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Volume 24, No.15

‘...knowledge is a veritable treasure for man. ...

’—Baha'u'llah

Left photo: Baha ts gather behind one of their banners during the commemorati:n August 28 in Washington, D.C., of the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's

Rothman) Right haTas People from all over thal country line both dee of the Reflecting Pool on Washington's mall prior to the commemoration ceremonies.

memorable ‘I have a dream’ speech delivered during the March on Washington in 1963. The Lincoln Memorial can be seen in the background. (Photo by Craig

Between 400-500 Bahd'ts took part in the day-long event. Complete coverage of Bahd't participation in the March is on page 2. (Photo by Denise Crafts)

National Assembly

meets at Green Lake, Wisconsin,

takes active part in 34th annual Baha'i Conference

The National Spiritual Assembly met September 17-19 at Green Lake, Wisconsin, where its members took part in the 34th annual Baha'i Conference which was attended this year by more than 1,300 Baha'is.

Also present were Counselors Stephen Birkland and Wilma Ellis, several Auxiliary Board members, and all the members of the National Teaching Committee.

The National Assembly made a video explaining the urgent needs of the Baha'f community in human and financial resources.

Senior members of the Office of the Treasurer reported on the progress of the plan for the issuance of promissory notes designed to meet the heavy financial requirements of the next several years. These include the completion of the buildings on the Arc on Mount Carmel, repairs to the House of Worship in Wilmette, and a number of other

important projects of the U.S. Baha'f community.

The National Spiritual Assembly also met with the National Teaching Committee who emphasized the need for rapid implementation of the various teaching initiatives during the short period of time remaining in the Three Year Plan.

The Teaching Committee reported the intensification of teaching work in a number of areas that shows promise of significantly large enrollments, and stressed the need for arousing the enthusiasm of the friends for individual teaching that would lead to “entry by troops.”

The term “troops” was discussed at some length, as it seems to be misunderstood by many in the Baha'f community. The National Assembly decided to produce a brief statement about the term, giving its dictionary definition and examples of its usage by the Guardian.

In the area of external affairs, the National Spiritual Assembly was informed of the action by the United Nations Subcot ion on Human Rights meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, recommending to the UN Human Rights Commission that another resolution on human rights in Iran be drafted, mentioning prominently the fact that the Iranian Bahd'f community continues to be deprived of its basic human rights.

The National Assembly decided that the expanding activities of the Cause in the international field necessitate a greater coordination among various National Spiritual Assemblies and will prepare a memorandum on that topic for the Universal House of Justice.

Members of the National Assembly had an opportunity to take part in the Green Lake Conference, to make presentations, lead workshops, and answer the many questions asked by the friends.

PARLIAMENT OF THE Wor.o"s ReuiGioNs Spirit of nine-day conference lives on

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The delegates have gone home. The video tape has faded to black.

But the spirit of the Parliament of the World’s Religions lives on as all who came in contact with the historic nine-day convocation in Chicago struggle to apply what they learned to their daily lives.

To be sure, the Parliament experienced its share of conflict.

The Greek Orthodox delegation walked out over the presence of “groups which profess no belief in God or a supreme

So

Coverage of ‘March on Washington’ 2 Albania's mass-teaching campaign 4 ‘Helpers’ network’ for S.E. Asians 8 More on Parliament of Religions 9-12 11th Massanetta Springs Conference 13 Mt. Vernon, NY's, proclamation 19

three Jewish organizations end— ed their participation when Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam showed up.

Overwrought East Indians had to be restrained from doing violence to each other when political statements worked their way into some of the presentations and speeches.

On the whole, though, if you closed your eyes you would swear most of the speakers were Baha’ fs. They almost universally “talked the talk” of the oneness of humanity and the common foundation of all religions.

Now the challenge for them is to “walk the walk.”

That’s where the dozens of Baha’ is who

PARLIAMENT or THe Wortp’s RELIGIONS

While many of their counterparts from other faith communities are only now reaching a global awareness, Baha’ fs long ago internalized that principle and are laying a foundation for the transformation of the planet.

It was quite evident in every presentation they made, workshop they led, or performance they gave.

