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Pacific Coast Baha'i Youth Conference = commitment

getic entertainment, and a multitude of service

By Tom MENNILLO

They gave their hearts to Bahd’u’Il4h at the Pacific Coast Baha'i Youth Conference in

Bellevue, Washington.

The more than 700 children, youth and adults who took part in the conference May 28-31 wrote on heartshaped pieces of paper their commitments to winning

the goals of the Three Year Plan.

But it was more than their time, energy and talents

they were pledging.

“T would like to sacrifice every fiber of my being,” wrote one youth. “Whatever is asked of me, I will do

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Wrote another, “My life, my possessions—everything I have—is Bah4’u’ ll4h’s. My obedience is to

Baha'u'llah.”

The Three Year Plan commitments highlighted a Memorial Day weekend filled with inspirational speakers, informative teaching workshops, ener projects.

The Spiritual Assembly of King County Northeast sponsored the conference, with financial support from other Assemblies and from registrations.

The conference’s focus on teaching was the result of consultation among Seattle-area youths who had at— tended the second Baha’f World Congress.

Faced with the choice of presenting a youth conference

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From Rio Baha'i presence helps delineate focus To THE Caprrots Of national conference on environment

By Tom MENNILLO

The 1,600 people arriving in Louisville, Kentucky, in May for a national conference on sustainable development could be forgiven if they feared the environmental forum might amount to all talk and no action.

Not that the ingredients weren’t present for “From Rio to the Capitols: State Strategies for Sustainable Development” to break new ground.

After all, the conference, held May 2528, was to be the first large-scale discussion of environmental concerns held s last year's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

It also promised to bring to the table all levels of government along with non-governmental organizations, business leaders, environmental groups and individuals.

But could such disparate constituencies look past their own interests and find a common ground on which to debate the issues?

The Bahd'f contribution to the conference provided a vision of unity by advancing unequivocally the principle of the oneness of humanity.

In two keynote speeches to a workshop panel on “Environmental and Economic Equity,” Robert C. Henderson, secretary-general of the National Spiritual Assembly, reoriented the participants’ consultation by framing economic and environmental issues in terms of social justice and the unity of humankind.

Complementing the points made in Mr. Henderson's speeches, a Baha’f exhibit titled “Race Unity: America’s Key to Sustainable Development,” demonstrated that the promotion of race unity must be at the heart of local, state and national strategies for sustainable development if they are to






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be successful.

From Rio To THE CapiToLs

The Louisville conference was conceived as a follow-up to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)—better known as the Earth Summit.

Dr. Lilialyce Akers, a member of the United Nations Association of Kentucky who had attended UNCED, approached Goy. Brereton Jones with the idea of a conference that would help people understand how they could apply the goals enunciated in the Earth Summit at the local, state and national levels.

He agreed, and plans were laid to hold the meeting in the Ohio River city of Louisville.

The Baha’is became involved in recognition that this was to be a “watershed” opportunity to take the Earth Summit’s goals and “make it happen in our communities,” according to Lawrence E. Arturo of the Baha’{ International Community Office of the Environment.

After consultation with Auxiliary Board member Sam McClellan, the National Spiritual Assembly's office in Washington contacted Baha'is in Louisville and Frankfort, Kentucky, who had heard of

the conference and were interested in supporting the National Assembly's involvement. e

One Bah4’{, David Rome of the Kentucky Division of Water, was forming a conference panel on environmental and economic equity.

Mr. Henderson was invited to define the issues in keynote addresses opening the two sessions of that panel.

SOciAL JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT The secretary-general, in his talks, out lined for participants the relationship between race unity and sustainable develop See ENVIRONMENT page 13


Baha'is in N. Carolina use ‘team approach’

to teach concepts of race unity, stimulate progress in resolving ‘most challenging issue’


Anidea borrowed from the past has helped the Baha’is of North Carolina stimulate race unity activity there.

Bob James, an African-American, and Chuck Egerton, a European-American, have been traveling the state’s highways and byways as a team to work with Baha’ fs and non-Baha’ is alike toward progress on the “most challenging issue.”

The interracial team approach recalls the teams of race amity workers created by Shoghi Effendi in 1931. Two teams were formed at that time to teach the Cause throughout the South.

One of those teams, comprised of Chauncey Northern and Phillip Maran— gella, traveled to Washington, D.C., Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The other, made up of Louis G. Gregory (who was posthumously named a Hand of the Cause of God) and Willard McKay, traveled to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio.

The 1930s race amity teams met with great success and reported no incidents of ill treatment, even though they traveled and ate together and they often shared the same room—amidst a hos


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tile racial climate.

Mr. James and Mr. Egerton were appointed in October 1992 to be “co-promoters of race unity” in North Carolina as assistants to Dr. Jean Scales, Auxil. iary Board member for propagation.

They were given the responsibility of educating, encouraging and inspiring the more than 80 Baha’ { communities in North Carolina to combat racism and promote race unity. They also have become a resource and adviser to groups outside the




Jean Scales (second from left) and Sam McClellan in Durham at the time of their appointment as ‘co-promoters of race unity’ in North Carolina.


Faith.

Explaining the major points they emphasize with Baha’{ communities, Mr. James said, “We must simultaneously work to eliminate any last vestige of unaware racism and prejudice from within the Baha’{ community while at the same time we ‘assail the longstanding evils that have entrenched themselves in the life of the nation’ [Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine

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Justice, p. 34).

“If we can come to really know one another and gain a true spiritual intimacy, we will then be able to increase and maintain people of color in the Faith,” he said.

Both Mr. James and Mr. Egerton say they have been amazed at the effects of working as an interracial team, and they encourage Baha’ fs around the country to form similar alliances.

“Tt has been a wonderful way to educate one another and become aware of subtle and unconscious attitudes of superiority and suspicion within a safe and trusting relationship,” said Mr. Egerton. “We hope to embody the fact that race unity is possible and inevitable.”

Among the team’s accomplishments to date are the conferences it has co-sponsored: one for members of the six Institutes for the Healing of Racism in North Carolina, and one for more than 180 Baha’ fs from three states.

Mr. James and Mr. Egerton frequently travel to advise and help communities with deepenings, planning activities, and finding resources and materials. Most recently, they compiled an extensive report on race unity activities in North Carolina to help communities network and inspire each other.

The two men also are deeply involved with race unity activities in their own communities with both Baha’fs and nonBaha’ is.

“The need for informed and prepared Bahd’fs to assist non-Baha’{ groups on this issue increases daily,” said Mr. Egerton. “In this climate of increasing racial tension we hope to train Baha’ fs to facilitate discussions and apply the Baha’{ principles of ju: and the oneness of humanity with groups outside the Faith.”

Mr. James added, “We have taken to heart the call to form a ‘national movement’ for race unity made in a recent letter from our National Spiritual Assembly.

“As requests from outside groups and agencies increase,” he said, “we encourage Baha’ { communities to educate themselves on combating racism and building race unity so that they may be informed and vital resources on this issue, to better dispense the healing and unifying message of Bahd’u’ lah to a hurting humanity.

“We believe that North Carolina is making a significant contribution to the national race unity movement,” he said.

North Carolina race unity activities during the Holy Year that were highlighted in their report include:

  • An eight-week evening class at

Randolph Community College in




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Asheboro called “Overcoming Racism: A Dialogue” that was based on outlines from the Institute for the Healing of Racism.

¢ A city-wide meeting in Asheville on “A Vision of Race Unity” sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Buncombe County to create a task force on race unity.

+ A Unity Gospel Sing choir in Boone consisting of 70 diverse people, including Bahd’fs, that plans to continue singing throughout the year.

+ A plan by Carrboro Baha’ fs to network with other groups in the city.


+ An Institute for the Healing of Racism in Charlotte.

  • Use of public access cable television in

Durham to explain the principles of the Faith and the focus on race unity.

  • Participation by Baha'fs from

Cumberland County and Robeson County in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day march in January.

  • A “Models of Unity” project in

Greensboro.

  • Contacts with the African-American

community in Hendersonville through the Ministerial Alliance. Plans for a Commu nity Unity Day have resulted from the consultations.

  • Promoting race unity and the oneness of humanity at a junior high school

in Hillsborough.

+ Involvement in the “Life Group” organization for interracial couples in Raleigh.

  • A performance by singer/composer

Mary Davis at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day banquet in Tarboro that was attended by more than 400 people.

  • Dialogues on race unity at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, with

participation by students and clergy.


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or engaging in special teaching acities, they decided to do both at one time.

Conference workshops dealt with the themes of teaching the se “in 20 seconds to two hours”; becoming active in the Baha’ fcommunity; becoming active in the wider community; starting and running continuous fireside cycles; and the power of teaching through example.

Participants wearing the conferenceT- became a familiar sight in the ity of the headquarters Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue.

The manager of a nearby Mc— Donald’s was so impressed by the conduct of the “heavenly angels” who came into the restaurant that they were given discounts good the next day.

Thus fortified, the participants threw themselves into service projects that included feeding the homeless; giving blood; conducting a paper and aluminum drive, with proceeds going to charity; cleaning streets and parks; presenting a free dance performance in a park; and collecting books for prison inmates.

Then came their dramatic response to a call by Dawn Haghighi, a member of the National Teaching Committee, to arise during the Three Year Plan.

Nine young people committed themselves to travel to China. Others said they would teach, pioneer or perform a year of service in such countries as Guyana, Madagascar, Brazil, Russia, Finland, Albania and Syria.

“T have freed the next year of my life to serve the Faith,” said one youth.

Homefront pioneering also was high on the agenda. Many young people specified border teaching or pioneering on Indian Reservations or in the Southern states.

Among pledges made by the conferees:

  • Start or join youth workshops.
  • Take part in the

Woodburn (Oregon) or William Sears (Washington state) teaching projects.

  • Deepen on the Baha’i

Writings.

  • Perform community

service projects. “I want to help set the United States ablaze, like the Guardian said youth can,” wrote one conferee.

  • Take up leadership in

race unity activities in the community or on campus.

Help rear the first generation free of prejudice.

¢ Work with children












such as in Baha’i classes.

+ Form high school and college Baha’f clubs.

+ Achieve “true unity in diversity within the college club.”

+ Promote the status of women.

¢ Work with battered women.

+ Be a more active volunteers in all ways.

  • Contribute more to the Funds. Pledged

one youth: “I will give to the National Spritual Assembly as well as the local Spiritual Assembly monthly.” Another youth said he can't join a teaching team because he is working this summer, but “will teach in the community and provide funds for others on the teaching teams.”

  • Conduct firesides.

