Salgado, an eminent South

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wicz, a 12-year-old Baha’i who is pioneering with his parents, Suzanne and Jacques von Frasunkiewicz, in Brasilia, Brazil, made his debut as a pianist last December 5 at the University of Brasilia, playing works by Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven and several Brazilian composers.

American concert pianist, praised the young artist and predicted a fine musical future for him.

After the recital, the owner of the FM station in Brasilia invited Andre to play on the radio that evening, which he agreed to do. Also, a newspaper reporter asked for an interview.

Knight of Baha’u’llah Sa’id Nahvi, 76:

was pioneer to India, traveling teacher

SADDENED NEWS PASSING KNIGHT BAHA’U’LLAH SA’ID NAHVI. HIS DEVOTED SERVICE PIONEERING TEACHING FIELDS MANY COUNTRIES UNFORGETTABLE. CONVEY SYM PATHY HIS FAMILY ASSURE PRAYERS PROGRESS SOUL. UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

Sa’id Nahvi, whose life was marked by steadfast devotion to the Cause in the international and local fields, died in February in Huntington Beach, California. He was 76 years old.

Mr. Nahvi pioneered from Iran to serve the Cause in Pondicherry, India, where he and his wife became Knights of Baha’u’llah.

He served for many years as a pioneer in India and Sri Lanka, served on national committees in Iran, and carried out assignments as an international traveling teacher to the Pacific Islands and several countries in Africa.

Mr. Nahvi came to the U.S.

. year, he responded to a call for

traveling teachers and was able to fill a goal for the U.S.

He would commit several months each year to service as an international traveling teacher, and was able to teach in the South

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY SWITZERLAND

1897, she headed west as a young woman to Los Angeles to seek a career in motion pictures, working as a fashion model, chorus dancer and actress, and was for a time under contract at Warner Brothers.

While in Los Angeles, she martied her first husband, writer Felix Adler.

After accepting the Faith in 1939, she responded almost immediately to the call for pioneers during the first Seven Year Plan to settle in the Americas.

Eleanor left in December 1940 for Bolivia. While in that country, she enrolled the first Bolivian Baha’i, Yvonne Cuellar, before altitude sickness forced her to return to the States the following year.

Undaunted by the setback,

Eleanor immediately set about travel-teaching through the southern states and remained as a homefront pioneer in Reno, Nevada, before settling eventually in Glendale, California, where she met and married her second husband, Merle Hollibaugh.

In April 1947, responding to an invitation from Dagmar Dole to join her at her pioneering post in Copenhagen, Denmark, Eleanor set sail for Europe. She and Dagmar made a splendid team, and the work of the Faith in Denmark flourished.

In October 1948 Eleanor moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to help the work there. She spent the following year teaching in Luxembourg before returning to the Netherlands.

In all, Eleanor spent nine years teaching the Faith in the ‘‘Benelux” countries until their National Assembly was formed in 1957.

Having accomplished so much already, Eleanor set out for new frontiers in France, settling in Nancy and Dijon, cities the Guardian had mentioned as goals.

Feeling that it was even more

important to help form the first National Assembly of Switzerland, in March 1960 she joined Marion Little in Vevey, and one year later the first local Spiritual Assembly in that city was formed.

Eleanor went on to help form the first Assembly in Montreux, Switzerland, before resettling in Vevey where she remained until her death.

After a lovely funeral service in Glion, Eleanor Hollibaugh was laid to rest not far from her coworker, Dagmar Dole. Upon her passing, the Universal House of Justice cabled this fitting tribute to her many services in the pioneering field:

Passing gracious noble Eleanor Hollibaugh whose patient wise steadfast exemplary service as pioneer Latin America and Europe spanned almost half a century deprives Baha’ world of model of tireless unflinching devotion. Her example worthy emulation pioneers everywhere and notably Europe where rising generations must zealously safeguard seeds she and co-workers planted and ensure bountiful harvest.

Universal House of Justice

Louise Caswell, 91, pioneer for nearly 50 years, passes away at her final post in Yucatan, Mexico

Louise Caswell, a long-time pioneer to Central America, died February 2 at her post in the Yucara, Mexico. She was 91 years old.

She was buried at sunset, her favorite time of day, in the Baha’i section of the public cemetery in Merida after a funeral service attended by some 40 Baha’is in the villages where she had taught.

A memorial service was held February 11 at the Baha’i Center in Merida.

Louise Caswell was born March 18, 1896, to an affluent family in Portland, Oregon. Her parents were progressive and involved in the community; her father once said, ‘‘What the world needs is a world religion.’’

No doubt such sentiments influenced Louise when she met the Baha’is of Portland, and she was

Louise was blessed with having outstanding Bahda’i teachers including Helen Pilkington, Mr. and Mrs. George Latimer, Leroy loas, Ella Cooper, John and Lou ise Bosch, Keith Ransom-Kehler, and Martha Root, after whom she patterned her own teaching methods.

In 1936, when the Guardian cabled the National Convention with a call for pioneers to arise and go to Latin America, Louise immediately volunteered to go to Mexico.

As circumstances would have it,

she did not leave the U.S. that year but went instead to Knoxville, Tennessee, as a homefront pioneer.

In 1939, after helping to form the first Spiritual Assembly of Knoxville, Louise felt that her time had come to pioneer overseas, and in October she arrived in Panama to help establish the Faith in that country on which the Guardian had placed so much attention in The Advent of Divine Justice.

mA ee . LOUISE CASWELL (IN 1941)

sembly of Central America and the Caribbean.

Later, in response to the great teaching needs throughout those republics, she left her post in Panama and, after spending near Pacific, South America, and the Caribbean.

His life of service is truly an example to all of us as we consider how the Faith can best use our services either as pioneers or international traveling teachers.

Mr. Nahvi is survived by his wife, Shokat; a daughter, Susan Fothergill; and a granddaughter,

enrolled in the Faith in 1927.

Clerks needed to help several National Centers

Several National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world require individuals with

from Iran in 1979. That same Robin Fothergill.

Pioneer Post on subscription basis

Pioneer Post is a newsletter consisting of excerpts from letters written by pioneers from the U.S. to the International Goals Committee. In its eight-year existence, Pioneer Post has been sent quarterly to the 1,500 or so U.S. pioneers in the field, as well as to Counselors, Auxiliary Board members, and a few others who have requested it. Now it is being offered on a subscription basis to anyone who is interested for $4 a year. Make checks payable to “‘Baha’i Services Fund,’’ earmarked for JGC Pioneer Post, and send them to the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. You’ll find Pioneer Post a continuing source of inspiration and love.

administrative experience and good clerical skills to work at their National Centers.

In most cases, the work involves organizing and running the office.

Salaries are usually sufficient for a single person, but this varies from: country to country.

For more information, please contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039.

Louise remained in Panama for 10 years, helping with other pioneers to form the first local Spiritual Assembly in that country, in 1945. She also brought in the first Indian believer in Panama.

Louise did not limit her activities to Panama but traveled in the 1940s to all the Central American countries and the Greater Antilles.

In 1951 she was elected to the Regional National Spiritual As ly a year each in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras, settled in 1953 in Guatemala where she spent the next 22 years, serving for many years on the National Spiritual Assembly of Guatemala following its formation in 1961.

In 1975, Louise left Guatemala for the Yucatan to join her longtime friends, Artemus and Dora Lamb, Valeria Lamb Nichols, and Edna Ford.

Pilgrimage leads to school proclamation

To make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land last October, Charles George, a Baha’i from Park Forest, Illinois, had to apply for a two-week leave of absence from his position as a high school social studies teacher.

On his return the school’s principal asked if he had taken any pictures. When Mr. George said he had taken slides, the principal asked if he would show them at

the school.

On December 12, the Board of Education sponsored a Christmas dinner for the faculty and staff, followed by a half-hour slide program of Mr. George’s pilgrimage and tour of Israel.

Mr. George was also interviewed by a student reporter which led to a 15 column-inch article in the December 17 issue of the school newspaper. �[Page 7]\=

The recently formed Aurora University (Illinois) Baha’i Club has been busy presenting ‘The Promise of World Peace’’ to 10 school officials and taking part in a “Faith Fair’’ during ‘Religious Emphasis Week.””

The three-member club has also hosted David Rouleau from the Baha’i National Center who spoke about the peace statement at “University Hour,” a weekly allcampus discussion forum. Responses from the university community have been very positive.

Since two members are graduating this year, the club is seeking new members. Prospective students who would like more information should write to the Office of Admissions, Aurora University, 347 S. Gladstone Avenue, Aurora, IL 60507.

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An ambitious youth is needed to help form a Baha’i Club at St. John’s College, a liberal arts school in Annapolis, Maryland, where recent teaching activity has resulted in seven declarations in two years.

Those who would like more information about St. John’s are asked to contact Jeremy Lauer, P.O. Box 2189, Annapolis, MD 21404.

° A College Clubs conference, held February 7 at the Baha’i Center in Los Angeles, drew participants from more than 20 universities, colleges and high schools. Among the speakers were Dr. Vida Bertrand of Stanford University, who stressed that youth “have a special energy and place to fill...in the new World Order,” and Alex Gottdank from California State-Fullerton, who asked his audience. what they would do if they received a Tablet from Bahá’u’lláh. He then handed his fellow students a letter and had each person read it. In the letter were messages from the Universal House of Justice to the

youth of the world! .

New ideas ...

Is your college club looking for a way to be of service to the community, a way to incorporate social and economic development, a goal of the Six Year Plan, into its activities?

Consider becoming involved in a literacy program in your area. The ability to read and write can raise one’s self-esteem, allow for a better understanding of the world community, and is crucial to the independent investigation of truth.

For information on nationwide and local literacy programs, write to the Contact Literacy Center, a national literacy hotline, P.O. Box 81826, Lincoln, NE 68501, or phone 402-464-0602 or 800-2288813.

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Don’t overlook your sponsoring Assembly and Baha’i community! The College Club policy

See CAMPUS page 13

Youth have

YOUTH

“The responsibility for the steady progress of the Cause rests upon you. You are the physicians of the sick body of the world of humanity, Youth must not stay anywhere for a long period of time. Travel ye from land to land like the apostles of Christ, and carry with you the glad tidings of the Kingdom of Abhd to the remotest corners of the earth!

“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!””—‘Abdu’l-Bahá

These counsels of our beloved Master underscore both the importance and the bounty of travel teaching. Accordingly, the National Teaching Committee has designated 1987 as the ‘‘year of the traveling teacher.’’

Travel teaching can play a major role in winning many of the goals of the Six Year Plan, and it is an integral element in commemorating the 75th anniversary of

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important role as traveling teachers

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s 239-day visit to North America.

Baha’i youth have unique opportunities to travel and teach, and now is the time to arise!

Regional traveling teacher coordinators have been appointed by the National Teaching Committee to encourage traveling teaching. They can also help traveling teachers with their itineraries (see The American Bahá’í, January, p. 11).

The National Youth Committee can help youth in their traveling teaching activities. Bahd’{ youth are asked to take advantage of school breaks and other times to travel teach, and are especially en

couraged to study the life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and then travel, telling stories of the Master to Baha’i children, youth and adults.

“Further to these aspirations is the need for a mighty mobilization of teaching activities reflecting regularity in the patterns of service rendered by young Baha’is. The native urge of youth to move from place to place, combined with their abounding zeal, indicates that you can become more deliberately and numerously involved in these activities as traveling teachers.”’—The Universal House of Justice, message of January 3, 1984, to the Baha’i youth of the world

Auxiliary Board member Javidukht Khadem (in dark dress) speaks to youth at the House of Worship.

House of Worship host to Youth Committees

On February 20-22, members of Regional Youth Committee No. 5 and of District Youth Committees in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois gathered for a fun-filled retreat at the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois.

About 40 youth attended the event, which started with a bang Friday evening when Brandon Bullock, a Baha’i from Illinois, broke the ice with his innovative workshops which created a comfortable atmosphere for everyone.

Following dawn prayers Saturday morning, the youth heard talks by Auxiliary Board members Javidukht Khadem and Morris Taylor and two members of the National Youth Committee, Gail Etzenhouser and Phillip White.

That evening, the youth went ice skating. Several wore their Baha’i sweatshirts and realized that teaching can be fun!

On Sunday, Gayle Woolson introduced three children from her children’s public speaking project—Errol Doris, Saba Firoozi and Shani Eftekhari—each of whom spoke eloquently on Baha’i topics.

Mrs. Woolson stressed the’ importance of having young Baha’ is develop the ability to speak about the Faith, as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said they should.

The retreat ended with each District Teaching Committee sharing its teaching experiences and explaining the various kinds

Young U.S. Baha’is convene in Youth Movement meetings During April a series of Baha’ Youth Movement meetings is being held throughout the country.

As we progress further into the twin processes at hand, the breaking down of the old world order and the building up of the new, as we launch the Six Year Plan and make the transition into a new epoch, the National Youth Committee has planned these meetings to provide youth of the U.S. an opportunity to come together in a spirit of love and unity to consult about the vital years that lie

ahead.

Shoghi Effendi said, ‘‘The activities, hopes, and ideals of the Baha’i youth in America, ‘as well as in other parts of the world, are close and dear to my heart.

“Upon them rests the supreme and challenging responsibility to

promote the interests of the Cause of God in days to come: to coordinate its world-wide activities, to extend its scope, to safeguard its integrity, to exalt its virtue, and translate its ideals and aims into memorable and abiding achievements.

“Theirs is a mighty task, at once holy, stupendous and enthralling. May the spirit of Baha’w'll4h protect, inspire and sustain them in the prosecution of their divinely appointed task.’”

This month’s meetings were to be held either on the first, second or third weekend in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, the New England states, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah.

of service projects it has undertaken in the past six months.

Get set for summer

Summer is just around the corner! Start formalizing your plans for a summer of service to the Cause. Here are some suggestions:

Get a job for the sole purpose

of giving all the money to the Fund.

Go travel teaching throughout

the United States.

Attend one of the many teaching projects that will be held most

anywhere in the U.S.

Attend a Baha’i

school.

Attend one or both of the international youth conferences to

be held this summer—Canada or Mexico.

Initiate a project in your own

community.

Go beach teaching.

If you need help with your plans, call the National Youth Committee, 312-869-9039,

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Youth and the Fund

We hear a lot about giving to the Fund, and it is very important, but some may not realize that the Fund has both a physical and a spiritual nature. The money part of the Fund is simply the physical reflection of its spiritual side. That money represents our love for God and our desire to please Him, and giving to the Fund is a shimmer of God’s generosity appearing in us. We find spiritual qualities, such as detachment and faith, in ourselves when

‘ies and a spiritual nature need prayer to develop. This is true with us, and it is true also with the Fund. When we need help, stability and divine confirmations, we look to God in prayer. In turn, in order to bring help, stability and divine confirmations to the Fund, prayers for the Fund are as important as our contributions to the Fund. Our prayers bring divine assistance, and when we can only give a little, we can pray for the Fund and be strengthened by other means. Most of all, our prayers are something that we can contribute to the Fund every day!

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Englewood (Teaneck), New Jersey, where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá has invited you to a Unity Feast. He has had delicious Persian food prepared, which everyone enjoys in the cool shade of a large grove of trees. Later, He anoints you with

attar of rose and speaks to you of the significance of such spiritual gatherings, promising that Baha’is will commemorate this Unity Feast for many years to come. (Promulgation, pp. 213-15; ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 223-25; and Diary of Juliet Thompson, pp. 322-25.)

June 30-August 29: Now you follow ‘Abdu’l-Bahá back to New York for several more talks (Promulgation, pp. 216-37), followed

by a trip to Boston and New Hampshire. Next you visit Green Acre, an estate in Maine that will become an educational center for Bahá’ís in years to come (Diary of Juliet Thompson, pp. 358-61). See Promulgation, pp. 238-96, for a record of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s talks during this trip to New England.

August 30-October 1: In the heat of summer you board a train

Coming events at your Baha’7i schools

BOSCH

May 15-17: Urban Spiritual Assembly Conference, sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of San Francisco. For information, phone 415-431-9990.

May 22-25: Marriage Enrichment, designed for married couples; limited child care available, space permitting.

Summer sessions begin June 20 with Week No. 1, Junior Youth Week.

For details about summer sessions, see the schools summary in this issue of The American Bahá’í.

Session update recording: 408423-3093. Office is open from 9 a.m, to 5 p.m. (Pacific time) Wednesday through Sunday. Phone 408-423-3387.

GREEN ACRE

April-June: No conferences scheduled to allow time for extensive facility repairs and improvements. Volunteers welcome! For more information, please contact the school in advance at 207-4390256. 1987 summer sessions begin July 1. See The American Bahá’í for details.

LOUHELEN April 24-26: Youth conference. May 15-17: Conference for par ents and children.

June 5-7: Male-female dialogue on the equality of men and women (note change in date).

July 3-6: National teacher training conference.

For session information or to register, phone 313-653-5033. Office hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Central time), Tuesday-Friday, and weekends when conferences are in session. 1987 summer sessions begin July 1; see The American Bahá’í for details.

LOUIS GREGORY INSTITUTE

April 21-May 2: The Institute will be heavily involved in Ridvan elections and teaching work. For information about how you can support the effort, please call the Institute.

May 8-10: Meeting of a committee of the Continental Board of Counselors.

June 6: Louis Gregory Day with a presentation by Dr. Elsie Austin.

June 27: Unity Feast to commemorate the silver anniversary of the Souvenir Picnic.

July 5-August 1: Baha'i Youth

y.

For more information or to register, please phone 803-558-5093.

NATIVE AMERICAN BAHA’i INSTITUTE

May-August: Teacher orienta tion and deepenings in support of the Navajo-Hopi Teaching Project; construction of new classroom facilities; workshops and deepenings for the translation of the Baha’i writings into Navajo; annual intercultural Council Fire.

For specific information, schedules, and ways you can support these activities, write to NABI, P.O. Box 167, Houck, AZ 86506, ‘or phone 602-367-8595 or 602-3675126, ext. 8595.

Auxiliary Board member Morris Taylor addresses the Regional Bahá’í Schools Conference held FebTuary 14-16 at the Louhelen Bahá’í School in Davison, Michigan. Attending the conference, the Purpose of which was to explore the role of the schools in winning the goals of the Six Year Plan, were members of 17 Bahá’í School

Committees from across the country. Other speakers included Bahd’ Schools coordinator Blanche Grant; Janice Lever and Kathy Magill from the National Teaching Committee office at the Baha’

National Center; and _ William (Bluey) Diehl, director of the Louhelen Bahá’í School.

in Boston for a cross-country trip. First stop—Montreal, where you are entertained by the eminent architect William Sutherland Maxwell, whom Shoghi Effendi would name a Hand of the Cause of God in 1952. Later in September you set off for Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver and Salt Lake City. You can find ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s talks in Promulgation, pp. 297-342.

October 2-26, California: In Palo Alto you cheer ‘Abdu’l-Bahá along with nearly 2,000 professors and students He addresses at Stanford (Youth in the Vanguard, pp. 111-25). In San Francisco, you hear His fearless support of Christ and Muhammad at a Jewish synagogue. Later, you accompany Him to Los Angeles to visit the grave of Thornton Chase, the “first American believer’? (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 298-307, 309-10). See Promulgation, pp. 343-80, for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s talks, and 239 Days, pp. 165-76, for details of His travels in the Golden State.

October 26-November 10: Sacramento is your last stop in California before boarding a train for Washington, D.C. (via Denver, Chicago and Cincinnati). Toward the end of your stay in Washington there is a magnificent banquet in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s honor, attended by nearly 300 people (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 323-25).

November 11-December 4: Winter is approaching, and you can sense that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s de

parture from America is imminent, but first you accompany Him back to New York, His beloved ‘City of the Covenant’’ (239 Days, pp. 185-209). There are 13 more talks (Promulgation, pp. 431-70) including one at an impressive banquet at the Great Northern Hotel (Portals to Freedom, pp. 149-66).

December 5: Today ‘Abdu’l-Bahá bids you farewell as He stands in a large cabin on the Celtic, bound for Liverpool.- His crisp, clear voice summons you to “exert yourselves with heart and soul so that through your efforts the light of universal peace may shine’? (Promulgation, pp. 468-70). As His ship moves into the river, you can read His lips as He stands at the rail: “All4h-uAbha! ’ (Portals to Freedom, pp. 211-16, 227-28; Diary of Juliet Thompson, pp. 390-95.)

The commemoration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to America gives you an excellent chance to recapture some of the excitement felt by the early believers.

So turn back the clock, read ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s talks, and delve into the histories and eyewitness accounts. These books are your entree into a remarkable period in American Baha’i history.

Start making your travel plans today! Cut this ‘“‘travel brochure’’ out for handy reference for the next eight months.

Roses

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Source—a Source that is available to us whenever we wish to access it,

Tapping into that Source through prayer and meditation, and then having the confidence and determination to approach situations as though our prayers had been answered, is something that we can do every day, making such achievements as those we are witnessing during the 189 days of victories in the “Spirit of the Roses’’ a part of our daily lives.

Following is the story of one individual who reflects the essence of this spirit. On a daily basis, she puts forth the effort, and is given back the strength to accomplish far beyond what we might consider ordinary achievements. May we all learn from her wonderful example:

“We in Sarpy County, Nebraska, have the bounty of having Maureen Reiber in our community.

“Not only does she serve as vice-chairman of the Sarpy County Spiritual Assembly, as an assistant to the Auxiliary Board and on the District Teaching Committee of Nebraska, but in addition to all of this (plus a career), Maureen spends each and every Saturday teaching and deepening on the Winnebago and Omaha Indian Reservations.

“No matter how difficult the situation—be it car problems, money problems, health problems, family problems, etc.— Maureen rarely misses a Saturday. It’s about an hour and a half drive, and her work doesn’t end once she gets there.

“She and the Baha’is who ride. with her work with the Baha’is on the Reservations, going from home to home teaching and deepening. Most of the American In dians have no phones, so the Baha’is simply go from house to house calling a gathering at one central location, or teaching one‘on-one.

“The Baha’is have won the hearts of the Omaha and Winnebago Indians as they teach the healing Message of Baha’u’llah, feed the hungry (both literally and spiritually), love the lonely souls, and take part in community life at funerals, community gatherings, traditional activities, etc.

“Maureen is an integral part of these activities. I can’t recount all of what she does because the list seems to go on forever. She is a blessed soldier in Baha’u’llah’s army.

“It is my sincere belief that Sarpy County is enjoying splendid bounties of fruitful teaching, deepening, and proclamation activities because of the spiritual energy Maureen draws to the area through her sacrifices. ...

“Monday through Friday, she is the director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Care Center in North Omaha—she is the only white employee, and thereby teaches race unity every day.

