The American Bahá’í/Volume 21/Issue 7/Text

The American Bahá’í
Volume 21, Issue 7

Work begins to extend Terraces adjacent to Shrine of Bab

TO ALL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES WITH FEELINGS OF PROFOUND JOY ANNOUNCE TO FOLLOWERS OF BAHA'U’LLAH IN EVERY LAND THAT ON MORNING OF TWENTYTHIRD MAY, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX YEARS AFTER THE DECLARATION OF THE BAB, WORK ON EXTENSION TERRACES COMMENCED. THIS HISTORIC OCCASION MARKED BY VISIT HIS SHRINE AND SHRINE OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHA BY THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE OF GOD AMATU'L-BAHA RUH[YYIH KHANUM AND ‘AL{-AKBAR FURUTAN, THE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE AND COUNSELOR MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TEACHING CENTER WITH FARIBURZ SAHBA, ARCHITECT OF TERRACES AND MANAGER OF ARC PROJECT, TO PRAY FOR DIVINE CONFIRMATIONS ENABLE UNINTERRUPTED PROSECUTION THIS MAJESTIC ENTERPRISE. SUBSEQUENTLY DETAILED PLANS WERE VIEWED FOR LENGTHENING EASTERN WING OF MAIN TERRACE OF SHRINE, MAKING IT EQUAL TO EXISTING WESTERN WING.

GLORIOUS UNDERTAKING CREATION BEFITTING RESTING PLACE MARTYR-HERALD FAITH WAS ENVISAGED BY BAHA'U’LLAH HIMSELF, WAS SOLEMNLY INITIATED BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHA WHO RAISED WITH INFINITE PAINS ORIGINAL STRUCTURE AND PLACED WITHIN IT THE SACRED REMAINS OF THE BAB, WAS VIGOROUSLY PURSUED

BY SHOGHI EFFENDI, WHO COMPLETED CENTRAL EDIFICE, EMBELLISHED IT WITH BEAUTEOUS SUPERSTRUCTURE AND CONNECTED IT WITH MAIN AVENUE TEMPLAR COLONY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION FIRST NINE TERRACES, IS NOW ENTERING UPON CULMINATING PHASE ITS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXTENSION BEAUTIFICATION NINE EXISTING TERRACES AND CONSTRUCTION NINE MORE TO REALIZE MONUMENTAL CONCEPT REACHING FROM FOOT TO CREST HOLY MOUNTAIN.

CALL UPON FRIENDS EVERY LAND RALLY SUPPORT THIS SACRED ENTERPRISE NOW INSEPARABLY LINKED WITH ARC PROJECT EXPRESS BEFITTINGLY THEIR AWARENESS MAGNITUDE BOUNTY CONFERRED UPON MANKIND BY MINISTRY AND SACRIFICE BLESSBAB, DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO BAHA’U"LLAH’S CALL IN TABLET OF CARMEL TO ESTABLISH UPON THAT MOUNTAIN SEAT GOD’S THRONE AND FULFILL, THROUGH THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS, ‘ABDU’L-BAHA’S AND SHOGHI EFFENDI'S VISION OF EFFLORESCENCE MIGHTY INSTITUTIONS FAITH ON MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD.

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE MAY 24, 1990

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Moscow Assembly’s election

Senate follows lead of House, urges

highlights Mr. Furdtan’s Jong-awalted visit to Russia

In March, a long-held wish of the Hand of the Cause of God ‘Alf-Akbar Furttan came true when he left the Holy Land to visit the Bahd’{s in Russia

In 1930, he said before departing, he had received a letter from the beloved Guardian “which he penned himself, stating the following: ‘It is my hope that you will, in the future, be able to render great services in Russia.’ '’

A highlight of Mr. Furitan’s visit was the election at Ridvan of the local Spiritual Assembly of Moscow.

Five days later he was among about 35 Baha'is at the first Feast to be held in Moscow after the election of the Assembly.

Mr. Furdtan spent 15 days in Ishqébad, spoke to 400 people at the university in Dushanbe (25 of whom were Baha’fs), and was interviewed on television in Moscow.

At the University of Moscow, where he had studied in his youth, Mr. Furiétan addressed a group of about 300 students at the Institute of Psychology and Pedagogy.

On April 19, an official of Soviet Television visited Mr. Furutan to interview him for a TV program about the Faith.

The first 20 minutes of the half-hour program is to consist of questions and answers about the Faith with the rest devoted to photographs of Baha’{ Holy Places and historical pictures of early Bahé’{ activity in the USSR.

The television representative agreed to bring the finished film to Mr. Furitan for review before its release.

Also in Moscow, the directors of the Progress Publishing House offered to

See MR. FURUTAN page 2

Volume 21, No. 7 July 1990

the ‘emancipation’ of Baha’is In Iran

“We are delighted by the news from Washington. The action of the Senate of the United States in adopting a resolution in support of efforts to emancipate the Iranian Bahd’{ community owes its significance not only to the stated objective but also to the evidence which it gives of the spiritual blessings with which Bahd’u'lldh has specially endowed the great Republic of the West.

“May its people and the community of the Greatest Name within it receive a Sresh impetus toward fulfilling the promises of their glorious destiny."’

The Universal House of Justice May 20, 1990 .

On May 15, America took another step toward its destiny to ‘‘lead all nations spiritually." On that day, the U.S. Senate, following the example of the House of Representatives, unanimously adopted a concurrent resolution condemning Iran’s repression of members of the Baha’{ Faith in that country and calling for the emancipation of Iran's Baha’{ community.

During His travels in America in 1912, ‘Abdu'l-Baha depicted the destiny of America, saying:

“The American nation is equipped and empowered to accomplish that which will adorn the pages of history, to become the envy of the world, and be blest in both the East and the West Sor the triumph of its people. . . .

“The American continent gives signs and evidences of very great advancement. Its future is even more promtsing, for its influence and illumination are far-reaching. It will lead all nations Spiritually."’

The action of the elected representatives of the American democracy

marks the fourth congressional appeal for Iranian Bahd4'{s following resolu tions adopted in 1982, 1984 and 1988. The most recent resolution was cosponsored by 59 Senators, led by

Christopher Dodd (Connecticut), hé’{s,"’ said Sen. Boschwitz, “we can Rudy Boschwitz (Minnesota), Alan take pride in the fact that, true to our Dixon (Illinois) and John Heinz (Penn- own traditions and heritage, we are sylvania). acting on behalf of

In their statements, Senators Dodd, Levin, Sarbanes, Lugar, Heinz, Bosch witz and McCain often noted the tra- lution is clear," said Sen. Heinz. ditional American principles that caus- ““Americans still care about human ed them to support the resolution: rights, and particularly about

“I want my colleagues to be aware,’’ said Sen. Dodd, ‘‘that our resolutions, 7 ‘ our protests are not without results. Dest principles, the United States must

“Due to persistent international

pressure, the repression of the Baha'is has been cased somewhat in recent years, and our concurrent resolution takes note of that.

“On the other hand, this year’s human rights report by our State Depart

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gar, ‘‘that recent improvements in the situation of individual Baha'is, which includes no executions since December

National Conference on Growth scheduled

A National Conference on Growth, sponsored by the National Teaching Committee, will be held over the Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 3) at Allgauer's Hotel in Northbrook, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago.

The conference will provide a forum for a national consultation on what the American Baha’{ community must do to achieve entry by troops. Workshops and plenary sessions will focus on accelerating the teaching process as related to the individual and teaching, the Baha’{ community and teaching, and teaching the masses.

An invitation to take part has been expanded to include all those interested in teaching the Cause of Baha'u'llah. Registration forms are available in the June/July issue of The DirectLine. For more information, or to register by phone, call the National Teaching Committee office, 708-869. 9039.

For room reservations at the conference site, call Allgauer's Hotel, 800328-6516. If flying, call Corporate Travel Consultants (800-323-4674) for special rates (ask for Monica in ‘*Groups’’). Registration deadline is August 21.

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See ee a ee | Teaching Institutes an effective way to assure

steady flow of well-trained adherents to Cause

| In its most recent Ridvan message, the Universal House of Justice stated that the Baha'i community must be ready to adapt: ‘‘. . .the community must become more adept at accommodating a wide range of actions without losing concentration on the primary objectives of teaching, namely, expansion and consolidation."’

Growth and diversity within our communities is necessary, the Supreme Body says, “‘because each person cannot do everything and all persons cannot do the same thing.”’

One effective approach to teaching that affords great opportunities for expansion and consolidation is the teaching institute.

A teaching institute, in which a core group of Baha’is deepens to prepare for teaching, actively teaches, and strives to develop materials to further the work of the Cause, works to bring in new believers and to help train them as teachers, thus fostering their growth and development as Baha’is.

In a letter to the Continental Board of Counselors dated November 2, 1989, the International Teaching Center expressed ‘‘a conviction that sustained expansion of the Faith in a region largely depends on the number and

ity of teachers who are being trained systematically, especially from ng the new believers."’

ic letter pointed out that the myriad challenges facing our y call for “‘an ever-increasing number of workers with va

{ commur nied skills and capabilities."’

International Teaching Center has identified some elements of teaching inst es that have proven to be particularly effective: emphasis on the study of the Sacred Writings; memorization of certain passages of those Writings; and the use of participative methods in learning so that activity, not passivity, is fostered in regard to deepening and serving the Cause.

In addition, the National Teaching Committee suggests that focusing on specific populations may be useful, especially in light of the recent guidance from the House of Justice to strive for “‘even larger enrollments from among the groups already represented (in the Faith) and the attraction of members from groups not yet reached.” (Ri¢van 1990 letter)

While institutes are more effective if the participants feel a measure of spiritual discipline, the International Teaching Center is careful to point out that “the atmosphere of the institute is so permeated with love that the development of spiritual discipline becomes a personal goal rather than a reQuirement imposed from the outside.’’