+ Foster maturation of the Institutions.

  • Dedicate a series of paintings to the

principles of the Faith.

  • Teach through music and dance.
  • Teach closest friends.
  • Help conduct a marriage conference

open to the community at large.

  • Work with non-governmental organizations at the United Nations.
  • “Give my best wishes and pray.”

The massive pile of heartfelt pledges was given to the National Teaching Committee. Wherever a specific teaching location was mentioned, the Assembly in that locality will be notified.

Ms. Haghighi said the National Teaching Committee hopes that the Pacific Coast Baha'i Youth Conference will be the first


The Spiritual Assembly of Rochester, New York, pondered this float May 15 in the city's annual Lilac Festival parade. Eight children rode atop the float, whose theme was ‘Racism: Just Undo It,’ while three Baha'i youth marched in front with a banner that read ‘Mankind Is One! Bahé'u'llGh.’ It marked the sixth year in a row in which the Baha'is have taken part in the popular week-long festival.


in a “wave” of similar conferences and “Calling All Colors” conferences during the Three Year Plan.

If that happens, the wave promises to generate a momentum of gigantic proportions for the Cause.

L.A. Baha'is support city's award to Mayor Bradley

The Spiritual Assembly of Los Angeles was listed as a supporter and occupied one table May 6 as 500 residents of that city gathered at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the annual Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission Awards Luncheon whose honorees were Mayor Tom Bradley and Mrs. Bradley.

Mr. Bradley was completing a 20-year term as mayor, during which he made substantial contributions to human rights efforts including a number of programs sponsored by the Baha'is.

Most recently, he took partin the Baha’iinitiated “Vision of a New Los Angeles” project, which was featured on the front page of the human relations newsletter distributed at the event.




The National Spiritual Assembly wishes to warn the Bahd’f community against transacting business of any kind with Mr, Nader Barron Haghighi (I.D. No. 93738). If you encounter this man, kindly contact the Baha'f National Center to report his whereabouts.





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Aaron Lewis 206/277-8326 Tom Howe 312/274-4843 Spiritual Assembly of Warrensville Heights

Lynn Farnsworth 216/247-2135








Woodburn, OR—Ongoing Woodburn Teaching Project Spiritual Assembly of ‘Clackamas Co. NW Janet House 503/678-5162

Torrington, CT—July 10-Sept. 10 Horace Holley Teaching Project Spiritual Assembly of Torrington Kent Johnson, 205/496-7038

Northem Virginia N.Virginia Collaborative Teaching DTC of Northem Virginia Roxanne Brooks 703/591-3202

Oregon—6/28-8/19 Oregon Teaching Project DTC of Wester Oregon Rachel Greco 503/623-8035

Conway, SC—Ongoing Jessie Entzminger Project.

Spiritual Assembly of Conway Margene Nelson- Willis 803/248-5903

San Francisco, CA—6/14-8/22 San Francisco William Sears Project San Francisco Spiritual Assembly Chris Tara-Brown 415/626-4478



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Norman, OK—Weekends Apopka, FL—Ongoing Norman Teaching Project Xe Apopka Teaching Project Spiritual Assembly of Norman Belle Glade, FL—Ongoing Spiritual Assembly of West Orange Co.

Lawrence Hennion 405/321-8000 Lake Okeechobee Project Antoinette Bianchi 407/831-0804 Magdalene Camey Teaching Institute

Eleanor Walker 407/996-0730


Several communities are involved in large-scale teaching projects this summer and would appreciate the participation of other believers and communities. Listed on the above map are the location of teaching projects reported to the National Teaching Committee, the time-frame in which they occur, the name of the project, the sponsoring institution, and the name and phone number of a contact person who can provide more information about the project. If your community would like to have your teaching project listed in an upcoming issue of The American Bahd’t, please contact the National Teaching Committee Office, Baha’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Phone: 708/869-9039, ext. 236.


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Opportunities are plentiful for traveling teachers overseas

Ongoing traveling teaching opportunities during the next Baha't year

AFRICA: Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Niger, South Africa, Transkei, Uganda, Zambia, West Africa (for Benin, Céte D'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo).

ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka.

AUSTRALASIA: Cook Islands, Eastern Caroline Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu.

CARIBBEAN: Barbados, East Leeward Islands, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Leeward Islands.

EASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

LATIN AMERICA: Bolivia, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico.

WESTERN EUROPE: Canary Islands, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland.

Special international summer travel


UPCOMING BYSCPIONEERING INSTITUTES

August 31-September 5: Louis Gregory Baha’f Institute, Hemingway, South Carolina. January 11-18: Bosch Baha’{ School, Santa Cruz, California.

If you are interested in pioneering, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 or telephone (708) 869-9039 or fax (708) 869-0247 for additional information.







ing teaching projects BOTSWANA: “Star ’93” project for southern Africa; June 23 through August COLOMBIA: Firesides, proclamation events, deepening new believers, youth and children’s classes; July and August FRANCE: Conferences, meet Baha’u’ll4h in Edirne, teacher training course, teaching and consolidation work.

“Time of Transformation Youth Tour” to Albania, Macedonia, Turkey (Adrianople), Bulgaria and Romania; July

15-September 1

For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’ { National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Phone 708869-9039; fax 708-869-0247.


ing members of local organizations, teaching, proclamation; Starting mid-July

GREECE: Proclamation, firesides, media activities, deepenings, children’s and youth classes; June 15-August 15

HUNGARY: Focused teaching in five consecutive localities; June 15-August 16. Baha’f Summer school; August 17-24. Focused teaching in two consecutive areas; August 24-September 9

ICELAND: Reforestation work on Baha’{ endowment land, other teaching activities; June-September

POLAND: Two teams of traveling teachers needed for summer months

ROMANIA: “Moldova Project” encompassing both Romanian Moldova and the Republic of Moldova, June 21-July 18; “mobile institute” consolidation work in villages, June 21-July 31; village teaching campaign aimed at “revolutionizing methods of teaching used in Romania,” July 19August 10; summer school in Curtea de Arges, August 10-15; teaching project on the Black Sea Coast, August 16-September 15

ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: teaching and consolidation; June and July

TURKEY: “Jinab-i-Munib” Teaching and Consolidation Project, July 15-October 15. Short pilgrimage to the House of


Indies.





Pictured are adults and youth who took part May 9 in a Baha'i Youth Service Corps/Pio— neering Institute at the Bahd't National Center in Wilmette, Illinois. Their destinations include China, Poland, Norway, Guyana, Russia, Zambia, Latin America and the West



Warner Bros. ad to feature multicultural Baha'i children

When Warner Bros. planned to produce a public service announcement on racial harmony and faced an immediate deadline, the studio turned to the Baha'fs of Los Angeles for help in finding children of diverse backgrounds.

The Baha'is were contacted on Warner



Bros. behalf by the city's Children's Services Division. Ten children from the Thornton Chase Baha'i School were chosen to appear in the announcement, which was to be broadcast on each of the major television network stations in Los Angeles beginning in June.

PIONEERING GOALS FOR THE THREE-YEAR PL






COUNTRY PIONEER/BYSC COUNTRY PIONEER/BYSC COUNTRY PIONEER/BYSC COUNTRY PIONEER/BYSC GOAL GOAL GOAL AFRICA 3 India* 4 EUROPE PSernerrremrmernsterr Torre Angola 1 4 Korea 2 Albania* 10 Bophuthatswana* 1 Chile* 5 Laos 1 Austria* 2) Cameroon* 1 ‘Colombia* 2 Malaysia* 2 Belgium* 2 Central African Republic* 2 Dominica* 3 Mongolia 4 Bulgaria* 10 Chad* 1 Dominican Republic* 1 Nepal 1 Croatia 1 Ciskei* 2 Ecuador* 4 Pakistan 1 Czech & Slovak Republics* 16 Congo 2 East Leeward Islands* 4 Taiwan* 2 (10 Czech; 6 Slovak) Cote d'Ivoire 1 Grenada* 2 ‘Thailand* 5 Finland* 1 Equatorial Guinea* 2) Guadeloupe 1 Saal France* 1 Ethiopia 2 Guatemala* 4 30 Germany* 2 Gabon* 1 Guyana* 8 Hungary* 5 The Gambia* 1 Honduras* 6 AUSTRALAS! A Ireland* 3 Guinea-Bissau* 2 Jamaica* 6 Cook Islands* 4 Italy* 1 Madagascar* 1 Martinique 2 French Polynesia 3 Norway* 2) Mauritius* 1 Nicaragua 1 Kiribati 2 Poland 10 Nigeria 2 Panama* 1 Mariana Islands* 2 Portugal 2 St. Helena 3 Peru* 2 Marshall Islands 2 Romania 10 ‘Somalia 1 St. Lucia 4 New Caledonia & Loyalty Islands* 1 Russia, Georgia & Armenia* 67 ‘Swaziland? 1 _St. Vincent & The Grenadines 4 Papua New Guinea* 1 Slovenia 1 Tanzania’ 2 ‘Suriname* . , 2 Tonga* 1 Switzerland* 2; ‘Transkei 2 Trinidad & Tobago* 6 Vanuatu* 1 Ukraine, Belorus & Moldova 15 Venda aT Turks & Caicos 6 Western Caroline Islands* 4 United Kingdom* 1 Uganda a 4s < 1, |, Uruguay* 3 _ — Zambia * = . t * Venezela* 4 2 162

.. Zimbabwe* 1. |. Virgin Jslands* . 3

ope . - —— ¢ } » West Leeward Islands*. 7 * Baha’f Youth Service Corps goal countries 41 —

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AMERICAS ET . Argentina* az Bahamas* ‘= 5 TOTAL: 368 Barbados* _ 5) Central Asia Republics 6 Belize* 4 Hong‘Kong* 4 Kaumar B.£. 150 / Juty 13, 1993. [Page 5]

Here are a few year-end statistics on how the country's more than 1,200 local Spiritual Assemblies have fulfilled their commitments to the Bahd’i National Fund:

1. Number of Assemblies meeting or exceeding their goal: 172

2. Number meeting less than 10 percent of their goal: 234

3. Number of Assemblies making no gift to the National Baha'f Fund: 127

4. Average of goal met: 49 percent

5. Percentage of total contribution revenues from Assemblies: 40 percent

It is important to note that the list of Assemblies meeting 10 percent or less of their goal includes both new Assemblies and some of the nation’s veteran local institutions.

Here are some of the numbers broken down by region of the country:

The Northeastern states, with 9 percent of the local Assemblies in the U.S., had about 8 percent of the Assembly contributions to the National Fund. The South has 34 percent of the Assemblies but gave 39 percent of the contributions, the Central States 17 percent and 14 percent, respectively, while the West, with 40 percent of the local in: jons, had a 39 percent share of contributions.