“On Friday nights, Maureen holds firesides at her home, and if seekers do not come, we pray and deepen in the Writings. Every other Sunday night the Assembly meets in her home, and I don’t know when she finds time to serve on the District Teaching Committee. “Maureen is living proof that the power of the Holy Spirit is infinite when working through a hollow reed.”’—Written by a Bahá’í from Nebraska

“Bahá’u’lláh has said that God will assist those who arise in His service. The more you labor for His Faith, the more He will aid and bless you.””—Shoghi Effendi

Arise! To Teach

Students study a passage during a deepening on The Hidden Words of Bahd’u’ll4h conducted February 12-16 at the Louhelen Bahá’í School by Dr. David Earl (right) of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Dr. Earl used references from Adib

a Taherzadeh’s book The Revelation of Bahd’u’ll4h as well as a compilation by the Universal House of Justice on The Hidden Words to help the group consult

on the counsels revealed in the sacred Writings.

Schools coordinator Blanche Grant steps down; Kathleen Magill to assume post

Blanche Grant, the National Teaching Committee’s Regional Schools coordinator for the past seven years, remained in California when the regional office was moved March 1 to the Baha’i National Center in Wilmette.

Taking the position of Regional Schools coordinator is Kathleen Magill who has served in the National Teaching Committee’s office for the past two and one-half years.

As Regional Schools coordinator, Mrs. Grant has, among many other duties and accomplishments, helped train schools committees; served as a communications link between all offices and agencies at the Baha’i National Center in coordinating and recommending programs, materials and speakers; helped in budget devel opment; identified key trends and developments from minutes and reports and communicated them to the appropriate agencies and institutions; and maintained a school directory.

As a result of her dedicated efforts, the number of regional schools has risen during her tenure from 20 to 44.

The new schools coordinator, Ms. Magill, can be contacted at the Baha’i National Center, 312869-9039, ext. 228.

Bahd’{ National Center Office Hours

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Central Time) Monday-Friday

Phone 312-869-9039

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Family Unity Night (Fun)

FIRST WEEK OF MAY: May 1 (Buddha’s Birth, about 500 B.C.). Thought for the week: ‘Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find huriful.”"—Buddha Prayer: Bahá’í Prayers, pp. 152-53. Lesson: Read and discuss one or more of the suggested lesson materials: 1. Gleanings, p. 52 (XXII, pp. 50-56). 2. God and His Messengers by Hofman, pp. 12-14 (story of Buddha). 3. The Story as Told by Mahmoudi (section on Buddha). 4. Buddha Maitrya-Amithaba Has Appeared by Fozdar, p. 194 (teachings). 5. Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 346. Activity: 1. Since a lotus flower is commonly associated with Buddha, and the recently dedicated Baha’ House of Worship in India is fashioned after a lotus, try making a lotus (a kind of water lily) by drawing petals on construction paper and cutting them out. Glue the petals to a central base, such as a half-inch of a paper towel roll. Stuff the center with colored paper. (Note: page 74 of lesson No. 4 above explains the significance of the lotus.) 2. Make a time-line divided into hundreds of years of the lives of the Prophets of God beginning with Buddha (about 500 B.C.). Before Buddha, there is Abraham (2200 B.C.), Krishna (about 1500 B.C.), Moses (about 1300 B.C.) and Zoroaster (about 1000 B.C.). Refreshments: Fresh berries with cream.

SECOND WEEK OF MAY: May 8 (‘Azamat—Grandeur, May 17). Thought for the week: ‘Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.’’—Kahlil Gibran Prayer: Bahá’í Prayers, p. 65. Lesson: Read and discuss one or more of the suggested lesson materials. This lesson deals with generosity and some examples of generosity as shown by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. 1. Gleanings, p. 278 (2nd paragraph), pp. 285, 297, 301-02. Vij nettes, pp. 63-64, Nos. 38 and 39. Activity and Refreshment: Make ‘1 get date loaves.”’ 1 cup boiling water; 1 8-ounce package pitted dates, cut up; 1/4-cup shortening or butter; 1 3/4-cups all-purpose flour; 1/2-cup sugar; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1 /4-tsp. salt; 1 beaten egg; 3/4-cup chopped walnuts. Pour boiling water over dates; add shortening and let stand for five minutes. Stir to combine flour, sugar, soda and salt; stir in date mixture, egg and walnuts. Mix well. Spread batter evenly in three greased 6-by-3-by-2-inch loaf pans (or one 9-by-5-by-3-inch pan). Bake at 350 degrees—35 minutes for small loaves OR $5 minutes for large loaf. Be generous—give two (or three?) loaves away.

THIRD WEEK OF MAY: Declaration of the Bab. Thought for the week: “This night, this very hour will, in the days to come, be celebrated as one of the greatest and most significant of all festivals.” —The Bab Prayer: pp. 72-73, “O my Lord and my Hopel’’ (Firmness in the Covenant). Lesson: Read and discuss one or more of the suggested lesson materials: 1. The Hidden Words, No. 9, p. 95. 2. The Bdb by H.M. Balyuzi, pp. 17-20. 3. The Dawn-Breakers, pp. 52-65. 4. God Passes By, pp. 3-6. Acivity: A festival! During the day, prepare the house by cleaning, shining and polishing. Set the. table with your best dishes and tablecloth. Use flowers to decorate the table too! Then, everyone put on his best clothes for the party. (You may wish to invite several special guests to share this occasion with your family.) Refreshments: Cake, ice cream, punch or other favorites for family and guests. “

FOURTH WEEK OF MAY: Ascensiow of Bahi’w’llih. Thought for the week: “Observe My commandments for the love of My beauty.” — Bahá’u’lláh Prayer: p. 174, ‘“O my God ...”” (teaching). Lesson: Read and discuss one or more of the suggested lesson materials: 1. The Hidden Words, No. 59, p. 17. 2. God Passes By, p. 221. 3. God Passes By, pp. 223-24. 4, ‘‘In His Presence’ (audio cassette) by Mr. Samandari. 5. Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 12 (No. 1, paragraphs 2,3). Activity: Baha'u'llah tells us that He drained the cup of sorrow that we might have happiness. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá tells us that the greatest sadness to Bahá’u’lláh during His imprisonment was being deprived of the sight of verdure: flowers, green fields, trees. In His memory, take a family walk, perhaps in a conservatory or public garden in your area. Refresh‘ments: Sherbet and cookies, served with a favorite beverage.

FIFTH WEEK OF MAY: The Most Challenging Issue. Thought for the week: “‘Strive earnestly and put forth your greatest endeavor toward the accomplishment of this fellowship and the cementing of this bond of brotherhood between you.”—‘Abdu’l-Bahá Prayer: p. 204, No. 1 (unity). Lesson: Read and discuss one or more of the suggested lesson materials: 1. The Advent of Divine Justice, pp. 33-34. 2. Circle of Unity (‘Baha'is and Race Relations”), pp. 53-55. 3. The Advent of Divine Justice, pp. 30, 32. 4. ‘Star of the West,’” Vol. 12, No. 6 (June 24, 1921). 5. Bahá’í World Faith, p. 269. Activity: Read and discuss the part of the paragraph from page 30 of The Advent of Divine Justice thata begins, “Freedom from racial prejudice ...” Refreshments: Rice cakes with peanut butter and jelly, fruit juice or milk.

Paper recounts Baha’i’s distinguished career

A feature article recounting the career as a_bacteriologist of 90-year-old. Thelma Wenzel, a member of the Baha’i community

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known as the Wenzel anaerobic

Later, she was the first to iso of Little Rock, Arkansas, appeared February 1 in the Arkansas Democrat.

The article tells how Miss Wenzel, working at Vanderbilt University, developed in 1929 a method used to culture specimens in the laboratory which came to be

late an organism in human blood known as histoplasma capsulatus.

Miss Wenzel lives in ‘‘quiet retirement,”’ the article says, ‘‘and pursues her lifelong hobbies of reading and painting. She has traveled widely and is an active participant of the Baha’i faith.”’

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Mark your calendars now for the summer dates at the Bosch Baha’i School in Santa Cruz, California.

Beginning June 20 with Junior Youth Week, 10 opportunities are offered for vacation, study, recreation and growth.

Come to have fun and meet new friends, but come also for change—in the way you perceive yourself, in the way you interact with friends, family and community—and in the way you envisi the influence of the Baha’i principles at work in the world.

Summer offers a variety of ways to learn about eliminating prejudice and valuing differences, about social and economic development (beginning, remember, in our own selves and in our own communities), about the art of consultation, about selected segments of Baha’i history, about the acquisition of true wealth—all with a background of the Creative Word for this day, the Writings of Baha’u’ lah.

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Mark your calendars for summer fun and growth at Bosch Baha’i School

Guiding us in making these changes will be friends who are well-known to all Bahda’is including members of the National Spiritual Assembly, the Boards of Counselors, and Auxiliary Board members.

Also serving as teacher/facilitators will be excellent teachers you may not know. During some weeks you’ ll have a chance for indepth study by making a choice between two options ... that means giving up one of the courses offered in order to have more time to explore the other.

Check the program brochure and announcements so you'll know the sessions in which you will be making this choice.

In response to the wishes expressed in a survey made recently by the Bosch School Council, there will be other changes this summer including one three-day and one seven-day session, in addition to several five-day sessions.

You are the essential but somewhat unknown ingredient for the summer of ’87 at Bosch. The staff solicits your own unique talents to enrich the recreational and devotional programs. If you can offer to teach a skill, lead a nature walk, direct a game, craft or other

Terrific deal is offered on back issues of Child’s Way, Brilliant Star magazines

What. a deal! Get ’em while they’re hot! Fire sale!

For three months only, you can get back issues of Child’s Way magazine and Brilliant Star at exceptionally low prices. We’re clearing out old issues and hate to throw away materials that can be used by children’s classes, pioneers or other individuals.

Usually, a back issue costs $2, but during April, May and June only, you can get five back issues for only $5!

What a great gift for a friend.

What a wonderful treat to have tucked away at home for a rainy day. What a delight for a pioneer to receive a package of back issues to use in teaching. What a resource for Baha’i schools and classes.

Hurry, while they last! Send your check to Brilliant Star, Suburban Office Park, 5010 Austin Road, Hixson, TN 37343, and we'll send you your choice of exciting back issues.

Remember, this offer is good only through June 30, 1987.

recreational/educational bonus, please indicate this on the back of your registration form.

Let us know what equipment you'll expect to have at the school ... but please bring any unusual supplies you will need.

Another opportunity to participate: the first 20 minutes each morning will be a study of meditation on the Creative Word (the words of Bahá’u’lláh). If you are able to lead one of these sessions, please indicate that on your registration form, and come prepared to be the leader on one or more mornings.

Combine the Creative Word with music, flowers, scents, bells, flutes or other appropriate special effects that enhance the devotional time.

It will be a good summer of ’87 if you are there. See the Bosch brochure for information about work/study scholarships.

Apply to your Assembly for help, if necessary. But don’t miss your time in the coastal redwoods this summer.

Dr. William Maxwell’s business profiled in Money magazine

William Maxwell, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly, was profiled in the February issue of Money magazine in a series devoted to the trials and tribulations of starting one’s own small business.

Dr. Maxwell, an educator, is the head of his own company, the IQ Foundation, which seeks to improve the learning skills of youngsters through specially designed card games developed by Dr. Maxwell.

He conceived the idea in 1978 and, in 1984, resigned as dean of education at Texas Southern University in Houston to devote his full time to the new company.

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Ridvan telephone contacts

Below is a list of Ridvan telephone contacts. Immediately after Ridvan elections are held, each local Spiritual As sembly is responsi

for calling the District’s contact person to report election results.

The contact person will need to know the name of the Spiritual Assembly, the name and phone number of the Assembly secretary or contact person, and the number of people voting—in person or absentee—at the local election.

DISTRICT Alabama, Northern Alabama S/Florida NW Arizona, Northern Arizona, Southern Arkansas California, Central No. 1 California, Central No. 2 California, Northern No. 1 California, Northern No. 2 California, Southern No. 1 California, Southern No. 2 California, Southern No. 3 California, Southern No. 4 Colorado, Northeast Colorado, Southeast Colorado, Western Connecticut DelMarVa Florida, Central Florida, Northern Florida, Southeast-Central Florida, Southeast-North Florida, Southeast-South Florida, Southwest Georgia, Northeast Georgia, Northwest Georgia, Southern Idaho N/Washington E Idaho, Southern is, Northern No. 1 }» Northern No. 2 Illinois, Southern Indiana lowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland/D.C. Massachusetts: Michigan, Mainland Minnesota, Northern Minnesota, Southern Mississippi Missouri Montana Navajo/Hopi Nebraska Nevada, Northern Nevada, Southern New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico, Northern New Mexico S/Texas W New York, Eastern New York, Western North Carolina, Central North Carolina, Eastern North Carolina, Western North Dakota Ohio, Northern Ohio, Southern Oklahoma, Eastern Oklahoma, Western Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania, Western Rhode Island South Carolina, Central South Carolina, Eastern No. 1 South Carolina, Eastern No. 2 South Carolina, Northern South Carolina, Southern No. 1 South Carolina, Southern No. 2 South Carolina, Western South Dakota Tennessee, Eastern Tennessee, Western Texas, Central No. 1 Texas, Eastern No. 1 Texas, Eastern No. 2 Texas, North-Central Texas, Southern Utah Vermont

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My name is Sierra Van Manen and 1am almost 8. Last summer our family went travel-teaching. We met a lot of new people and stayed in different places every night. We did a lot of firesides. Here is a picture of some new friends we

Ne made. On the left side of the picture there is me and my brother, Sequoia, and my dad, Dave Van Manen. On the right side is the

Douglas family. I am looking forward to travel-teaching this year.

Many Baha’is to mark ‘Abdu’!-Baha’s visit by undertaking trips as traveling teachers

“Oh that I could travel, even though on foot and in the utmost poverty, to these regions, and, raising the call of ‘Ya Bahd’u'lAbhd’ in cities, villages, mountains, deserts and oceans, promote the Divine teachings! This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I deplore it! Please God, ye may achieve it.’—‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The itinerary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, while He was in the U.S., was perhaps the most rigorous in all of recorded religious history. Yet, there were so many other places He wanted to go; so many more friends He wanted to visit.

In memory of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, during the 75th anniversary of His visit, many Baha’is are planning to use their summer vacations to undertake teaching trips to those regions where He was unable to travel.

Others are hesitating to commit themselves to such ventures, perhaps because they are unsure of what traveling teachers are supposed to do or how they are supposed to do it.

According to Shoghi Effendi, traveling teachers are supposed to “encourage and inspire individual believers, and to broaden and deepen their vision of the task that is to be done.”

This may be accomplished through a wide range of activities from sharing prayers and tea with an isolated believer to helping a small community arrange a public presentation, perhaps including a television or radio interview.

Although various approaches and methods of presentation should be used according to the capacity of the individual or group, the Universal House of Justice has indicated which topics a traveling teacher should try to include while speaking with the friends:

1. The extent of the spread and stature of the Faith today.

2. The importance of daily obligatory prayers (at least the short prayer).

3. The need to educate Baha’i children in the Teachings of the Faith and to encourage them to memorize some of the prayers.

4. The stimulation of youth to participate in community life by giving talks, etc., and having their own activities, if possible.

5. The necessity to abide by the laws of marriage, namely, the need to have a Baha’i ceremony ... consent of parents,

faithfulness after marriage; likewise the importance of abstinence from all intoxicating drinks and drugs.

6. The local Fund and the need for the friends to understand that the voluntary act of contributing to the Fund is both a privilege and a spiritual obligation. There should also be discussion of various methods that could be followed by the friends to facilitate their contributions and the ways open to the local Assembly to utilize its local Fund to serve the interests of its community and the Cause.

7. The importance of the Nineteen Day Feast and the fact that it is a rallying point of the entire community.

8. The manner of election with as many workshops as required, including teaching of simple methods of balloting for illiterates ...

9. Last but not least, the allimportant teaching work, both in the locality and its neighboring centers, as well as the need to continuously deepen the friends in the essentials of the Faith. The friends should be made to realize that in teaching the Faith to others they should not only aim at assisting the seeking soul to join the Faith but also at making him a teacher of the Faith and its active supporter.

The above points should be discussed in the framework of how they relate to the local Spiritual Assembly. For, although there is not an Assembly in every locality at the present time, we are assured that, in the future, there will be.

The local friends should understand the importance of the law of consultation and realize that it is to the Assembly that they should turn, abide by its decisions, support its projects, and cooperate wholeheartedly with it in its task of promoting the interests of the Cause. ee

Shoghi Effendi has said that the best teacher is ‘‘neither more nor less than an ordinary Baha’i who has consecrated himself to the work of the Faith, deepened his knowledge and understanding of its Teachings, placed his confidence in Baha’u’llah, and arisen to serve Him to the best of his ability.”

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TEACHING

Along with plans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s week-long visit to Chicago this spring, Baha’is in the Chicago area are preparing to celebrate the anniversaries of two especially significant days.

There are seven acts which

Traveling

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ening his or her own knowledge of the Faith.

In making actual travel plans, Baha’is should keep in mind the areas in which traveling teachers are most needed, some of which are mass-taught areas of South Carolina and southern Georgia, the vast isolated areas of the West, or areas where recent teaching projects have created a special need for follow-up deepening activities.

Contact should be made with the Traveling Teacher Office, which is managed by Dale Sollars, who can help with logistical arrangements, offer suggestions, and provide a list of coordinators and/or Assembly contacts along a traveling teacher’s route. The office number is 208-785-4495.

Becoming traveling teachers gives Baha’is unique opportunities to broaden networks of personal friendships through sharing the greatest gift we have to offer with those who will appreciate the everlasting effects of our efforts.

More importantly, it is a way in which Baha’is can contribute to reaching the spiritual destiny of America and hasten the unfoldment of the World Order of Baha’u’llah.

Shoghi Effendi referred to in God Passes By that rank among the outstanding functions associated with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to North America, functions that firmly established the Baha’i Faith in the Western Hemisphere.

Two of these acts were performed in the Chicago area. The first was His address to the Baha’i Temple Unity in Chicago on April 30, 1912, and the second was the laying of the cornerstone for the Baha’i House of Worship on the following day.

On April 30, 75 years ago, 2,000 people arose as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá entered the Masonic Temple where a convention was being held by the Baha’i Temple Unity, a committee developed to supervise the building of the first Baha’i House of Worship in the West.

He told the gathering of the importance of building this Temple and explained its true significance:

“The real temple is the very Word of God; for to it all humanity must turn, and it is the center of unity for all mankind. ...Tem More than 200 attend ‘Latin’ fund-raiser at NYC Baha’i Center

More than 200 people, 120 of whom were not Baha’is, attended a “Latin Night’’ fund-raiser January 10 at the Baha’i Center in New York City.

Included on the program were dances, music and food from Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Spain.

The event was a joint production of New York’s Hispanic Baha’i community and the newly formed Arts and Music Task Force, all under the direction of Cecilia Mirafzali.

A few helpful guidelines for those who answer a ‘Baha’i telephone’

A telephone listing under ‘‘Baha’i Faith” in the white or yellow pages of a local phone directory opens a valuable line of communication.

It can help seekers and Baha’is who are visiting from out of town to locate the Baha’i community. Ideally, every Baha’i community would have one.

Following are suggestions for communities that have a Baha’i telephone listing.

Often, a person who calls a Baha’i phone number will be speaking to a Baha’i for the very first time. It is quite important that this caller’s first impression should be a positive one.

Special care must be taken to ensure that the person responding to the caller is:

1, Courteous. The Baha’i handling telephone inquiries must make the caller feel that his or her call is welcomed. This person must be able to project warm feelings over the phone.

2. Able to handle calls with wisdom and tact. Although knowledge about the Faith is important, the ability to discern what should or should not be discussed over the phone is also an important attribute for those who handle calls.

Anyone manning a_ phone should be briefed by the Spiritual Assembly in advance regarding

sensitive calls, such as a request for the unlisted phone number of a Bahá’í, or a request for monetary help from a caller—Baha’i or otherwise—who has “‘fallen on hard times.””

As not all callers have the most benevolent feelings toward the Faith, the person who answers inquiries must also be even-tempered and not inclined to be pulled into arguments.

3. Aware of local events. A list should be ready to refer to in order to advise callers of public meetings, firesides, Feasts (if the person is a Baha’f), or other Baha’i-sponsored events. Whoever is taking calls should be prepared to give good directions to the places where these events are to be held.

4. Available to answer the phone. If it is not possible to find a Baha’i who is usually near the phone, or for times when that person is out, an answering machine can be used.

Children should be advised to turn requests for information about the Faith over to the person in charge, or to ask the caller to leave a name and number where he/she can be reached if the person who normally answers the phone is not there.

Other household residents who are not Baha’is should be asked to do the same.

ples are the symbols of the divine uniting force so that when the people gather there in the House of God they may recall the fact that the law has been revealed to them and that the law is to unite them. ...

“In brief, the original purpose of temples and houses of worship is simply that of unity—places of meeting where various peoples, different races and souls of every capacity may come together in order that love and agreement should be manifest between them. ...The outer edifice is the symbol of the inner. ...”” (The

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Chicago area Baha’is to mark Master’s historic acts

Promulgation of Universal Peace, Pp. 65-66)

The next day, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá further blessed the construction of the House of Worship by laying the dedication stone with His own. hands, but not before the earth had been spaded by persons from Persia, Syria, Egypt, India, Japan, South Africa, England, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and by North American Indians.

Today, the House of Worship stands as a solid, ornate symbol of unity to more than two million people from across the country

and around the world.

People of all ages, races, social status and cultural backgrounds are struck with awe as they enter, and are compelled to sit for at least a moment of meditation or prayer.

Everyone who enters is somehow indelibly affected by the power of its glorious splendor.

This is the power of the Word of God which gathered the diverse group who cleared a space for the laying of the dedication stone; this is the power that will raise Houses of Worship in all cities and unite the world as one.

CORRECTION

In the February issue of The American Bahá’í it was stated in the ‘“‘Guidelines for Teaching Chinese in the U.S.,”’ on page 11, that the Chinese Teaching Committee encourages youth and college students to take part in service or teaching projects in China.

This is not an accurate statement, as Bahá’ís are not free at this time to hold teaching projects in the People’s Republic of China. Direct teaching there is not allowed, and the Universal House of Justice has cautioned us not to mention the Faith in that country. (Any Baha’i planning to travel to China is advised to contact the International Goals Committee so that the Universal House of Justice can be informed.)

It was intended that the guidelines refer to projects in Chinese-speaking countries outside of mainland China. Please note this correction.

This attractive Bahá’í billboard is on the I-70 business loop near Grand Junction, Colorado. It includes the Colorado ‘800’ Bahá’í

phone number and the message ‘Spread the Promise of Peace ... One heart at a time.—the Bahá’í Faith.’

Baha’is in U.S. have many chances to cultivate friendships with Chinese

‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi often referred to China as being a land of great spiritual capacity.