The process of teaching is a joyous one in which a Bahd’{ strives to connect another’s heart with Bahd'u'll4h. Teaching institutes offer, at the grassroots level, an opportunity to explore and experience the joy of teaching.

The International Teaching Center stated that the goal of an institute is the spiritual empowerment of the believers, and that ‘with spiritual empowerment as the main focus in each of its activities, the institute seeks to develop in the participants self-confidence, reliance on God, profound love for humanity, eagerness and burning desire to teach and serve mankind, steadfastness in the face of tests and trials, abundant joy and radiance of heart: in short, all those attitudes and attributes that are essential for a life of dedicated service to the Cause."’

In its Ridvan message, the Universal House of Justice refers to the Holy Year 1992 as “that special time when we shall pause to appreciate the tumultuous record of events which will have brought us to the Centenary of the Ascension of Baha'u'llah and to reflect with due solemnity upon the redemptive purpose of the life of the most precious Being ever to have drawn breath on this planct.’’

In orienting ourselves toward that significant year, we must strive to ‘‘obtain a deeper appreciation of the station and purpose of Bahd’u’ll4h and of the meaning of His mighty Covenant."’ Our teaching of His Cause must focus on our teaching of His station.

This is the time for intense activity. Let us not yet pause in our efforts to share the healing Message of Baha'u'llah. Instead, let us welcome the Holy Year with a truly significant number of new, steadfast adherents to His Cause.

Hugh Chance (second from left), a member of the Universal House of Justice, visited Winfield, Kansas, his hometown, June 1-4, and took part in a@ number of activities inctuding the inauguration with a $1,000 endowment from the Bahd’ts of Winfield of a Hugh Chance Peace Collection in the children’s section of the local public library. Accepting the check from Rick Johnson, a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Winfield, is head librarian

Youth Service Corps: excellent chance

Marcia Ransom as (left to right) Mrs. Margaret Chance and assistant head ! brarian Mary Finney look on. Other activities included radio and newspaper interviews by Mr. Chance, @ press luncheon, a fireside, meetings with the Assembly in Winfield and the Cowiey County Group, and a reception for Behd’ts in the area followed by « fundraiser at which more than $11,000 was raised for the Arc project. (Photo by David Tobias)

for young people to serve Cause full-time

The Bahd’{ Youth Service Corps provides an excellent opportunity for a young Bah4’{ to devote full-time service to the Cause, even before completing a college education, raising a family, or building a career.

The young people involved in this program serve in a variety of ways, including participating in ongoing teaching projects and aiding in social and economic development projects.

Presently, 26 youth are serving at international or domestic posts and will be joined by another 16 by September. Since the first group of volunteers set forth in 1985, 73 youth have served the Faith for a full year through this program.

Once their service is completed,

these Youth Service Corps veterans can be a great resource in their communities, and can be called upon to speak with other youth (and adults) about their experiences.

At the 1988 Bahé’{ International Youth Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, some 320 young people pledged to commit a year to full-time service for the Faith through the Baha’{ Youth Service Corps. So far, only 40 have seized the opportunity to act on that pledge.

All young people who are interested in serving the Faith in this capacity are encouraged to contact Victoria de Leon, Bah&é'{ Youth Service Corps coordinator, at the Baha'i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

Mr. Furdtan

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Local Spiritual Assembiles elected in Estonia, Hungary

On the first day of Ridvan the first local Spiritual Assembly of Tallin, Estonia, was formed.

Elected from a community of 13 Baha’fs were five women and four men including four native-born Estonians and one Russian. Also elected was

Brigitte Lundblade, a Knight of Baha’u'lléh for the Shetland Islands, who was born and raised in Tallin.

Also at Rigvan, the Spiritual Assembly of Budapest, Hungary, was elected for the first time since before World War Il.

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translate and publish in Russian and Asiatic languages Mr. Funitan’s book, Mothers, Fathers and Children.

In Tashkent, the Hand of the Cause visited two elderly Bahaé'{ women and their non-Bahé’{ families. Family members accepted literature about the Faith from him, promising to study it.

From March 30-April 1 Mr. Furiitan visited the 25 Bahd'{s in Samarkand. While he was there two youth from Baku came to see him, and he was able to explain the Teachings in detail.

On April 24, in Leningrad, Mr. Funitan spoke to 36 members of the Society for the Advancement of Peace.

Two days later, in Murmansk, an

item on television welcomed “‘a great personality of the Bahaé’{ Faith, ‘AliAkbar Furitan,"”’ and suggested that viewers watch for an interview at a later date.

On the Ninth Day of Rid¢van, the Hand of the Cause attended a gathering in Moscow that included a performance by a prize-winning violoncellist.

Mr. Furitan and his party arrived in Vienna, Austria, on April 30, and on May 1 he met with about 200 of the friends before his return to the Holy Cand.

The election of the Spiritual Assembly of Moscow was one of a number of such elections held this year in Bastern Europe. Among other local Assemblies elected were those in Chuj, Romania; Tallin, Estonia; and Budapest, Hungary. �[Page 3]The American Bahd’{ / July 1990 / 3 Fund receipts are delayed—but don’t hesitate to give!

The new receipts will be issued as soon as possible. In the meantime, thank you for your patience and understanding!

Office of the Treasurer convenes 50 town meetings

At the request of the National Spiritual Assembly, the Office of the Treasurer, working with local Spiritual Assemblies and members of the Auxiljary Board, has convened nearly 50 town meetings across the country.

Beginning with a gathering May 18 in Los Angeles, by mid-June representatives of the National Assembly had consulted with groups in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida and Mississippi.

“Thé purpose of the meetings is to spark consultation at the local level on the many challenges that face the community at the present time.

“The recently adopted $25 million revenue goal for this year demands a quick start, especially during the summer months,"’ said a member of the ‘Treasurer's Office staff.

“The urgency of the moment,’’ he added, “‘was emphasized by the Uni versal House of Justice in its messages in January and at Ridvan, and America’s own House of Worship projects are about to begin their most impor The reception by local communities has been warm. The friends have expressed their satisfaction with the character of the consultation, which was, in the words of one participant, ‘‘much more meaningful because the National Assembly chose to send a representative rather than aletter. . . . These matters become clearer when one can ask questions and get an answer right there.””

Most participants have expressed a renewed sense of commitment to “take this information back’’ to their local communities for in-depth consultation.

July 9, the anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Bab, has been chosen as the final date for this series of town meetings. At this year’s National Convention, the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears challenged the friends to make a significant contribution to the Arc Fund by that date,

Based on the response so far, however, this may be the start of a more regular schedule of such meetings.

Also at the Convention, David Hofman, retired member of the Universal House of Justice, told the friends that the key to entry by troops in this country may well lic in the willingness of the American Baha'is to embrace the principle of material ‘‘poverty,”’ setting an example of detachment that will carn them the love of their fellow citizens.

Participants in the town meetings have found this observation to be a moving and thought-provoking addition to the consultation, and a spur to a profound re-evaluation of their attitudes toward material means.

“These meetings,"’ a young woman in New Mexico said, ‘‘seem perhaps to be the beginning of a new openness by our National Assembly.

“It’s time for the local communities to take another look at our priorities and the way we set financial goals, and try to make sufe they’re in line with the things going on in the Bahd'{ world.””

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No two ways about It: National Center’s Bulletin Board system a big success

The National Spiritual Assembly was pleased to announce the implementation last August of its newly system, the Bahd’{ National Center Bulletin Board System (BNCBBS).

The system has been serving as a formal electronic communications tool between the various offices and agencies of the National Assembly and the U.S. Bahé’{ community.

The BNCBBS is based on a computer whose sole purpose is to receive

calls from other personal computers throughout the country, displaying menus from which users can either oc! lect or leave information and messages.

The system is designed to disseminate news throughout, and to gather information from, the community. Its intent is also to help facilitate the achievement of the three main goals of the Six Year Plan: (1) a wider extension of Baha’ education to children, youth and adults; (2) the maturation of local Spiritual Assemblies; and (3) entry by

HUQUQU'LLAH “It ts indeed a most excellent favor, a boundless grace vouchsafed unto whosoever is privileged in this day to render service to the Cause of God, for its goodly results and the fruits thereof will last as long as the kingdom of earth

and heaven will endure."'—Bahd'u'lidh

Payments for Huqdqu'lléh should be made to “‘Baha’i Huqiqu’ll4h Trust” and sent to one of the Trustees: Dr. Elsie Austin, P.O. Box 927, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (Tel: 301-589-8481); Dr. Amin Banani, Monica, CA 90402 (Tel: 213-394-5449); Dr. Daryush Rocky River, OH 44116 (Tel: 216-333-1506).

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troops. © Deepening and educating individual Baha'is be facilitated through

ual Bana’ the wealth of information available on the system. Matters that are not already addressed by the prepared textfiles on-line may be handled by users leaving messages for the offices and/or agencies on their menus.

Another aim of the BNCBBS is

that local institutions and agencies of the Faith that are on-line (local Assemblies, DTCs, Groups) should be able to obtain information (guidance, Feast mailings, The American Bahd't, etc.) and disseminate it to all Baha’{s in their areas, eventually decentralizing some of the work done at the Baha’{ National Center.

The following is a summary of significant statistics about the use of the Baha’i National Center Bulletin Board System since its inception in August 1989 (figures as of June 10, 1990).

Since its official implementation the BNCBBS has received 6,152 calls from Bahé'fs around the U.S. Its usersgroup has grown in size from its testgroup of 100 users to 534 users to-date, a 434 percent increase in 10 months of Operation.