Among Assemblies making no contribution to the National Baha'i Fund, 61 percent are in the Southern states; the next highest percentages were in the Central and Western states, with the Northeast having the lowest percentage of non-con


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Local goals, giving and community size

tributing local institutions.

The goal information also makes it possible to look at giving by Assemblies in terms of the number of believers in their localities. There appears to be a correlation, or inverse relationship, between giving and community size: Assemblies of larger communities tend to give less per person than Assemblies of smaller communities.

On average, Assemblies whose communities numbered between 10 and 30 people, for example, gave about $205 per person to the National Fund. Where the Baha’{ population exceeded 100 persons, the average gift drops to just $75. This finding, while imprecise, may offer some useful insights, particularly since it echoes a key finding of the 1991 community survey, namely that observable indicators of “Baha’f identity” appear to drop in intensity as community size grows.

Using local Assembly patterns of giving in this way is a first step in analyzing community conditions; a next step will undoubtedly be to look more closely at the giving of individuals within each community, and to compare that information with Assembly patterns. For the moment, though, let us think a bit about what this year’s analysis might tell us.

There are at least two possible reasons why the amount given per person drops in this way: either local funds in those communities receive insufficient contributions, or those local Assemblies tend to give less to the National Fund.






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On May 9, members of the Baha'i community of Emporia, Kansas, gathered for a formal celebration to mark their reception of Bahd'u'llah's Most Holy Book, the Kitab-i-Aqdas. The program included prayers, an overview of special events in Bahd't history, and the reading of selected passages from the Kitab-i-Aqdas.



If the first explanation is true, there are implications for the local Assemblies in terms of strengthening their position as the first point of entry for funds into the Bahd’i economic system. There may also be issues of confidence on the part of the friends in their local institutions’ capacity to manage funds. These factors are discussed at length in the Area Treasurer/ Development Seminars now under way.

The data also raise the crucial question of maintaining a close-knit, supportive and active community as the pace of growth accelerates. Unity is a precondition of a healthy financial situation. Social s tists have documented the effects of persion of responsibility,” noting that as the number of people involved increases, their sense of urgency and individual commitment declines.

Given that the Universal House of Justice has pointed to the need to carefully develop the Faith’s human resources, we need to evolve the kind of community life that can actively engage every Baha’{, and



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in particular the “troops” we will be receiving shortly into our ranks.

If the second explanation is more accurate, there are issues of the relationship between the local and National Assemblies; the responsibilities of each to the other; and the need for the larger Assemblies to step up to the distinctive role they must play in supporting the National Spiritual Assembly financially.

Is the local Assemblies’ sense of connection with the National Spiritual Assembly deficient? Why? Or is it that the complexity of local affairs preoccupies them to the exclusion of national affairs, a trend that promotes the kind of provincialism our Faith is meant to abolish?

Discussions on these and related questions will certainly be a part of the various kinds of gatherings to be held in the early stages of the new Three Year Plan. Our success as a national community in finding and addressing the answers will bear directly on our success in all the Plan’s goals.




Age 15 marks significant turning point in spiritual maturity of a young Baha'i

Fifteen is a significant—and exciting—birthday in the life of a Baha’f.

As stated in the Kitdb-i-Aqdas, it signals the attainment of maturity. The young person can now assume responsibility for obeying Baha’f laws.

But does a registered Baha’{ child have to declare a belief in Baha’u’ lah when he or she turns 15?

In spite of what many of the friends understand, the answer is “no.” If the youth was registered as a child, he or she already is considered a member of the Baha’ { community.

A letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly on July 5, 1950, states:

“A baby can be considered a Baha’{; 15 is merely the age of maturity for fasting, marriage, etc., and in the case of America, a declaration at that age is invited from the youth in order to protect them, at a future date, from being forced to do active military service.

The practice of declaring one's belief in Baha’u’llah at age 15 is not rooted, then, in any fundamental principle of the Faith.

Further evidence of this is provided ina letter of June 17, 1954, written on behalf of the Guardian to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles:

“Although the children of Baha’{ parents are considered to be Baha fs, there is no objection at the present time, for purposes of keeping a correct census, and also ascertaining whether the young people are, sincerely, believers, and willing to do their share in service to the Faith, to asking them to make a declaration of their intention, at the age of 15 or so. Originally the Guardian understands this was adopted in America to enable young Baha’{ men to make certain arrangements in connection with their application for non-combatant sta



tus, upon their attaining the age of military service. There is really nothing about it in the Teachings or in the Administration. Your Assembly is free to doas it pleases in this matter.”

In light of that guidance, when the Universal House of Justice expressed concern that there were fewer youth and children in the American Bahd’f community than one would expect to find in relation to that age group in the general population, the National Spiritual Assembly decided to encourage Baha’{ parents to register their children.

The Universal House of Justice indicated that the paramount consideration in developing such a program should be as follows:

“In whatever procedure it adopts a National Spiritual Assembly must wisely steer a course between seeming to doubt the faith of a child who has been brought up as a devout Bahd’f on the one hand, and seeming to compel a child to be a member of the Baha’ f community against his will, on the other.”

Now, whenaregistered child approaches age 15, the National Spiritual Assembly will send him or her a membership card, along with a letter of welcome that outlines the basic rights and responsibilities of a Baha’i.

If the child is uncertain, he or she temporarily may continue to attend Bah’ f functions such as the Feast. A decision must be made within a reasonable time after one's 15th birthday, though, as determined by the local Spiritual Assembly.

On the other hand, if a child or youth, at 15 or any other age, indicates a lack of belief in Baha’u’ll4h, his or her name will be removed from the membership rolls.

But if the card is accepted, the new Bahd’f youth will have received the most marvelous birthday gift possible, and it calls for an expression of great joy in the Bahd’{ community. Local Assemblies can time meetings and/or celebrations with the youth to coincide with the arrival of this letter.


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On May 26, the Baha'{ International Community opened its Office for the Advancement of Women.

The office, in New York City, will collaborate with international organizations concerned with the rights, status and well-being of women, and will advise national Baha'f institutions about projects and activities that help promote the realization of the equality of women and men.

“The establishment of this office will help give a distinct voice to our work on the status of women throughout the world,” said Mary Power, the newly appointed director of the office. “It will enable us to connect our local and national efforts to the international network on women's advancement at the United Nations and in other international arenas.”

The Baha’f Faith, she said, “is the only independent world religion whose Founder has stated unequivocally that women and men are equal, and Baha'f

Office for Advancement of Women opens in New York City

communities have worked for more than 100 years to promote the equality of women and men.”

In recent years, the work of the Bahd'f International Community on the advancement of women has grown from simply representing the Bahd'f point of view at the UN toa broad range of international activities and project collaborations.

For example, the BIC is presently engaged in a joint project with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in Bolivia, Cameroon and Malaysia aimed at promoting a change in attitudes between women and men through the use of traditional media such as music, dance and theatre.

The BIC has also been active in recent years as a founding member of Advocates for African Food Security, a coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN agencies, and intergovernmental organizations that seeks to highlight the concerns of African

women farmers who are the main producers of food for domestic use on the continent.

Ms. Power has represented the Baha‘ International Community at the UN in activities to promote the advancement of women since 1975. She served as vice president of the U.S. National Council of Women from 1989-91 and presently serves as chairman of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.

She is a member of the Global Facilitation Committee coordinating NGO activities related to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women, to be held in Beijing in 1995.

Joining the Office for the Advancement of Women as aconsultantis Alasebu Gebre Selassie, a sociologist from Ethiopia who specializes in socio-economic studies on women and children.



Health for Humanity holds its first general conference

On May 23, more than 100 health professionals and other interested persons gathered in Evanston, Illinois, for the first general conference of Health for Humanity, an association sponsored by the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly, to review the accomplishments of the past year and consult about future undertakings.

As each person was introduced to the audience, it became clear that a cadre of professionals with exceptional credentials, experience and spirit was assembled. Participants from as far away as California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Oregon and Texas were joined by a special guest, Dr. Farzin Rahmani from England.

Following a report from the board of directors about accomplishments since Health for Humanity was incorporated in March 1992, and slide presentations by those who had taken part in projects in Albania, Guyana and Honduras, Dr. Rahmani spoke about the concept of linking hospitals in the developed countries with those in areas of great need for their mutual benefit.

Inspired by Dr. Rahmani's efforts in this area, Health for Humanity has decided to collaborate in future projects, and has called on Tom Gindorff and Susan Peterson to spearhead the initiative, called “Hospital to Hospital.” They presented materials developed for this purpose and discussed the approach Health for Humanity can


take to adapt the program to its circumstances.

In the afternoon, four consultation groups, based on individual interests, were assembled:

  • The Honduras group heard of

the needs of Hospital Bayan from Dr. Bill Gitchell, a frequent visitor to Honduras and long-time supporter of the model hospital in a largely inaccessible Amerindian region. As a response, individuals have begun to secure supplies and equipment and to plan trips to Hospital Bayan.

  • The Albania group reviewed

progress there and discussed possible initiatives aimed at furthering the work, which holds tremendous potential for development. A group is planning a trip to Albania this fall.

  • The work in Guyana, which is

proceeding rapidly, was discussed by alarge, committed group, among whom were Dr. Alfred Neumann, director of the preventive medicine residency at the UCLA School of Public Health, and Ed Widmer, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Guyana. Mr. Widmer, who has lived in Guyana for many years, provided an understanding of and appreciation for local initiatives in health care. As an outcome of the consultation, a phased plan of commu


Youth and children's service

opportunties for China

1) Summer English and Chinese programs: The Badi Foundation, a Baha’ {inspired non-governmental organization in Macau, has been communicating with a number of high schools in mainland China. It has found that especially during the summer there are opportunities to send mature high school and college students to a number of these schools to either help Chinese youth learn English or study Chinese. Participation in programs such as these would allow youth to reach a virtually untouched segment of the population, who may well prove to be among the most receptive to the teachings of Baha’u’lléh. Tuition and living costs are low, and free in the case of students teaching English. A small group of up to 10 youth is encouraged.

2) International Children’s Arts Festival in Guiyang, August 7-15: The National Chinese Teaching Committee of the

Hawaiian Islands has agreed to take part formally in this event and is calling for more children and youth ages 9-15 (7-17 in exceptional cases) representative of Pacific and/or native cultures who have musical, dance, drama or other artistic ability. All costs except for airfare are provided. Help with fund-raising ideas is available.