For example, in ‘‘Star of the West,” ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was reported to have said, ‘‘China is the country of the future. I hope that the right kind of teacher will be inspired to go to that vast empire to lay the foundation of the Kingdom of God, to promote the principles of divine civilization, to unfurl the banner of the Cause of Baha’u’llah, and to invite the people to the banquet of the Lord!””

In a letter to the Baha’is of the East, Shoghi Effendi wrote, ‘‘Let the friends in the East and the West enter the field. Let them awaken and quicken the land of China—a land which has its own world and civilization, whose peo ple constitute one-fourth of the population of the globe, which ranks foremost among all nations in material, cultural and spiritual resources and potentialities, and whose future is assuredly bright. ...’”

Unfortunately, we are unable at this time to proclaim the Faith on the mainland of China. However, there are still many avenues open to us to reach the Chinese people with the Message of Baha’u’ lah.

There are many other countries in which Chinese people reside. These include countries that are predominantly Chinese, such as Singapore, and those that have large numbers of Chinese, such as the U.S.

The capacity of the Chinese people is the same regardless of

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Teaching Committee’s ‘Project Guidelines’ available

The National Teaching Committee’s ‘‘Teaching Project Guidelines”’ will help a community to prepare for a teaching project whether it involves direct teaching, proclamation, or is service-oriented. The guidelines will be a valuable aid in planning and carrying out teaching projects. They are available from the National Teaching Committee office.

Included are sections on project planning, securing the resources needed for the project, implementing plans, monitoring and reporting progress, and evaluating the project. To order a copy of the guidelines, simply complete and return the order form below.

Name: Address: City/State/Zip: Telephone:

Teaching Project Guidelines

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Please send __ copy(ies) of the Teaching Project Guidelines to: Please enclose a check for $2.00 per copy payable to "Baha'i Services Fund” and send to the National Teaching Committee, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, Mlinois 60091

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Administrative Order designed to help unify human race

To fulfill its purpose for humanity, the message of each Manifestation of God must influence not only individuals, but society as a whole,

In the past, religions have taken their social and administrative structure largely from the patterns of interaction developed by their early followers. In the Baha’i Faith it is Bahd’u’ll4h, Himself, Who has established the form of the administrative order.

The purpose of the administra tive structure is the same as the purpose of the Faith—to bring about the unity of the human race. “This Cause ...,”” Shoghi Effendi notes, ‘‘is designed to benefit the entire human race, and the only way it can do this is to reform the community life of mankind, as well as seeking to regenerate the individual. The Baha’i administration is only the first shaping of what in the future will come to be the social life and laws of community living.’’

Bahá’u’lláh’s administration has_ three levels—international, national and local. The Universal House of Justice administers the affairs of the Baha’i world, and each country has a National Spiritual Assembly to guide it.

However, it is on the local level that individual believers have the greatest opportunity to interact with and support the developing

system established by Bahá’u’lláh.

The Universal House of Justice states: ‘‘The divinely ordained institution of the local Spiritual Assembly operates on the first levels of human society, and is the basic administrative unit of Bahá’u’lláh’s World Order. It is concerned with individuals and families whom it must constantly encourage to unite in a distinctive Baha’i society, vitalized and guarded by the laws, ordinances and principles of Baha’u’llah’s Revelation. It protects the Cause of God; it acts as the loving shepherd of the Baha’ flock.’”

The local Spiritual Assembly is a channel for the life-giving spirit which Baha’ u’ll4h has brought to the world.

Each Assembly has a number of specific responsibilities for its community. Some of these are to direct the teaching work; to protect the Faith; to promote the unity and participation of the believers; to extend help to “the poor, the sick, the disabled, the orphan, the widow’; to promote the spiritual and material education of children; and to make arrangements for regular meetings, Feasts and other gatherings.

In its interaction with the community, the local Assembly is to offer encouragement, love, advice and guidance.

The Assembly is ready to help the believers with their personal

From the Writings ...

“The duties of those whom the friends have freely and conscientiously elected as their representatives are no less vital and binding than the obligations of those who have chosen them. Their function is not to dictate, but to consult, and consult not only among themselves, but as much as possible with the friends whom they represent. They must regard themselves in no other light but that of chosen instruments for a more efficient and dignified presentation of the Cause of God. They should never be led to suppose that they are the central ornaments of the body of the Cause, intrinsically superior to others in capacity or merit, and sole promoters of its teachings and principles. They should approach their task with extreme humility, and endeavor, by their open-mindedness, their high sense of justice and duty, their candor, their modesty, their entire devotion to the welfare and interests of the friends, the Cause, and humanity, to win, not only the confidence and the genuine appreciation and respect of those whom they serve, but also their esteem and real affection. They must, at all times, avoid the spirit of exclusiveness, the atmosphere of secrecy, free themselves from a domineering attitude, and banish all forms of prejudice and passion from their deliberations. They should, within the limits of wise discretion, take the friends into their confidence, acquaint them with their plans, share with them their problems and anxieties, and seek their advice and counsel. And when they are called upon to arrive at a certain decision, they should, after dispassionate, anxious and cordial consultation, turn to God in prayer, and with earnestness and conviction and courage record their vote and abide by the voice of the majority, which we are told by the Master to be the voice of truth, never to be challenged, and always to be whole-heartedly enforced. To this voice the friends must heartily respond, and regard it as the only means that can insure the protection and advancement of the Cause.’’ (Shoghi Effendi, Bahd’ Administration, p. 64)

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Discuss this passage along with the Baha’i who taught you the Faith, or with another believer. Together, consider the following questions:

What do you think are some of the important qualities of

anyone who serves on a local Spiritual Assembly?

How does the Assembly serve the individuals in the community?

How can individuals serve and help the Assembly?

What are the means of communication between the community members and the Assembly?

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If you would like to read more about the local Spiritual Assembly, refer to the following materials which are available from the Baha’i Distribution Service:

° The Local Spiritual Assembly, a compilation prepared by the Universal House of Justice.

problems. Individual members of the Assembly have no unique station-or position in the community—it is the institution as a body that is given responsibilities and authority by Bahá’u’lláh.

There is much that each individual can do to help support and nurture the local Assembly. First, Baha’is must obey the decisions of the Assembly.

“Abdu’l-Bahá tells us that even if an Assembly makes a mistake, this mistake can be most easily identified and corrected if the believers are unified. The community can offer its ideas and advice to the Assembly; one part of each Nineteen Day Feast is set aside to discuss community business and to offer suggestions and recom mendations to the Assembly.

The Universal House of Justice writes:

“The friends are called upon to give their whole-hearted support and cooperation to the local Spiritual Assembly, first by voting for the membership and then by energetically pursuing its plans and programs, by turning to it in times of trouble or difficulty, by praying for its success and taking delight in its rise to influence and honor. This great prize, this gift of God within each community must be cherished, nurtured, loved, assisted, obeyed and prayed for.”

The House of Justice assures us that ‘‘strengthening and development of local Spiritual Assemblies

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“Success in this one goal will greatly enrich the quality of Baha’i life, will heighten the capacity of the Faith to deal with entry by troops... and, above all, wil demonstrate the solidarity and ever-growing distinctiveness of the Bahá’í community, thereby attracting more and more thoughtful souls to the Faith and offering a refuge to the leaderless and hapless millions of the spiritually bankrupt, moribund present order.””

Baha’u’llah’s World Order renewed each year during period that marks Festival of Ridvan

From April 21 to May 2 a pattern is repeated in more than 150 countries and 30,000 localities as the national and local institutions of Bahá’u’lláh’s embryonic World Order are re-formed in annual elections.

The renewal of these institutions during this period is more than a coincidence. For these 12 days mark the anniversary of the Ridvan festival—the public declaration by Bahá’u’lláh of His Mission.

By April 1863 the enemies of Bahda’u’llah had succeeded in having Him banished from Baghdad. However, they were soon to regret their action.

Bahda’u’llah’s impending departure was greeted by an overwhelming outpouring of devotion, sympathy, admiration and grief by the people of Baghdad—from the leaders of the city to the poorest of its inhabitants. The prestige of the Faith was raised immeasurably.

The flood of people who wished to visit Him one last time was so great that Bahd’u’ll4h was unable

to meet them in His home. One.

prominent citizen placed a large garden at Bahd’u’ll4h’s disposal. This garden, which lay at the outskirts of the city, was designated by His followers as Ridvan (Paradise).

re Baha’u’llah left Baghdad on horseback for the Ridvan garden, the people of the city—the vast majority of whom had no connection to the Faith—lined the streets to see Him one last time,

“‘Numerous were the heads,’’ the Baha’i historian Nabil recounts, ‘‘which, on every side, bowed to the dust at the feet of His horse, and kissed its hoofs, and countless were those who pressed forward to embrace His stirrups.””

Bahá’u’lláh Himself later said that God had enabled Him to “depart out of the city, clothed with such majesty as none, except the denier and the malicious, can fail to acknowledge.”

For 12 days Bahá’u’lláh stayed in the Ridvan garden. By day, He would meet with countless visitors; by night, He would reveal new verses.

“‘Of the exact circumstances at“Tending that epoch-making Declaration,’ Shoghi Effendi writes, “‘we, alas, are but scantily informed. The words Bahd’u’ll4h actually uttered on that occasion,

the manner of His Declaration, the reaction it produced, its impact on Mirza Yaḥyá, the identity of those who were privileged to hear Him, are shrouded in an obscurity which future historians will find it difficult to penetrate.”

Nabil, telling of the permeated those days, writes:

“Every day, ere the hour of dawn, the gardeners would pick the roses which lined the four avenues of the garden, and would pile them in the center of the floor of His blessed tent. So great would be the heap that when His companions gathered to drink their morning tea in His presence, they would be unable to see each other across it.

“All these roses Bahá’u’lláh would, with His own hands, entrust to those whom He dismissed from His presence every morning to be delivered, on His behalf, to His Arab and Persian friends in the city.””

Of the significance of the days in the Ridvan garden and the mighty Declaration made there, Shoghi Effendi writes:

“The ‘thousand two hundred and ninety days,’ fixed by Daniel in the last chapter of his Book, as the duration of the ‘abomination that maketh desolate’ had now elapsed. The ‘hundred lunar years,’ destined to immediately precede that blissful consummation (1335 days), announced by Daniel in that same chapter, had

commenced.

“The nineteen years, constituting the first ‘Vahid,’ preordained in the Persian Bayan by the pen of the Bab, had been completed. The Lord of the Kingdom, Jesus Christ returned in the glory of the Father, was about to ascend His throne, and assume the sceptre of a world-embracing, indestructible sovereignty.”

Bahá’u’lláh Himself writes of

Ridvan: “The Best-Beloved is come. ... By the righteousness of the Almighty! Every hidden thing hath been manifested through the power of truth. All the favors of God have been sent down, as a token of His grace. ...Draw near, and tarry not, though it be for one short moment. ...

“Rejoice with exceeding gladness, O people of Bah, as ye call to remembrance the Day of supreme felicity, the Day whereon the Tongue of the Ancient of Days hath spoken, as He departed from His House, proceeding to the Spot from which He shed’ upon the whole of creation the splendors of His name, the AllMerciful.

“God is our witness. Were We to reveal the hidden secrets of that Day, all they that dwell on earth and in the heavens would swoon away and die, except such as will be preserved by God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the AllWise.”

Baha’i glossary

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Bayan (pronounced buy-awn): One of the central books of the Bab; the title given by the Bab to His Revelation, particularly His

Manifestation (of God): A Messenger of God through Whom God’s perfections and attributes are expressed, such as Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, the Bab and Bahd’u’ lah.

About The American Baha’i articles

On April 21, and continuing in some areas through May 2, about 1,750 local communities across the country will hold elections to re-form their local Spiritual Assemblies. Any community that has at least nine Baha’is over the age of 21 should, according to the explicit direction of Bahá’u’lláh, form a local Assembly.

Baha’i elections are held in a quiet atmosphere, without nominations or campaigning. Each adult Baha’i in the community is eligible to vote, and to be voted for. Each voter ‘‘must,’’ according to Shoghi Effendi, “‘prayerfully and devotedly and after meditation and reflection elect faithful, sincere, experienced, capable and competent souls who are worthy of membership ...’”

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where they live, and the need to reach them is equally important.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá told us that, “The Baha’i teacher of the Chinese people must first be imbued with their spirit, know their sacred literature, study their national customs and speak to them from their own standpoint and their own terminologies. He must entertain no thought of his own but ever think of their spiritual welfare. ...””

To become this kind of teacher, with a knowledge of the Chinese language, art, customs, and so forth, would take a definite commitment from a Baha’i who is unfamiliar with Eastern culture.

To acquire the knowledge that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá has indicated we should have, a Baha’i may have to

become ‘‘specialized”’ in the various aspects of Chinese culture.

This should not, however, be considered a barrier, for the Faith has grown to such proportions that it is no longer necessary that each Baha’i be able to teach the Faith to a great variety of people.

We can study in depth, focus on minority teaching, without feeling that we are neglecting the general population. With these thoughts in mind, Counselor Isobel Sabri gave these closing remarks last summer at the International Chinese Teaching Symposium in Hong Kong: “«..,the time has come when the Faith can benefit greatly from believers reaching decisions within their own minds of ways to specialize in the service of the Cause. And the field of Chinese teaching is a field in which believers can specialize.

“The reason I say this is that it is so easy to be deflected from a

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particular field of teaching. For example, in the United States you have a million Chinese people. ..

“There is so much going on in America, so many fields of activity, and yet the United States is the cone place where there is total freedom to teach among the Chinese. And therefore it is a very important reservoir for creating teachers for the Chinese teaching work.

“So, friends, I hope that some of us will make or will be in the position to make an individual commitment to do Chinese teaching.”

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the publisher reached manhood, he turned to the Episcopal Church and then the Presbyterian. In both he was a victim of color discrimination by mulattos.

“He retreated to the teachii of Christian Science, but drew when this group estal separate places of worship for whites and Negroes. Before he died in 1940, he embraced Bahaism.”

The following passage is from an article that appeared in the Defender after Mr. Abbott’s death:

“His early life as a journalist and abolitionist against wrong was one of toil, poverty and hardship. His natural instincts were never warped, or wrinkled, or numbed by learning. His mind was strong for the love of his race; his sense of justice keen and his sympathies so deep that they were even able to withstand a higher education.

“He never lost the common touch; he was a militant defender of the lowly. He believed in his race and in God.”’

The Defender devoted almost its entire issue of March 9, 1940, to the life history of this remarkable man, recounting his struggles in the interest of his brothers and paying tribute to his accomplishments and ideals.

Describing his funeral service and burial, the paper cites the long list of prominent people who gathered to pay their respects to Mr. Abbott, and mentions that among those who officiated at the service was Albert Windust, then chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Chicago.

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In the ‘Spirit of the Roses,’ the Bahá’ís of Euless, Texas, sponsored a fund-raiser January 25 called the ‘Fun Fund Fair.’ About 100 Bahá’ís enjoyed games, an

auction, food and hundreds of prizes. After expenses, a total of

$650 was raised and donated to the National Bahá’í Fund.

World Order announces price reduction on foreign surface, air mail subscriptions

In a time of rising prices, the World Order editorial board has reduced the price of foreign surface and foreign air mail subscription rates for World Order magazine.

Prices for surface mail subscriptions are now $15 for one year and $28 for two years. Air mail subscriptions have been significantly reduced to $20 for one year and $38 for two years. The single copy price remains $3 each.

The price decrease has been made possible by TNT Skypack, an international mailing company.

Subscriptions in the U.S., Can Teaching Committee has docu-drama on Indian alcoholism

“The Honor of All,’ a video docu-drama directed by Phil Lucas, may be borrowed from the National Teaching Committee ($15.to cover postage and handling).

The video tells the story of an Indian community moving from 100 per cent of its members being. active alcoholics to 95 per cent being sober.

As only one copy is available, requests should be made well in advance of need. The video can be reserved by calling the Baha’i National Center, 312-869-9039,, extension 235.

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ada, Mexico and U.S. territories such as Guam remain at $10 for one year and $18 for two years.

For more information, contact Subscriber Service, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

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statement points out that ‘‘A Baha’i College Club must keep its sponsoring body informed of its activities.””

A club’s sponsoring Assembly can be a tremendous resource. Whether planning a large event or just brainstorming, letting you sponsoring Assembly, members of the Baha’i community, or local and/or District Teaching Committees know what you are doing can lead to new ideas and fresh approaches.

Your sponsoring Assembly may know about traveling teachers, or performers who. will be in the area, and may be able to offer help in organizing a large event. And they’re always a good source of moral and spiritual support.

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If you have any comments about or contributions to “‘Campus Clips,” send them to the National Youth Committee, Bahá’í National Center, Wilmette, IL. 60091.

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Bahá’í Publications Canada has reduced the price of its special leatherbound edition of Baha’i Readings. Because the softcover edition of Baha’i Readings is out of print and there is still a substantial supply of the leatherbound edition, the price will be reduced from $15 to $10. Baha’i Readings contains selected quotations for each day of the year, and virtually all the quotes are from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Bab, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

India Trust reprints Faizi’s Introduction

Through an arrangement with its sister institution in Wilmette, the Baha’i Publishing Trust of India has revised and reprinted The Bahá’í Faith: An Introduction, by Gloria Faizi.

By printing the book in India it was possible to keep its price affordable for large-scale distribution. The Bahá’í Faith: An Introduction is, along with Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era, one of the first books used to introduce those investigating the Faith to the scope of its history, teachings and administration.

Expected to arrive from India late this month or in early May, The Bahá’í Faith sells for $1.50.

Overcharge noted on

Baha’i World volumes

A computer error caused some community accounts and individuals to be overcharged for The Bahá’í World, volume 18.

Those overcharged had ordered at the pre-publication price of $35. If you placed a pre-publication order and were charged more than $35, please send the blue copy of your invoice to the Baha’i Distribution Service and you’ll receive a credit for the extra charge

Check returns charged

The Baha’ Distribution Service has been receiving an unfortunate number of checks returned from banks. As a result, it has become necessary to institute a $10 charge on all checks returned, for whatever reason.

The $10 charge will compensate the Distribution Service for the time it takes to contact the individual or institution that issued the check, arrange for payment, and correct its records.

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PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS, a new reprint of Shoghi Effendi’s compilation of the prayers re: vealed by Bahá’u’lláh, matching the latest reprint of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahd’u’ll4h. HC $14.50, pocket-sized edition, $3.75.

GOD PASSES BY, Shoghi Effendi’s classic history of the first century of the Baha’i Revelation, in a new reprint, hardcover and softcover, similar in design to The Advent of Divine Justice. HC $21.95, SC $12.95.

New Edition of Peace Statement

THE PROMISE OF WORLD PEACE, the statement from the Universal House of Justice to the peoples of the world, in a pocket-sized edition. Fits into a man’s pocket, a woman’s purse, or a No. 10 envelope for mailing. New proclamation opportunities with smaller edition (packaged in tens). 10/$5.50.

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WRITINGS OF BAHA’U’LLAH, coming from India this spring, is the first complete compilation containing all of His major works translated into English. The 717-page leatherbound volume includes: The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, the Kitáb-i-Íqán, passages from the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Aqdas, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations, The Fire Tablet, The Tablet of the Holy Mariner, and The Long Obligatory Prayer. Writings of Bahá’u’lláh is printed on Bible paper, so that it is easy to carry anywhere. The price of this priceless volume is $19.95.

TRISTAN is the newest title from George Ronald—the true, remarkable and moving story of Tristan Schuurman, a boy who would traditionally be called “‘handicapped.’’ His story, as told by his mother, is one of the triumph of the human spirit over the limitations of the physical. Tristan is available in hardcover for $15.95 and softcover for $7.95.

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this spring! New Gift Booklet

THE GIFT OF LIFE is to birth what The Open Door is to death. A booklet of gems from the writings on the purpose of human creation with emphasis on the importance of education, the role of parents, the sacredness of marriage, and prayer. Similar in format to The Open Door, with matching envelope. An ideal gift for parents or parentsto-be. Packaged in tens. 10/$12.50.

The Gift of Life

New for Adults

THE PURPOSE OF PHYSICAL REALITY, by Dr. John S. Hatcher, offers a Baha’i response to the age-old dilemma: Why has God ordained that human souls begin their lives in the physical world? An examination of the Baha’i writings and other traditional approaches which demonstrates that the reason for physical reality is to provide unique and practical assistance to spiritual development on this plane and hereafter. SC $9.95.

New for Children

BLESSED IS THE SPOT, the fourth printing of an endearing book for children that illustrates the familiar passage from Bahá’u’lláh’s writings, set in large, easy-to-read type. Multicultural illustrations. Hardcover only, $8.95.

Canadian singer, songwriter and storyteller Nancy Ward has a new audio cassette available through the Baha’i Distribution Service called WE WANT TO GROW UP. The title song is a plea for peace from a child’s point of view which combines Ms. Ward’s vocals with the Eramosa Children’s Choir. Produced by well-known Baha’i musicians Doug Cameron and Jack Lenz, We Want to Grow Up ($8 CS) is a unique collection for children. In addition to eight songs, Ms. Ward has included two stories for children: ‘Aunt HoochaMagoocha’” and “Mother Fox and Her Babies.”

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NIGHTINGALE is the title of a new cassette by Los Angeles-based singer Dorothy Newton-Powells who has been singing professionally for 15 years, has toured the country as a member of ‘The New Seekers,”” and has done studio work on albums by Lionel Ritchie and Kenny Rogers. Included are ‘The Healing Prayer,”’ set to music by Ms. Newton-Powells, and eight other songs that she wrote or co-wrote.

The SIX Year Plan

There are many activities centered around our use of Baha’i literature that will help us support the goal of the Six Year Plan that encourages us to foster appreciation of the Faith in scholarly and academic circles.

If we are students or faculty members at a university, we can offer Baha’i reading materials to libraries, fellow students, and professors whose courses relate in some way to the Faith.

But even if we are not affiliated with a university, we can help sup For a comprehensive overview of the Bahá’í Faith, its history and teachings, we can utilize a unique book published by Harper & Row. Includes chapters on administration and laws, the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, and the Bahá’í community. Ideal as a textbook on the Faith as well as an introductory book for libraries, organizations, Sriends and seekers. HC $15.95.

To interest people in our American Bahá’í heritage we can draw upon a vivid chronicle that describes who the early Bahá’ís were, how nearly 1,500 converts became Bahá’ís, how the early Bahá’ís responded to the disaffection of their leader, and how the Bahá’ís became a dynamic and unified community in the face of many challenges. A fascinating and illuminating work that will interest Bahá’ís and others with a bent toward history and sociology. HC $17.95.

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port this important goal. We can encourage our children and youth to read books about the Faith; we can generate excitement about reading and understanding Baha’i history; and, of course, we can place Baha’i materials in libraries and offices and give them to individuals and organizations.

The books and magazines listed below are only a few of the many materials available to us as we find our own ways of fostering the appreciation of our Faith in scholarly and academic circles.