Some highlights:

• Counselor Wilma Ellis, administrator-general of the Baha'f

International Community, as one of three presidents of the Parliament who presided overits opening session, delivering an invocation and Baha'f response to the keynote address, “Interfaith Harmony and Understanding:

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The new pattern adopted for the Three Year Plan to facilitate the swift and effective movement of international pioneers and traveling teachers has captured the imagination of Bahd'fs everywhere. The telephones at the Office of Pioneering are ringing constantly. If you receive a busy signal, please be patient and call again. There has been so much activity in recent weeks that the National Assembly has added a part-time staff member and fax machine in the Office of Pioneering (the fax number is 708-869-3342).

International traveling teaching

Those who are interested in teaching overseas should call the Office of Pioneering; they will help direct your energies to where your talents will best serve the needs of the Cause. “The movement itself from place to place, when undertaken for the sake of | God,” wrote Bahd'u'llah, “hath always exerted, and can now exert, its influence in the world.

International pioneering

The Universal House of Justice relieved the National Spiritual Assembly from the pressure of having to fill specific goals, instead directing our efforts to the spiritual preparation of the friends for this vital field of service.

World conditions are changing so rapidly that goals that are available one day may not be available the next—so the spiritual preparation necessary for service in the pioneer field should be flexible. The increased mobility provided by the modern world allows the heartfelt desire of the pioneer to advance the Cause wherever the need is greatest and where his or her talents can best be used.

Bearing this in mind, the Office of Pioneering has adopted new methods during the Three Year Plan to make the best use of this massive flow of Bahd'fs to other countries.

What are some of the steps to be taken when making your decision to pioneer? First, of course, call the Office of Pioneering, 708-869-9039. They'll send you a “Pioneer Volunteer Form” that will help them direct you to those goal countries where you can be most successful, both spiritually and materially. Please fill out the form and return it promptly. Then contact your local Spiritual Assembly and ask to consult with it about your desire to pioneer. The Assembly will talk with you about your readiness for international service. Prospective pioneers should keep in constant touch with the staff at the Office of Pioneering. Any younger Baha'i who wishes to pioneer through the Baha'f Youth Service Corps program should contact

Friends respond to ‘new pattern’ in pioneering

the Office of Pioneering to learn about preparing for this valuable service.

‘Pioneer Emphasis Days’

The Office of Pioneering has scheduled weekend information sessions to answer questions about pioneering; these sessions, called “Pioneer Emphasis Days,” will include participation by representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly, Auxiliary Board members and their assistants, National Center staff, and veteran pioneers, adults and youth. Prospective pioneers will be asked to attend the Saturday ses: a Sunday session is designed for members of local Spiritual Assemblies to di nate forms for pioneering and traveling teaching and to inform Assembly members of their responsibi in this process. Pioneer Emphasis Days will be held over the next several months in more than 10 areas of the country. For exact locations, dates and times, phone the Office of Pioneering, 708-869-9039.

Pioneer Institute

A Pioneer Institute will be held January 11-16 at the Bosch Baha'f School in California's Santa Cruz mountains. If you are thinking of pioneering or taking part in a Youth Year of Service, phone the Bosch School (408-423-3387) for more information, or contact the Office of Pioneering.

At this moment in history, much of the world's population has yet to find redemption through the healing Message of Baha'u'llah. “How great is the this moment,” Shoghi Effendi wrote, “when the promised outpourings of His gra are ready to be extended to every soul, for us to all forma broad vision of the of the Cause to mankind, and to do all in our power to spread it throughout the world.

And from ‘Abdu’l-Bah4, these words: “The moment this Divine Message is carried forward by the American believers from the shores of Am and is propagated throughout the continents of Europe, of Asia, of Africa, and of Australasia, and as far as the islands of the Pacific, this community will find itself securely established upon the throne of an everlasting dominion. Then will all the peoples oft the world witness that this community is spiritually illumined and divinely

guided. “The

large measure the fate of humanity.”

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahd'ts of the United States

a has come,” Shoghi Effendi said, “for the friends...to think not how (ey should serve the Cause, but how the Cause should be served.” “Upon our efforts,” the Universal House of Justice wrote in Wellspring of Guidance, “depends in very

March on Washington

Baha’is help keep Dr. King’s ‘dream’ alive

They came by bus, by car, by subway.

Black and white, young and old.

Some 400 to 500 strong.

To gather—banners aloft—in the searing heat of late-summer Washington, D.C.