3) Baha’ f Youth Service Corps posts are still open at the office of the Baha’ f Committee for China, and the School of the Nations, in Macau.

4) Many programs and even scholarships exist for youth to study Chinese in mainland China at a reasonable cost. Start preparing to answer the tremendous call for pioneers during the Three Year Plan. The time to do it is now!

For details on any of these opportunities, please call the Office of Pioneering at the Baha’ { National Center, 708-869-9039, immediately.

nity development involving local Baha'i institutions, with scientific data-gathering and analysis, is anticipated.

¢ The fourth group consulted about ways in which to address the overwhelming needs of hospitals in the developing world. Building on the ground-breaking work of Dr. Rahmani, the group decided to initiate linkages between three U.S. hospitals and three in Nicaragua as a first step in a learning process designed to improve, in time, the services available at hospitals throughout the world.

Also speaking at the conference were Counselor William Roberts and William



Pictured are some of the more than 100, Ba CsGae in the first general conference of Health for Humanity at which consultation was held on a number of health development projects around the world. The conference was held May 23 in Evanston, Illinois.

Davis, treasurer of the National Spiritual Assembly.

All undertakings of Health for Humanity are based on the organization's four motivating principles:

1. The nobility of humankind

2. Group consultation

3. Unified service

4. Comprehensive health

Health for Humanity invites you to take part in this noble undertaking. For information about how you can help, write to Health for Humanity,

Glencoe, IL 60022, or phone 708-8355088.


Navajo Nation honors memory of Baha'i Ray Helmick

Last October, members of the late Raymond H. Helmick's family were invited by the Navajo Tribal Council (the governing body of the Navajo Indian Nation) to join them in their council chambers to honor Mr. Helmick's memory.

A Consolation Resolution, adopted and passed unanimously by the 88-member Tribal Council and honoring Mr. Helmick's three decades of service to the Navajo people, was read, and the building housing the Department of Economic Development was renamed the Ray Helmick Building of Economic Development.

Mr. Helmick, a Bahd'f who died September 11, 1992, at age 66, was a former director of the State of Arizona Weights &

Measures Department who founded the Navajo Nation Weights & Measures Program in March 1962.

During his 30 years of service to that program, the resolution says, he “donated many hours of his time at no cost to the Navajo Nation repairing and calibrating scales,” and “had a great love for all American Indians and legally adopted a Navajo infant and shared his love with countless other Indian families whom he welcomed into his home and heart...”

Mr. Helmick signed the first and only agreement between the Navajo Nation and the State of Arizona on the joint jurisdiction of weights and measures, an agreement that'still stands today.

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TEACHING

Localities to raise to Assembly status during the Three Year Plan

Many of the goals of the Three Year Plan intersect in the ways they can be met. By working toward one goal, we often can fulfill another. One of the goals of the Three Year Plan, for example, is to establish 150 new Assemblies in cities with a general population of 50,000 or more (this goal was originally for cities of 75-100,000, but has since been revised). Another goal is to settle at least 500 homefront pioneers on Indian Reservations, in the South, and in other areas of where homefront pioneers are needed. By homefront pioneering to a locality of 50,000 and helping to raise an Assembly there, a family could fulfill both goals.

Other goals are to expand the human resources of the Faith and to foster the maturation of local institutions, which are goals that could simultaniously be reached through the efforts of communities that are helping deepen new believers and consolidate the Faith in a nearby locality through extension teaching. In addition, individuals who travel to participate in the community’s extension teaching activities could be counted toward the goal of raising 3,000 traveling teachers.

The underlying purpose of all these goals is to build up strong Baha’{ communities with stable Spiritual Assemblies. To help focus the efforts of the friends in some of the areas where they are needed, the National Teaching Committee has prepared the list below as communities to raise to Assembly status during the Three Year Plan.

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Tabor City 38 Over 50,000 Thomasville 9 State Capitol Yadkinville in Over 50,000 North Ayden 9 Over 50,000 Carolina Clayton 8 East Farmville ll Garner ll Greenville 9 Ind. Reserv. Henderson 22 Ind. Reserv. Mount Olive 12 Ind. Reserv. Roper 33 Wake Forest ul Ind. Reserv. Washington 10 Ind. Reserv. Zebulon 11 Ind. Reserv. Ind. Reserv. North Black Mountain a Ind. Reserv. Carolina Boone 9) Ind. Reserv. West Gastonia 8 Over 50,000 Hickory 11 Kings Mountain 8 North Ft. Totten Reserv. 9 Ind. Reserv. Dakota Ft. Yates 10 Ind. Reserv. Ft. Berthold 11 Ind. Reserv. Ohio N. Akron 9 Over 50,000 Canton 5 Over 50,000 East Cleveland 7 Elyria 1 Over 50,000 Euclid ll Lakewood 6 Over 50,000 Lima 10 Over 50,000 Lorain 1 Over 50,000 Over 50,000 Parma 2 Over 50,000 Stow a Over 50,000 Warren 14 Over 50,000 Over 50,000 Youngstown 8 Over 50,000 Over 50,000 Over 50,000 Ohio S. Forest Park 7 Green Twp. Hamilton Co. wf Over 50,000 Hamilton 2 Over 50,000 Springfield 2 Over 50,000 Over 50,000 Xenia 10 Over 50,000 Oklahoma Delaware County 10 Lawton 6 Over 50,000 Le Flore County 7 Ind. Reserv. Mayes County 10 Ind. Reserv. Midwest City 5 Over 50,000 Wagoner 8 Summer 1993 Schools Calendar July 21-25, Minois [Heartland] School, Greenville. Registrar: Carl Clingenpeel, Naperville, IL 60563; (708) 778-0705. July 25-31, Montana School, near Livingston. Registrar: Linda Wanzenreid, Lewistown, MT 59457; (406) 538-8047. July 27-31, Oregon (East) School, Weston. Registrar: Karlene Truax, Irrigon, OR 97844; (503) 922-5188. July 30-August 2, Maryland/Virginia [Dayspring] School, Frostburg. RegisOver 50,000 trar: BiBi Kearney, Vienna, VA 22180; (703) 938-9261. is August 5-8, Texas School, Bridgeport. Contact: Walter Palmer, Ind Rese Allen, TX 75002; (214) 727-4310. " ji Over 50.000 August 6-8, Georgia School. Contact: Reginald and Natalie Colbert,

Atlanta, GA 30342; (404) 239-0357.

August 6-10, Washington (West) School, McKenna. Registrar: Becky Cleere, P.O. Box 67, McKenna, WA 98558; (206) 458-3910.

August 7-9, California (Southern) School, Cherry Valley. Registrar: Susan P. Millett, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730; (909) 987-7129.

August 11-15, Oregon (West) [Badasht] School, near Roseburg. Registrar: Norman Ives, Coos Bay, OR 97060; (503) 267-3157.

August 13-22, New York School, Poughkeepsie. Registrar: Charles and Barbara Clark, Middletown, NY 10940; (914) 342-4082.

August 18-22, Colorado (East) Summer School, near Wetmore. Registrar: Sandra Bolz, Lafayette, CO 80026; (303) 666-9275.

August 18-22, Minnesota School, Onamia. Registrar: Steve Grams,

Willmar, MN 56201; (612) 235-6530. September 3-6, Tennessee School, Monteagle. Contact: Kaihan Strain, Hixson, TN 37343; (615) 842-1750.

September 17-19, Green Lake Conference, Wisconsin. Addresses and workshops will be given by members of the National Assembly. Registration: Green Lake Conference Center, 1-800-558-8898.




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Oregon E. La Grande i Terrell 14 Ontario a Texarkana ll Warm Springs Reserv. 4/ Ind. Reserv. Waskom 8 Watauga U Oregon W. Coos Bay 10 Waxahachie 17 Grants Pass 8 Multnomah County 18 Texas E. 2 Baytown 9 North Bend 8 Harris Co. North-Central 8 Tualatin 9) West University Place 8 Pennsylvania Abington Township 8 Texas Abilene 5 Over 50,000 East Altoona 6 Over 50,000 North Graham 12 Elizabethtown Borough 7 Central Midland, TX 10 Over 50,000 Reading 2 Over 50,000 Olney ll Scranton 1 Over 50,000 Plainview 10 Springfield Township U Vernon 10 Swarthmore J West Whiteland Township 8 Texas Laredo 8 Over 50,000 York ay Southern Pennsylvania Erie 8 Over 50,000 Utah Layton 7 West Orem 4 Over 50,000 Provo 1 Over 50,000 Rhode Cranston 4 Over 50,000 West Valley City 6 Over 50,000 Island East Providence 2) Over 50,000 Pawtucket 7 Over 50,000 Vermont Burlington 7 S. Carolina Aiken 8 Virginia N. Farifax County SW 7 Central Caperstown iT Frederick County i Gadsden 7 Greater Lexington 18 Virginia S.E. | Chesapeake 4 Over 50,000 Greater Swansea 16 Farmville 20 Irmo 3 Fredericksburg 10 " Lone Star 8 Newsoms 27 South Bishopville 9 South Hill 8 Swansea Y Vance 7 Virginia Danville 1 Over 50,000 S.W. Lynchburg 3 Over 50,000 S. Carolina Bakerwoods Il East 1 Ellerbe Heights 12 Washington Bainbridge Island 9 Pageland U Northwest King County N. Central 9 Poston 13 Lacey 8 Lummi Reservation 27 Ind. Reserv. S. Carolina Atlantic Beach 14 Marysville 7 East 2 Aynor il Pacific 8 Bay Boro 10 Sedro Wooley Le Boggy Swamp 8 Vashon-Maury Island 10 Britton’s Neck 8 Hebron ll Washington Clallam County East 8 North Myrtle Beach il Southwest Kelso 8 Kitsap County N. 8 S. Carolina Blacksburg 10 North Gaffney 8 W. Virginia Bluefield 7 S. Carolina Varnville 14 Wisconsin N. Wausau, WI 9 Southern 2 Williams 13} Michigan UP S. Carolina Williamston 10 Wisconsin S. _ Bayside Ul West Delafield Township 7 Kenosha 5 Over 50,000 South Cherry Creek 7 Ind. Reserv. La Crosse 3 Over 50,000 Dakota Custer 5+2 Oconomowoc 8 Soldier Creek Dist. 7 Ind. Reserv. Racine 4 Over 50,000 Ver ion cu Stoughton 7 White River i, Ind. Reserv. Wyoming Casper 2 Tennessee Clarksville 1 Over 50,000 Wind River Reservation 7 Ind. Reserv. Western Smyrna 7 Somerville 9 pelea se ee Texas C. Bell County 8 | Belton 10 | Cedar Park 9 | Elgin 23 | Kileen 8 Over 50,000 | . Luling a Manor 14 | Maverick County 8 | Taylor 20 | Texas E.1 Alvarado ul Baytown 9 Over 50,000 | Corsicana 13 | Italy ie | Kaufman ll ’ | Longview 7 Over 50,000 Mansfield 7 | !