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For those who are interested in black history we can use the penetrating analysis of the life of a remarkable man—Louis G. Gregory—set in the historical context of the larger community around him, An excellent example of Bahd’ scholarship that can inspire and educate us as well as non-Bahá’ís interested in black history and biography. SC $8.50.

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For a broad spectrum of essays, letters, book reviews, and poetry, we can subscribe to a quarterly magazine that strives to relate contemporary life to the Bahá’í teachings. The most recent issue includes articles on social and economic development and world education. Photographs included. Ideal as a gift to libraries and medical offices.

‘Subscription rates: U.S., Canada, Mexico, 1 year, $10; 2 years, $18; single copies, $3. All ‘other countries, 1 year, $15; 2 years, $28; single copies, $3. Airmail, I year, $20; 2 years, $38. Please write to Subscriber Service, Bahd'( National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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Area committees are ‘eyes, arms’ of NPAAC

STORIES OF 2 THE MARTYRS

RUHI RAWSHANI

Ruhi Rawshani was born in 1933 to a Baha’i family of Turkish background in Azarbayjan, in the northwestern part of Iran.

His father died when he was young, and his mother chose not to remarry, dedicating herself instead to the upbringing and education of her only child.

She opened a school to support herself and Ruhi, but it was closed when it became known that she was a Baha’i.

She then moved to Tehran and opened a tailor shop, which provided the family with an income. Meanwhile, Ruhi was going to school and spending his spare time traveling, teaching and working for the Faith.

Mother and son loved each other very much, and Ruhi used to say that the most important thing in life for him was the Faith, and after that, his mother.

Ruhi Rawshani was graduated at age 23 from the College of Humanities at the University of Tehran with a degree in history and geography, after which he secured a job with the Ministry of Culture, which was responsible for providing teachers for grade schools and high schools. Mr. Rawshani, who was devoted to the progress and education of youth, became a teacher himself.

He was given permission during the lifetime of Shoghi Effendi to go on pilgrimage with his mother, and his meeting with the Guardian was a precious and influential moment.

For a while afterward he was a homefront pioneer in Sari, a town in the north of Iran, where he became chairman of the local Spiritual Assembly.

His Baha’i activities soon became the cause of trouble at work. He had written a book on the question of the Bahá’í understanding of ‘‘Seal of the Prophets,” a phrase from the Qur’4n that Muslims generally construe as proof that Muhammad was the final Prophet to be sent by God.

As a result, he lost his teaching job and was transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture.

When his mother died, Mr. Rawshani married and started his own family in Tehran. He became a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Tehran, a community of more than 50,000 Baha’is.

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The National Persian/American Affairs Committee (NPAAC) was called into being i= 1979 by the National Spiritual Assembly to tend to the special needs created by the influx of Persian Baha’fs who came to this country as a result of the brutal and systematic persecution of the Faith in Iran, and to provide the atmosphere and framework in which integration of the Persian believers into the American Baha’i community could take place most expeditiously.

In the early 1980s, several area Persian/American Affairs Committees (APAACS) were formed to help NPAAC carry out its work at the local level.

In 1983, the Universal House of Justice recommended that the National Assembly ‘‘expand the wonderful services of the Persian/ American Affairs Committee through the instrumentality of regional committees.””

There are now 15 such Area Persian/American Affairs Committees throughout the country in areas where there are large concentrations of Persian believers. The 15 APAACs are in the follow ing areas: Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois;

Dallas and Houston, Texas; New York City; Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego, California; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Washington, D.C.

The primary purposes of these Area Persian/American Affairs Committee are to serve as resource agencies for surrounding communities and to help them with the process of integration by planning activities, helping to -reate a greater awareness of the

Ohio fund-raiser set to help renovate Dorothy Baker home

The District Teaching Committee of Northern Ohio has planned a fund-raising event May 16 to help renovate the former home of the Hand of the Cause of God Dorothy Baker in Lima, Ohio.

The speaker at the auction and formal dinner/dance will be Dorothy Baker’s daughter, Louise Baker Mathias.

Tickets are $25 per person (no children under 12). For information, contact Mrs. Shiva Neyestani,

Mansfield, OH 44903, or phone 419-529-2122.

A fund-raising auction is planned later this year, for which highquality items are being sought including art, jewelry, books and Baha’i collectibles. Of special interest would be items associated with Dorothy Baker.

Please send any items you wish to contribute to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bennett,

_ Lima, OH 45804. Be sure to include an estimate of value.

For more information, phone Peggy Neumann, 419-332-0943.

Reinstated

The National Spiritual Assembly is pleased to announce the reinstatement of Mrs. Frances Lequiere to the Baha’i Faith.

importance of ¢gross-cultural unity in our Baha’i communities, and helping to implement the concrete means by which this unity can be fostered and developed.

The membership of the APAACS usually reflects the diversity of the surrounding Baha’i community. Every APAAC has at least two American members, and all meetings are conducted in English.

Specific objectives of the APAACSs include: e familiarizing the Persian

friends with Baha’i administrative practices in the U.S.,

¢ helping and encouraging the Persian friends to learn English,

¢ encouraging the Persian friends to resettle in homefront goal areas,

encouraging the Persian

friends, especially youth, to sharpen their Persian-language skills and to deepen in the original languages of revelation.

The most important goal of the APAACs, however, is acculturation; they must help educate the friends, Persian and American alike, to appreciate the unique characteristics of one another’s cultural heritage and to learn to work together in serving the Cause of God.

It should be emphasized that the process of acculturation is as much the responsibility of the American friends as it is that of the Persian friends.

The National Persian/American Affairs Committee sees the need for imparting a sense of mission to the Iranian Baha’is who find themselves in an unfamiliar environment, usually due to circumstances beyond their control.

The Iranian Baha’is residing in the U.S. must be helped to realize the unique role they can play in the emergence of the Faith from obscurity and the great contribution they can make to the realization of the destiny of the American Baha’i community.

The American believers as well as the Persian should view the present situation as a challenge and an opportunity, brought about by the operation of the Divine Will.

When all concerned make the necessary efforts, the Persian and American friends will be able, together, to demonstrate the potentialities latent in the Cause for the creation of a unified community and culture, in which people of varied ethnic, racial, linguistic and cultural backgrounds can actively and constructively cooperate and work together.

Such unity in diversity will make the Bahaé’{ community,

Archives seeks number of books

The National Baha’i Archives is seeking copies of the following books, in good or excellent condition: The Promised Day Is Come (cloth, 1943), Bahd’f Administration (paper, 1986), The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh (paper, 1937), God Passes By (cloth, 1957, 4th printing), and Principles of Baha’ Administration (paper, 1963, 2nd edition).

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could donate is asked to contact the National Baha’i Archives, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

which has been offered to the peoples of the world as ‘’a model for study’’ in the peace statement of the Universal House of Justice, a compelling proof that “humanity can live as one global society.’’ The Area Persian/American Affairs Committees are there to help local communities, District

Teaching Committees and individuals achieve the goals outlined above.

If your community would like to consult with an APAAC, or would like help planning meetings or conferences focusing on integration, please contact the APAAC nearest you.

Helene and Dave Van Manen.

Van Manens plan summer teaching trip through Midwest, Canada, New England

Dave and Helene Van Manen, professional musicians and entertainers from Beulah, Colorado, are planning a teaching trip this summer that will take them from Colorado through the Midwest, eastern Canada and New England to New York City.

The Van Manens and their two children traveled 8,500 miles last summer sharing the gift of music through firesides, concerts, deepenings and workshops.

This summer, they’ll focus on children’s programs (i.e., children’s museums, libraries) as well as on performances for senior citizens and at psychiatric/hospital centers.

In early 1986 the Van Manens released an audio cassette entitled “‘Wage Peace,’’ and plan to release a new album for children early in June.

“‘Wage Peace,’’ available through Kalimat Press, is a collection of original folk-style songs that is popular with both Baha’i and non-Baha’i audiences.

The Van Manens will offer a number of programs to Baha’i

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communities including their musical workshop, ‘‘Peace Will Come and Let It Begin with Me’’; their family music night, ‘‘Barley Bread & Reindeer Milk and Other Musical Munchies’; ‘‘Divine Therapy”; and ‘‘Who Is Bahá’u’lláh and What Is Faith.””

The Van Manens’ teaching efforts are supported by their performances. Communities that are interested in having them teach and perform in their area should contact national Travel Teacher Coordinator Dale Sollars at 208785-4495 (home) or 208-526-1963 (work).

‘Equality of Sexes’ conference planned

An “Equality of the Sexes’’ conference will be held July 18-19 in Seneca Falls, New York, the birthplace of the American women’s rights movement.

Speakers! Workshops! Entertainment! Reserve these dates, and look for more details in upcoming issues of The American Baha’.

FOR PAPERS

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13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IMPROVING UNIVERSITY TEACHING

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he Thirteenth Conference will be hosted by the University of Haifa and will allow participants to focus on ways of achieving a global perspective in our colleges and universities. This interdisCiplinary conference will aiso bring together educators from more than 30 countries to explore and compare innovative methods of using technology, ways to relate teaching styles to learning styles, the impact of part-time students and part-time faculty, the uses of distance education, and the issues of university reform around the globe. The conference offers a variety of formal and informal participatory formats to encourage participants to become involved in dialogue.

For a copy of the Call for Papers and submission guidelines, write the address below. Papers are due February 1, 1987.

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BAHA’I SCHOOLS 1987 SUMMER SCHEDULE

Bosch ¢ Green Acre ¢ Louhelen ¢ Native American Institute

Plus 29 Regional Schools

GREEN ACRE

Summer conferences at Green Acre will focus on marriage, the family, the Baha’i community, and meeting the goals of the Six Year Plan. The 75th anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to America and Green Acre will highlight summer activities. Restoration of this historic place has been officially launched and improvements have already begun.

“TI want you to be happy in Green Acre, to laugh, to smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.””—‘Abdu’l-Bahá

July 4-9: ‘Fun in the Fourth Epoch,’’ Counselor Robert Harris. Creating unity in your community and in the world. “Everything Shoghi Effendi Wanted You to Know About the Baha’i Faith: A Study of ‘The Dispensation of Baha’uw’ll4h,’ ” Barbara Harris, Janet and Rodney Richards.

July 11-12: “‘Baha’i Perspectives ‘on Christianity,’” Rob Stockman. The Baha’i Writings on the Bible and Jesus, the early history of Christianity, and the Church today. Mr. Stockman, author of The Bahá’í Faith in America, is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Divinity School.

July 13-16: “The Kitab-i-Aqdas,”’ John Walbridge. The Mother Book of the Baha’i Revelation: its history, laws and ordinances, and its relation to the Qur’4n and the Bayan. Dr. Walbridge is general editor of the forthcoming Baha’i encyclopedia, and earned his degree in Islamic studies at Harvard University. “‘Mothers, Fathers and Children, and How the Family Works,’’ Linda Walbridge. How the Baha’i Writings on the roles of family members can establish healthy families. Mrs. Walbridge has a degree in psychology and is working in child and family mental health pro grams.

July 18-19: An as-yet untitled class to be conducted by Leonard Smith, a management and organization specialist.

July 20-23: ‘Unfolding Implications of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh,”’ Auxiliary Board member Edward Diliberto. Mr. Diliberto is a popular speaker at schools and conferences on the West Coast, and Green Acre is happy to welcome him for his first course at this school. ‘‘The Art of Persuasion,”’ Michael Winger-Bearskin. You can improve your ability to communicate by improving your listening, questioning, encouraging and other skills. Mr. WingerBearskin is a marketing education specialist for a large multi-national corporation.

July 25-26: ‘Racial Prejudice: The Most Vital and Challenging Issue’’ (teachers to be announced).

July 27-30: ‘New Understandings of the Principle of the Equality of Men and Women,”’ a course to be presented by the National Committee on Women. ‘‘Marriage, Family and the Bahá’í Community,”” Marvin Hughes. Important issues in marriage including selecting a marriage partner and looking at different types of marriage. Dr. Hughes, a psychotherapist specializing in marriage and family counseling, is a former professor of psychiatry at the Michigan State University School of Medicine.

August 1-2: “Strengthening Baha’i Families,” Richard DaBell and Hoda Mahoudi DaBell. The Baha’i and historical concept of the institutions of marriage and the family, and some of the crises confronting those institutions.

August 3-6: ‘‘Building for a New World,” Mildred Mottahedeh. Mrs. Mottahedeh, who has served on the International Baha’i Council and the International Goals Committee, and as a Baha’i representative to the United Nations, provides leadership to many business and development projects around the world.

August 8-9: ‘‘Green Acre Mid-Summer Teaching Conference.” How to find your place in the Six Year Plan. The main speakers will be Auxiliary Board members William Roberts and Mara Khavari.

August 10-13: ‘The Baha’i Approach to Development,’’ Ethel Martens. Dr. Martens, who has worked in primary health care since 1954 in the Arctic, Latin America, Africa and Asia and served from 1982-86 as executive secretary of the Bahá’{ International Health Agency, is integrating health care into development programs in Africa and India. “Bahdé’i Community Development: Precepts and Practice,’ Craig Lewis. The peace statement offers the Baha’i community as a model for study to the non-Baha’i world. What is that model? How do we move toward it? Dr. Lewis is an educational consultant and faculty member at the University of New Mexico’s College of Education.

August 15-20: ‘‘A Commemoration: The 75th Anniver

sary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to Green Acre.’’ A week of celebration—special programs and workshops with music, drama, dance, and more, featuring Donna Kime, Anne Atkinson, Marvin (Doc) Holladay and others.

August 22-23: ‘“‘Abdu’l-Bahá,”” Auxiliary Board member Javidukht Khadem. During the anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s last two days at Green Acre, the school is very pleased that Mrs. Khadem will give the weekend program on the Master.

August 24-27: “The Word of God,” Auxiliary Board member Charles (Cap) Cornwell. Mr. Cornwell has served on the Florida Schools Committee, the National Youth Committee, and as secretary of the National Teaching Committee. ‘‘The Hour of Deliverance of the World,’’ Afaf Stevens. Looking at the Bab’s Writings to understand His claim to be the Promised One that Muhammad had prophesied and that the Shaykhis were expecting.

August 29-30: ‘‘Green Acre’s Fifth Annual Association for Baha’i Studies Regional Conference.’’ Everyone is invited to attend the lectures and discussions, which will begin Saturday morning. Mrs. Jacquie Jones will give the Farmer Family Memorial Lecture at 2 p.m. Saturday; Dr. Roy Jones, director of the Louis Gregory Baha’i Institute, will speak on Sunday morning.

Registration: For registration materials or further information, please write to the Green Acre Baha’i School, P.O. Box 17, Eliot, ME 03903, or phone 207-439-0019. Discounts and reduced rates are available with advance registration. Please plan to register at least 15 days in advance of a scheduled program.

LOUHELEN

April 24-26: Regional Youth Conference. Workshops and talks planned by youth, for youth. Complete devotional, social and recreational program. Note: Adults bringing a carload of youth may work during the weekend at no cost or study on their own for 50 per cent off.

May 15-17: Third Annual Conference for Parents and Children. Classes and activities for children 0-10 with workshops for parents on child-rearing, educating for peace, and family life.

June 5-7; A Male-Female Dialogue on the Equality of Men and Women (note date changes). As an outgrowth of last June’s outstanding Women’s Conference, this session will provide an opportunity for men and women to consult frankly on the implications of the Baha’i teachings on the roles of men and women during this phase of the development of the World Order of Baha’u’llah. Early registration is advised. To allow those attending to participate fully, no children’s program will be offered.

July 3-6: Fourth Annual National Teacher Training Week. An outstanding training program for teachers and administrators of local Baha’i children’s classes. Local Assemblies and Baha’i schools are encouraged to send representatives.

July 10-14: ‘‘A Singular Experience’? Conference for Singles. A continuation of the ‘‘spiritual intimacy”’ created at the February ’87 Singles Conference. Five days of fellowship, deepening, devotions, recreation, discovery, spiritual intimacy—that familial bonding. Special workshops to be announced; children’s program planned.

July 19-24: Family Session. Theme of ‘‘Balancing Family, Work and the Bahá’í Life’? with Auxiliary Board member Stephen Birkland and Mrs. Nadjala Birkland; other teachers to be announced. Family recreational, devotional, consultative and other activities planned to create an atmosphere in which new and enriching patterns of family interaction can be formed.

July 26-31: Intensive Study Week. Five days of intensive study of the Revelation are offered involving full days of classes, intensive discussions, library research, and private devotions and meditation. Three intensives offered during this week: Youth Academy for youth ages 15-25; Intensive conducted in Persian (teacher to be announced); Intensive conducted in English (teacher to be announced).

August 2-7; General Session I. Classes and activities for adults, youth and children. Teachers to include Auxiliary Board member Ed Diliberto (‘The Unfolding Implications of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh’’) and Vanessa Clark (“‘The Most Challenging Issue’’). An outstanding time for the whole family!

August 9-14: General Session II. Classes and activities for adults, youth and children. Teachers to include Dr. David Earl (‘The Hidden Words’’) and Auxiliary Board member Trudy White (‘‘Deepening the Spiritual Life”). An outstanding time for the whole family!

August 16-21: Youth Week. Cl: , recreation, devotions, consultation, and other activities for Junior and Senior Youth.

August 23-28: Children’s Camp. Combines spiritual, educational, social, emotional and physical development for children in a camp-style program. The goal is to create an environment of positive ideas and attitudes leading to expanded personal awareness, improved self-image, matured social skills, new recreational skills, and a renewed connection with, and understanding of, what it means to be a Baha’i. James Lewicki, camp director. Ages 7-10, although children slightly younger or older will be considered, space permitting.

September 4-7: Homecoming Weekend. Traditional social occasion at which Louhelen alumni, old and new, gather for fellowship, recreation, inspiration and especially, fun. Also, the launching of a project to prepare a full history of the school. ‘‘Old-time’’ alumni are especially requested to come!

Note: All sessions provide a program for children ages 11 and under except where otherwise noted. See upcoming issues of The American Bahá’í for fuller descriptions of programs, or write to the school.

For information, rates or to register, write to the Louhelen Bahá’í School, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423, or phone 313-653-5033.

BOSCH

Summer ’87 at the Bosch Baha’i School offers a variety of ways to learn about valuing differences and eliminating prejudice, about the preservation of human honor—an essential aspect of social and economic development—about the art of consultation, about Baha’i history, about men and women, and about the acquisition of true wealth. Each day will begin with a study from the Tablets of Baha’u’ lah.

Week 1, June 20-25: Junior Youth Week (limited to ages 12-15). Students will be under the direction of capable teachers and cabin counselors. No sponsor is required.

Week 2, June 27-July 2: ‘‘Consultation—Embodying Personal Attributes.’’ Michael Bond of the Chinese University, Hong Kong, will lead a creative but disciplined workshop to help develop the personal attributes necessary for good consultation. Also: Session in the Dynamics of Family Consultation. ‘‘Sweeping Away Illusions—Moving Beyond Prejudice.”’ Flora McPherson, professional musician and mother of musicians, will identify ways in which to appreciate and capitalize on racial and cultural differences. Nature Study: Summer in the Redwoods.

Week 3, July 4-9: ‘‘The Search for Identity—Discovery Unlimited.’ Ernest and Barbara Bruss of Albuquerque, New Mexico, will explore some of the ways Baha’ is engage in the process of individuation like everyone else—while, at the same time and as a part of the same process, they seek unity. Ernest Bruss is a businessman and consultant; Barbara Bruss, an adoptee herself who has traced her natural family, will consider the Baha’i teachings on family ties and parental consent for marriage. ‘‘The Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.”” Theodies Washington of Washington, D.C., a consultant in management, training and development, will lead an in-depth study of this document, which is unique in religious history. Also: The Challenge of CrossCultural Relations/The Baha’i Community Model. ‘‘Systematic Training for Effective Parenting.” Linda Kelley, a teacher and consultant from Portland, Oregon, will use as texts STEP materials, the compilation on “‘Baha’i Marriage and Family Life,’’ and the Parent Education Package from the National Teaching Committee.

Week 4, July 11-16: ‘Human Relationships and the Paralysis of Will.’’ Robin Chandler of Boston, an artist and creator of inter-cultural arts projects, is the author of this human relations course piloted at the Green Acre Bahá’í School. Special evening Program: ‘‘An Evening of World Culture of the Arts,’’ Robin Chandler. In addition, students will select one of the following intensive classes, which will give them an opportunity for in-depth study in

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small groups. Option 1: ‘‘History of the Shaykhi Movement.’’ Studying the contributions of Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa’i and Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti. Saeed Nahvi, a traveling teacher under the direction of the Universal House of Justice, will use material not generally available in English. Option 2: ‘The Preservation of Human Honor.”’ Marion West, bringing a lifetime of service around the world and at the Baha’i National Center, will probe the possibilities of this phrase, relating honor to the inner reality of man.

Week 5, July 18-23: “Appreciating Gender Differences.”’ Juana Conrad, founder of Women for International Peace and Arbitration and a member of the National Committee for Women, challenges men and women to achieve that balance which is a prerequisite to world peace. “The Evolution of the Bahd’{ Community: Encouraging and Managing Change.” James Mock, fresh from years of service at the Baha’i National Center, will identify the differences between principle and procedure and present a workshop in consultation skills. Also, a music workshop for children and adults.

Week 6, July 24-27 (special three-day session, FridayMonday): ‘‘The Most Challenging Issue.’’ Auxiliary Board members Miguel Osborne will challenge students to re-examine the imperative of racial harmony, a prerequisite to world peace. ‘‘Some Christian Subjects: A Baha’i View.”” James Mock, who will conduct this class, is a student of the Bible and Christianity in America. Also, the ecology of the Redwoods.

Week 7, July 31-August 6 (special six-day session, Friday-Thursday): “Improving the Lot of Man, Beginning in the Bahaé’i Community.’”’ Robert Wilson, a businessman

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The 28th annual Green Lake Baha’i Conference will be held September 18-20 at the Green Lake Conference Center in south central Wisconsin.

This year’s roster of outstanding speakers includes Counselor Robert Harris; Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, treasurer of the National Spiritual Assembly (tentative); and Auxiliary Board members Javidukht Khadem and Morris Taylor.

As usual, sessions will be held in the quiet lakeside seclusion of the American Baptist Association grounds whose accommodations range from primitive to deluxe with camping, cottages, dorms, hotel rooms and large luxury homes available.

While the variety of accommodations is great, the number in each category is limited. Room reservations should be made as soon as possible to assure your first choice.

Meals are served cafeteria-style on site.

Recreational facilities, all within the Conference Center, include acres of serene meadows and woodlands, an indoor pool, bicycling, fishing, tennis, golf, and miles of nature trails through scenic hills, valleys and w

To calculate the cost, add the following three items:

1. Conference fees: overnight adults (12 and older), $11; overnight children (infant-11), $6; maximum family fee (parents and children 0-11), $33; day guest students (12 and older), $6; day guest children (infant-11), $6.