On-line surveys of many kinds are available on the system. (Typical surveys handle address changes, community officer changes, requests for Baha'i 1.D. cards, supply orders, etc.) More than 305 such surveys have been completed, allowing immediate and efficient handling of incoming information.

Other BBS activities since August 1989:

Issues of the Bahd'y International

News Service have been read or downloaded 1,370 times.

701 copies of the monthly Feast

mailings have been read or downloaded by users.

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Committee on Women hosts 2nd awards dinner

in western N.Y. state

The Baha'i National Committee on Women returned to western New York state May 19 to host its second annual awards dinner honoring American Indian women and to hold an Indian teaching workshop.

The dinner was held at the Sonnenberg Mansion in Canandaigua, in the beart of the storied land of the Iroquois Indian League of Six Nations.

About two-thirds of the 150 people attending were not Baha'is. A high percentage were American Indians representing nearly a dozen tribes.

On hand to honor eight Iroquois women for their services to humanity were Counselor Jacqueline Delahunt; master of ceremonies Kevin Locke, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly; members of the National Committee on Women; and Baha'is from at least cight states and Canada.

Among the highlights was the presentation of copies of “The Promise of World Peace’’ to three Iroquois chiefs.

One of them, Irving Powless of the Iroquois Onondaga Nation, is also a member of the Lroquois Grand Council, possibly the world's oldest continuous democratically elected governing body

Also receiving the statement was Claire Friedland, president of the U.S. National Council of Women.

Other special guests at the honors dinner included the mayor of Canan See WOMEN page 16

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Paine College president given peace statement Augusta host to Race Unity Conference

People from several racial backgrounds from as far away as Washington state gathered May 19 at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta for a Race Unity Conference sponsored by Bahé’{ communities in Georgia and South Carolina.

In all, about 30 people attended the conference which provided a forum for discussing race unity, identifying problem areas, creating solutions, and faGilitating interactions among people of diverse backgrounds.

A highlight was the presentation of a copy of ‘“‘The Promise of World Peace”’ to Dr. Julius Scott, president of Paine College in Augusta, who was a special guest at the day-long event.

Besides Dr. Scott, the speakers incduded Tod Ewing, a member of the National Teaching Committee; and Carole Miller, co-chairman of the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission.

Also taking part were members of the Baha’{ National Race Unity Committee.

Dr. Scott said he was proud to be at a conference whose goal was race unity, recalling that Paine College itself was ‘‘founded by blacks and whites together" (the co-founders were John Wesley Gilbert, a black bishop, and Lucius Holsey, a white bishop, who started the school to teach recently emancipated slaves following the Civil War).

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Conversing during a Race Unity ConSerence held May 19 at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta are (left to right) Marilyn Greene, a member of the Bahd’ National Race Unity Com “The issues that divide the races," he said, “‘have to do with a lack of dialogue.

“*.. Our concept must be that we are one human family, and demonstrate this in learning and interaction."’

During her talk, “‘Glimpses of Race Unity in Georgia,’ Mrs. Miller re

mittee; Tod Ewing, a member of the National Teaching Committees: onc Dr. James Schear, « Bahd"! from Aw gusta who served as master of cere monies for the event

vealed that Georgia Gov. Joe Prank Harris had named Augusta one of seven cities in the state to serve as models of intercultural ewareness Mr. Ewing spoke at the afternoon session, which was devoted largely \ consultation among participants on creating solutions to problems tha! arise in race relations

Arroyo Grande Bahé’is take part in literacy programs

The Bahdé’{ Group of Arroyo Grande, California (eight adults, one youth) is reaching out to the community through its involvement in a number of literacy programs.

One member is involved in teaching conversational English to 5-8 immi Congress

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1988, result from the continuing demonstration of concern by the international community of which the U.S. government has played an instrumental role."”

Sen. McCain concluded the Senate’s discussion, sayiig in part, “We must communicate to the government of Iran that Americans, and, indeed, all of the ever-expanding free world, consider religious tolerance to be one of the cornerstones of a free society."”

In February, the same resolution was passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 404-0.

It was hailed by House Speaker Thomas Foley as reflecting the “‘deeply felt concern of the U.S. Congress and the American people with the situation of the Baha’{ community in Iran today.”

In the wake of the vote in the House, the UN Human Rights Commission and the UN General Assembly adopted resolutions condemning the repression of Baha'is in Iran.

Following the vote in the Senate, the Second (Social) Committee of the Boonomic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted Draft Decision 22, ‘*Situation of human rights in the Istamic Republic of Iran,"’ without a vote, on May 18

grants from Mexico and Guatemala Another is tutoring three English speaking adults, two of whom represent minority groups, to read and write.

Classes are held in literacy centers where all the tutors are volunteers

The Decision approved the previous resolution of the Commission on Human Rights to extend for another year the mandate of the Special Representative on the human rights situation in Iran and the Commission's request to the UN Secretary-General to give all necessary assistance to the Special Representative.

“For the followers of Bahdé'u"lah

of these extraordinary happenings.

“Let us rejoice, therefore, im the wondrous signs of the beneficence of God’s abounding grace."”

Bulletin board

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The compilation on Baha"! Feasts

has been read or downloaded 148 times. © The collective Ridviin messages of B.E. 144-147 have been read or downloaded 389 times.

To access the BNCBBS, users must have a personal computer, # commun: cations software package, and a 300 1200 or 2400 baud modem.

The BBS phone number is 708-859 0389, and callers should set their soft ware parameter settings for N/8/1 (ne parity, 8 databits, | stop bit). The BNCBBS will accept calls 24 bour & day �[Page 5]The American Bahé'{ / July 1990 / 5

BIC’s Public Information Office makes friends for Falth

ee

For the past year and a half, the Baha’{ International Community’s Office of Public Information (OPI) in New York City has maintained a daunting schedule of events that has successfully cultivated relationships with organizations and individuals whose principles and aims accord with those of the Faith

Included in these activities were the initiation of the Arts for Nature progam in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature UK, held last October at Syon House, London, and prominent participation in founding the International Sacred Literature Trust devoted to bringing together, for the first time, scholars and literary figures from the world’s major religious communities in an effort to produce the most accurate new English translations of their faiths in key texts.

Both of these events were launched by H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

As « contribution to the cultural life of New York, BIC-OPI sponsored in June 1989 an exhibition of the works of the prominent artist, Zsuzsi Raboz, at Lincoln Center. Ms. Raboz’ drawings depict world-famous musicians in performance.

Last September, BIC-OPI and the Office of the Environments were hosts, together with the prestigious Club of Rome, to representatives of the United Nations, non-governmental organizations, and government officials at a day-long seminar held to explore the African perspective on environment and development.

The Earth Day 1990 observances in April, held at the UN General Assembly, involved extensive participation by the Baha’{ International Community as a participating organization.

Most recently, on May 24, a reception was held at the Bahd’{ International Community's offices for Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein, founder and president of the Vienna Academy for the Study of the Future.

The reception was held to introduce individuals and organizations with similar interests to Prince Alfred and the work of the Academy.

Among those attending were the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN, the Chief of the Non-Governmental Section of the UN Department of Public Information, and other representatives of UN offices and NGOs.

The Baha’{ International Community served as Prince Alfred’s host and coordinated his schedule, which included a wide range of meetings with organizations and representatives of international agencies and founda

More than 300 hear Prince Phillip mention Falth

Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein (center), the founder and president of the Vienna Academy for the Study of the Future, was the guest of honor at a recep tion May 24 at the Bahd’t International Community's office in New York City

ons.

In Washington, D.C., a luncheon in his honor hosted by the Institute for International Development was attend. ed by 20 senior policy-makers representing the World Bank, the Interna tional Monetary Fund, and USAID.

Baha’is take part In ‘Caring for Creation’ conference

On May 16-19, the director of the Office of the Environment, Baha'i International Community; a representative of the National Spiritual Assembly; and a Baha’{ from Minnesota attended the “‘Caring for Creation’’ conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the North American Conference on Religion and Ecology (NACRE).

Plans for the conference germinated after Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh and president of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), expressed interest in having an ‘‘Assisi Event for North America’’ as a follow-up to the launching in September 1986 in Assisi, Italy, of the WWF's Network on Con

The Bahd’( International Community's Office of the Environment had this at

servation and Religion.

In October 1987, the Baha’{ Faith became the sixth major religion to join the network.

At the conference in May, more than 300 religious leaders and grassroots activists from the U.S. and Canada gathered to explore the ethical and spiritual dimensions of the environmental threat.

The Bahd’{ Faith, as a member of the WWF's Network on Conservation and Religion, was one of six faiths to have a representative read before the gathering selections from their respective “‘Statements on Nature."’

Also, the BIC’s Office of the Environment created an attractive display

tractive booth at the ‘Caring for Creation’ conference in Washington, D.C.

that drew considerable attention from conference participants.

The Office of the Environment and the National Assembly's representative from the Office of External Affairs took part in various sessions, bringing Baha’{ teachings to bear on the topics discussed.

In addition, the director of the Office of the Environment was introduced to Prince Phillip at a private reception.

Speakers who mentioned the Faith in plenary sessions included Prince Phillip; Mr. Reilly; Muhammad Mahdi, secretary-general of the National Council on Islamic Affairs; and Dr Don Conroy, NACRE president. Prince Phillip also mentioned the Faith during a television interview.

The National Spiritual Assembly looks forward to continued close collaboration with the BIC Office of the Environment as the National Assembly takes part in a series of conferences designed to foster interfaith collaboration on the global questions of development and the environment

The Chinook Learning Center in

Seattle, Washington, will be sponsor- |

ing one such conference, ‘Earth and the S * on October 19-21, with pre- and post-conference institutes on October 19, 22 and 23.