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ment.

Recalling the Rio declaration that all states and people should take part fully in achieving sustainable development, he noted that the U.S. ranks sixth in the world according to UN measurements of the quality of life.

But the U.S. would rank first, he said, if African-Americans and Latinos were taken out of the mix.

On the other hand, if only those two populations were counted, he said, this country would rank 35th in the world.

Mr. Henderson used the example that race is the No. | indicator in the placement of toxic waste sites.

Sixty percent of people of color live close to uncontrolled dumps, he said, and the reason is that these populations cannot fight back effectively because of poverty, underrepresentation in positions of power, and bureaucratic stonewalling.

Unity, then, is the indispensable requirement for sustainable development, he said. It is important to foster a climate of genuine cooperation and to build models of unity— anchored by the principles of social justice.

He enumerated these principles for the participants: the elimination of all prejudice; establishment of race unity; equality of men and women; elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty; universal education; consultation; and a balance between freedom of the individual and social utility of thought and action.

The ensuing question-and-answer period gave Mr. Henderson

The Baha’i exhibit at the “From Rio to the Capitols” conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in May drew from two major Earth Summit documents and the National Spiritual Assembly's statement, “The Vision of Race Unity—America’s Greatest Challenge.”

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it:

“The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.” —Baha’w lléh

“Racism is the most challenging issue confronting America. A nation whose ancestry includes every people on earth, whose motto is E pluribus unum, whose ideals of freedom under law have inspired millions throughout the world, cannot continue to harbor prejudice against any racial or ethnic group without betraying itself. Racism is an affront to human dignity, a cause of hatred and division, a disease that devastates American society.” —The Vision of Race Unity THE ECONOMY

“All states and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement for sustainable development." —Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Principle 5

“Although poverty afflicts members of all races, its victims tend to be largely people of color. The application of the spiritual principle of the oneness of humanity to the life of the American nation would necessitate and make possible vast changes in the economic status of the non-white segments of the population.” —The Vision of Race Unity Epucation

“Education...should deal with the dynamics of both the physical/biological and socioeconomic environment and human (which may include spiritual) development.” —Agenda 21, Chapter 36.3

“A national program of education, based on the principle of the oneness of humanity, emphasizing the values of tolerance, brotherhood, appreciation for cultures other than one’s own, and respect for differences would be a most important step toward the elimination of racism and, as a consequence, the bolstering of the economy.” —The Vision of Race Unity

Peace

“Peace, development and environmental protection are interdependent and indivisible.” —Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Principle 25

“America’s peace, prosperity and even her standing in the international community depend on healing the wounds of racism and building a society in which people of diverse backgrounds live as members of one family. America’s example could not fail to have a profound influence on world society, nor could it fail to assist in the establishment of universal peace.” —The Vision of Race Unity

RESPONSIBILITY

“It is important to overcome confrontation and to foster a climate of genuine cooperation and solidarity.” —Agenda 21, Chapter 2.1

“The transformation of a whole nation ultimately depends on the initiative and change of character of the individuals who compose it. All Americans, of whatever background, must look at the racial situation with new eyes and with a new determination to lend effective support to the resolution of a problem that hinders the advance of this great republic toward



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the importance of the principle of the oneness of humanity.”

The Baha’{ display was simi. larly received, said Mr. Adriance.

“The exhibit shed new light on the discussion of sustainable development,” he said. “The focus on race unity was a fresh contribution, with a message that was unique among the exhibits in the hall.”

During the week, Mr. Adriance was interviewed by a local radio station and spoke at the University of Louisville on “The Spiritual Foundation of Sustainable Development.” A NEW DIRECTION

Baha’{ participants said the Louisville conference successfully sustained the momentum from Rio.

Mr. Arturo was encouraged by a new atmosphere of dialogue replacing earlier confrontation and said it mirrored changes on the international scene as the Earth Summit approached.

He said participants were striving to put the maxim “think globally, act locally” into practice and then to link action on their level back to the global consciousness.

Mr. Adriance noted that the conference gave participants an opportunity to network with others from their own region and, similarly, widened the network of people working onsustainable development at the local level.

Through a process called integrated decision making, cities are adopting philosophies of sustainable development that plan not only for present needs but also for the needs of future generations, he said.

Baha’ fs can add much to the discussion by bringing the Faith’s principles to the table, Mr. Adriance said. “We can shed tremendous light on the direction we need to go in as


afurther opportunity to introduce Bah4’{ principles into the session.


the full realization of its glorious destiny.” —The Vision of Race Unity

communities—even without being environmental experts.”



For example, addressing a participant’s concern that “meetings don’t work,” he talked about true consultation and its role in the midst of what the Universal House of Justice has called a breakdown in human relations.

Participants reacted “as though it were a revelation,” Mr. Henderson said, with the result that a “fundamental shift took place in the orientation of both meetings,” with later speakers building on the foundation of social justice that had been laid.

“The whole idea of unity has eluded people,” he explained. “The power of unity, when presented to people, has real power.”

Mr. Arturo and Peter Adriance of the National Spiritual Assembly's Washington office witnessed the transformation of conference participants.

“Theard some stunning comments,” said Mr. Arturo.

One person, he said, told him, “I thought I was hearing the Voice of God,” and Mr.

Arturo replied that he had: It was the Word of God as revealed by His Prophet, Baha'u'llah.

Another participant told Mr. Arturo, “T now realize all my assumptions were wrong.”

Mr. Adriance said Mr. Henderson’s talks “broke new ground” in discussions of the link between social justice and sustainable development, providing “a clear vision of

He said the Bahd'f International Community Office of the Environment and the National Spiritual Assembly's Washington office will continue to take part in activities related to follow-up of the Earth Summit.

The newly formed UN Commission on Sustainable Development and the promised establishment by President Clinton of a national council to address the same issue are two areas of interest.


Refugee Office seeks help in locating ‘missing’ Southeast Asian Baha'is

The U.S. Bahd'{ Refugee Office invites all local Bahé'f communities, in areas where there is a high concentration of Southeast Asian people, to join the search for the remaining “missing” Southeast Asian Baha'is.

Six years ago, when it became known that there were more than 8,000 Southeast Asian Baha'f refugees in the U.S. whose whereabouts was unknown, the U.S. Baha'i Refugee Office was given the task of locating them, helping them adjust to life in their new country, and deepening them in the Faith.

Although the number of Southeast Asian Bahd'f refugees has grown without our always knowing of their departure from refugee camps, many of them have been found; however, the majority still remain to be found by their American communities.

The Southeast Asian Bahd'f refugees

who have entered this country range from those who declared their faith in refugee camps in Thailand and the Philippines to deepened Baha'is who had served on local or National Spiritual Assemblies before becoming refugees.

If you have been reading the articles in The American Baha'f about events taking place in California this past year, you will have some idea of the enrichment the Southeast Asian Baha'fs are bringing to their new communities.

To help the Bahd'f Refugee Office locate these friends, a “helpers” network has been established consisting of people who befriend the Southeast Asian Bahd'fs and help deepen them in the Faith and adjust to life in the U.S.

Won't you join the growing list of “helpers”? It may seem difficult at first, but the rewards are great, for you as an individual as well as for your Bahd'f community.

Should you decide to become a part of the “helpers” network, the U.S. Baha'i Refugee Office will be happy to be of service in your efforts to locate our missing Baha'i friends. You may write to USBRO, Baha'i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or phone 708-8699039 (fax 708-869-0247).

GUIDELINES FOR REACHING THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN BAHA'i POPULATION

Southeast Asians in the United States— Baha’ ts and non-Bahd’ fs alike—are quite approachable if contacts are made with sensitivity to their culture and needs. Here are some guidelines compiled by Dr. Bruce Bliatout, a Hmong Bahd't from Portland, Oregon:

1. The Southeast Asians have gone through the trauma of leaving their homes, living in a refugee camp and, for some,

imprisonment and even torture. More than material assistance, the Southeast Asians need the love and respect of the friends.

2. The newcomers from Southeast Asian cultures have a great respect for family. Itis important to establish strong bonds of friendship and trust so they will understand that the local Assembly and Bahé’f community are like a part of their family.

3. For Southeast Asians who have been in the States for a while, the issues of shelter, food and jobs have probably been resolved. Now the problems and challenges are related mainly to their children and youth, such as: loss of respect for parents and the elderly; lack of understanding of the meaning of freedom, which sometimes results in their becoming involved in gangs; lack of interest in studies; lack of understanding of the U.S. educa See REFUGEES page 19

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Classified notices in The American Baha'i are published free of charge as a service to the Bahd't community. Because of this, notices are limited to items relating to the Faith; no personal or commercial ads 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 and care in responding to them.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

‘THE GREEN ACRE Bah4'f School is seeking a program coordinator. This is a full-time, year-round position arily responsible for planning and coordinating educational programs and activities at Green Acre. Qualifications include an in-depth knowledge of the Bahd'f writings and Administrative Order; experience in planning and coordinating instructional services; ability to communicate effectively to large groups and to interact with a wide range of people; proven success in organizing and coordinating multiple tasks over an extended period of time. The position requires a personable, creative, highly motivated person who is a strong self-starter; experience in teaching or direct involvement with Bah4'f educational programs for adults, youth and children is highly desirable. Please send letter of introduction and résumé to the Office of Human Resources, Bahd'{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

THE BOSCH Bahd'f School wishes to extend its Youth Service Corps program to include three-month, six-month and one-year terms. If you would be interested in an opportunity to serve the Faith in this capacity, please phone the Bosch school, 408-423-3387, fax










408-423-7564, or write to 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. These positions are for 40-hour weeks as volunteers in the many areas of service required at a permanent school. A small stipend for food is provided if needed. Past experience has shown that a car is helpful due to the school's remoteness from town. This is a truly unique opportunity not only to be of service but also to develop and grow within a Bahd'f family setting.

THE NATIONAL Spiritual Assembly is seeking a General Manager for the Bahd'f Publishing Trust. This position requires a strong general manager capable of managing large numbers of people, preparing and managi significant budgets, developing plans and egies for producing desired results. Publishing experience a plus. Please send résumé to the Baha'{ National Center, Department of Human Resources, Wilmette, IL 60091.