2. Accommodations: children under 11, no charge if staying with parents, buying all meals. "Everyone else (12-adult), dormitory-style room (1-2 per room) with central bath, $12-$26; rooms with semi-private bath (1-3 per room), $17-$28; rooms with private bath (1-4 per room), $18-$40; limited camp sites, cabins, cottages and large luxury homes available. Contact the ABA directly for availability and costs.

3. Meal costs: Children 5 and under, no charge; children (6-11), breakfast, $2.10; lunch, $3.10; dinner, $3.95; adults (12 and older), breakfast, $3.65; lunch, $4.75; dinner, $6.15. All overnight guests must take meal plan unless accommodations have cooking facilities.

Send all registration correspondence to: Green Lake Conference Center, American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, WI 54941, or phone 414-294-3323.

For program information only, write to the Planning Committee secretary, Sue Schaut, Sun Prairie, WI 53590, or sean 608- 837-8609.

and author, pioneer to Nicaragua and former secretary of the National Teaching Committee, will present challenges for personal and community growth. Special evening program, ‘‘A Sampler of International Folk Songs and Dances,’’ with Susan Berkman. In addition, students will choose one of the following intensive classes which will give them an opportunity for in-depth study in small groups. Option 1: ‘“‘The Art and Craft of Consultation.”’ Susan Berkman, assistant director of training at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles, will incorporate some materials from “The Power of Unity’’ in a workshop designed to sharpen consultation skills and interpersonal perceptions. Option 2: “The Life of Bahá’u’lláh.’’ Hedayat Rahimi, a scholar of Baha’i history, will focus on Baha’u’llah’s years in Baghdad; he recommends reading in advance and bringing Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory by Balyuzi and God Passes By, and studying those parts relating to the life of Baha’wah.

Week 8, August 8-13: ‘‘Global Transformation—Necessity for Application of the Covenant.”” James Nelson, chairman, and Dorothy Nelson, treasurer of the National Spiritual Assembly, will bring to this vital topic their wide experience in the Baha’i community and their professional experience in the fields of law and ethics. ‘“Crossing Cultural Bridges—Appreciating Differences.” Guity Kiani, workshop leader, is a professional in cross-cultural education. Bring costumes, mu: international arts and crafts.

Week 9, August 15-20: ‘‘The Ocean of God’s Words.” Fred Littman, a research chemist, will lead an in-depth exploration into the living waters of the Creative Word. “The Promulgation of Universal Peace.’’ Robert Malouf, a nutrition counselor, will use this text and the Universal House of Justice’ statement ‘‘to the peoples of the world’’ to expand the vision and increase commitment to the mission of peace-making. Also, music workshop for children and adults.

Week 10, August 22-27: ‘‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah.”” Jalil Mahmoudi, professor emeritus of sociology, University of Utah, recommends reading the text in advance. ‘“‘The Destiny of America.’’ Debra Taylor, a National Treasurer’s Representative, will present a look at materialism and the role America must play in the unfoldment of a world civilization. Also, ‘‘Where There’s a Will.”? Implementing the Baha’i obligation to write a will. And ecology of the redwoods, or sound imagery in the Creative Word.

Notes: Weeks 2 through 10 are General Sessions with programs for all ages over one year. Whenever a particular text is mentioned, please bring or plan to purchase a copy. Teachers and classes are subject to change.

To register, please send a non-refundable $15 deposit to the Registrar, Bosch Baha’i School, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Phone registrations can be made, using VISA or MasterCard, by phoning 408-423-3387. Prior to the beginning of summer sessions, normal office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time, Wednesday through Sunday. Information phone, with a taped message updating session and registration information, 408-4233093.

NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTE

The Native American Baha’i Institute will be a center of activity this summer for the Navajo-Hopi Teaching Project, and will conduct ongoing teacher orientation and deepenings.

Volunteers will be invited to help with the construction of new classroom facilities as part of their Navajoland experience.

Workshops and deepenings for the translation of the Baha’i Writings into Navajo will be held periodically throughout the summer.

The annual Inter-Cultural Council Fire is planned for this summer. Date to be announced.

Specific schedules and information about the service opportunities at NABI are available from: Native American Baha’i Institute, P.O. Box 167, Houck, AZ 86506 (phone 602-367-8595 or 602-367-5126, ext. 8595).

REGIONAL SCHOOLS

ALABAMA Dates: July 23-26. Location: Monte Vallo State University, Monte Vallo,

Theme: ‘‘Reflections on Destiny.”” Speakers will include Auxiliary Board member Soo Fouts.

Note: Youth and youthful adults will enjoy the recreational activities planned as well as separate programs planned for everyone.

Accommodations: Private dorm rooms with baths. Meals at the school cafeteria.

Classrooms: Classes will be held in the various university classrooms and auditorium.

Recreation: Gymnasium is available for basketball, volleyball and other games. Also, swimming, tennis, soccer and various table tournaments.

Rates: Write or phone the registrar.

Pre-registration: By July 1.

Registrar: Parviz Anvar,

AL 35630; phone 205-764-5168.

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ARIZONA

Dates: July 4th weekend.

Location: Belmont Properties, Flagstaff, AZ.

Accommodations: Camping/hotels nearby; hotel accommodations must be made early as this is a resort area.

Registrar: Roberta Mevis, Phoenix, AZ 85029 (phone 602-375-0919 or 602-993-2833). ARKANSAS

Dates: September date to be announced; please call registrar.

Registrar: Fran Huber, Jacksonville, AR 72076 (phone 501-985-1336). SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Dates: August 21-26.

Location: Pilgrim Pines, Yucaipa, CA.

Accommodations: Cabins.

Classrooms: Classes for children, youth and adults.

Recreation: Swimming, volleyball.

Rates: To be announced.

Registrar: Al Lewis,

90065 (phone 213-223-7781). COLORADO

Dates: August 13-16.

Location: Camp Illium, five miles from Telluride, CO.

Theme: “Spiritual Enrichment.””

Accommodations: Rustic mountain location; dorm accommodations, limited family units, tent space. Excellent meals, cafeteria style.

Recreation: Volleyball, hiking, fishing.

Rates; Reasonable.

Registrar: Robin Richardson,

Grand Junction, CO 81503 (phone 303-245-1399). DAYSPRING

Dates: July 2-5.

Location: Western Maryland College, Westminster.

Theme: ‘‘Celebrating Diversity.’’

Accommodations: Garden apartments, cafeteria food available at the college.

Note: The Dayspring Baha’i School offers a refreshing balance of intensive study, exciting entertainment, outdoor activities, and loving friendship in a Baha’i atmosphere. Join us in the lovely green hills of central Maryland as we celebrate the special gift of our unity in diversity.

Classrooms: College classrooms, private lounge for youth meetings.

Recreation: Swimming, volleyball, baseball.

Rates: Pre-registered, $10; if not pre-registered, $20. Rates include lodging/meals for the entire school period. Adults: dorms, $68.50; apartments, $74.50. Children age 10 and under, $31.25 to $59.75. Day students: adults, $35.50; children, $20.75.

Pre-registration date: June 5.

Registrar: Mavis Vaughan, Walden Laurel Court, Baltimore, MD 21207 (phone 301-747-1302).

FLORIDA

Dates: Suly 3-6.

Location: To be announced.

Theme: ‘‘The Great Adventure.’”’

Information: Contact the Baha’ Center, 1-800-592-1414.

GEORGIA Information: Write to the Registrar, William Varner, Griffin, GA 30223, or phone 404-228-8111. HEARTLAND (ILLINOIS)

Dates: July 2-5.

Location: Camp Heffernan, Bloomington, IL.

Theme: “‘The Creative Word: Building the Bonds of Unity.”

Note: Come to the Heartland for a ‘‘heartwarming”’ Baha’i school experience.

Accommodations: Lodging in spacious dorm-style cabins or tent camping; meals served family style.

Classrooms: Adult class in dining hall, children’s classes and nursery in cabins or pavilions.

Recreation: Lake Bloomington offers swimming, boating, hiking and other outdoor sports. There will be evening social activities.

Rates: (Approximate—final rates may vary slightly.) Adults, $60; youth, $45; junior youth, $35; children, $35; infants, $15.

Pre-registration: By June 18.

Registrars: Scott and Debbie Martin,

Carmi, IL 62821 (phone 618-382-3771). IDAHO

Dates: June 17-21.

Location: Camp Sawtooth, Sun Valley/Ketchum, ID.

Theme: ‘Teaching and the Master Teacher.’”

Note: We have gift certificates available. Help send a friend, child or youth to school with a gift of partial or fully paid school fees.

Accommodations: Rustic cabins nestled in the pines of the Sawtooth mountain range; cold mountain nights make warm bedding and coats a must. Family style meals in

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Rates: Facility fee, $35. Full-time day students, $35 plus meal fees; week-end day students, $25 plus meal fees; adults (10 and up), $70; youth, $70; junior youth, $70; children (4-9 years), $45; infants, free.

Registrar: Seme Newlin, (Massacre Rocks State Park), ‘American Falls, ID 83211 Pees: 208548-2677 or 208-237-2000).

INDIANA (NUR’U’LLAH)

Dates: June 15-21.

Location: Camp Kikthawenund, Frankton, IN (12 miles northwest of Anderson).

Theme: ‘‘World Peace: The Role of the Individual.” Speaker: Auxiliary Board member Javidukht Khadem.

Accommodations: Dormitories (2), one for boys/men, one for girls/women. Tent or small trailer camping with hookups. Camp cooks prepare excellent meals in the camp dining lodge.

Classrooms: Classes for children, youth and adults.

Recreation: Hiking; swimming in camp pool.

Rates: With pre-registration—adults and children (10 and up), $77; children 3-9, $56; children 1-2, $40; children 0-1, $5. Without pre-registration—adults and children (10 and up), $87; children 3-9, $66; children 1-2, $50; children O-1, $6.

Pre-registration: May 25.

Registrar: Jerry Geicko, 317-395-9006.

IOWA

Dates: July 2-5.

Location: Scattergood Friends School near West Branch, TA.

Theme: ‘‘Consultation: The Shining Spark of Truth.’’

Note: More than 174 attended last year from six states.

Accommodations: Dorm lodging available on a firstcome, first-served basis for 75 beds; large cafeteria for meals for everyone. Camping available and many motels

nearby.

Classes are planned for every age level.

Recreation: Gym, hockey, soccer fields, roller skating. Rates: Includes all meals and dorm facilities plus registration fees. Adults, $50; youth (9 and older), $50; junior youth (4-8), $25; children under 4, $13; day students, $12. Pre-registration: June 13. Registrar: Bill Cave, 50158 (phone 515-753-5233).

LOUISIANA/MISSISSIPPI

Dates: July 16-19.

Location: Roosevelt State Park, Morton, MS.

Theme: “The Baha’ Faith: It’s a Family Affair, Part 0.’

Accommodations: Eight air-conditioned cabins sleeping 14 each. Bring your own linen and towels. Eight meals provided in an air-conditioned cafeteria.

Classrooms: Two large air-conditioned classrooms, eight

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cabins, covered outdoor pavilion.

Recreation: Hiking, swimming, boating, fishing, paddleboat, water skiing, softball, volleyball.

Rates; 1-2-3 day rates available. Full package: adults, $57.17; youth, $57.17; junior youth, $52.45; children, $52.45; infants (under 3 years), free. Day students, $5. 83/night; $3.71 meal. Registration fee: $5.

Pre-registration: June 16.

Registrar: Kenneth Broussard, P.O. Box 991, New Orleans, LA 70148 (phone 504-446-1826).

MASSANETTA SPRINGS (VIRGINIA) Dates: August 28-30. Location: Massanetta Springs Conference Center, near Harrisonburg, VA. Theme: “The Six Year Plan.” Accommodations: Hotel, motel, dormitory, camping. Classrooms: Workshops, family activities, guest

speakers.

Recreation: Swimming, hiking, camping, outdoor games.

Rates: To be announced later.

Pre-registration: August 14.

Registrar: Mary Lukens, Winchester,

VA 22601 (phone 703-662-7005).

MINNESOTA

Dates: July 12-16.

Location: Camp Onomia, Onomia, MN.

Theme: ‘Building the Divine Edifice Through Equality and Consultation.””

Accommodations: Central camp cabin with private rooms for families or individuals; meals provided; linen rental $4 ($10 deposit).

Classroom: Children, youth and adult classes.

Recreation: Swimming, boating, shuffleboard, softball; nursery care available.

Rates: Not available at this time.

Registrar: Steve Grams,

MN 55788 (phone 612-235-6530).

MONTANA

Dates: July 19-25.

Location: Lions Camp, Red Lodge, MT.

Theme: “‘Becoming Family.’’

Accommodations: Rustic cabins with electricity, communal bathroom facilities, meals planned family style—special dietary needs filled upon request.

Classrooms: Administration building for adult classes, main lodge and library building for children’s classes; nursery will be available.

Recreation: Volleyball, horseshoes, softball, group outdoor games, some supervised hiking.

Rates: Adults, $100; youth, $100; junior youth (8-14 years), $60; children (3-7), $50; infants (0-2), $30.

Registrar: Tami Haaland, Bozeman, MT 59715 (phone 406-586-9320).

NEW JERSEY

Dates: June 5-7.

Location: Georgian Court College, Lakewood, NJ.

Theme: ‘‘Individual Response to the Covenant: Contribution or Commitment.””

Accommodations: Dormitories.

Classrooms: Classes for children, youth and adults.

Recreation: Tennis, hiking.

Rates: Deposit, $15 per person and older (non-refundable) for overnight. Adults (19 years and older), $55 overnight; full-time college students, $40 overnight; family members (3-18 years), $30 overnight (under 3 years, free). Day students: adults, $10 registration fee plus meals; fulltime college, $10 registration fee plus meals; ages 3-18, $5 registration fee plus meals; under 3 years, free.

Pre-registration: May 22.

Registrar: Edward A. Segen, Bluebell Road, Franklinville, NJ 08322 (phone 609-697-2616).

NEW MEXICO (GLADYS WEEDEN INSTITUTE)

Dates: September 5-7.

Location: Camp Chimney Spring, James Canyon Route, Cloudcroft, NM.

Theme: ‘‘Living the Six Year Plan.””

Accommodations: Cabins, hogans, R-Vs, tents; provide your meals.

Classrooms: Cabins, large hall.

Recreation: Hiking, volleyball, nature trails.

Rates: Contact registrar.

Pre-registration: No later than August 15.

Registrar: Wes Aldrich, P.O. Box 1561, Ruidoso, NM 88345 (phone 505-257-2813). NORTH CAROLINA

For information, contact the registrar.

Registrar: Diane McKinley, _ Cary, NC 27511 (phone 919-469-2783). OREGON (WEST) BADASHT

Dates: July 19-23.

Location: Camp Myrtlewood, 45 miles west of Highway 1-5 on Highway 42.

Theme: ‘Abdu’ l-Bahd, a Life of Service.””

Accommodations: Heated cabins, showers, limited tent and RV space; meals provided in central dining area.

Classrooms: Two indoor classrooms, one patio area and

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three outdoor locations with seating. Recreation: Hiking, swimming, outdoor group sports area. Rates: Family, $156; adult, $44; youth/junior youth (9-20 years), $39; children (2-8), $23. Pre-registration: June 15. Registrar: Star Stone, 97470 (phone 503-673-3737).

SHELTERING BRANCH (WASHINGTON) Dates: July 20-26. Location: Camp Wooten, Palmeroy, WA. Theme: ‘‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Trip to America.” Accommodations: State-run school; cabins. Classrooms: Classes for children, youth and adults.” Recreation: Swimming, tennis, archery, square dancing. Registrar: Gary McConnell, _ Kennewick, WA 99336 (phone 509-582-4273).

SOUTH CAROLINA

Dates: June 18-21.

Location: Louis G. Gregory Baha’i Institute.

Theme: ‘From the Creative Word to Creative Action.’”

Registrar: Roy Jones (phone 803-558-5093 daytime); Jacquelyn Jones (phone 803-571-2912 evenings). SOUTH DAKOTA

Dates: For information, call the registrar.

Registrar: Julie Hartin (phone 605-341-0306) or Bob Haugen (phone 605-342-3562).

TENNESSEE Dates: September 4-7 (Labor Day weekend). Location: Cumberland Gap, Crossville, TN. Theme: To be announced. Accommodations: Dormitory rooms and camping, plus hotel rooms nearby; meals available at the campsite. Classrooms: Various sizes available, indoors and outdoors. Recreation: Swimming, soccer, volleyball, etc. Rates: Approximately $10/person/night. Pre-registration: August 15. Registrar: Keyhan Strain, TN 37343 (phone 615-842-0514). TEXAS Dates: For information, contact the registrar. Registrar: Sharam Rohani, 3716 Royal Valley, Grand Prairie, TX 75050 (phone 214-642-8923).

UTAH

Dates: May 29-31 and October 23-25.

Location: Trefoil Ranch, Provo Canyon, UT.

Theme: Three classes: ‘‘The Rhythm of Growth,’’ “Love and Estrangement in the Baha’i Faith,’’ and “‘Study on Happiness.”

Accommodations: Dormitory, limited family rooms available.

Classrooms: Classes for children, adults and youth.

Recreation: Hiking.

Rates: Adults, $30; children (5-12 years), $20; children under 5, free; family, $120.

Registrar: Caryl Davidson,

Heights, UT 84037 (phone 801-544-5981). WASHINGTON WEST (SEABECK)

Dates: August 9-14.

Location: Seabeck Christian Conference Center, Hood Canal in Seabeck, WA.

Theme: ‘“‘Offering the Baha’i{ Community as a Model—Part II.””

Accommodations: Motel-style rooms to live-in houses. The campus is an old lumber town that was deserted when the mill burned; family style meals in a large dining hall.

Classrooms: Nursery, pre-school, kindergarten, grades 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, junior youth, youth and adults.

Recreation: Volleyball, tennis, horseshoes, boating, swimming, trail walks and hiking.

Rates: (options high and low)—adults, $140 high, $120 low; youth, $130 high, $110 low; junior youth, $90 high, $77 low; children, $72 high, $61 low; infants under 3 years, free.

Pre-registration: By July 25; $5 late fee.

Registrar: Harry A. Taylor,

. Arlington, WA 98223 (phone 206-435-8245).

‘WISCONSIN Dates: July 20-24. Location: Camp Byron, Brownsville, WI. Theme: ‘On the Threshold’’ (looking at issues in the Six Year Plan). Accommodations: Cabins, dorms, tents. Classrooms: Classes for children, youth and adults. Recreation: Swimming, hiking. Rates: Adult (12 years and older), $105; junior youth (under 12), $45; infants (under 1 year), free. Pre-registration: As soon as possible. Registrar: Roy DuVall, wonago, WI 53149 (phone 414-363-8231). _

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From the House of Worship

Positive responses are beginning to come in from Baha’i youth who want to devote their summer to serving as guides and teachers at the House of Worship. Our plan is to have up to 50 youth during June, July and August who will serve five hours a day, four days a week. This will enable us to have 10 youth on each shift each day.

With this schedule, there will be time for the youth to either work on other projects, hold part-time jobs, deepen in the Faith, or simply relax a lot. It is expected that each one will be self-supporting or supported by their parents or community, although we do have some help for a few. If you can’t come for the entire summer, come for at least a couple of weeks. We’ll welcome you to the project.

For information, write to the Baha’i House of Worship, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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The redecoration of the House of Worship’s visitors’ center has begun in earnest with the first phase to be completed by National Convention time this month. This includes a ‘‘ceiling effect’’ that is obtained by painting everything above the 9 1/2-foot level black and dramatically changing the lighting.

The Activities offices have been moved from behind the glassed-in area to an area adjacent to the long entry hall that was being used for storage. The vacated office and reading room will become the new home for the bookstore and reading area. The long entry hall will be quite different and will pictorially convey the ‘‘Oneness of the Human Family’” as a suitable introduction to the visitors’ center.

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The second phase of the remodeling will proceed as funds permit. The wall displays will continue around the outside walls of Foundation Hall and across to a large bay which in recent years has been walled off and not used. The displays will continue the theme of the oneness of mankind, then the oneness of religion, the social implications including world peace, the principles of the Faith with supporting details from the Writings, and end with the Central Figures of the Faith from Whom all of the foregoing derives.

As visitors follow this sequence they will complete their tour at the bookstore and reading area which will be designed to encourage them to linger and read or converse with a guide.

Following this brief introduction to the Faith, it will be suggested that they continue their visit upstairs where they can meditate, ponder, or pray about that which they have just learned. It is hoped that this sequence will result in a more coherent and meaningful experience, especially for the first-time visitor.

To speed completion of this second phase, it is permissible for you to make earmarked contributions to: The Baha’i House of Worship Redecoration.

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Are you one of those Baha’is who was attracted to the Faith primarily by the House of Worship? There are many of you, and the House of Worship staff would like each of you to send a brief (2-3 page) write-up of your particular experience as to how it happened and what feelings it produced in you. Our intention is to collect and edit these stories and compile them in a book or booklet for distribution to the Baha’i community and the general public. Send your write-ups directly to us at the House of Worship, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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The bookstore at the House of Worship has been, and still is at this time, operated by the Baha’i Publishing Trust. At Convention time, or shortly thereafter, it will be operated by the House of Worship staff. It will be more accessible to visitors and, in fact, will be an important part of the over-all display of information. We plan to emphasize the many languages in which the Baha’i literature is printed, both to show the global spread of the Faith and to encourage non-English reading visitors (and we have many) to make a deeper contact with the Faith.

The position of bookstore manager is now open. Experience in managing a bookstore or other comparable retail business, with an understanding of accounting procedures, is important, as is knowledge of the Baha’i literature and an interest in and ability to interact favorably with our visitors.

If you’d like to apply for the position, contact the House of Worship or the Department of Human Resources at the Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 312-869-9039).

A task force composed of the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly and several senior staff members at the Baha’i National Center have been holding a series of meetings to consult on the appropriate use of the House of Worship and Foundation Hall for the general public and the American Baha’i community, and it is expected that the result of their deliberations will be a clearer understanding of the significance and proper use of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár.

“Freedom from racial prejudice, in any of its forms, should, at such a time when an increasingly large section of the human race is falling a victim to its devastating ferocity, be adopted as the watchword of the entire body of the American believers ...’’— Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, p. 30

Renowned jazz trumpeter John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie solos during an appearance February 7 with Chicago's Jazz Members Big band

as a part of the New Trier High School jazz festival in Winnetka, Illinois, about two miles from the Bahá’í House of Worship. Mr.

4 ai Gillespie, a long-time Bahá’í, delighted the sold-out concert with a smooth blend of modern music and down-to-earth humor.

WLGI updating

WLGI-Radio Baha’i in Hemingway, South Carolina, is updating its resource file of Baha’is who have experience in broadcasting.