For more information, please write

to Peter Evans, conference director, |

Chinook Learning Center, Box 57, Clinton, WA 98236, or phone 206-321 1884,

With Prince Alfred are Archbishop Renato Martino, Permanent Observer to the United Nations for the Mission o the Holy See, and Feng-Huang (Phoenix) Lee, BIC’s Office af Public Infor mation trainee from Ti

atwen

Among the fruitful results © networking are programs that have been initiated that include Academy collaboration on a program to dev a consensus on global warming a a series of high-level su water quality cr

ris

Volunteers needed to help National Assembly's offices In Wilmette, N.Y. and D.C.

Because the work of the Faith is so widespread and the funds are so ited, volunteers are needed to assist offices of the National Spir sembly in Wilmette, New | and Washington, D.C

If you can volunteer hours weekly during please call the office neares: fer your help. We can off for travel expenses. We need people who can file, answer the tel copy materials, open and distribute mail, and work on various pr

If you are interested i tunity to serve the Faith, please letter or brief resumé to one of lowing:

Lea Mallow, Human Reso ha’i National Center, Wilmet 60091

Cynthia McDaniel, itual Assembly of United States Office of fairs, 1606 New Ha N.W., Washington, DC

Zeena Astaro, US sentative to UN Plaza, Si 10017

| WARNING The National Spiritual

wishes to warn ( | becoming involved

} with Rasul Ali, formerly of Stone Mountain, Georgia. M Al bes been deprived of his Baha’) adminis trative rights for fraudulent be | havior �[Page 6]/ The American Baha'i / July 1990

WRITINGS, COMPILATIONS & REFERENCES

The Hidden Words by Bahd’ w’lldh

The essence of all revealed truth expressed in 153 brief, penetrating meditations. The Hidden Words, revealed by Bah4’u'l4h around 1853,

“stands out as a mighty charter for the salvation of the human soul,’’

writes Adib Taherzadeh.

Baad’ Publishing Trust of the United States

Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Baha

Translated by Shoghi Effendi SC $3.00 Abdu'l-Bah4's Will and Testament, Shoghi Effendi writes, is ‘*the immortal Document’’ from which the Administrative Order of Bah4'u'Il4h “derives its authority"; itis “*The Document establishing that Order, the Charter of a future world civilization, which may be regarded in some of its features as supplementary to no less weighty a Book than the Kitab-iAqdas. " The Will and Testament delineates the major features of the Administrative institutions of the Bah4’{ Faith and ensures the protection of the integrity and unity of the Faith. Back in print, this important document will be invaluable for deepenand studying of the Faith by groups or in individual use. Bahd’| Publishing Trust of the United States

Teaching: The Greatest Gift of God

Extracts from the writings of Baha'u'llah. Abdu’ |-Bahd, and Shoghi Effendi

SC $3.50

In a letter dated March 3, 1977, addressed to all National Spiritual ssemblies, the Universal House of Justice wrote, ‘A study of the compilation will provide the friends with stimulating information on general guidelines to be followed by them when engaged in the teaching work. ... Many will be inspired, after reading the compilation, to cast aside their fears and misgivings and their sense of inadequacy, and will arise to speak forth announcing the glad-tidings of the Kingdom to their fellow-men. . . . Local Assemblies could . . . organize special meetings when texts, such as those included in the compilation, would be studied."*

HC $6.95 / SC $4.95

NEW PUBLICATIONS TO AID IN STUDYING THE FAITH

Logic and Logos Essays on Science, Religion and Philosophy

by William S. Hatcher

SC $9.50

Five essays exploring issues of philosophy and theology such as “*Science and the Bahd’f Faith,"* “*A Logical Solution to the Problem of Evil,”" ‘From Metaphysics to Logic,"* **Myths, Models and Mysticism,"* and ‘*Platonism and Pragmatism."* Using principles of logic and precision based on mathematics, this is an exciting and stimulating book, exploring the interface between formerly mutually suspicious disciplines. Also, it was

adopted as the textbook fora course on science and religion in the Baha", studies program at Landegg Academy, Germany. 5-1/2 x8-1/2 inches; 160 pages, works cited, notes George Ronald, Publisher

ASENSE OF HISTORY

The Role of Women in an Advancing Civilization Bahé’ { Publications Australia

and Association for Bahd' { Studies, Australia

SC $7.00

‘A monograph based on papers presented at the March 26, ! ence of the Association. Includes “Women and Power,”* “The Posison Women in Traditional Vieram,"* "Women in the Legal Profession, “Women, Development, and Peace,"* **Patriarch-Dead or Alive? Where do we go from here?" and “Women in an Advancing C According to the editors, ‘“The presenters successful and concems on the position and role of women and agenda for future exploration. This book is a result o honesty and their concem for the long path we have y that women attain the very highest station in the world c 5-7/8 x 8-1/4 inches; 104 pages, line drawings, photogr Bahd'| Publication: Australia

SS A Bahd@’i Parenting Program From the Marriage and Family Development Committee

SC $3.95

Based on the Bahd'{ writings, this booklet examines issues developing a spiritual atmosphere to nourish chi Arranged thematically, it addresses such topics as" Auract! to spiritual ideals,"* ‘‘Communication and family relationst ily consultation,” “Building a sense of Baha’ identity

- Equality of the sexes."” It provides an opporus

sharing understandings of the guidance available for examining practical issues of Baha’f parenting, and gives parents ax Opportunity to share experiences and to support and encourage each other Designed for a weekend institute or a series of ten deepenings. for couples and moderately-sized groups

Bahé'| Publications Australia

Bah@’t Secretary’s, Chairman’s and Treasurer’s Manuals

Includes many previously unpublished extracts

S-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches, 39 pages Bahd’i Publications Australia

Excellence In All Things

Extracts from the

Bahd' { writings

SC $3.50

Compiled in 1981 by the Baha’ World Center Research Department, this booklet presents texts and extracts that ‘*encourage the friends to attain distinction and excellence in all their undertakings. .. . The Universal House of Justice hopes that the contents of this compilation will guide the friends everywhere in the conduct of their individual lives so that they may follow Bahd'u'lléh's exhortation to distinguish themselves from others through deeds, and that their ‘light can be shed upon the whole earth.’”* Includes previously unpublished extracts.

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A Sense of History

by John Hatcher

HC $21.95 / SC $11.95 In reviewing this book, Roger White, himself a poet, wrote that "*... [uhey are] poems of a high order, well crafted, accessible, powerfully convincing, and resonant with spirit and faith. John Hatcher's range of interests, breadth of vision and depth of compassion are stunning. These are poems of lived experience screened through a sensitive, lively, bracing intelligence, they transfigure and illumine the ordinary, enlarge our perspective and affirm the loftiest human values."*

5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches; 224 pp., list of poems previously published, notes George Ronald, Publisher

A Collection of Selected Words from the Bahd@’t Writings in Persian, Arabic and English Compiled by Hamed Eshraghian SC $12.95 A Collection of Selected Words matches Persian/Arabic words and phrases in selected Bah’ writings with their English equivalents. The first section lists Persian/Arabic words in alphabetical order and provides the translation; the second section lists the English translation and the original Persian/Arabic. Phrases have been included, which facilitates study of the words in context

Though A Collection of Selected Words draws from a limited number of texts, it will facilitate studying the writings in Persian, Arabic, and English. Scholars and students of the Faith researching translation techniques of Shoghi Effendi and other Baha’ { translators will find this book particularly interesting. 8-1/2 x11 inches; 94 pp. English to Persian, 103 pp. Persian to English Published by Hamed Eshraghian

ber ad) ht yourt

SC $3.00 each

‘These booklets were developed in Australia to provide suggestion guidance with relevant extracts from the Bahd'{ writings to assis:

Spiritual assembly, group, or committee officers understand the signifi cance and duties of their roles. For secretaries, very practical advice is

offered on such topics as preparing agendas, recording minutes, writing correspondence, and filing. For the chairman, practical advice is offered

on a variety of topics: facilitating consultation, facilitating making decisions, and chairing different kinds and sizes of Baha"{ meetings. And f the treasurer, practical guidance and suggestions are offered on topics as the distinctive features of the Bah4’{ fund, budgeting. Teporting, and anditing, and developing a basic accounting system

$-112 x 8-1/4 inches, titles vary 12-24 pages

Bahd’( Publications Australia

A CHAMPION BUILDER BOOK Zikrullah Khadem, The Itinerant Hand of the Cause of God: With Love

by Javidukt Khadem

An inspiring biography, Zikrullah Khadem depicts over sixty-one years of service, including his carly life in Iran, marriage and family life, and his appointment in 1952as a Hand of the Cause of God. His intemational travels are chronicled, and his involvement with Bahd’s schools, conferences, and convenons around the world.

Also included are five essays written by the Khadem children, providing a vivid, unique glimpse of family life grounded inthe teach~ ings of the Faith.

HC $24.95 / SC $14.95

An appendix includes leners of remembrance from other Hands of the Cause of God, from Counseiors, from Bahd"{ Institutions, and from many friends. erant Hand of the Cause of God: With Love will inspire readers 10 live their lives as Mr. Kahdem chd—with unwavering commument to the principles of the Baha"{ Fast He muly is a shining example 0! steadfastness, humility, and love 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches; 364 pages Photographs, bibliography

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Documentary on social and economic devel! in Haiti shows how belief in Bah4‘u"ll4h and the application of Bah4"{ principles are transforming daily life in this rural island setting. The fasi-moving 20minute video portrays the successes of rural schools, health care clinics, and economic development projects with use of consultation and other Bah4"f principles

This video will be of particular imuerest to seekers who want w know how the Baha’! Faith can solve social problems.