THE GREEN ACRE Bahd'f Schools seeking an individual or retired couple to serve as resident caretaker(s). This is a year-round volunteer position primarily responsible for building and grounds security at designated times, opening and closing buildings as needed for functions, helping with light-duty maintenance, responding to emergencies, and greeting visitors to the school. Requires a mature person or couple with proven experience in carrying out these responsibilities. On-campus residence (two-bedroom apartment) will be provided. Applicants may also apply for other openings at the school. Please submit a letter of introduction and résumé with detailed description of your qualifications and background to: Administrator, Green Acre Bah'f School, 188 Main St., Eliot, ME 03903.

PIONEERING: OVERSEAS

EMPLOYMENT opportunities overseas: AMERICAS—Dominica: MDs and/or Ph.Ds to teach on faculty U.S. off-shore medical university; MDs and/or Ph.Ds with expertise in anatomy, biochemistry, histology, physiology, microbiology, pharmacology, neuroscience or behavioral sciences to teach the basic sciences program at its medical univer












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various Baha’{ publications.

and the U.S. is required. Boscu BanA'f ScHooL

cultures, specificially Navajo.

Central St., Evanston, IL 60201.


Employment opportunities

Support Services: Assistant meeting and travel coordinator. Full-time position to help coordinate travel and meeting arrangements including hotel and airline reservations, ground transportation, room reservations, on-site set-up for meetings, refreshments. Clerical and word processing skills required.

Bahd't Publishing Trust: Production Department coordinator. Responsible for developing and implementing production strategies under the direction of the executive secretary of the Publications Board to ensure the timely and costeffective production of authoritative Bahd'f texts, literature, periodicals, video tapes, audio cassettes and other materials in support of the goals of the National Assembly for expansion and consolidation of the U.S. Bahd'f community. Coordinates the work of freelance assistants, desktop publishing operators, production assistants, audio-visual materials librarian, oversees production of

Persian/American Affairs: Program assistant. Primary responsibility is to help the department manager implement programs and activities of the Persian/ American Affairs Office. Responsibilities include typing correspondence, translating documents and letters into and from Persian, and record-keeping. Good understanding of Persian culture, Bah4'f principles and laws as practiced in Iran

Assistant director. Responsible for helping the school director in all functions related to operating and promoting the school. The assistant director will contact urban Assemblies throughout California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada to apprise them of the programs/possibilities/opportunities existing at Bosch. Also helps with all administrative and personnel activities of the school.

Program coordinator. Primary duty is to develop and coordinate programs at the school to include adults, youth, children and the non-Bahd'f public.

Native American BanA't INSTITUTE

coordinator. Primary duty is to develop and implement programs at the Institute with special emphasis on teaching the Faith, the development of children, and a variety of social and economic development programs. When responding, please include a summary of your experience with Native American

Please submit current résumé including Bahd'f service to Stephanie Gladden or Karen Marcellis, Office of Human Resources, Baha'{ National Center, 1233






sity. Paraguay: chiropractic practice for sale. AUSTRALASIA—Guam (Northwest Pacific): retired couple or male to serve as caretakers at local Baha’ { Center; teachers, nurses. Palau (South Pacific): ting with responsibilities including prenatal care, deliveries, GYN surgery, etc. Saipan, Mariana Islands: OB/GYN managers, operation room supervisor, psychiatric care coordinator, staff nurses. Yap, Western Caroline Islands: retired couple to serve as caretakers at the National Center. EUROPE—Bosnia/ Croatia: position with program providing services for rape/trauma cases, project director to oversee programs in mental health and public health services. For more information on any of these positions, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’ { National Center, Wilmette IL 6009 I (telephone 708-869-9039 or fax 708869-0247, Attn: Office of Pioneering).

ARCHIVES

THE NATIONAL Baha’ Archives is seeking, at the request of the Universal House of Justice, original letters written on behalf of the Guardian to the following individuals: Lillian Pearl Porter, Meda R. Porter, Laura M. Post (died Sault Ste. Marie, MI, 1973), Marion Potter, Cynthia Ruth Powell, Edwinna A. Powell (died Corvallis, OR, 1949), Norman C. Powers, and Agnes P. Prento. Anyone knowing family members or relatives who might have these letters from the Guardian is asked tocontact the National Baha'f Archives, Baha'f National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

THE NATIONAL Bahd'f Archives is seeking copies of local community bulletins or newsletters for the following local communities: Chicago (1935-53); Los Angeles (193453); San Francisco (1935-49); New York City (1930-50). Anyone having bulletins or newsletters they could donate is asked to send them to the National Bahd'f Archives, Baha'f National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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FORT MYERS, Florida, the City of Palms (pop. 45,000), once the home of Thomas Edison, and one of the fastest growing areas of southwest Florida, welcomes all interested Baha'fs who would like to relocate there and help re-establish an Assembly in the city. Please contact Bea Meese,

Fort Myers, FL 33901, or phone 813-3344377.

THE BAHA'f community of Smyrna, Tennessee, warmly welcomes homefront pioneers. Smyrna, less than 30 minutes by car from Nashville or Murfreesboro, both of which have many fine educational institutions, has eight active adult Baha'is, one youth and four children. There is a Nissan Motors plant and other industries. Smyrna lost its Assembly at Ridvan and is establishing a teaching institute to begin large-scale expansion and regain Assembly status by Ridvan 1994. Forinformation, please write to Susan Hakiman,

Smyrna, TN 37167, or phone 615-3554981.

THE BAHA'f community of Spartanburg, South Carolina, needs homefront pioneers to maintain its Assembly status. For information about the Spartanburg area, please write to the Spiritual Assembly of Spartanburg, P.O. Box 2893, Spartanburg, SC 29304, or phone 803583-3123.

COUNSELORS are being hired at a drug treatment center in a small prison in Hernando County, Florida, about 40 miles north of Tampa. A degree is required. A local Bahd'f is working at the center and would be happy to furnish additional information about the positions. Hernando County has eight adult Baha'fs and no local Assembly. For information, please phone the Newells, 904-683-0420, or Ms. Gibson, 904-799-0355.

THE SPIRITUAL Assembly of Syracuse, New York, encourages high school graduates to consider Syracuse University as a place to study and pioneer. The university needs the healing message of Bahd'u'll4h, especially in the area of race relations, and the two Baha'f












students there would appreciate some more eager members in their small campus club. Contact Deborah Winslow, Syracuse, NY 13210 (phone 315-423-0410). COLUMBIA, the capital city of South Carolina, seeks homefront pioneers. With a functioning but struggling local Assembly, a wonderful spiritual energy radiates in the area. Columbia (pop. 70,000), the seat of state government, has a major university, colleges twoyear technical schools as well as a military base. Mountains and beaches are within a two and one-half hour drive. One or two homefront pioneers are needed to settle within the city limits. For an opportunity to serve Bahé’u'll4h in this way, please phone Barbara Sheridan, 803-776-6121, or write to the Spiritual Assembly of Columbia, P.O. Box 5973, Columbia, SC 29250.

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THE SPIRITUAL Assembly of Davison Township, Michigan, invites three to four single, divorced or widowed women over age 21 to take part in a teaching project to begin in July/August and continue indefinitely. Participants will be housed in a newly renovated farmhouse sponsored in part by the Global Village Institute. Although the scope of the project will be determined in part by the participants, it will focus mi ally on the healing and balancing power of the Faith in dealing with inequalities of gender and culture. Participants must be self-sustaining to a degree and must have their own health insurance and transportation. Full-time or part-time employmentis possible in the FlinUDavison area with many openings in health care and office/computer work and some others in food and retail sales and education. Participants will be five minutes from the Louhelen Bahd'f School with ities for service, deepening . If interested, please contact Leonie Naylor, P.O. Box 455, Davison, MI 48423, or phone 313-658-3348.

WANTED: Anecdotes and photographs of your experiences with the Hand of the Cause William Sears for a forthcoming book. Please send them to Tony Lease,

Portland, OR 97205.

PIONEER to Chile urgently needs books in English for the English Department beryl at the University of Atacama. Books donated in the name of the Faith to the Tbe for use by the department's English students. Any and all books of any kind are welcome: children’s literature, American and British literature, psychology, political science, sociology, basic to advanced conversation and composition, dictionaries, histories, education, etc. Ascustoms in Chile can be problematic, please send only two boxes at a time (approx. 20 pounds each) surface mail, “book rate,” to Kenton Dunbar, Copiapo, Chile, c/o Universidad de Atacama.

HOMESCHOOLING Baha'f mother would like to hear from other Bah4'{ parents who are homeschooling their children. I need advice, information and moral support. Please write to Randi Nichten, Houston, TX 77035.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to work on a project to outline the Bah4'f Writings in extensive detail. The goal is to combine the various subject outlines into a master “tree of knowledge” that would be made available to the Bah4'fcommunity through computer software. Anyone who is interested in writing and/or editing outlines of Bah4'f topics is asked to contact Lee Nelson,

San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 (phone 714240-2092). Computer is not required.

NEEDED: Spiritual Assemblies interested in hosting a Youth Year of Service volunteer to focus full-time on teaching the Faith. Please contact the National Teaching Committee Office, 708-869-9039, ext. 361.

WANTED: résumés from Baha'fs who are qualified in the areas of golf course design, construction and maintenance and golf business operations for a job qualification source book. Please send résumés to Kent Alkire,

Simi Valley, CA 93063. Phone 805-527-9147; fax 805-527-1247.











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The Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'lBahé Réhfyyih Khénum traveled to Budapest, Hungary, on April 2-4 to attend a conference held to commemorate the 80th anniversary of ‘Abdu'l-Bahd's visit to that city. About 350 friends from more than 30 countries gathered for the event, which was held in the main hall of Hungary's National Museum—the very room in which ‘Abdu’l-Baha spoke in 1913. The conference was opened with a reception attended by dignitaries including an official representative from the office of the Prime Minister. A warm letter of greeting was read from Otto von Hapsburg, president of the Pan-European Movement and member of the Parliament of Europe. After the commemorative meeting on April 4, Amatu'l-Bahé Ruhfyyih Khdnum planted a cyprus tree on the grounds of the Museum in memory of the Master, then made a walking tour of sites visited by ‘Abdu’l-Baha in Budapest. During her stay in Hungary, the Hand of the Cause spoke at a press conference filmed by cameramen from the National Television Station. From Budapest, she traveled to Bratislava, in the Slovak Republic, where she met with the Bahd'fs in “a particularly joyous and enthusiastic meeting” and paid a courtesy call on the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who said that “the previous communist states of Europe were in great need of the wise vision and teachings of the Bahd'f Faith.” Amatu'l-Bahé Rohfyyih Khénum next visited Prague, where she held a press conference attended by 35 journalists including a reporter from the national television station. The deputy Minister of Culture for the Czech Republic paid a courtesy call on her, and many notables attended a reception hosted by the National Spiritual Assembly. Before returning to the Holy Land on April 9, the Hand of the Cause met with the Regional Spiritual Assembly of the Czech and Slovak Republics, and gave a talk for friends around the country and for some Baha'fs from Germany and Poland who had gone to Prague for the occasion.