According to Kurt Hein, general manager of WLGI, the station is interested in knowing about Bahá’ís with radio experience and those who are studying broadcasting.

“As we develop special projects,” says Dr. Hein, ‘‘we’d like to be able to call on friends from around the country to help us.

“In addition, if any job openings should come up, we’d like to know who some of the Baha’is are on whom we might be able to call.’”

The station is also hoping, he says, ‘‘to compile a better file of Baha’is who are experienced producers, writers, programmers, administrators or technicians. We'd

Retired teacher sets example of sacrifice as guide at Temple

Is retirement time approaching? You say you’re wondering where you can pioneer to serve the Faith you love so much?

Consider guiding at the House of Worship as a worthy choice. Until we have a nucleus of 10 to 15 regular guides, supported by our many volunteers who come occasionally, it isn’t likely that we will be able to do a truly appropriate job of interacting with the increasing number of visitors who are attracted to the ‘“‘silent teacher.’”

A wonderful example of someone who has done this is Kay Walker, for whom this project is named.

Kay moved to the Wilmette area 26 years ago after retiring as a school teacher in New England for the specific purpose of guiding at the House of Worship.

She is now 92 years young and still guides two days each week, coming on a bus by herself. She is a vigorous, competent and inspiring representative of the Faith to our visitors.

If there’s any possibility that you can come, let us hear from you. Write to the Baha’i House of Worship, Wilmette, IL 60091.

its resource file of broadcasters

Announcer/programmer Shirlene Brown hosts a program from the

also like to hear from people who are studying broadcasting, especially radio.”

Dr. Hein says that people need not submit samples of their work, but he would like for them to include a summary of their Baha’i activities and experience.

Because WLGI’s primary audience consists of blacks in rural

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South Carolina, the station is especially interested in receiving information from black Baha’is and from Baha’is who are from the South or who have lived there. Those who are interested may write to Dr. Hein at WLGI Radio, Hemingway, SC 29554, or call him at the station: 803-558-9544.

Can you identify anyone in this picture?

This photograph may have been taken in Chicago in the early 1900s. If you can identify anyone in the picture, please write to the

‘National Bahá’í Archives, Bahá’í

National Center, 60091.

Wilmette, IL �[Page 21]Global education group to hold 13th conference

Global Education Associates will present its 13th annual summer institute June 30-July 9 at the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois.

The program is for educators to examine the crucial choices facing the world community.

Part 1, ‘‘The Global View,” is to feature a variety of speakers who will present thought-provoking perspectives on a range of critical global issues.

Part 2 includes three-day ‘‘short courses’’ for greater depth in such selected fields as the Middle East, Russian history and culture, women in the global future, global citizenship and world order, the problem of terrorism, and global resource utilization.

Graduate credits can be earned for institute participation through the School of Education at the National College.

For more information, or to register for the institute, write to Marijon Binder, Global Concerns Center, .

Chicago, IL 60625, or phone 312728-6336.

The registration fee for Part 1 and for each of the short courses is $125. Registration deadline is May 15. Accommodations are available (single, $18/night; double, $12/night).

Make checks payable to Global Concerns Center.

For information about graduate credit, write to Robert Shuford, Center for International Cooperation, National College of Education, Evanston, IL 60201.

Auction raises $580+ for Fund

in Murfreesboro

On February 8, the Baha’is of Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County, Tennessee, raised more than $580 for the National Baha’i Fund in less than two hours at an auction held in the “Spirit of the Roses.’”

One of those who participated writes: ‘‘The friends brought whatever they had to donate no matter how simple, and the bidding was done amidst lots of fun and laughter. There seemed to be a special feeling of love and unity in the room.

“The real spirit of the auction, for me, was in seeing one family lovingly buying items for a less fortunate refugee family. Even the simple lunch of sandwiches, fruit and drinks, which was prepared and sold by the youth of both communities, tasted extra delici

RACE UNITY

and Sociology.

The planning committee has received input from many non-Baha’i Chattanoogans who are committed to the ideals of the con The American Baha’i / April 1987 / 21

Chattanooga Bahda’is cosponsor conference on ‘Power of Unity’

ference.

All registrations are being handled by the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Department ‘of Continuing Education. Ma terials can be obtained by writing to that office, Chattanooga, TN 37402, and specifying the Kochman seminar, the race unity conference, or both.

Inspired by the success of the Peace Conference in San Francisco and the extent to which it demonstrated a collaboration between the Baha’i and non-Bahá’ís communities, the Baha’is of metropolitan Chattanooga, Tennessee, are sponsoring a conference on racial harmony May 15-17 whose theme is ‘‘The Power of Unity: Beyond Prejudice and Rac The three-day event will open with a seminar on black and white culture and communication by the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Department of Continuing Education.

The seminar, which will offer continuing education credits, will feature Dr. Thomas Kochman of the University of Illinois-Chicago, a nationally recognized expert in black language and culture and in cross-cultural communication.

On Saturday, the conference will feature talks by Baha’i speakers Dr. Wilma Brady, Jack Guillebeaux, and members of the National Race Unity Committee as well as by local Chattanoogans concerned with race relations.

A full program for children and youth will focus on the appreciation of cultural and racial diversity.

On Saturday evening, a multiethnic festival of the performing arts will be held.

Sunday conference sessions will provide an opportunity for a dialogue with the National Race Unity Committee, Counselors and Auxiliary Board members.

Of great import to Chattanooga Baha’ is is the extent to which non-Baha’i Chattanoogans have committed themselves to the support of the conference.

So far, it is being sponsored by the Baha’is, the Clergy Association, the local chapter of Clergy and Laity Concerned, and several departments at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga including the departments of Social Work

The National Race Unity Committee suggests that the theme for 1987 Race Unity Day events be ‘The Power of Unity: Beyond Prejudice and Racism.’

Publications available in Persian and English

The National Persian/American Affairs Committee would like to announce the availability of several of its publications in Persian and English:

PERSIAN

Tablets of the Divine Plan ($1.80). This is the original Persian text of the Tablets of the Divine Plan by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, entitled Faramin-i-Tablighi in Persian. This edition contains an extensive introduction by Dr. Mahmud Majdhub elaborating the historical background of these Tablets.

The Advent of Divine Justice ($4.25). The Persian translation of the Guardian’s Advent of Divine Justice has been corrected and reprinted in a new edition. Its Persian title is Zuhur-i-‘Adl-i-Iahi.

The Bahá’í Life ($1.50). This is a collection of excerpts from the writings of the Guardian on the theme of living the Baha’i life, compiled by the Universal House of Justice. The Persian edition is entitled Hiyat-i-Bahd’ and contains a few letters in the original Persian as well as translations of letters that were written in English.

The Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ($2). This booklet, A/vah-i-Vasaya-yi-Mubarakih, has been reprinted and is again available.

Learning Arabic ($30). This is a self-study program written in Persian by Amrollah Hemmat and Bijan Samali. It includes two volumes of instruction in the Arabic language and six audio cassettes. It is designed to help Persian Baha’is learn to read the Arabic writings of the Faith in the original language.

Bahar ($4). This children’s educational packet is designed to help English-speaking youngsters learn

some Persian words and ther English equivalents. It comes with a booklet and tape. ENGLISH

Iranian Refugees in America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. This handbook outlines the general cultural characteristics of Iranians. It is designed for refugee agencies, sponsors and Baha’i communities working with Iranians. It attempts to point out the areas in which misunderstandings are most likely to occur, and how they can be avoided. It is available for $1.

“For a Drop of the Lover's Blood”’ (video tape). This tape, produced by the Persian/Amer ican Affairs Committee and directed by Claire Menking and Manouch Kazemzadeh, was conceived as an integration tool and a catalyst for discussion about cross-cultural unity in the Baha’i community. It has been used throughout the English-speaking world, runs for one hour, should be shown to small mixed groups of about 20 people, presented by an experienced facilitator with adequate preparation (guidelines are included), and must be followed by a discussion period of no less thar an hour. Cost is $45 plus postage (available in VHS, Beta and PAL).

Memorial service honors Mr. Wolcott in Flint, Michigan, where he was born

A tribute to Charles F. Wolcott, a member of the Universal House of Justice, who died January 26 at his home in Haifa, Israel, was held February 26 in Flint, Michigan, Mr. Wolcott’s home town.

Forty-five people attended the service at the Flint Institute of Music, one block from Mr. Wolcott’s former high school and from the former site of the junior college he attended before transferring to the University of Mich igan.

The program began and ended with music by mezzo contralto Candace De Lattre: Abandon Not, a cantata based on The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah, and From the Sweet-Scented Streams, the prayer by Bahá’u’lláh set to music by Mr. Wolcott.

In between, there were prayers; readings from the Baha’i writings by Randall Kizer; a biographical sketch of Mr. Wolcott narrated by John Nash; and a portrait of Mr. Wolcott’s later years in Haifa by George Frye, a Baha’i who work ed at the World Centre for several years and was Mr. Wolcott’s weekly golfing partner. a

Mr. Frye spoke of Mr. Wolcott’s joy in serving on the House of Justice, recounting how eagerly Mr. Wolcott looked forward to its meetings, always being the first one to arrive in the chambers.

The tribute was sponsored and planned by the Spiritual Assembly of Flint.

Bahda’is set camp-out

The Baha’is of Rockford, Illinois, are sponsoring their annual camp-out for children and youth August 14-16 at the White Eagle 4-H Camp in Leaf River.

Ages are from kindergarten through high school with separate activities for each age group. Fees are $20 per child or adult ($10 for adult staff).

To pre-register, contact Dick Rundall, Rockford, IL 61102, or phone 815-968-7725.

Archives seeks state, district lists

The National Baha’i Archives is seeking state and district voting lists used in State and District Conventions, 1952-67, for Arizona, Texas, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Washington state.

Anyone having such lists that they could donate is asked to send them to the National Baha’i Archives, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

May 1-2.

ditorium.

took place there 75 years ago.

mementos of the occasion.

Laying of cornerstone to be marked

The observance of the 75th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Baha’ House of Worship in Wilmette will be held

The 12th Day of Ridvan will be celebrated Friday evening, May 1, at 8 p.m. in the auditorium at the House of Worship. The following morning, a worship service will be held at 10:30 in the au At 1:30 that afternoon, a program will detail the events which

The cornerstone room will be open to those in attendance, The House of Worship will have displays on view of photographs and

For more information, call the House of Worship Activities Office, 312-256-4400 or 312-869-9039.

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CLASSI

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

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EMPLOYMENT

THE DEPARTMENT of Human Resources at the Baha’ National Center has an immediate need for a highly motivated, qualified individual to serve as an administrative consultant in the Office of Community Administration, which functions within the Office of the Secretary and is responsible for guiding and assisting Bahd’{ institutions and agencies, groups and individuals with matters pertaining to the application of Baha’ laws and principles. An administrative assistant responds to letters and phone calls from his assigned geographical area and prepares background data on personal status cases. Qualifications include a sharp and discriminating mind, an eye for detail, an ability to organize one’s work efficiently, and to turn over a high volume of work on a timely basis. The position requires excellent writing skills, sound judgment, a strong understanding of the principle of confidentiality, a compassionate personality, psychological stability, a deep knowledge of the Baha’i Teachings, and the ability to apply Baha’i principles to individual cases. Several years’ experience in local Baha’i administration would be helpful, as would typing ability on a word processor or computer. To obtain an application, please contact Karen Crenshaw, Department of Human Resources, Baha’ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039,

A FUND education coordinator is being sought by the Office of the Treasurer in Wilmette to help administer a nationwide program designed to strengthen the institution of the Fund by overseeing the National Treasurer’s Representative program and by responding to inquiries about the Fund from the field. Requires a liberal arts background with strong written and oral communication skills. The position also requires familiarity with the Baha’i writings and an ability to relate them to the world around us. Other skills include flexibility, a sense of humor, and self-motivation. For more information or an application, contact Karen Crenshaw, Department of Human Resources, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone her at 312-869-9039.

THE GREEN Acre Baha’i School is seeking a full-time educational coordinator responsible for the planning, preparation and coordination of educational programming and related activities at the school. Requirements include a background in education with experience in both the public sector and in the Baha’i community.

A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in education or a closely related field is desired. Should be enthusiastic, creative and highly organized with excellent written and oral communication skills. This is an excellent opportunity for an educator with the desire to use his professional skills to serve the Faith. For more information or an application, please contact the Department of Human Resources, Bahdé’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039.

QUALIFIED individuals are being sought to fill vacancies at the National Teaching Committee office: Minority Development Coordinator—responsible for stimulating and developing efforts related to minority teaching projects and issues, Experience working with minority groups is essential, with written and oral fluency in Spanish highly desired. College degree is preferred; some typing skills and a willingness to learn computer skills are required. Regional Development Coordinator—motivates and_ inspires District Teaching Committees to set and fulfill goals; initiates and responds to inquiries from the field; helps coordinate and place traveling teachers and homefront pioneers; helps with conference planning; and maintains files for local Assemblies, DTCs and Groups. A solid knowledge of Baha’i administration is necessary together with Assembly and/or DTC experience. Good writing ability, a pleasant and courteous phone manner, and strong organizational and clerical skills are required; IBM computer experience would be very helpful. Secretary—handles and processes a high volume of detailed work, works with staff at all levels, interacts with the public. Several years of strong secretarial and administrative work is required including excellent typing, word processing, oral and written communication skills. Flexibility is essential. For more information or an application, please contact the Department of Human Resources, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 312-869-9039).

FROM July 1987, a vacancy will exist for a Bahá’í couple to serve in the gardens at the House of Worship in Sydney, Australia. Free accommodations are provided in the form of a small cottage on the grounds. Financially independent couples are preferred, but for those in need of support, some contribution toward living expenses may be arranged. If you’ve been thinking about serving the Faith in Sydney, this could be the ideal position—lots of teaching can be done at the Temple every day. For more information, please write to the Baha’i Temple Property Management Committee, P.O. Box 224, Terrey Hills 2084, Australia.

URGENT need for Baha’i physicians specializing in orthopedic surgery and ear, nose and throat. First year’s salary guaranteed. Pediatricians and radiologists also needed. Contact Dr. Kamrooz Sanii, 716-373-6000.

ATTENTION! software and hardware engineers. Let NEBnet (the New England Baha’i Network) help you. We need active Baha’is from all over the U.S. to come and set New England on fire. Many companies will pay for your relocation to the area if you

are qualified. Want more? There are five Baha’is who are willing to circulate your resumé to managers all over the area. So what’s the catch? Simply that if you get the job you then get to live in a town that needs you—in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, etc. We need more people in Hudson, Salem and Merrimack, New Hampshire; Marlborough, Massachusetts, and other cities. If you have a BSEE or BSCS or equivalent, and/or are a recent college graduate, send your resumé to the Spiritual Assembly of Hudson, c/o Sohail Sobhani, 9 Deer Run Road, Hudson, NY 103051. P.S.—You don’t have to be an engineer to move to this area. We'd love to have all sorts of people come to New England.

THE NATIONAL Spiritual Assembly’s Office of External Affairs, which is responsible for contact with the U.S. government, national media and organizations, and prominent individuals, is seeking an administrative assistant for its office in Wilmette. The administrative assistant handles phone inquiries, opens and sorts mail, types correspondence, maintains public information network mailing lists, processes orders for a/v and special materials, and analyzes news clippings. Requires a flexible person with previous experience in a fast-paced office environment, good organizational skills, typing of at least 50-60 wpm, and a pleasant telephone manner. Word processing experience is desirable. For more information and an application, please contact the Office of Human Resources, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039.

HEAD resident is sought for the Louhelen Residential College. The position entails serving as academic and personal counselor to 13 or more students, helping students plan devotional, recreational and social activities, coordinating transportation and service projects. The resident would live on campus and receive room, board and a stipend. A complete job description and application can be obtained from the Louhelen Baha'i School, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423.

THE BOSCH Baha’i School is accepting applications for summer positions including children’s teachers (two positions), recreation director, book sales, lifeguard, dishwasher/snack bar (two Positions), assistant cook, and maintenance helpers (two positions). Most positions require oncampus housing; room and board are provided with a small stipend. Applicants should be able to serve from mid-June through August 27. Those who are interested should send a brief resumé listing position desired and relevant experience to: Administrator, Bosch Baha’i School, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

CLEAR Lake (California) Physical Therapy Inc. is looking for an industrious physical therapist/physical therapist assistant for immediate full-time employment. We provide care for outpatient, convalescent hospital, and home health setting, along with offering fitness counseling. Competitive salary with pension/profit sharing benefits. Lake County, on California’s largest natural lake, is a growing rural community in lovely northern California, 125

miles north of San Francisco and 70 miles from the Pacific Coast.

Spiritual Assembly of Lakeport needs two Baha’is to maintain its Assembly status. Please phone Rick Green, R.P.T., 707263-1295 (collect) or send resumé to Lakeport, CA 95453.

BAHA’t-owned real estate sales and marketing company in Monte Beach, South Carolina, strong, competent real aires professionals or others with strong sales backgrounds to sell resort real estate and help establish active Baha’i communities in South Carolina as called for by the Universal House of Justice and the National Spiritual Assembly. Incomes are commission-based; the sky’s the limit. Send resumés to David Hoffman, president, the Hoffman Group,

Myrtle Beach, SC 29577, or phone (evenings) 803-272-7111.

THE SPIRITUAL Assembly of Chicago is seeking an administrative assistant to work at the Chicago Baha’i Center. This is a parttime (20 hours per week) paid position. Duties include greeting the » coordinating community ities, handling telephone calls, and ‘general secretarial duties including composing letters, etc. Those who are interested in the position should contact the Assembly secretary, Irene Freeburg,

Chicag0, IL 60616, or phone 312-2251919.

GREEN Acre Baha’i School is accepting applications for summer program help. Positions that need to be filled include program director, recreational director, teachers for children and youth, cook and kitchen helpers, librarian, registrar, nursery, housekeeping, and maintenance help. Applicants should be at least 18 years old, available from July 1 through August 31 or the entire month of either July or August, and have a mature attitude and a desire to be of service. Compensation includes room, board and a weekly allowance based on skills required and job responsibilities. To apply, phone 207-439-0019 or write to the director of operations, Green Acre Baha’i School, P.O. Box 17, Eliot, ME 03903.

THE HUMAN Performance Center(s) is seeking innovative health professionals for immediate employment. We are presently looking for an exercise physiologist and fitness instructor. The physiologist should have a master’s degree although we will consider a bachelor’s with experience in exercise testing/fitness assessment; must have experience or desire to learn management responsibilities. The fitness instructor should have had college course work in anatomy/physiology or practical experience in exercise training/fitness counseling; must be service-oriented with a desire to learn. Lake County is a growing rural area in lovely northern California, about 125 miles north of San Francisco. Phone Rick Green, R.P.T., 707-263-1295 (collect) or send resumé to

. Lakeport, CA 95453.

PIONEERING (OVERSEAS)

MECHANIC and head mechanic are needed in Honduras. The mechanic’s responsibilities include maintenance and repair of industrial sewing machines, electrical equipment, and air compressors. The head mechanic must be a

years’ dustry. Fluent Spanish is also required. If interested, contact the International Goals Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 312-869-9039). THE PHILIPPINES is looking for a health professional to serve as a medical training resource for Filipino groups engaged in primary health care. Duties would also include continuing exploration of health, women’s and development groups. Requirements are practical experience in health training, primary health care, ProLp development, and communi'y organizing. For more details, wie to the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

CISKEI, an independent homeland within the Republic of South Africa, is appealing for international pioneers. The main source of employment is through the University of Fort Hare or the Ciskei government. Those most in demand are university professors in agriculture, animal and soil sciences, botany, zoology, African studies, classical languages, English, fine arts, computer science, chemistry, health sciences, and

eeu tite Ghee Cae, The most luxurious hotel costs only $25 per night, and housing in rural areas is about $2 per night. For more information, please contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039.

UNIVERSITY professors are needed in Nigeria in the following departments: biology, botany, biochemistry, chemistry, geology, applied geophysics, mathematics, microbiology, mineral science and technology, physics, statistics, and zoology. must have advanced degrees and university teaching and research experience. Applications regarding sabbatical leave are welcome. For more information, contact the International Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, TL 60091 (phone 312-869-9039).

LIBERIA needs a_ technical

power generation, motor starters and electrical controls; mechanical area includes heavy trucks, tractors, pick-ups and autos. Applicants should have ‘‘hands-on’”” technical maintenance and staff management experience. For more information, contact the In�[Page 23]ternational Goals Committee, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312-869-9039.

POSITIONS for teachers of English are available next fall in Finland. The openings are with a university, a teacher training college, and a kindergarten. The only requirements are a university degree in some subject and fluency in English. For more details, contact the International Goals Committee, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 312869-9039.

PIONEERING (HOMEFRONT)

HOMEFRONT pioneers: the jeopardized Assembly of Fayetteville invites you to relocate in the scenic Ozark mountains of northwestern Arkansas. There are presently eight adult Baha’is in Fayetteville and eight more in surrounding Washington County. We are an active Baha’i community in a pleasant university town. For more information, contact the Spiritual Assembly of Fayetteville, c/o Bryan Stover, secretary,

Fayetteville, AR 72701 (phone 501-4420583 after 6 p.m.).

HOMEFRONT pioneers: Elizabethtown and Radnor Townshij Pennsylvania, may lose their Assemblies at Ridvan unless homefront pioneers can help save them. Elizabethtown is a college town 20-30 minutes from either Harrisburg or Lancaster. Lancaster County has the lowest unemployment rate in Pennsylvania, and the active Baha’i community sponsors Sunday morning classes for more than 50 Baha’i children and adults. Radnor Township, a suburban township with a welldeepened Bahá’í community, offers four area colleges and access to Philadelphia, King of Prussia, and Great Valley for employment. Rail commuter service to Philadelphia takes about one-half hour.

» For more information about homefront pioneering in eastern Pennsylvania, contact Saadat or Karen Rouhani,

Pottstown, PA 19464, or phone 215-327-4159.

THE BAHA’i community of Olean, New York, needs two more Baha’is by Ridvan. Olean, a city of 20,000 with many of the conveniences of a larger city including cultural events, a university, sports, good schools and shopping, is only five minutes from breathtaking mountain scenery and country roads. Also has the lowest-priced good housing anywhere. Job possibilities for nurses, teachers, business and secretarial, and university professors. And service industry jobs are always available. For more information, contact Brenda Snyder, correspondent,

Olean, NY 14760.

RALEIGH County, West Virginia, needs at least three Baha’is to maintain its Assembly status, as illness and old age have taken their toll on membership. We are an active Assembly, and teaching the Faith in this part of Appalachia is a real challenge. Jobs are hard to come by, but the people in this economically depressed area are wonderful. Beckley, the county seat, has good medical facilities and a community college, and there is a ski resort nearby. Summers are cool and pleasant with clear, clean mountain air every day of the year. For more information about wild, wonderful southern West Virginia, please

write to Leo Misagi,

Daniels, WV 25832, or phone Frank and Trish Doonan, 304-763-4191.