Co-produced by the National Spirimal Assemblies of Haiti and the United States.

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Hinduism and The Baha'i Faith by Moojan Momen SC $7.95 Most presentations of the Baha’{ Faith are written to appeal to a Wester, Christian, or Islamic point of view. Hinduism and The Baha’{ Faith is different. While directed to those of the Hindu tradition, it also provides a new ive and insights into the Bahé’{ Faith. Dr. Momen examines the Bah4’{ approach to Darshana, Dharma, and Moksha, and significant Hindu prophecies. He also discusses Bahd’{ social teachings, laws, and history, and the Bahd’{ community 5-1/2 8-1/2 inches; 96 pages, references, bibliography, index George Ronald Publisher ne See page 6 for additional publications available from

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A Fireside Aid for Teaching Christians Compiled by Nabil I. Hanna SC $14.95

This collection of quotations from the Holy Bible and Bahd'{ writings was inspired by astatement of

Abdu'l-Bahd: “‘It is very good to memorize the

logical points and the proofs of the Holy books. Those proofs and evidences which establish the fact that Bah4'u'llsh is the fulfillment of the Promise of the Holy book. These proofs aught to be collected and memorized."* Designed asan aid to fireside teaching or deepening classes, the focus is on significant topics often raised during discussions of Christian topics.

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The Baha’t Newsreel Vol. I, No. 2

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The second in a series of quarterly vid Newsreel highlights teaching and dev world, including: Construction of the Arc San Francisco Chinese Symp The Faith in Eastern Europe The First Chair of Bahd' i Studies at the University of Maryla' The Congressional Resolution on Emancipation of Baha’ is Teaching and Development in Guyana and Haitt Teaching through the Arts

Ss, this edition of The Baha’! ind the

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asium and Teaching in Southeast Asia

The Bahd’(Newsreel videos are excellent for use at firesides, community events, or for personal viewing

The Office of the Environment

by the Bahd' { International Community

PA 10/$2.00 - 50/$8.50

This pamphlet, prepared for the public, discusses the Bahd'f International Community's Office of the Environment's focus on trees as a foundation for conservation activities; lists Baha’ { environmental goals and involvement in conservation projects; and states the distinctive world view of Baha’ fs toward the environment.

Bahd't International Community

Man of the Trees

Selected Writings of

Richard St. Barbe Baker Edited by Karen Gridley

SC $12.50

Published with the assistance of the Bahd'{ Intemational Community's Office of Public Information in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. Barbe Baker. A Bahd'{ who was widely known as a forester, | author, and conservationist, St. Barbe Baker = was an early crusader for environmental issues whose importance is only now being recognized. His Baha’ {beliefs were reflected in his actions and are evident in these quotations from his writings Hence this book illumines environmental concerns with a Bah4’{ perspective for those interested in or working on environmental concems

6-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches; 115 pages, photographs, list of sources

Ecology Action

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DISTRIBUTOR INFORMATION-PRICINGTITLES

Publishers Raise Prices The Bahd’f Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom has prices of their materials will be raised 5 to 10 percen are reordered, Bahd"{ Distribution Service prices these hi, costs. jah4"f Publishing Trust of the United States will be raising prices

of some of its materials, effective August 1, 1990. This is an annual pr adjustment to reflect inflation and increased costs ot progucner. and distribution activities.

Don't Blink Music has announced that the cassettes are being raised, most now being $9.00

When the shipment arrived last month Australia, the costs were higher than expe: Australian items are higher than adv venience this may have caused

beadusied

Forthcoming New Titles and Reprints Several new titles are scheduled for publication in late sur fall. Refer/Baha'u'llah is a text indexing and ret compatible computers. Willie and the Number T bree Deo Adventures is a collection of four illustrated stc years of age

Individual Rights and Freedoms in the Worid Orde A Study Guide, was | by a special task

National Spiritual Ass A spe work in progress” exchoor was given to delegates and guests attending the recent National 5 Convention, This revised edition is bemg group or community study

An index for Developing Distinctive Baha Communities bas Ds

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pr and is in productior those who have purchased Developing Distinctive Bab Ues.

The National Race Unity Guide to The Power of Unity. [ fall in time for the annual Associati focus of which will be the elimination of

The Baha’ Publishing Trust is also working on reprir titles in the next few months. They include The Seven Valle Four Valleys, The Secret of Divine Civilization, Some Answered Questions, The Advent of Divine Justice, Baha’! Prayers, The Divine Art of Living, and Marriage: A Fortress for Well-Being

Titles Back in Stock

Bahé’{ Prayers and Holy Writings, SC $2.75 Bahé’u'lléh and the New Era, PS $4.95

Hidden Words and Selected Writings, SC, $2.75

We Are Baha'is, CS $9.00

Let It Be This Generation, CS $9.00

Come On Rise Up! CS $9.00

Baha’{ Falth—Through the Eyes of Young Baha'is, VT Heart of the Lotus, VT $25.00

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Earth Day 1990

your™chidre” 5 be infinitely - ternals™ iS

and loving to 9 par AK gp Bahal |

Cleaning the grounds of a museum in Bahd’ts from Boone and Watauga County, North Carolina, lead the way behind their colorful banner in Boone's Marquette, Michigan. Species Day’ parade. The friends worked closely with the community’s Earth Week committee.

sbut one sunt,

(mankind its iazes

Children proudly display the drawings center by the Bahd’ts community of The Bahd'ts of Sunnyvale, California, observance. Thousands visited done for ‘Earth Day '90’ at the color- Greenville, South Carolina. were the only religious group repre- booth, and many took with them ing booth set up at the local science sented in that community’s Earth Day copies of the peace statement.

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Recycling was the ‘key’ as Bahd's in Largo, Florida, took pert in an Barth Day ‘creature contest

The Bahd'ts of Barrington, Illinots, took part in the community's Earth Day Expo with this booth, The friends gave free plants to the children and had them sign a poster which read ‘I Love My Earth.’ �[Page 9]The American Baha Jul Tr/s

"THE EARTH 15 BUT ONE COUNTRY AND MANKIND ITS CITIZENS.”

-BAHAU'LLAH Bees

The Bahd’ts of Modesto, California, observance with a highly visible booth ple. . .Please’) on the event’s main than 100 copies of the peace statemen took part in the city’s Earth Day ’90 and a banner (‘One Planet, One Peo- stage. The friends gave away more and 20 gallons of free lemona:

"The Earth is but one country and mankind it's citizens’

Baha'i Faith

Mayor Bettye Smith of Sanford, Flo

ride, prociaims April 23 ‘Earth Day 1990’ in Sanford as Bahd'is Payyam Maveddat (left), secretary of the Baad'( Group of Sanford, and Monib Collestan, a member of the Spiritual With the state capitol building in the background, Bahd'ts march in the Earth Day parade in Frankfort, Ken Assembly of Seminole County West, friends also had a booth on the capitol grounds, and Bahd't youth from Louisville and Jefferson County danced as look on. the gala Earth Day program.

O MANKIND ITS CITIZENS

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Bahd'ls stand in front of the Earth Day ledo. About 500 people including a Visitors gather at an Earth Day booth Angeles. M booth set up by the friends in north- U.S. congresswoman and state senator hosted by the Bahd'ts of Santa Clarita, taken along with informe western Ohio for the observance in To- attended the event. California, at Exposition Park in Los _firesides in the Las Angeles arew

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CLASSIFIEDS

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

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

THE INTERNATIONAL Bahé"{ Audio-Visual Centre is seeking a manager for its Video Services Offfice, to be relocated in Wilmette. This office collects, catalogs and selectively distributes video materials from around the world in various languages, providing support to producers, Bahal agencies and communities worldwide. Please direct resumé and/or further inquiries to Dr. Kurt Hein, secretary of the Executive Commitee, IBAVC, Ontario UIT 6L8, Canada, or phone 416-764-2650.

CARETAKERS needed for the Baha'i Center np New York City. Dedicated couple to maintain spodessly clean four-story Center. In exchange for services, will receive apartment on Center's third floor, rear: three rooms, kitchenette, sbower-lavatory. Small stipend possible, if neccary. An opportunity to be part of an active community in the City of the Covenant. Please comtact the Office of the Secretary, Baha’ Center, $3 B. Lith St., New York, NY 10003 (phone 212-674-8998),

CARETAKERS needed for a minimum of one year at the Babé’| Center in Kake, Alaska, a Tlingit Indian village (pop. 800) on a large island. Small Bebé’ community with an inactive Assembly. Employment possibilities may include an opening in the fail for a physician's assistant. For more information about the position, call SEARHC (Southeast Area Regional Health Corporation), 907-966-2411. It would probably be dex not to mention that you are a Bahd"l, or the source of your knowledge. Anyone with experience in addictions would be especially valuable. ‘Other job possibilities may include postal clerk, police officer, day care (could be developed at the Baha’! Center), and dispatcher for a local air taxi service. For more information about this pioneering post, contact the Larsons, Box 312, Kake, AK 99830, or phone 907-783-3323.

PIONEERING (HOMEFRONT)

BOZEMAN, Montana! Par from the maddening crowd. A cultural center in a rural state. Home of Montana State University; for college students and teachers, a land grant university with engineering, liberal arts, education programs and more. For businessmen and women, = overeducated, underemployed work force from which to choose good quality employees. For families, s good school system, safe neighborhoods, many parks. For fun-lovers, good skihiking, wilderness; casy travel to Yellow. the world’s first National Park. Above all, in service to Baha'u'llah. 2 lost Assembly. Contact Mr. ‘or Gail Drong, Bozeman, MT 59715, or phone 406-587 i

1739.