The Baha'f community of Portimao, Portugal, recently held a handicraft exhi



bition titled “Unity in Diversity,” displaying handicrafts sent by 70 National Spiritual Assemblies at the request of the organizing committee. More than 3,000 people including the mayor and his wife visited the exhibit. As a result of this proclamation and follow-up efforts supporting it, 26 people were enrolled in the Faith. Through areliefagency, ADRA, the Baha'fs of Serbia recently contacted the only Bahd'{in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Miss Ferida Durakovic, and sent several food parcels and letters. They received the following letter in reply: “Dear friends, I was very happy, and pleasantly surprised, when I received your letter. Letters from dear people are like God's gift to us nowadays. Thank you. Thank you for thinking of me in these horrible days of temptation and evil, for I think that... what we are going through is



not just another war—no. I think it is a horrible struggle between God and evil, and I wonder if lam good enough to deserve help from any good powers. It is hard to express my feelings in English, but I am sure you know what I meant to say. Anyhow, I do believe it will come to an end somehow with the help of God and good people.

“We don't have a home anymore. It was destroyed in the shelling in June. Now we stay in a friend's apartment. ...1 went through many horrible things. I lost my brother-in-law, many friends were killed or wounded, my brother was badly wounded, my sister has left for Pakistan, and I have no contact with her. ...my parents are alive, some of my friends are alive, lam alive—and that is the only good news about us. There is someone or something that keeps me alive, and I am happy to be sane and alive.”

On March 13, a dozen media professionals attended a conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, hosted by the Baha'is of that city to familiarize journalists with Bahd'u'llah, His life and teachings. The Baha'i speakers were Rob Weinberg, a correspondent with the British Broadcasting Company; Nickolai Nickolov, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of Bulgaria; Enayat Rawhani, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada; and Greg Dahl, representative of the International Monetary Fund in Bulgaria. A question-and-answer period followed their remarks.




The first Spiritual Assembly of

Krasnodar, in the southern region of Russia, was formed last November 12. Within two months of its formation it held awinter school attended by 30 Baha'is and their guests from seven cities. During the school, two people were enrolled in the Faith.

“Since the celebration of United Nations Day, the Baha'fs of the Gold Coast and Albert Shire (Queensland, Australia) have been blessed with seven enrollments,” it was recently reported. “The beauty of this group of seven new friends is the diversity of their backgrounds and professions: lawyer, physiotherapist, business woman, language instructor, and property managers. The spirit of the Holy Year, the unity of the friends, regular weekly firesides, and the call for informal teaching groups have been the forces behind these enrollments.”

On April 12, the secretary of the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Russia, Georgia and Armenia was presented with the registered Constitution and Registration Certificate of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'fs of Russia. “Words do not convey the joy of this achievement,” the Regional Assembly reported. “In this country, this event is of great significance for thus the Spiritual Assembly is officially recognized as having been established by the Universal House of Justice, and hence this is ade facto recognition of the Universal House of Justice by the Russian


government as the head of the Baha'f world community. The Assembly is now the center of the Bahd'{ Faith in Russia, Georgia and Armenia, and therefore all affairs related to the Faith in Russia, such as local Assembly registration, will be referred to the Assembly and cannot occur without its consent. Until now, such matters had to pass through a commission of the Russian Supreme Soviet. Is it not significant that this has occurred at the close of the Holy Year, after two years of seemingly fruitless endeavor?”



Al Eonference was held last Noveniber 25: 28 i in Ecuador to coincide with the Bahd ne, World Congress in New York City. About 100 of the friends gathered in Otavalo, site of Radio Baha't Ecuador, to watch all four hours of the direct satellite transmission from the World Congress.



On December 16, a special meeting of the City Council of Waitakere, New Zealand, was

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opened with a Bahd'f prayer, which marked not only the first time that someone other than a Christian clergyman was asked to perform this duty but also the first time that a woman had read a prayer before a City Council meeting.

The Guyana Bahdf Office for Social and Economic Development (GOSED) recently received a shipment of 20,000 books from local Spiritual Assemblies in the Toronto, Canada, area. More than half of the books are school texts. With them, 35 village lending libraries have been started.

About 350 Bahd'fs and guests gathered in January in Jwaneng, Botswana, to celebrate the marriage of Tebogo Motshedi Khutsoane and Sean James Hinton. This was the first Baha'i wedding ceremony ever held in Jwaneng, and one of the guests was so inspired by it that she declared her belief in Baha'u'llah.

A 15-day course in primary health care organized by the National Spiritual Assembly of Kenya was held in January in Nairobi. Twenty-eight participants from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia attended the course, which was conducted by Dr. Ethel Marens of Canada, a physician who specializes in social and preventive medicine. She worked with Natasha Javanmardi, a nutritionist now serving in the Czech Republic who traveled to Kenya to be of help.

In December, the governor of the NorthWest Frontier Province in Pakistan instructed local officials to authorize one of the friends to solemnize Baha'f marriages for the entire province. With this accomplishment, the national Baha'f community now has Baha'f marriage registrars in all four of the provinces, covering the whole area of the country except for Azad Kashmir.

Astudy course titled “The Baha'f Faith— An Introduction to Its History and Teachings” is being offered to students at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Itis taught by Dr. Vahid Behmardi of the Department of Near Eastern and African Studies,and is being translated into Czech.

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Gertrude Blum,

Gertrude Blum, a Knight of Baha’— u’ll4h, died June 5 in Honiara, Solomon Islands, her pioneering post of 39 years.

The daughter of Jewish parents who immigrated to New York from Ukraine, Gertrude Gewertz grew up in Brooklyn. She first heard of the Baha’ f Faith in 1929 through lectures presented by Keith Ransom-Kehler at the New York Theosophical Society. Soon afterward, she readily accepted the Faith at age 19.

Gertrude served on the first Baha’ f Youth Committee in the U.S. Only a few years after becoming a Baha'i, she left New York and traveled to South Carolina, Aras, Alabama and South Carolina, openig several communities to the Faith.

These were times in the ’30s when it was socially unacceptable in those areas for blacks and whites to work together or be seen together publicly. Qualities that became a hallmark of Gertrude's life included her courage and zeal for the Faith.

During her years in Arkansas, Gertrude had met Alvin Blum. They were married at the end of World War II and together began a life devoted to the service of Bahda’u’llah.

In 1947 they left for New Zealand where Alvin had served as a medic in the Marines. The Faith became well established in New Zealand after their arrivalin Auckland with their 6-monthold daugher, Keithie. Both Gertrude and Alvin served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand.

In 1953, in answer to the Guardian's call for pioneers at the outset of the Ten Year Crusade, the Blums volunteered to leave New Zealand and move to the Solomon Islands to open those islands to the Faith. They arrived in the Solomons March 1, 1954, becoming Knights of Baha’u’ll4h.

Inthe Solomons, the Blums began many


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new ventures and provided many services to the small community of Honiara. Among these were a taxi service, a dry cleaners, ice cream and ice blocks, and a commercial bakery with cakes in addition to bread. Many bakeries were later established in local villages thanks to skills learned by islanders who worked for Gertrude in her bakery.

Gertrude was always active in many aspects of the country’s community life. She was a founding member of the Red Cross Society, assisted in the practical tasks of occupational therapy with tubercular patients, learned and taught weaving, provided secretarial support for the hospital, offered English-language and dressmaking classes, and supported and worked for the formation of a women’s organization culminating in the establishment of the National Women’s Council of the Solo— mons.

She also helped establish the United Nations Association in the Solomons, and started the first preschool in the area of Malaita. The Blums’ “hometel” (now the Hibiscus Hotel) was the first-ever accommodation in that area available without restriction as to race or color of the guest.

Gertrude’s services to the Baha’{ community were also tireless. She served as a member of the first Regional Spiritual Assembly of the South Pacific, based in Fiji, then as a member of the first Naitonal Spiritual Assembly of the South West Pacific Ocean, located in the Solomons. In 1972, the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Solomon Islands was formed. At that time, Mrs. Blum was serving as an



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Auxiliary Board member.

Hence the name Blum became synonymous with the Faith throughout the Solomons. As Knights of Baha’u’Il4h in the Solomons, Gertrude and Alvin Blum notonly established and nurtured a strong, active Bahd’f community of more than 3,000 believers, scattered the length and breadth of the islands, but saw an equally dramatic development of the Faith throughout other Pacific countries. Mr. Blum died in 1968.

In June 1989 Mrs. Blum received the MBE (the Most Excellent Order of the


Knight of Bahé'u'lléh Gertrude Blum (center) is pictured at her pioneering post in Honiara, Solomon Islands, where she died June 5 in her 39th year as a pioneer to the South Pacific. With Mrs. Blum are (left to right) granddaughter Natasha Saunders, son-in-law Bruce Saunders, daughter Keithie Saunders, and granddaughter Monique Saunders. *

British Empire) awarded by the Queen of England and presented by the Governor General of the Solomon Islands “for her long and dedicated services to the community...and the Bah4’f Faith since 1954...along with your husband, the late Alvin Blum.”

In the 83rd year of life, her home continued to be a haven and refuge for all. She remained active, always sharing the message of Baha’ u’lléh and offering her love and wisdom to all who passed through her door.


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tional system and, therefore, their career choices.

4, Local communities can offer Southeast Asian Baha’ fs practical solutions to these problems through the principles and guidance found in the Baha’{ Writings. The Teachings need to be presented, however, in a practical way that they can readily internalize and use. Because of the language barrier, abstract concepts are not well received.

5. Southeast Asian youth long to be accepted and/or belong to a group. Baha’i youth should reach out and become a “buddy” to steer the Southeast Asian youth toward positive influences and away from undesirable elements.

6. It is extremely important to establish a bond of friendship with the Southeast Asian Baha’is before expecting them to attend Nineteen Day Feast or any other community gathering. Be aware that the term and idea of a “meeting” holds fear for most of them. In their homelands it was in meetings that “brainwashing” took place.