HOMEFRONT pioneers are needed to help save a jeopardized Assembly in Gorham, Maine, 10 miles west of Portland and one hour north of the Green Acre Baha’i School. Gorham, a charming New England village in a quiet, rural setting, has educational and employment opportunities at the University of Southern Maine with campuses in Gorham and Portland. Easy access to the cultural activities and job opportunities of Portland make this “‘the best of both worlds.’’ A Greater Portland area teaching campaign is planned for June. If you would like more information, please contact the Spiritual Assembly of Gorham, P.O. Box 265, Gorham, ME 04038, or phone 207-839-3484.

BAHA’iS are needed in the Augusta (Richmond County), Georgia, area, where a job is now available for a hygienist in a local Baha’ i dentist’s office. The cost of living here is average, housing is excellent, and the weather is beautiful; a perfect area for a young, growing family to raise children. The area boasts eight hospitals, two colleges, a medical school, and a number of active Bahá’í families. If you are interested in moving, please contact Patricia Steele, Augusta, GA 30909.

HOMEFRONT pioneers are needed to help save the Spiritual Assembly of Espafiola, New Mexico, a tri-cultural area 45 miles south of Taos and 25 miles north of Santa Fe, surrounded by mountains and Indian pueblos. Living costs are reasonable, but jobs are relatively scarce unless one is welltrained in a marketable area or has a service or business he can open here. There are three community colleges in the area for anyoné who is interested in pursuing a marketable skill. Jobs are best obtained through personal interviews. We can offer some help to those who come to look into the possibility of settling here. For more information, write to P.O. Box 1443, Espafiola, NM 87532, or phone 505-753-6838.

PHELPS County, Missouri, in the wooded Ozark foothills, needs two Bahá’ís to help maintain its Assembly status. The area, about 100 miles west of St. Louis, is primarily rural. Living conditions vary from urban middle class to tugged backwoods primitive, with good hunting and fishing. Job opportunities are limited, but there are a university and hospital in Rolla, the county seat, and a military base in a neighboring county. Minorities would be especially welcome to add diversity to our all-white community. Baha’i families in the area are eager to help new community members get es tablished. Contact Sandy Palm-,

berg, Rolla, MO 65401, or phone 314-3640845.

HOMEFRONT pioneers are needed to help strengthen the Spiritual Assembly of Greater Darlington, South Carolina, a goal area near Florence, home of Darlington Technical College and Francis Marion College (both of which have Baha’ students and faculty). An excellent area for the professional artist or craftsman, with good shows available on the entire east coast. Available for

rent is a comfortable three-bedroom, one bath home on a working 800-acre farm gn which another Baha’ couple rents a house. One hour from the Louis Gregory Baha’i Institute; abundant teaching opportunities. For more informasoee write to Otis and Linda Johnso1 _ Dariegion Sc 29532.

LOS LUNAS, a community of about 4,000, is a priority goal of Northern New Mexico. This growing town, largely Hispanic Catholics, is within commuting distance of Albuquerque (30 miles) and offers challenging teaching opportunities. Rental properties are available, and a branch of the University of New Mexico is nearby. A small Baha’i Group is unable to support pioneers but can offer hospitality for a short time. The need is great. Phone Jeri, 505865-4379, or Carol (DTC), 505869-2151.

THE SPIRITUAL Assembly of Augusta, Maine, the state capital and easternmost Assembly in the U.S., invites you to help save it. Augusta is convenient and pleasant, home for state offices, a small university, and banking and electronics firms. Several construction projects are scheduled to begin this spring. Recreational opportunities abound, with nearby coastal areas, lakes, rivers and mountains. Write to Lisa Cheney, secretary, Spiritual Assembly of Augusta, Augusta, ME 04330, or phone her at 207-623-2340, or Claire or Dennis Cline, 207-622-2406.

OPPORTUNITY to help stabilize/save an incorporated local Spiritual Assembly in Iowa City, lowa, a special place to grow that offers unique benefits for retired people and students, and career opportunities for professionals and non-professionals including special entrepreneurial opportunities for new and expanding businesses. Iowa City is characterized by low unemployment and low crime, as a center for the visual and performing arts, by its outstanding medical facilities, and by having one of the best-educated citizenries in the country. Write to Michael Cavitt,

Towa City, IA 52240, or phone 319-338-9211.

SCHOOLS

DEAR cooks and food lovers: please help us reach our end of May deadline for recipes for our cookbook to help the Green Acre School restoration project. We need at least 150 more recipes (hopefully 200 to 300 more) to go to press! Our article (October ’86) inspired a number of the friends to help us out. One wonderful woman in upstate New York sent 15 delightful, healthful recipes; another woman from California sent 12. We’re happy that our senders have included a number of men. We even received a recipe from a pioneer to Nigeria, and were sent several more anecdotes about Green Acre as well. The recipes range from Mom’s Buttermilk Biscuits to Mango Sherbet, from Randy’s Camp-Out Beans to Chiciwannahoona. Please send your recipes before you forget! Put aside this issue of The American Baha’, gather your favorite recipes, and send them off in tomorrow’s mail to: Green Acre Cooks, P.O. Box 8289, New Fairfield, CT 06812. Please, please help us fulfill this opportunity for preserving and restoring our be The American Baha’i / April 1987 / 23

loved Green Acre. Beth Hinshaw (203-746-4314) and Riva Adriance (203-746-5552).

THE LOUHELEN Residential College is accepting applications for fall 1987. Needed are a minimum of 13 students to enroll in this program which will combine formal study of the Faith with degree-earning studies at the University of Michigan-Flint or Mott Community College. For information and application materials, write to the Louhelen Baha’i School, 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423.

THE UNITED Nations University for Peace in Escazu, Costa Rica, is sponsoring a course entitled “‘Family Life Education for Peace”’ from June 29-July 10. This is the first course in family life education offered by the university and will examine research findings, theories, methods and materials on marriage, parenting, and education for peace. The course is designed for students, parents, family science professionals and all interested persons who want to help families develop individual peace-promoting qualities and skills. The University for Peace is an exciting new development on the world stage through which Baha’is may come in contact with some of the world’s finest contributors to building a peaceful world. For more information and application materials, contact Dr. John Woodall,

Long Beach, CA 90802.

A BAHA’{ Wilderness Camp for pre-youth ages 10-13, sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Beloit, Wisconsin, and developed by experienced camp professionals, will be held August 1-9 in northern Wisconsin. A week of outdoor living with young people your own age combined with the leadership of a Baha’i counselor will provide growing experiences for all. To ensure a ‘‘family’’ Baha’i environment, the camp is limited to 30 campers. For a brochure and parent information packet, please contact the Spiritual Assembly of Beloit, P.O. Box 1278, Beloit, WI 53511, or the camp director, James Lewicki,

LaCrosse, WI 54401 (phone 608-788-7258).

YOUTH

AMBITIOUS youth are needed to help form a Baha’i Club at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. One Baha’i is presently attending this unique liberal arts college, which has experienced recent teaching activity resulting in seven declarations in two years. Only need one more dedicated worker to establish a club and reap new harvests. St. John’s offers a small, intellectually curious, and intimate environment in which students study math, science, philosophy and the humanities through reading and discussing the ‘great books’’ of western civilization. Although accredited and highly respected, the program is not the usual college fare. Those who would like more information should contact Jeremy Lauer, a Baha’i graduate of St. John’s who now works in the Admissions Office, at P.O. Box 2189, Annapolis, MD 21404, for a full and candid description of the school’s academic and spiritual environment.

WANTED THE BAHA’{ Esperanto League is trying to put together an

archive of older or unusual Baha’i materials in Esperanto. . We are also inteteated i in Persian language materials for studying Esperanto, or in developing such materials.

Anyone who has potential archival materials or who would like to help in the creation of PersianEsperanto learning materials is asked to contact John Dale, P.O. Box 4262, Hyattsville, MD 20787.

WANTED: Original Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the follo dividuals with approximate of Tablet: Alwyn J. Baker, Berkeley, CA (1920), Gloria Paula Baker, Seattle, WA (1920), Viola Ingram-Silver, Pleasantville, NJ (1921), Myrtle E. Teshey, Glendale, CA (1911), Carol Leona Woolson, St. Paul, MN (1911), Laura F. Preston, Fernandina, FL (1911), and Florence A. Cobb, Cortland, NY (1911). Anyone having information about the possible location of any of these Tablets is asked to write to the National Baha’i Archives, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

SCREENPLAY is needed by a graduate film student for his thesis project. I am studying in the film/video directing program at the California Institute of the Arts. If you have any screenplays pertaining to the Baha’i Faith or screenplays relating to Baha’i history I would like to look at them. May be fact or fiction, as long as they represent the Faith accuaelys If you have only written

» Please include them with a letter, Please mail a copy of your script to Naeim Ghalili,

Valencia, CA 91355 (phone 805-254-4014).

QUILTERS who think they would like to take part (by mail) in the making of a “‘Spirit of the Roses’’ quilt, please contact me and I will send you more information. Laurie Early, P.O. Box 340, New York, NY 10009.

THE BAHA’t National Center in Yap, Western Caroline Islands, could use a VHS video tape recorder and a TV for teaching and consolidation. Also, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Western. Caroline Islands needs a computer that can run data base word processing and spreadsheet programs: PBase 111 plus/Word Processing/ Lotus 1-2-3 12A version. Baha’is who may be interested in selling or donating any of these items are asked to write to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Western Caroline Islands, P.O. Box 448, Colonia, Yap, Western Caroline Islands 96943.

CHILDREN of all ages—we love to see your work in Brilliant Star magazine. Send your poems, pictures and stories to Brilliant Star editor, 5010 Austin Road, Hixson, TN 37343.

ATTENTION all ye lovers of the Light! An exciting teaching project is to be held June 19-July 3 in Portland, the largest city in Maine! The Northern Lights project, dedicated to the martyred Iranian youth, Bijan Talibi, aims to bring the Faith out of obscurity in the Portland area. The goal will be accomplished through direct teaching, the media, firesides, proclamations, the performing arts, open houses, etc. We need people of all ages and backgrounds to help set Portland ‘‘aglow with the fire of His love!’’ For more exciting details, please write to Nor See ADS page 29

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Scaling the walls of separation

America is proud of its tradition of welcoming refugees and other immigrants to a new land where all are equal and all enjoy the same opportunities. The poem on the Statue of Liberty calls out to the world: ‘‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to be free.””

And yet it is not always so simple or easy as that. The immigrants do not by any means enjoy equal opportunity; they are unfamiliar with the culture and uneasy with the language. They are perceived as different, as not fitting in. Many times they don’t have the skills needed to get ahead in this country.

As a result, two forces pull and push the refugees or new immigrants; on the one hand, they are drawn to people who speak the same language and share the same lifestyle: their fellow countrymen. On the other, the society at large sees them as outsiders and, whether out of prejudice or through problems of miscommunication or misunderstanding, drives them away. Many immigrants, therefore, never become integrated into the mainstream of American society, though their school-age children usually do.

Of course, we in the Baha’i community do not—or should not—entertain any prejudice toward other cultures, races or ethnic groups. Like anyone else, however, we do have trouble understanding and feeling comfortable with those who are very different from us in their way of doing things or their way of looking at things. And the fact that we do not always know where people of a different background are ‘‘coming from’’ constitutes a barrier between us and them.

But it is not an insurmountable barrier. With a little personal effort, we can scale the walls that keep us apart and, in doing so, broaden our horizons. If we actively seek to understand one another, consciously strive to overcome any preconceived notions we hold, and vigorously endeavor to befriend others who are not like us, we will certainly succeed.

After all, we share a belief in the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh and we have all experienced living within a Baha’i community. The attractive force of the beliefs we hold in common is strong enough to sweep away whatever stands in our path as we work to unite the human race.

But our Cause is an urgent Cause. We cannot wait for the next generation or the next to become integrated on its own. The Baha’i community should be leading the world in building integrated and harmonious communities and forging a new world-wide culture.

With the dissemination of “‘The Promise of World Peace,”’ the Universal House of Justice has offered the experience of the Baha’i community to the peoples of the world as a model for study, and we should expect that soon people will begin examining our communities with a critical eye to see if we, indeed, practice what we preach.

Therefore, we should not regard the presence of the Iranian Baha’is in America as an accident of history. It is a golden opportunity for us, not only to draw upon a great variety of Bahd’{ experience and outlook, but also to integrate our Bahá’í communities more completely and to demonstrate in a concrete fashion the unity of mankind. This objective must be one of paramount importance for the Baha’i community at this stage in its growth if we are to demonstrate the power of the Faith to transform human society.

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two nights each week from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Besides these meetings, each Assembly member was responsible for several committees.

Mr. Rawshani was retired early from his job, but still needed to work to support himself. He was offered a salary to work full-time as secretary of the Spiritual Assembly of Tehran but refused to take the position on the grounds that he felt his efforts for the Faith should be out of love and sacrifice, not for pay.

Once, a friend and fellow Assembly member was riding home with Mr. Rawshani after a meeting and tried to insist that Mr. Rawshani accept the position as secretary. Mr. Rawshani became angry and threatened to throw him out of the car, saying it was impossible for him to accept such an arrangement.

Mr. Rawshani later became ill and had to go to London on two separate occasions for surgery. After recovering from the second operation he could have elected to remain in London, but chose to return to Iran despite the turmoil caused by the Islamic Revolution.

On January 3, 1980, he was kidnapped, the third Bahd’{ to disappear in that manner. The Baha’is have had no clue as to his whereabouts for seven years, and he is presumed dead.

His sacrificial devotion to Bahá’u’lláh and the progress of His Cause is well worthy of our emulation.

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AGAIN—with thanks to all those who have responded to past ads—I am asking for your help. I am studying the work of Oscar Ichazo and the Arica Institute, and would like to hear from people who have taken part in the Arica training. Are there any friends out there who are implementing Arica ideas in their Baha’i activities? How can Oscar Ichazo’s work be used in the pioneer field? If you can help, please write to Marylou Krummenacker,

Las Cruces, NM 88001, or phone 505-522-7834.

ARTISTS wanted to form a group tentatively called ‘‘Artists Save Our Life Forms.”’ Interested individuals can start to brainstorm and network with one another and eventually provide conservation organizations and other ‘‘worldsaving’’ endeavors with visual materials. I am especially interested in preventing animal extinction, working from a Baha’i perspective with groups in harmony with our laws. Would also like to work with scientists, biologists, ecologists and others who can provide accurate up-to-date information for us to draw from. Send you name, address and other relevant information to Anhara Lovato, P.O. Box 114, Tesugue, NM 87574 (phone 505-983-5564).

WANTED: The National Baha’i Archives is seeking photographs or tape recordings of Anthony Madonia, a Baha’i pioneer to the Navajo Reservation who died April 25, 1960, in Window Rock, Arizona. If you have any photographs or tape recordings that could be donated, please contact the National Baha’i Archives, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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ATTENTION stamp collectors: for more than 30 years the first pioneer to Taiwan, Mrs. Ridvani

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Tainan Taiwan, ROC.

QUICK! While they last: back issues of Child’s Way and Brilliant Star magazines, five issues, our choice for $5. Send check to Brilliant Star, 5010 Austin Road, Hixson, TN 37343.

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ATTENTION all pioneers from

the Philadelphia area! Here’s your big chance to see friends old and new in Philadelphia and be part of a super celebration of the 75th anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to the city. The Spiritual Assembly of Philadelphia will hold its biggest celebration/reunion yet the weekend of June 5-7, and we need to know as soon as possible if you will attend. Included will be a reunion party, a Unity Feast, a talk by Mildred Mottahedeh, entertainment, firesides and much, much more! Please let us know if you’ll be coming by writing to the Spiritual Assembly of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19151, or by phoning 215-877-6667. Let us know if you’ll need Baha’i hospitality or if you prefer hotel accommodations.

BAHA’{ computer game, “Spiritual Pursuits,” a facts game for the Commodore 64 and 128 personal computers. Features six full-color screens, animation, three-part harmony Baha’i music, four categories of questions with 200 questions per category. Includes a ‘‘question-maker’’ program so you can create your own category and question disks, plus a scrolling billboard of Robert Harris’s 101 teaching tips. Comes with complete documentation. The cost? In a store, easily worth $30 or more. Your cost? Send two blank disks, a large, self-addressed, stamped envelope with $2 in postage attached, and a pledge that you have sent a contribution to the National Fund. Do nor tell me how much ... just promise me, on your word as a Baha’i, that you have sent something above your regular contribution. How much is up to you. Send the disks, stamped envelope, postage and promise to Jim Wilde,

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Harry P. Massoth (center), a Baha’i from Buhl, Idaho, who has been recognized by the state for

his many activities on behalf of the International Year of Peace.

Idaho Baha’ one of 13 U.S. nominees for service-oriented ‘Heart of Gold’ award

Harry P. Massoth, a Baha’i from Buhl, Idaho, is one of 13 nominees for the national ‘‘Heart of Gold’’ award sponsored by Edward D. Jones and Company.

The award is given locally and nationally to recognize individuals for exemplary community service.

Mr. Massoth also received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Twin Falls community for his ‘‘dedication and inspiration during the International Year of Peace.’’ The award was presented during an IYP ‘‘We Are the World’? show held last October at the College of Southern Idaho.

Mr. Massoth was cited for being the creator of Idaho’s ‘‘Magic

|. Peace Project’ aimed at making world peace by the year 2000 an idea whose time has come.

During the IYP he served as chairman of the Magic Valley Peace Committee which coordinated the project’s many events and activities.

Most significant, however, was Mr. Massoth’s rapid and creative response to an uprising by a regional white supremacist group in Idaho.

While that group burned a cross

on a farm near Jerome, Idaho, as part of a crusade to establish an all-white republic in five northwestern states, Mr. Massoth organized a religious service at the Guadalupe Center around the theme of ‘‘One Planet, One People ... Please.’’ ‘

About 150 people attended the service including Lola Evans, the wife of former Gov. John Evans, who read a statement on behalf of the governor.

The counter-rally attracted regional and national media attention and earned Mr. Massoth the designation of ‘“‘leader of the peace movement in Idaho’’—a statement that was published in the Idaho Register, a statewide Catholic newspaper.

Mr. Massoth works as a plant pathologist and breeder at Gallatin Valley Seed Company, teaches classes on world religion for the Community Education Division of the College of Southern Idaho, and performs with the local symphony orchestra.

He, his wife, Gainelle, and their three children live on a farm near Buhl, where they are homefront pioneers.

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Ridvan election forms

Please tell us where you want your Assembly mail to go and what the Assembly’s current address is.

Remember that all Assembly mail will be sent in care of the sec retary.

Please fill in all information requested for officers of your Assembly including name, Baha’i identification number, current address and telephone numbers.

If you are not able to elect officers right away, please appoint a temporary correspondent and list that person’s name, address, Baha’i identification number and telephone number in the box marked “secretary.”’ When you elect officers at a later date, report them on the local Spiritual Assembly Officer and Address ‘Change form.

Election forms which have been sent to existing Assemblies will have the Assembly’s address label already attached over the upper right-hand box where the locality name, Baha’i locality code

and district are requested.

If this is not the case with your Assembly, please be sure to provide your locality name, Baha’i locality code and district in this

box.

Your Bahá’j locality code can be found on your membership printout or your mailing label on the Assembly’s copy of The

American Bahá’í.

LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY FORMATION REPORT FORM

SIDE A

PLEASE TYPE ORFROGT CLEARLY

ASSEMBLY MAIL Send all mail for Secretary to:

DB Assembly address given below (Post Office Box or BahSii Center)

D Secretary's home address

Assembly's Address

(Uf different than the Secretary's home address)

‘Soe Rad Rane ent hice Box Nar

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PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT IMMEDIATELY EVEN IF OFFICERS ARE TEMPORARY a

CHAIRMAN Name Address

IDs

COMPLETE THIS SECTION IF YOU ARE REPORTING AN ASSEMBLY ELECTION For each Assembly member, provide the following information: Votes

Name ID# Received

City/State ip Home Phone

VICE-CHAIRMAN Name Address City/State Home

Phone 1

‘SECRETARY

Name

Address

City/State

Home

Phone 1 Teese

TREASURER

City/State Zip Home Work Phone J Phone 1

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COMPLETE BOTH SIDES OF THIS FORM

Office Held

OTHER OFFICER (IF ANY) i IDae

Name Amalia SEE SEN Si City/State Zip

Work

Phone 1

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Home Phone 1

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“othe ID Number we ce be member i, member Cran he American Bab rem abd

‘Sead YELLOW copy to: NATIONAL, TEACHING COMMITTEE,

BAHA'L NATIONAL CENTER ‘WILMETTE, IL 60091

Keep BLUE copy for your records

Remember to send the yellow copy to the National Teaching Committee and to keep the blue copy for your files.

You can look for identification numbers on your community

membership printout, the person’s Baha’i membership card, or a person’s address label from The American Bahá’í.

I certify, on behalf of the Local Spiritual Assembly, that all nine members of the Assembly are Bahá’ís in good standing and that they are registered by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States as members of the American Baht ‘community.

‘Signature Print Name.

In this box, please list all nine names and Baha’i identification numbers of Assembly members, and the number of votes each member received. You need not fill in this section if you are forming by joint declaration.

The secretary of the Assembly, or the person assigned to help in its formation, should complete this box certifying that he or she has yerified the membership of each Assembly member.

Please be sure to print your name, as well as sign it, and to provide us with your telephone numbers. �[Page 31]The American Baha’i / April 1987 / 31

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Ridvan election forms

Here are samples of both sides of the Ridvan election form for this year. We have highlighted each section with a brief explanation to help you with questions you may have about the form. In addition, please note the following:

1, Remember to complete both sides of the form and to include all requested information.

2. If you are not able to find an identification number or some other piece of information, please attach an explanation to the form, such as, “‘new believer, doesn’t have ID card yet.””

If you are forming by election, please complete the top section

of side B.

If you are forming by joint declaration, please complete the bot tom section of side B.

3. If your Assembly does not receive election materials in time for Ridvan, you may request extra forms and instructions from your District Teaching Committee or the National Teaching Committee, or you may cut these forms out of The American Bahá’í and use them.

4. Please review the forms before sending them in to be sure you’ve included as much information as possible and an explanation for anything you have had to omit. Remember that we are receiving and recording information from more than 1,700 Assemblies, and sometimes inadvertent mistakes or

incomplete or incorrect information on an election form will cause delays in getting your Assembly’s information properly recorded.

5. Any questions about Assembly formations can be addressed to the National Teaching Committee. A Baha’i National Center hotline will be available on April 20 and 21 at 312-869-9039. Please call us if you feel there is any problem with your Assembly forming.

ASSEMBLY REPORT

COMPLETE ONLY ONE OF THE SECTIONS BELOW:

SIDE B

An election meeting was held on

Total Number of Ballots Cast ...