WARNER Robins, « city of 40,000 in central Georgia, needs at least two homefront pioneers 10 consolidate the community and help the local ‘Assembly in its development. Excellent employment opportunities at Robins Air Force Base, at the county hospital, in social services, mental health, and many industries and medical faciliGes in Macon, only 15 minutes away. For more information, contact the District Teaching Committee, c/o Bruce Whitmore, secretary,

St. Simon's Island, GA 31522 (phone 912-634-0658).

PERRY, « lovely city of 12,000 in central Georgia, needs homefront pioneers to consolidate the community and help the local Assembly ‘a its development. There are presently no homefroot ploneers in the community. For informaton about ploneering to Perry, please contact the District Teaching Committees, c/o Bruce

Whitmore, secretary, St. Simon's Island, GA 31522 (phone 912634-0658).

MACON, the largest city in central Georgia (pop. 115,000) has 20 Bahé'is on the rolls and

don, write to Grace L. Vance, Lillian, AL 36349, or phone 205-962-2753.

PIONEERING (OVERSEAS) JOBS avaliable overseas include the following:

practitioner with ER experience. AUSTRALASIA: Marshall Islands—education counselor, ‘Spanish teacher. EUROPE: Soviet Union—pediatric rehabilitation nurses, chefs, food preparation specialists, facilities maintenance personnel, construction workers, Russian language linguist, HVAC specialists, packaging and shipping specialists, power production diesel mechanics, physician's assistant, EMT, SATCOM technicians, supply and logistics specialists, security systems technicians, video technicians, X-ray maintenance technicians. MULTI-REGIONAL: international consultants for USAID health projects, MIS manager, software engineers, program analyst, social marketing specialist, technical proposal writer, international coesultants for programs in rural development, tropical forextry programs officer. Also, the International Executive Service Corps (IESC) has initiated programs providing technical and business management expertise to Poland and Hungary. Programs are planned for Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and the Soviet Union. TESC functions as a network of volunteers who are available for short-term assignments. For more information about any of the above, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd'! National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 708869-9039.

ARCHIVES

THE NATIONAL Bahd'{ Archives is seeking, at the request of the Universal House of Justice, original letters written on behalf of the Guardian to the following individuals: Mary Hanford Ford (died Toledo, OH, 1937), Jacob Forman, Blanche Foster (died Jersey City, NJ, 1957), George Foster, Ruth Foster, Sigsbee Lee Foster, Emma C. Fowler, Samuel Fox, Thea Francis, Brenda Prancke, Gordon Praser, Lee Freedman, Blanche Gagnon, Tom Galt. Anyone knowing family members or relatives who might have these letters from the Guardian is asked to contact the National Bahd'{ Archives, Bahd'i Netional Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or to phone

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News: September 1957; March, September, October 1958; May, June, September, December 1959; April 1960; February, November, December 1961. Anyone having copies they could donate is maked to send them to the National Bah4'{ Archives, Babé'{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 091.

WANTED

WANTED: Chicago Bahd'{ memories. Any years. Your memories or those of your parents or grandparents would be greatly appreciated for a study of Baba’! history in Chicago. To receive a questionnaire for written or audio-recorded responses, please write to Mark Perry, Baha’! World Center, P.O, Box 155, Haifa 31 001, Ls raed,

THE LOUHELEN Bahé'{ School is seeking «

design or logo for a standard-size coffee m

be distributed at the school. The design should reflect the distinctiveness of Bahé'{ schools in fcnerl or Loubelen in particular. Please subi designs on 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper. Your belp is realy appreciated! Subealt dena by August | 10 the Louhelen Baha School, 3208 S. State

Davison, MI 48423 (phone 313-653-5033).

CONFERENCES

‘THE SECOND ennual Green Lake (Wiscontin) Conference Friday Forum will be held September 14. This year there will be three forums

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MISCELLANEOUS

BAHA'I writers: let's associate! Let's form a national network of Babd'{ writers to consider how and what we can contribute to the “‘inten Tod Ewing, a member of the ‘National Teaching Committee, talks with a seek

ting his two-day vist le Bay 40 the Richmond, Virginia, area.

Visit by member of National Teaching Committee gives local efforts a boost In Richmond, Virginia

Teaching in the greater Richmond, Virginia, area—especially among African-Americans—was given a boost May 12-13 when Tod Ewing, a member of the National Teaching Committee, visited the area.

After attending the Brilliant Star Baha’i School on Saturday morning, Mr. Ewing consulted with the Spiritual Assembly of Richmond, then went to Farmville, an hour’s drive away, to visit isolated believers and friends of the Baha’{s.

About 30 people—nearly half of whom were not Baha’ that evening at the YMCA in Richmond for @ program on ‘‘Black Culture, the Baha’i Faith, and the Unity of Mankind.””

Among those who attended were two elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They were brought by a seeker who had called the Baha'i phone weeks before for information and had subsequently received a flier about the weekend 8 activities.

Some of those who attended the program have expressed an interest in coming to firesides, while others have asked for literature about the Faith.

On Sunday morning, members of the greater Richmond Bahd’{ community consulted with Mr. Ewing about teaching.

He assured them that through con sultation, prayer, deepening and becoming more focused through the “‘institute’” approach to teaching, they would find the strength and direction needed to attract more African-Americans to the Cause.

U.S. Institute of Peace Invites men and women to compete for fellowships

The United States Institute of Peace invites qualified men and women to compete for three types of fellowships offered by the Institute’s Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace.

These fellowships enable outstanding professionals and scholars to undertake research and education projects that will increase knowledge and spread awareness among the public and policy-makers on topics that concern the sources and nature of violent international conflict and the full range of ways to end or prevent conflict and to sustain peace.

For more information about the program, or to receive a nomination or application form, contact:

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Ensefianza mas alla de la declaraclén

“El propdsito de la ensefanza no std completo cuando una persona declara que ei ha aceptado a Bahd'u'lidh como la Manifestacién de Dios para éte época; el propdsito de la enseflanza © ef de atraer a los seres humanos al Mensaje divino y asi infundirios con su espiritu de modo tal, que ellos se dediquen a su servicio, y este mundo lleque

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A menudo, las personas aceptan a la Causa de Bahd’u'lldh, aun cuando ellos han aprendido sola una fraccién de lo que hay que saber de la mds reciente de la Revelacién de Dios.

Mientras que ellos creen en Baha’u’llah como la Manifestacién de Dios para este dia y estén informados, en forma basica, acerca de las Figuras Centrales, principios, leyes y la admin Conferencia Nacional Hispana en Los Angeles

Una conferencia dirigiéndose al crecdmiento y desarrollo de los hispanos dentro de la comunidad Baha’{ patroGinada por las asambleas espirituales de Los Angeles y San Fernando, en colaboracién con el National Teaching Committee, se llevard a cabo los dias 14-16 de septiembre en el Centro Baha’l de Los Angeles.

EB) objetivo de la conferencia es de ayudar a los Bahé’is hispanos—recién deciarado y veterano—en el fortalecimiento de su identidad Baha’{ en la co Conferencia Nacional Hispana National Hispanic Conference

Centro Baha’ de Los Angeles Los Angeles Baha’{ Center * September 14-16, 1990

Tema: “Raices Indi; Theme: “Indi

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munidad, formulando un plan para al canzar el pueblo hispano, y desplegar una base para la trasformacién individual y collectiva.

La conferencia se titula ‘‘Raices Indijenas . . . Misién de Gloria." Se ofreceran talleres sobre temas como: El Convenio, Administracién Baha’{, Participacién Universal, y Alcanzando al pueblo hispano. Una fiesta cultural © presentard con bailes, musica y drama.

+ Septiembre 14-16 de 1990

Misién de Gloria” .. Glorious Mission”

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istracién que ellos deben seguir, ellos, tal vez, ain no entienden, por ejemplo, porque es importante leer la Palabra Creativa diariamente o reunirse con otros creyentes para comenzar el proceso de construirse una comunidad Baha’t.

Los maestros quienes atraen a los individuos hacia la Fé tienen la responsabilidad de sequirles ensefiando atin después de sus ingresos.

Atravéz del apoyo y la guia afectuos0s, los nuevos creyentes son capacitados para levantarse, como nuestros companeros en el servicio de la Causa.

“La consolidacién” es un termino comin, utilizado para describir a ese aspecto vital de la ensefianza que asiste a los creyentes a profundizarse en sus conocimientos y entendimiento de las Ensefianzas, y fortalece sus enlaces de devocién con Baha'u'llah y su Causa.

Una consolidacién exitosa resulta en los nuevos creyentes: desarrollandose espiritualmente, ensefiando a la Fe a otros, y contribuyendo al funcionamiento de la comunidad Baha’{ y a sus instituciones administrativas.

Nuestras presentaciones iniciales de la Fe nos da una oportunidad para establecerse los senderos de la profundizacién y del servicio.

De importancia particular es que los nuevos creyentes sean introducidos a sus responsabilidades de la oracién, de la lectura de los Escritos, y la de comunicarle a otros de su encuentro con su nueva Fe.

Ademés de ensefiar la Fe, los nuevos creyentes podran: visitarse con las familias de otros nuevos creyentes y discutir acerca de pasajes especificos de las Escrituras; instruiries a los nifios oraciones y canciones; animar a otros creyentes para asistir a las reuniones Bahd'fs.

Los caminos a seguir hacia la profundizacién y el servicio pueden desarrollarse en forma muy efectiva a travéz de los institutos de ensefianza.