7. Hold a Unity Feast in the home of a Southeast Asian Baha’. They love to show hospitality to others, so let them plan the event and provide the music, games and food. This will not only allow them to feel more a part of the community, but it will allow their extended family and their friends to meet the Baha’ is—and perhaps

embrace the Faith.

8. Ifyou wish to invite non-Baha’ fSoutheast Asians to any type of function, their clan leader must first be approached. The Southeast Asians respect and honor the position of clan leader. Once a clan leader approves of a program, the remainder of the community will follow.

9. Increase the effectiveness of teaching efforts by asking Southeast Asian Baha’ fs to give talks, firesides and deepenings. Provide encouragement, coaching or materials needed to empower them to speak.

10. Parents’ permission should be sought before a child or youth is invited to participate in Baha’ { classes and other activities.

11. When a Southeast Asian family or ii jual is welcomed into the community, it is better for a family or couple to greet them rather than an individual Baha’i woman, since this may not be culturally acceptable.

12. The women in Southeast Asian families need friendship to help them feel welcome. Classes in English as a second language (ESL) also would be helpful to them, since better command of English would empower them to participate more in their Baha’ f communities. (Most often, the Southeast Asian men have had the opportunity to learn English, even before coming to the U.S.)

13. The Southeast Asians’ fear of signing anything goes back to their lives under Communist rule. Itis permissible to enroll them in the Faith without requiring their signature on the declaration card.



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Marie Barnes Gustavo Garcia

Omaha, NE Presidio, TX April 21, 1993 January 1993 John Barrett Jr. Ivan S. Graham Birmingham, AL Newark, NJ May 4, 1993 Date Unknown Muriel Benson Carien Hannah Brockport, NY Kingstree, SC November 11, 1991 Date Unknown Robert Lee Brown Bulah Henry McDonough, GA Norwalk, CT Date Unknown April 21, 1992 Randolph Chute Joe Chris Hill Lemon Grove, CA Eatonton, GA

Date Unknown Arthur F. Kennedy

April 30, 1993 Carrol Cleveland

Morgantown, WV Norwalk, CT April 18, 1993 June 7, 1992 Samuel Dadian Julia Laster Glendale, WI McDonough, GA

January 7, 1993

Willie H. Dallas Griffin, GA

Date Unknown

Johnnie Mae Lewis College Park, GA

Date Unknown March 1992 Irene Davis Rich Lewis Sumter, SC Palmetto, GA Date Unknown April 27, 1992 Freddie De Gruy Richard Luplow Monrovia, CA Albuquerque, NM March 19, 1993 October 1992 Kenneth Duckett John Lupu Monrovia, CA Southgate, MI 1988 February 4, 1991

Riaz Mahboubi Doylestown, PA

Ethel Sparks McDonough, GA

April 17, 1993 Date Unknown Minou Miraftabi Genie B. Stroud San Jose, CA McDonough, GA May 23, 1993 Date Unknown Rashid Mojgani Henry Thunder Alexandria, VA Lavern, AZ

May 10, 1993 Date Unknown E. Mae Neal Estelle Thurmon

San Luis Obispo, CA March 17, 1993

McDonough, GA Date Unknown

Jeffrey R. Parks Mrs. Vin Tor Norwalk, CT Seattle, WA March 1992 Date Unknown Susie Mae Parks Trinidad Verdugo College Park, GA Tolleson, AZ Date Unknown 1990

Irvin A. Peters Arthur Williams Las Vegas, NV Pendleton, SC May 24, 1993 Date Unknown Calvin F. Pritchard L.E. Williams

Aikenville, SC Date Unknown

Boca Raton, FL March 29, 1993 John R. Simms McDonough, GA Date Unknown

Mrs. Siggie Williams Aikenville, SC Date Unknown

Josephine Wilson Virginia Beach, VA May 9, 1993

Elting Smalls St. Helena Island, SC December 7, 1992

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DAR OF EVENTS





JULY

4-31: World Order Studies program, Landegg Academy, Switzerland.

18-August 8: Bahd'{Junior Youth Academy, Louis Gregory Baha’ Institute, Hemingway, South Carolina. For information, phone 803-558-5093.

23-25: Models of Race Unity, Louhelen Baha'f School. For information, phone 313653-5033.

23-25: Hemlock Haven Bahd'f Conference, Hungry Mother State Park, Marion, Virginia. Theme: “For the Love of Baha'u'llah.” Speakers: lliam Davis, Trudy White. Cost: $86 (adults), $61 (children). Registration information: Judy and Marcus Potts, 703387-2106; Maggie Hewitt, 703-783-7884.

23-25: Unity of Hearts Teaching Conference, Fountain, Michigan. Focus: How to teach American Indians and ways and means of achieving it. Pre-registrati ncouraged. For information, phone Kathy Racki, 715-694-2326, or Payam Nadimi, 312-338-2722.

24-29: “The Bahd'f Concept of Law” and “The Vision of Race Unity: Changing Attitudes and Impelling Action,” Bosch Baha'f School. For information, phone 408-4233387.

- —_ - 30-August 1: Family and Friends: Session One, Louhelen Baha'f School. For informaTwenty-nine Baha'is attended Teacher Training sessions in January and May at the tion, phone 313-653-5033.

Louhelen Bahd't School in Michigan. Training was carried out under the auspices 31-August 5: Junior Youth Institute, Bosch Bahd'f School. For information, phone of the National Bahd't Education Task Force with Saba Ayman-Nolley, Keith 408-423-3387.

Boehme and Barbara Johnson as trainers. Students will conduct teacher training AUGUST

sessions in their local areas in the continental U.S. and Alaska based on the core curriculum,








6-11: Family and Friends: Session Two, Louhelen Bahd'f School. For information, phone 313-653-5033.

7-12: “The Dynamics of Group and Individual Action” and “Law for a New Age: A Study of the Kitdb-i-Aqdas,” Bosch Bah4'f School. For information, phone 408-4233387.

13-18:


‘To avoid unnecessary delays in receiving your ‘This form may be used for one person or your entire MOVING? copy of The American Bahd't, send your new family. Please be sure to list FULL NAMES AND TELL US YOUR ‘address and your mailing label to MANAGE- LD. NUMBERS forall individuals, ages 15 years

MENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Babi or older, who will be affected by this change. Family and Friends: Session Three, Louhelen Bahd'f School. For information, phone 313-653-5033.

14-19: “The Bahd'f Concept of Law: A Study of the Kitdb-i-Aqdas,” “The Art of Drama,” and “A Time for Poetry,” Bosch Baha'f School. For information, phone 408-4233387.

20-25: Youth Eagle Institute (ages 14-19), Louhelen Bahd'f School. For information, phone 313-653-5033.

21-26: Advanced Research Institute, Bosch Bahd'f School. Intensive study of the theory and method of Bahd'f scholarship, directed by Habib Riazati. Students who have laptop computers are encouraged to bring them. For information, phone 408-423-3387.

27-29: Eleventh annual Massanetta Springs Conference, Harrisonburg, Virginia, sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Staunton. Theme: “Building the New World Order.” Please register by July 15. Two nights, six meals: adults $96, youth $72, children $52. Registrar: Jim Lamb, Staunton, VA 24401 (phone 703-885-6996).

27-29: Young Black Males' Conference (co-sponsored with South Carolina Action Council for Cross-Cultural Mental Health and Human Services), Louis Gregory Baha'f Institute. For information, phone 803-558-5093.

27-29: Arts Academy, Louhelen Baha'f School. For information, phone 313-653-5033.

August 28: 30th Anniversary Observance of the March on Washington: Jobs, Justice and Peace—Washington, D.C. Bahd'fs who would like to take part should contact the National Spiritual Assembly's Washington office, 202-833-8990.

28-September 4: 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.

29: Annual International Bahd'f Picnic, Canatara Park, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

31-September 5: Bahd'{ Youth Service Corps Training and Pioneer Training Institute, Louis Gregory Bahd'{ Institute. For information, phone the Office of Pioneering, 708869-9039.


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SEPTEMBER

lomecoming, Louhelen Bahd'f School. For information, phone 313-653-5033. the Three Year Plan and Beyond,” Landegg Academy, Switzerland. Faith, Family and the Future,” annual commemoration of ‘Abdu’ |-Baha’s visit to Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Confirmed presenters: Counselor Wilma Ellis, MarGo WERECEIVE EXIRA COPIES BECAUSE: H.T'WOULD LIKE A COPY: guerite Sears, Louise Matthias, Sharon and Carl Ewing. Special program for youth; [Ly] wevonothavethesameastnane, We [] the last names and adresies on our | [=] Ourhoosehodreceivesonly oe copy children's classes, nursery. For information, phone 303-928-0543.

‘do not want extra copies, 4 please — address labels donot match. We have of The American Babs. 1 wish to | 17-19: Green Lake Baha'{ Conference, American Baptist Assembly Conference Grounds, Se eae aie meen Dae | fete accel Green Lake, Wisconsin. To make housing reservations, phone 1-800-558-8898. The | records their LD. numbers ad the correc: |_| conference begins at 1:30 p.m. Friday and ends at noon Sunday. Special guests: Counselor

tions so that we will receive only one copy. Wilma Ellis, the National Spiritual Assembly, the National Teaching Committee,

Auxiliary Board member Robert Malouf, Morris Taylor.

17-19: “Marriage: The Second Most Challenging Issue,” conference for young adults, Hilton Great Valley Conference Center, Malvern, Pennsylvania, Sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Lower Merion. For information, phone 215-527-3114 or 215-6642127.

24-26: Peace Fest 93 and South Carolina Peace Week, Louis Gregory Baha’ Institute. For information, phone 803-558-5093.

24-27: Annual meeting of the Associ Europe, Landegg Academy, Switzerland.

26: 81st memorial service for Thornton Chase, Inglewood Park (California) Cemetery.

OCTOBER

8-11: National Hispanic Conference, Bosch Bahé'f School, sponsored by El Ruisefor magazine. Fees: $60 for ages 11 and older, $25 for ages 1-10. Classes for children included. Participants must register and mail in fees by September 24 to assure their space. To register, phone the Bosch School, 408-423-3387 (credit card only) or write to the Bosch Bahd'f School, 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

28-November 1: Annual meeting of the Landegg Music Forum, Landegg Academy, Switzerland.

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DECEMBER 24-27: Ninth annual Grand Canyon Bahd'f Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. Keep this labbsblalhtbadbasthllobsbslbatal date in mind. More information to follow. 30-January 2: South Carolina Bahé'f Winter School, Louis Gregory Bahé'f Institute. For information, phone 803-558-5093.


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