Number of Believers not Voting ...

The following should be reported to the community after the ballots are counted:

Number Voting in Person sve: sens

Number Voting by Absentee Ballot

Number of Invalid Ballots, If Any...

Total Number of Valid Ballots Cast ......

Total Number of Adult Believers in Locality .... =

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You can look for identification numbers on your community membership printout, a person’s Baha’i membership card, or a person’s address label from The American Bahá’í,

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PLEASE REPORT ELECTION OF OFFICERS ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM

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Este es el Dia en que la guerra sera olvidada

iSabéis vosotros en que Dia estais viviendo? ,Os dais cuentra en

que Dis i6n estais con vida? iNo habéis leido en las Sagradas Escrituras que en la consumacién de los siglos aparecer4 un Dia que es el Sol de todos los dias Pasados?

iEste es el Dia en que el Sefior de las Huestes ha descendido del cielo en las nubes de gloria! Este es el Dia en que los habitantes del mundo se acogeran al abrigo de la Palabra de Dios.

Este es el Dia cuyo soberano real es Su Alteza, el Omnipotente. Este es el Dia en que el Este y el Oeste como dos amantes se abrazardn en uno al otro. Este es el Dia en que la guerra sera olvidada.

Este es el Dia en que las naciones y los gobiernos celebraran un convenio de amistad y reconciliacién. Este siglo es el complimiento

Este Dfa es el alba de la aparicién de las sefiales de las gloriosas visiones de los Profetas y Sabios del pasado. iAhora es el alba; antes de mucho saldra el sol refulgente y se colocar4 en el meridiano de su majestad. Entonces, vosotros observaréis los efectos del Sol.

Entonces, contemplaréis que iluminaci6n celestial se ha manifestado. Entonces, veréis que este mundo se ha convertido en otro mundo. Entonces, percibiréis que las Ensefianzas de Dios se han extendido universalmente.

Estad seguros que esta oscuridad se disiparaé y que estas nubes impenetrables que han oscurecido el horizonte se dispersaran, y el Sol de la Realidad aparecerd en su pleno esplendor.

Sus rayos derretiran los tempanos del odio de las diferencias que han transformado en bullente mar de la humanidad en una inmensidad congelada.

Los vicios del mundo de la humanidad se transformaran en atributos loables, y apareceran las luces de las excelencias del reino divino.

del Siglo Prometido.

Mensaje de la Casa Universal de Justicia: octubre de 1986

A todas las Asambleas Espirituales Nacionales Queridos Amigos Bahá’ís,

Nos entristecié recibir la siguiente informacién de Iran. Esta informacién est4 siendo compartida con ustedes para informacién de su comunidad. Por el momento, no se debe tomar ninguna accién para comunicarla a las autoridades o publicarla en los medios noticieros.

EI Sr. Iraj Mihdi-Nizhad, de 59 afios de edad, un baha’i prominente de Bandar-‘Abbas, murié apufialada por un grupo de personas. En su cuerpo se observaron dieciseis pufialadas. El Sr. Mihdi-Nizhdd era un funcionario publico y lo despidieron de su trabajo por su fe, al igual que otros miles de Baha’is. Debido a la necesidad y para poder ganar un ingreso, se convirtié en un vendedor ambulante, vendiendo varios articulos en las calles. Después del asesinato, su yerno y su hijo fueron detenidos por 48 horas para una interrogacién por la policia. Sin embargo, los asesinos fueron detenidos mas tarde. Los asesinos pertenecian a una familia; uno de cuyos miembros habia estudiado y aceptado la Fe Baha’i. Fueron algunos de los miembros fanaticos de esta familia quienes atacaron al Sr. Mihdi-Nizhad, un baha’i prominente y activo.

La policia preparé un expediente de evidencias concerniente al crimen y lo envié al fiscal. Sin embargo, aparentemente el fiscal fue notificado de antemano por familiares de los asesinos, quienes posiblemente lo amenazaron. Como resultado, el fiscal se marché antes quel el expediente llegara a su despacho, instruyendo a su subordinado de rehusar aceptar el expediente, con el pretexto de que el fiscal habia pedido licencia y se habia marchado. Mientras tanto, la policia, que correctamente habia preparado el expediente, debié haber recibido instrucciones posteriormente. Como consecuencia, cuando se les devolvié expediente, indicaron que no se tomaria ninguna acci6n, e incluso adviertier6n a la familia del Sr. Mihdi-Nizhad dejar el asunto.

Su familia, a pesar de todo, no se ha rendido en sus esfuerzos por continuar la apelacién, aunque es sumamente peligroso y hay muy pocas posibilidades de dar justicia a los asesinos.

EI Sr. Habíbu’ll4h Muhtadfa, de 70 afios de edad, un oficial jubilado del ejército y graduado en leyes, quien estuvo fuera del pais durante la Revolucién, regresé a Iran después de la Revolucién para tomar posesién de sus propiedades y prevenir que le fueran confiscadas. Sin embargo, fue arrrestado inmediatamente después de haber vendido una de sus propiedades en Iran, y le quitaron las ganancias de la venta. Fue encarcelado por cinco afios, y mas tarde todas sus otras propiedades fueron confiscadas. Después de su liberacién, él prosiguié su caso con las autoridades para tratar de conseguir las propiedades que injustamente le fueron expropiadas. El 27 de agosto murié instantaneamente de un golpe a la cabeza.

Aparentemente, ataques similares estan siendo perpetrados por elementos fandticos, alentados por la falta de accién de parte del Gobierno. Ellos estan seguros que a pesar de que el crimen se descubra, ningun musulmén serd castigado por la ley si el crimen que ha cometido es contra un baha’{.

Con carifiosos saludos baha’is, Por el Departamento de Secretarta Casa Universal de Justicia 31 de octubre de 1986

Como el espiritu, los principios de Baha’u’llah penetrardn el cuerpo muerto del mundo, y como una arteria, el amor de Dios latira en el corazén de los cinco continentes.

El Este se iluminard y el Oeste se se perfumara y los hijos de los hombres entrarén en el pabellén onnimodo de la unicidad del mun do de la humanidad.

En este Dia el resto de la gente esta dormida. jLa loanza sea a Dios que vosotros estdis despiertos! ;Todos ellos no estan informados, mis, la loanza sea a Dios, vosotros estdis informados de los misterios de Dios!

Agradeced a Dios que en esta arena, vosotros habéis procedido

a otros. Yo espero que cada uno de vosotros pueda convertirse en un pilar del palacio de la unicidad del mundo de la humanidad. Que cada uno de vosotros pueda convertirse en una estrella luminosa de este cielo, iluminando asi el sendero de dquellos que buscan la meta de la perfeccién humana.— ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

400 asisten a conferencia anual de jovenes

Recientemente, cerca de 400 jévenes, la mayoria del area sur de los Estados Unidos, asistieron a la conferencia anual de jdévenes en Disney World en Orlando, Florida, del 26 al 30 de diciembre.

El tema de la conferencia era: La Juventud Baha’i: Dedicando su Vida al Servicio.

Algunos de los oradores eran: el miembro del Cuerpo Continental de Consejeros, el Sr. Robert Harris; la Dra. Jane Faily, miembro de la Asamblea Nacional de Canada; y varios jévenes, entre ellos, Layli Miller y Layli Radpour.

Algunos de los tépicos cubiertos durante la conferencia fueron: Pionerismo, Viajes de Ensefianza, el Fondo Nacional y el Plan de 6 Afios. 92 jévenes contribuyeron $1,400 al Fondo Nacional.

Esta conferencia brindé la

oportunidad para todos los jévenes que asistieron para conocerse unos a otros y para estudiar a fondo el Plan de 6 Afios y pensar cémo poder ayudar cumplir las metas del Plan.

Muchos de los jévenes prometieron continuar apoyando los proyectos de ensefianza, con tribuir al Fondo Nacional, leer de las Sagradas Escrituras e ir de pio neros.

Al final de la conferencia, todos los jévenes fueron de ensefianza a Disney World y a Epcot Center. Todos los que asistieron disfrutaron mucho la conferencia y esperan ansiosamente la préxima.

Orange County Baha’is given peace award

As a result of their contributions toward organizing last year’s United Nations Day festivities, the Baha’is of Orange County, California, were chosen with a small number of other organizations to receive the 1986 Year of Peace Award from the Coastline chapter of the UN Association.

The Baha’is accepted the award, an illustrated history of UN peace-keeping forces around the world, at the Coastline chap tice.’”

ter’s annual meeting February 8.

The citation for the award reads: ‘‘Initiated in 1986—the Year of Peace—this award is offered annually as an ongoing observance of the International Year of Peace to local organizations in recognition of their significant contribution for the work of the United Nations toward the realization of world peace and jus

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10 YEARS AGO

A national Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds for Bermuda, purchased with help from the U.S. Baha’i community, is dedicated February 26 in Hamilton.

The U.S. is represented at the

ceremony by Glenford E. Mitchell, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly. Also present, representing the Continental Board of Counselors, is Auxiliary Board member Katherine McLaughlin. More than 100 people attend the dedication including Al Gutteridge, speaker of the Bermudian legislature, and the Rev. Ryan Hennessey, bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, whose decision it was to sell the one-story structure, owned by the Church, to the Baha'is. ...

The Universal House of Justice releases a volume of the Writings of the Bab, thus completing one of its goals for the Five Year Plan.

Selections from the Writings of the Bab is the first comprehensive selection of His Writings to be published in

Previously, Shoghi Effendi translated passages from the Writings of the Bab which can be found in God Passes By, The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, and Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. ...

Construction of the permanent Seat of the Universal House of Justice begins February 17 as the first concrete is poured for the foundation level.

A contract for construction of the main structure is signed January 5; at that time it is reported that shipments of Italian marble for the five and one-half story building have begun arriving in the Holy Land.

Project engineers have set April 1979 as a target for completion of the main structure, which the Universal House of Justice says is the greatest single undertaking of the Five Year Plan. ...

Baha’i schools are being established across the country to help meet the goal of the Five Year Plan that children be included in Baha’i community life.

The National Education Office says it has received more than 250 requests for help in setting up local schools, and more requests continue to arrive. ...

Meanwhile, the National Education Office reports that it has trained 129 Baha’is as consultants to meet with communities that are interested in starting Baha’i schools for children or upgrading existing programs. ...

In the 18 months since it was launched, 451 local Spiritual Assemblies have completed training offered by the Assembly Development Program. Another 57 Asspice are currently being train ‘The goal of the program is to help Assemblies improve their ability to guide the growth of their communities and to organize the affairs of the Faith in their localities, ..;

Danner, a Baha’i who is one of the country’s most widely anthologized black poets, is one of several talented people whose works are displayed February 26 during Afro-American Day at the Baha’i House of Worship. ...

Letters

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completely forgotten to wash the car regularly, and now look at it!

Distracted by less important things, I had forgotten to pay attention to what was going on. So, I got out my water bucket (wallet), filled it from the faucet (bank) and headed for the ‘Tree of Life.”

It was the first watering in a long time, and almost immediately the tree started to perk up and look alive—even my neighbors smiled at me and said ‘“‘hello’’

again.

A friend came by and asked if he could clean and wax the car. “Your tree is beginning to look alive again,” he said. ‘What did you do to it?”

“T watered it,” I replied, ‘and I’m going to kee on watering it on a regular basi

“You know,” he said, “I believe that this tree will keep us alive in the years to come if it has regular feeding and watering. It will last a lifetime.”

I smiled and nodded. The tree tustled its leaves and made a singing sound of contentment. Alive

again. Wow! Joe Gallagher Hayward, California

Can’t ‘outgrow’ Guardian

To the Editor:

I was surprised to read in a recent District newsletter that “‘times have changed and some of the things written by Shoghi Effendi have been outgrown ...’”

We live at the beginning of a cycle that is to last for 5,000 centuries and an era “‘of at least a thousand years’ duration’ (God Passes By, p. 100).

There have been three Central

i in this era, and a fourth, Shoghi Effendi, who is closest to all of them and to whose generalship we owe the establishment of the Universal House of Justice in 1963.

We do not ‘‘outgrow”’ the writings of such a man. They cannot be abrogated, except for ‘‘some former ruling laid down as a temporary necessity...” (Bahd’s News, July 1947).

We need only read The Advent of Divine Justice to see how far ahead the Guardian was of the whole world.

Of Shoghi Effendi, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá says in His Will and Testament, ‘Well is it with him that seeketh the shelter of his shade that shadoweth all mankind.”

Marzieh Gail San Francisco, California

Help for ‘Peace Torch’

To the Editor:

The UNICEF Peace Torch had traveled to 45 countries and was due in Brasilia, Brazil, late last November.

As Brasilia is the capital of Brazil, UNICEF contacted the various embassies and invited them to send delegations of children dressed in national costume to take part in the Peace Torch ceremony. The response was almost nil.

The Escola das Nacées (School of the Nations), a Baha’i-administered elementary school of 250 children in Brasilia, was then mentioned to UNICEF and one phone call rallied the school on three days’ notice.

The Bahd’{ teachers mobilized,

completely learning the Peace Torch anthem in English and translating it into Portuguese. Parents were notified to have their children ready for this national peace celebration.

On Saturday morning, November 29, 40 children in their national costumes and 100 more dressed in white, all students at the School of the Nations, stood in front of the Congress buildings in downtown Brasilia and participated in the UNICEF ceremony, receiving the Peace Torch and freeing the ‘dove of peace.””

This important peace event was on prime time television nationwide, and newspapers across the country also covered it.

Rosemary M. Slavik Edwardsville, Illinois

Are ‘all men equal’?

To the Editor:

I often buy small-size books, commentaries on the Faith, that are affordable for giving to seekers.

One, recently written by two of our dear friends in England, is The Bahá’í Faith with an attractive glossy picture of the Shrine of the Bab on the cover.

There is much to say in the book’s favor, such as the photos and the candid discussion of what constitutes proper sexual conduct (pages 54-55).

However, on page 47 we read that ‘‘all men are equal in God’s

ight ...”” This is in error.

1 would refer the authors to Gleanings, p. 187, where Bahá’u’lláh tells us, ‘Let no one imagine that by Our assertion that all created things are the signs of the revelation of God is meant that— God forbid—all men, be they good or evil, pious or infidel, are equal in the sight of God.”

Note the emphasis placed on this. Wouldn’t it be opposed to justice if it were otherwise?

If there is a second printing of this book, and I hope there will be, I also hope that this will be corrected; likewise, if I am in error, would someone please set me straight?

Pat Knoebel Las Cruces, New Mexico

More variety needed

To the Editor:

I am writing in response to the excellent letters from Alice Dudley (October ’86) and Theodore Heizer (January) about the problems and concerns of ‘‘non-affluent” Baha’is. I have some suggestions to offer as a remedy for this situation.

First, I wish to say that I have been a Baha’i since 1970 and have lived in seven Baha’i communities. In each of them I have noticed that the “‘active Baha’is”’ are invariably affluent and ‘‘college educated”’ while the ‘‘inactive Baha’is’’ are poor and often haven’t completed high school.

In my opinion, the main reason the problem exists is that the various Assemblies and committees are composed largely of Baha’is who are either wealthy or college graduates; as a result, there are frequent meetings and expensive conferences, which indicates that the members reflect their particular value system and upbringing rather than the Baha’i teaching about the elimination of all prejudices including those of ‘‘class’’ and education.

Now, some suggestions on how to bring about greater unity.

First, it is imperative that the

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“‘non-affluent’’ Baha’is be on Assemblies and committees to promote effective consultation as well as a diversity of activities such as Baha’i softball or bowling leagues, etc.

Second, a survey should be made of Baha’i Assemblies to determine their racial and economic makeup, since the ‘‘inactive’’ believers have told me on many occasions that they are at a disadvantage in dealing with administrative matters.

Third, it would be wise and unique to have a ‘workers’ affairs committee’’ to be informed about the values and attitudes of the non-affluent Bahá’ís and to help integrate them more fully into the mainstream of the American Baha’i community.

If we as Baha’is fail to bring the divergent elements of the Baha’i community together, what does the future hold?

John R. Simmons Cleveland, Ohio

UN and ‘Amerika’

To the Editor:

I must take exception to the note (February) the broadcast of ‘‘Amerika” on ABC-TV. There was a strong implication, I felt, that Bahá’ís should be critical of the portrayal of United Nations forces in that mini-series.

“‘Amerika’”’ was intended as pure entertainment, not as any kind of scholarly effort or educational documentary. As such, the writers certainly were free to use their imaginations in any way they wished to develop a story line.

Bahá’ís should eee that the UN is not a divine institution, nor does it function particularly well as an instrument of peace or well-being for the world.

Its shockingly anti-democratic and anti-Western tendencies (especially in the last few years) have

greatly undermined any ethical underpinning it may once have had when formed as a moral and social force among nations.

To be so much in awe of its high-sounding principles (especially when they are so routinely discarded in much of its everyday operations) as to be unwilling to tolerate criticism of it, is ludicrous.

Baha’is should place their trust in Baha’i institutions and teachings, and try never to lose objectivity, criticality or open-mindedness about any subject, no matter how well-meaning it may be (or try to be). It is only through sugh means that we will prove ourselves worthy of the gifts Bahd’u’ll4h has sent us.

Jeffrey Neil Burch Lexington, Kentucky

Insurance for Funds

To the Editor:

In the February issue of The American Bahá’í, Craig Loehle of Aiken, South Carolina, offered some valuable tips for saving money. I agree with all of them except the part about life insurance.

My definition of life insurance is: “‘The transfer of cash at death to people or institutions we care about.’’ So if some people feel that their grown children or spouses do not need cash after their death, our Bahd’{ Funds will be in definite need.

As to term insurance, I would like to add that Mr. Loehle’s advice could be very well suited to some people; however, since the Baha’i Funds have a permanent need, permanent life insurance has a special place in our financial planning and goals.

Finally, as an insurance adviser, I might add that individual needs require individual advice.

Kamran Haghpeykar Houston, Texas

IN MEMORIAM

Hazel A. Bailey Catherine Jefferson Marguerite Shade Puyallup, WA Deerfield, IL San Francisco, CA November 26, 1986 November 1986 January 5, 1987 Lizzie Brown Vern Kowalke Rubinia Smith McDonough, GA Winter Park, FL Georgetown, TX 1985 Date Unknown Date Unknown Howard Brown Ella Menefee Joan Snell

Austin, TX Bell Gardens, CA Springfield, OR January 7, 1987 January 3, 1987 January 16, 1987 James Bunch Saeed Nahvi Zuhurullah Sobhani Ridgeville, SC Huntington Beach, CA New York, NY Date Unknown February 1987 Date Unknown Eddie Chaney Hoosein Nasehi Phillips Sweet Chickasha, OK Rockville Centre, NY Mesa, AZ February 3, 1986 Date Unknown January 10, 1987 Goldena Clark Alden J. Pahnke Mazel Tate

Las Vegas, NV Newark, DE Conyers, GA January 25, 1987 January 2, 1987 Date Unknown Charles C. Coley Alma Pearson Margaret Teagarden Washington, DC Apex, NC Indianapolis, IN April 11, 1986 January 4, 1987 August 15, 1986 Ruby Davis Luella President Donald Thompson Havana, FL Havana, FL Ridgeville, SC Date Unknown Date Unknown November 1985 Sarah Davison Veni Raj Emma Thomas Urbana, OH Huntington, NY Duncan, OK

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New York program for Religion Day cites race harmony

On January 18, a program dedicated to racial harmony was presented as a World Religion Day observance at the Baha’ Center in New York City.

The guest speakers were Stephen Collett, the representative to the United Nations of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), and Josephine Nichols Holtzschue, a Bahá’í who as an actress has appeared in many theatrical productions, films, and television programs.

The program included readings from Native American holy books as well as from the Bhagavad Gita, the Torah, the Buddhist Sutta-Nipata, the Bible, and the Qur’4n, and was closed with the Baha’ prayer for America.

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sembly of San Jose.

Ms. Zhang Yan of Berkeley gave a delightful musical presentation on the Chinese zheng, a stringed instrument that she has redesigned to increase its musical

range.

Dr. Honig, the highest ranking official in California’s elementary and secondary public school system, is a strong advocate of excellence in education who has been instrumental in the reform moveiat in education throughout the US.

Dr. Kirst, a former member of the state board of education, was honored for his services on committees and commissions dealing with excellence in education.

He is co-director of PACE (Policy Analysis for California Educators), which provides analyses and assistance to the state’s education decision-makers.

The 180,000 teachers in California were honored for upholding standards of excellence in education in preparing the children for their future role in society.

The award was accepted on behalf of the California Teachers Association by Vincent Cortese.

Follow-up activity is being planned to include a program on education for peace in the public schools.

Baha’is in Elgin host Unity Feast

On February 7, Baha’is and their guests from five Illinois communities gathered for a Unity Feast sponsored by the Baha’is of

in. The visitors were from Carpentersville, St. Charles, Elgin Township and Batavia.

A potluck supper was enhanced by the music of Bach’s double concerto (for oboe and violin) rendered by Mrs. Cheryl Dougherty, a Bahd’{ from Elgin, and fellow musicians Irma Joyce Thomas and Nonie Detrick, both members of Elgin’s Church of the Brethren.

Selections from the Baha’i writings were followed by games, magic tricks, and music. Especially enjoyable was a song by two children who recently arrived from Laos, Beny and Bina Chittaphone.

A few days later, Mrs. Dougherty performed again, at the Church of the Brethren, where the topic was ‘Music in the Church.””

The congregation heard quotations from Baha’u’llah and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on that topic and Baha’i Louise Waite’s song, ‘‘Benediction.”

House of Justice praises Esperanto Congress, encourages collaboration

To National Spiritual Assemblies in Europe Dear Bahá’í Friends,

Inspiring reports have been received at the World Center of the success of the Universal Esperanto Congress in Beijing, China, and of the participation in it of members of the Bahaa EsperantoLigo. The next Congress will be held in Warsaw, the capital of Poland and home of Ludwig Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto leg daughter, Lidia, was so devoted a follower of Baha’will4h,

We feel that, within the framework of their efforts for the promotion of peace, the Baha’is of Europe would do well to increase their collaboration with the Esperanto movement, and we encourage Baha’is who feel the urge to assist in this area to learn Esperanto and take an active part in the activities of the movement.

As you know, although both ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi have made it clear that it is by no means certain that Esperanto will eventually be chosen as the international auxiliary language of the world, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá encouraged the friends in the east and the west to learn it as a practical step in the promotion of the concept of the adoption of an international auxiliary language to break down the barriers to understanding between peoples.

Thus, as the followers of Bahd’u’ll4h are collaborating with many different individuals and associations in the promotion of projects of economic and social development and toward the establishment of world peace, some of them-should make a point of active collaboration with the Esperantists who, they will find, share many ideals with them.

With loving Baha’i greetings,

The Universal House of Justice September 17, 1986

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