Mientras que los actos de servicio realizados por los nuevos creyentes sean sencillos, y apoyado al principio por los maestros, el instituto puede ayudar los nuevos creyentes a desarrollar el conocimiento necesario para progresarse hacia los caminos variados del servicio, los que ellos atravesaran eventualmente en forma individual.

Esta responsabilidad de nutrir al nuevo creyente, existe atin cuando su ingreso sea el resultado de los esfuerzos de un individuo, de una comunidad, o como el resultado de un proyecto de enseflanza en masa.

Cuando un buscador se convierte en un creyente, atravéz de la asociacién personal con un Baha’ individual, es la responsabilidad del maestro ascgurar de que este buscador se transforma en un trabajador, firme y activo de la Fe.

El maestro podra lograr esto, acompafiandole al nuevo Baha’ a las clases de profundizacién, por ejemplo, o, si el nuevo creyente no reside cerca del maestro, atravéz de una correspondencia amenuda.

Si las personas se hacen Baha’{s atravéz de un esfuerzo comunitario, como en el caso de una serie de reuniones publicas, la Asamblea, 0 el grupo, debe tener, ya claborada, un plan de accién para asisitirlos en convertirse en miem trabajo de la ensefianza continua cuando los Bahé’is han sido inscritos como di resultado de un esfuerzo de ensefianza en masa (como en el caso de un proyecto de ensefianza directa, o de puerta & puerta).

Aquellos quienes han aceptado « la Fe através de un proyecto de ensefianza en masa deben tener la oportunidad de profundizarse. Unas de las maneras en que esto puede realizarse som: por medio de la planificacién de un circuito de maestros viajeros, por la iniciacion de los institutos de ensefianza, la cciebracién de las escucias de veramo y de invierno, la diseminacién de la liters tura Baha’, o por la organizactOe de cursos especiales de estudio para los nuevos creyentes.

Muchos de nuestros esfuerzos en pasado, especialmente aquellos que utilizdron la ensefianza en masa, han tenido exito en la inscripcién de nuevos creyentes, sin embargo, estos esfuerzos no nos han provisto con un incremento en el ndmero de compafieros y trabajadores activos para la Causa.

Esto ocurre, primordiaimente, como resultante del hecho de que el proceso de la ensefianza (proceso que involucra la atraccién de las almas receptivas @

mantuvo un balance entre la expansion y la consolidacién.

La importancia de la consolidacién de los nuevos creyentes sera cada vez mas evidente a la medida que nos acercamos al proceso de la entrada por tropas.

Sin el apoyo de los nuevos miembros, nosotros quienes servimos a la Causa en nuestro nimero actual, no

yentes para que se desarrollan y liegan a ser Baha’is maduros y activos en desenvolvimiento del Orden Mundial de Baha'u'llah.

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California Bahé'l founder of non-profit ‘Mothers for Race Unity and Equality’

In an effort to promote race unity and equality in local schools, LeNise Gaertner, a Baha’{ from Colton, California, has founded ‘Mothers for Race Unity and Equality.”"

The non-profit group has about 100 members from San Bernardino, River A newspaper article about Mrs. Gaertner’s efforts appeared April 28 in the Inland Empire Sun.

Resources avallable

Citizen Diplomacy resources are available from the Office of Pio neering, Bahd'{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-8699039).

News In brief

Chinese teaching accelerates In New York

Chinese teaching has gathered momentum in New York City thanks to a recent influx of traveling teachers and new Bahd’is that has created an exciting catalyst for greater efforts in that area.

Among the visitors were Farzam Kamalabadi, a pioneer to Macau, and Phoenix Lee, who was on temporary assignment to the Baha’{ International Community from Taiwan.

One of the city’s newest Baha'is is Philip Chu, whose family came from Shanghai and who attended the Chinese Symposium in San Francisco in March,

On May 12-13, Mr. Kamalabadi presented a talk on teaching, gave a deepening class, spoke at the regular Sunday public meeting, and gave a presentation to more than 25 Chinese students at Columbia University, hosted by the university’s Baha’! Association.

Mr. Kamalabadi, who has been in Macau for four years, was encouraged by the National Spiritual Assembly to travel and teach in the U.S., sharing his experiences in teaching the Chinese.

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summer.

July-August.

SUMMER EVENTS OVERSEAS Alaska: Northern Star Baha’{ Project. Need for traveling teachers to aid in the teaching work in the Aleutian Island chain villages, June-August. Barbados: Caribbean Baha’{ Youth Conference, August 10-12. Retired persons to help with Archives, ongoing. Bahamas: Summer Youth Teaching Project, July-August. Belize: Mirza Mihdi Teaching Project, Phase 2, June 13-August 20. Botswana: “‘Star '90’’ Summer/Winter Youth Project, July-August. Brazil: Ongoing ‘‘Education for Peace’’ project. Canada: Yukon Bahd’{ Institute, ongoing. Five International Youth Conferences: “‘An Environment of Peace,’’ various dates. Dominica: Summer School, August; ‘Sparks of Peace’’ Youth Project,

Eastern Europe: Summer projects in several countries.

Fiji Islands: Radio communications volunteer needed to help produce radio programs to help deepen local believers; ongoing.

Grenada: Mona Teaching Project, July 21-August 5.

Guatemala: Project Quiche, urgent need for Spanish-speaking teachers to help reach the Maya Quiche Indians; ongoing.

Haiti: Intensive deepening and teaching effort in Jacmel and on Cayemite,

Jreland: Irish Summer School, July 28-August 5, Malawi: Baha’{ International Summer School, December 21-27. Mexico: Teaching projects in central and southern areas, July-August.

Norway: Norwegian Summer School, July 22-29. Ongoing teaching and consolidation in the Lofoten Islands, Alta and Spitebergen.

Pakistan: Asian Youth Conference, October 17-20.

Puerto Rico: Brilliant Star Project, mass teaching; ongoing.

Swaziland: Social and economic development project, ongoing.

Honor Dinner, held last November 11 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as the focal point for a weekend of teaching

On the anniversary of the Birth of Bahd’u'll4h, Mr. Chief Eagle led social dancing for more than 125 people, including many Native Americans, at an event sponsored by the Bahd'{ Club at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,

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The Baha’{ International Health Agency (BIHA) has issued a call for papers for a seminar to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in November, as a prelude to the annual Conference of the Association for Baha’i Studies.

The seminar will explore the role of physicians, how cultural and institutional demands have shaped that role, and how they have affected, positively and negatively, the ‘‘doctor-patient"’ relationship.

Please submit papers before August 15 to the Baha’{ International Health Agency office, 4265 Ste. Catherine St. West, Westmount, Quebec H3Z 1P7, Canada.

Michael Fitzgerald, a Bahd’{ from Winchester, Virginia, is to be nominated for the National Book Award this year for his Bah’{-based booklength poem, New World Suite, which is available from Kalimat Press.

Mr. Fitzgerald, who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1989, has been @ poetry consultant for Warner Brothers Films, was visiting poet at Earlham (Indiana) College, and has studied

Ploneering Office can help those who study abroad

Are you interested in studying abroad? The Office of Piggzaan

has resource information and a listing of some of the U.S. colleges that sponsor international academic programs.

For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’{ National Center, Wilmette, TL 60091, or phone 708-869-9039.

The Maxwell International Bahd’{ School in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, is accepting applications and inquiries about its service program for the academic year (August-June).

The school needs a number of mature youth and older Bahé'is who would like to serve the Faith by offering their skills and talents in such areas as kitchen, grounds, custodial, maintenance, and office work.

There are three categories of service:

1. You pay the complete cost of your year of service including room and board.

2. Room and board are provided.

3. Room, board and a small monthly stipend are provided

‘There are always Opportunities to interact and serve the students through extracurricular activities; however, the main focus is to fulfill the work required in one’s assigned area of responsibility.

Those who apply must realize that the school is striving to create a new race of men and women; therefore, many of the standards that are seen as the norm in society at large are not the norm in the Maxwell community.

The Maxwell School welcomes inquiries. Please make them to:

Maxwell International Bahd’{ School, Bag 1000, Shawnigan Lake, B.C. VOR 2WO0, Canada. Phone: 604 743-7144; Fax: 604-743-3522

The dates for the Nebraska Baha’{ Summer school which appeared

in the May issue of The American Bahd’f (p. 21) are incorrect. The correct dates are August 17-19. We regret the error.

Switzerland: Ongoing teaching projects in St. Gallen, Lucarno and Lausanne. Bicycle Tour for Peace to promote Bahd’t principles on peace and the protection of the environment, August. Landegg School sessions: Personal Transformation (English), August 6-12; Personal Transformation (French), August 12-18; The Revelation of Baha’u'll4h (English), August 18-25; Certification Program in Bahd'{ Studies (English), Year 1, July 29August 26, Year 2, August 5-26; Persian Literature, Arts and Music (Persian), August 27-September 2.

In addition to the above, there are ongoing teaching and consolidation projects in the following countries: Belize, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Hong Kong, Korea, Martinique, Peru, Trinidad, the USSR, and Zimbabwe.

For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 708-869-9039.

American Indian Ploneering Institute set In August

An American Indian Pioneering Institute will be held August 3-5 at the | Baha’{ National Center in Evanston, Illinois.

‘The Institute has been created to answer the needs of those friends who are presently planning to pioncer on Reservations or in areas where large Indian populations reside.

“Nor should any of the pioneers . . . overlook the fundamental prerequisite for any successful teaching enterprise, which is to adapt the presentation of the fundamental principles of their Faith to the cultural and religious backgrounds, the ideologies, and the temperament of the diverse races and nations whom they are called upon to enlighten and attract."

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We invite anyone interested in taking part in this Institute to contact the Office of Pioneering as soon as possible by calling 708-869-9039, te ate |

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Right photo: Hong Foo demonstrates his painting techniques during the Asian Teaching Conference held May 11-13 at the Louhelen Bahd’t School. Participants came from around the Midwest to discuss the methods and importance of teaching and consolidation among those of Asian background. Speakers included Phouc Banh (Vietnamese), Dy Bun (Khmer), Khamphai Keosavang (Laotian), True Zang (Hmong), Hong and Sally Foo (Malaysian Chinese), Jene Bellows, Bob Clune, Lisa Mandeville, Sarah Rosenthal and Joan Williams. Annette Prosterman, Southeast Asian teaching coordinator for the National Teaching Committee, gave the keynote talk and convened the sessions. The Louhelen Council plans to sponsor a similar conSerence next May. Left photo: Some of those attending the Asian Teaching Conference gather for a group picture.

Cultural, racial diversity hallmark as Houston Bahé’ls hold Race Unity Day picnic at local park

Cultural and racial diversity was the hallmark of a Race Unity Day picnic held June 10 at a city park in Houston, Texas.

The event was planned and sponsored by the Institute for the Healing of Racism, a socio-economic development project made up of Bahd’{s from greater Houston and nearby communities.

The picnic was publicized in a number of newspapers including an article, the day before, written by columnist Robert Newberry of the Houston Post who attended the event.

Among others attending were a staff member of the city’s other major newspaper, the Houston Chronicle; a judge and city councilwoman who also heads the mayor’s committee on race relations; the founder of a well-known Houston adult non-credit education Program; and the founder of another group in Houston dealing with race relations, a group with whom the Institute has collaborated on occasion.

Through its work, the Institute is becoming regarded as a resource with which to network in finding solutions to the city’s racial problems.

Many Baha’is brought friends, anda number of people came in response to media coverage. Visitors included people from Nicaragua, Ethiopia, India, China and Jordan. There were many opportunities to teach the Faith in Spanish to Spanish-speaking seekers.

A number of guests went home with Bahd’{ literature; some said they would like to attend a similar event and would invite many friends to the next one.

As a part of the program, the Houston Baha’{ Youth Workshop performed songs and dances related to excerpts from the Writings and the peace statement, all focusing on the oneness of mankind and the elimination of prejudice.

The performance, held in front of the zoo, attracted a number of people in the park who had not been attending the picnic.

The Institute is also conducting weekly meetings at the Bahd'{ Center entitled ‘Dialogue: Racism." The chairwoman of the mayor's committee on race relations plans to attend these meetings herself, or to send a representative from her office.

Black Family Summit Conference Invites papers

The National Spiritual Assembly would like to inform the Baha’{ community of an opportunity to submit papers to the fifth annual National Black Family Summit Conference to be held in March 1991 in Columbia, South Carolina.

The theme is ‘‘The Black Family: Social, Economic and Development Issues."

The conference, co-sponsored by the University of South Carolina's College of Social Work and the Urban Leagues of South Carolina, has become a major convocation of scholars, professionals and others concerned with the black family. Attendance at this year’s conference was more than 1,100.

The Baha'is of Columbia have culti ence, and see a strong Bahd'{ presence 8 @ means to place the Faith before people of capacity while offering its remedies to spiritual and social prob lems.

A Bahd’{ information booth, set up this year, was the only non-commercial, non-government agency display.

Baha'is interested in submitting papers should send abstracts by October 1 to Dr. Augustus Rodgers, National Black Family Summit, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. His telephone number is 803-777-4309 or 803-777-5291.

It is recommended that submitters not mention being Baha’{s unless it is pertinent to their papers.

Selected papers to be presented will be announced in December. Academic credentials are not a requirement, although most speakers have been associated with universities or have job titles in social services.

For more information, phone the Spiritual Assembly of Columbia, 803776-6121.

National Assembly offers guidelines on letters to newspapers about Faith

There are many things happening in the world to which Baha'is may want to respond. It is natural for Baha’{s to be moved by dramatic events in world affairs and by local symptoms of humanity’s ills.

The National Spiritual Assembly encourages individual Baha’is and local Spiritual Assemblies to write letters to the editors of their local newspapers which correlate the teachings of the Faith to the problems of the world.

Baha’is can write about the root problems of the world, identify the spiritual principles involved, and encourage humanity to be guided by these principles.

However, the National Spiritual Assembly wishes to remind the friends that their letters should be reviewed by the local Spiritual Assembly in the locality where the newspaper is published before submitting them to the newspaper.

Of course, individuals are free to write letters to publications to express their personal views if they do not identify themselves as Baha'is, imply that they represent the Faith or the Baha’, community, or discuss the Bahd’{ Faith. Though such letters do not need to be reviewed by the local Assembly, there can be benefits to consulting the Spiritual Assembly about one’s letter.

Also, it may be difficult for Public Information Representatives and other Baha’{s who frequently speak on be half of the local Baha'i community to express personal opinions without be. ing perceived as giving an official Baha'i view.

The National Spiritual Assembly wants to remind the friends that local Spiritual Assemblies, Baha'i Groups and individual Baha'is should mor write letters to national publications, national electronic media or nationally prominent people about matters per taining to the Faith without the permission of the National Spiritual Assembly.

Such communication is important for the coordination of Baha'i reiations with the media and prominent People.

Permission can be sought through the National Assembly's office in Washington, D.C. Write to the Baha’! Office of External Affairs, 1606 New Hampshire Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20009, or phone 202-265-8830.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

August 3-8: General session (adults, youth, children), Louhelen Baha’{ School. ‘‘Healing Ourselves, Healing Society’ (Holly Hanson Vick);

August 4-5: American Indian Homefront Pioneering Institute, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, Illinois.

August 5-12: Lydia Zamenhof Project, ‘‘Peace Through Communication,”” Warsaw, Poland. For information, contact the Office of Pioneering, Bahd’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

August 6-10: Young Writers’ and Illustrators’ Workshop, Syivan Lake Baha’i Center, Alberta, Canada. Presenters: Deborah Bley, editor, and Rita Leydon, former art editor, Brilliant Star magazine. Fees: $30 registration, $8/night in a cabin, $12/day for food. To register, contact Syivan Lake Bahd’{ Center, Gen. Delivery, Syivan Lake, Alberta, Canada TOM 120.

August 10-12: Caribbean Bahé‘{ Youth Conference, Barbados.

August 17-22: General session (adults, youth, children), Louhelen Bahd’{ School. “‘Growing Spiritually” (Betsy Haynes); ‘Prayers and Meditations”

”: Agricultural Seminar, Louhelen Bahé’{ School. For information, contact the school at 3208 S. State Road, Davison, MI 48423, or phone 313-653-5033.

August 30-September 2: Special Visit program (regular, without special children’s program), Bahé’{ House of Worship, Wilmette, Illinois. For details and information, phone 708-256-4400.

August 31-September 2: Pioneer Training Institute, Louis Gregory Baha’i Institute, Hemingway, South Carolina.

August 31-September 3: National Teaching Committee Conference on Growth, Lincolnwood, Illinois. For information, phone 708-869-9039.

August 31-September 3: Homecoming Weekend, Louhelen Bahd’{ School. Traditional weekend of music, fellowship, food and fun featuring Do'ah, talks by Dwight Allen and alumni, others.

September 2: ‘‘Project South Carolina’’ Victory Conference, Louis G. Gregory Baha’{ Institute, Hemingway.

September 6-9: Second annual Story-Telling Festival, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, commemorating ‘Abdu'l-Bahd’s visit in 1912. Main story-tellers: Counselor Robert Harris and ‘Aziz Yardi (Mr. Yazdi grew up in the household of*Abdu’l-Baha). The event marks the 90th anniversary of the Faith in

are invited to a “‘homecoming.’’ For registration information, contact Linda Brown, P.O. Box 592, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602, or phone 303-S4S2558 or 303-945-9144.

September 14-16; 31st annual Green Lake (Wisconsin) Bahé’{ Conference. Confirmed speakers: Counselors Robert Harris and William Roberts; Dr. Robert Henderson, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly; Mildred Mottahedeh. For program information only: Sharron Holder,

Cedarburg, WI 53012 (phone 414-375-2335). For housing registration: American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, W1 54941 (phone 414-294-3323 or 800-558-8898). For non-adult program information and sign-up: Laurie Kautz, 608-592-5612. For Friday Forum pre-registration: Carolyn Malouf, (Cedarburg, WI 53012.

September 14-16: National Hispanic Conference, Bahé’{ Center, Los Angeles, California. Theme: “‘Raices Indijenas . . . Mision de Gloria’’ (Indigenous Roots . . . Glorious Mission). For information, contact the Los Angeles Bahd'{ Center, 5755 Rodeo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90016, or phone Angelica Huerta, 213-933-8291 (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. PDT).

September 21-23: ‘‘Peace Fest ’90,"" Louis G. Gregory Baha’ Institute,

giewood Park (California) Cemetery. For information, contact the ThornIntercommunity Committee, 1811 Mt. Shasta

October 17-20: Asian Youth Conference, Lahore, Pakistan. Theme: “The Role of Asian Youth in the Establishment of the Lesser Peace."’ For information, contact the National Youth Committee, P.O. Box 531, Lahore, Pakistan.

October 21: Founding Day celebration, Louis G. Gregory Baha'i Institute, Hemingway, South Carolina. Phone 803-558-5093.

November 9-11: 15th annual Conference of the Association for Babi

doubles available); otherwise, $20 charge for rollaway cots). Reservation number: 1-800-843-6664. Airline: Delta. (Phone 1-800-221-1212, ask for Special Meetings Network, specify Baha’{ Studies conference). Registration

information: Association for Baha'i Studies, | Ontario, Canada KIN 7K4 (phone 613-233-1903).

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