And to give the March on Washington a living display of the unity in diversity about which Maptin Luther King Jr. dreamed in his famous speech of 30 years ago. read to the interfaith gathering

They were the Baha’ is. from the Baha’f Writings and

° from “The Vision of Race

From as far away as Seattle, Washing- Unity.” ton, and from up and down the East Coast, Roya Bauman and Ardyth Baha’ fs traveled to the nation’s capitalto Gilbertson sang a Baha’f take part in the August 28 commemora- _ prayer for unity. tive march and the events surrounding it. Former Mayor Andrew Young

The delegation from Ohio, forexample, of Atlanta looked out over the shared a bus with members of the National crowd and, noticing the Bahd'f Association for the Advancement of Col- banners, remarked that “this ored People (NAACP). During the all- truly is one planet, one people.” night ride they sang songs and made Then began the march itself. friends. From the Washington Monu Once in Washington, the Baha’fs met ment, past the reflecting pool, to

like a big family reunion outside the the Lincoln Memorial, strode the Baha’is. - Even in ranks htt RK ¥ of perhaps 15 across, the column of Baha’ fs stretched the length of a football field.

The ubiquitous banners proclaimed humanity’s oneness from in front, in back, all through, and along the sides of the sea of marchers.

A Baha’i from Texas had brought water bottles. The cool liquid proved to be a lifesaver on the 95-degree day.

At the Lincoln Memorial, the assembled multi Smithsonian “Castle.” Everyone, it seems, had a banner. From there, they moved to the outdoor Sylvan Theatre near the Washington Monument for an interreligious worship service. Van Gilmer, representing the National Spiritual Assembly,

The American Bahd't is published 19 times a year by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahé'fs of the United States, 1233 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201. Second class postage paid at Evanston, IL, and additional mailing offices. ISSN Number: 1062-1113. Executive editor: Jack Bowers. Associate Editor: Tom Mennillo. The American Bahd't welcomes news, letters and other items of interest from individuals and the various institutions of the Bahé't Faith. Articles should be clear and concise; color or black-and-white glossy photographs should be included whenever possible. Please address all materials and correspondence to The Editor, The American Bahd't, Wilmette, IL, 60091. Postmaster: Send address changes to Management Information Systems, Bahé't National Center, 1233 Central St., Evanston, IL.60201. Copyright © 1993 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahé'fs of the United States. World rights reserved. Printed inthe U.S.A.

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tudes heard Carole Miller, the National Spiritual Assembly’s representative to the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta and a member of the King Holiday Commission, read the opening prayer: ‘Abdu’lBaha’s “Prayer for America.”

The next day, a photograph on the front page of the Washington Post captured the spirit of the day. Captioned “unity in diversity,” it showed three Baha’f children of different hues—Dena Adriance, Juliet Hoagland and Ben Lindsay—holding hands.

Thirty-four youth and 13 adult Baha’ fs

Pictured is ‘another ‘of the colorful banners unfurled by Bahd'ts ising the commemoration August 28 of the 30th anniversary of the March on Washington led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

took part in the Martin Luther King Youth Assembly while they were in Washington, D.C.

About 800 youth attended the sixth annual Assembly, held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

Baha’ fs Cornelia Rutledge and Barbara Talley served on the program committee, and five Bahd'f youth served on the advisory council.

Assembly workshops were given by Baha’ fs Tod Ewing, Nassif Habeeb’u’Iléh, Shawn Talley, Jeanine Oliver and Robert Ahdieh. The Connecticut Baha’f coo Workshop also performed.

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In just a few weeks, beginning with the Feast of Qudrat (November 4, 1993), the HEAT (Hold Everything And Teach) Wave fireside teaching campaign will sweep around the country in a tremendous circle that will come to a close in November 1994,

I F coinciding with the ending of Mission 19 (the time by which all the numerical goals of the Three Year Plan are to be fulfilled). HE UND This HEAT wave will begin in the Chicago area, since, as ‘Abdu’ I-Bah said in Tablets of the Divine Plan, with “every movement (Preliminary as of Aug. 31, 1993) initiated in Chicago, its effect was spread to all parts and to all directions, just as everything that appears in and manifests from

the heart influences all the organs and limbs of the body.” It will then spread from Baha’ { month to Baha’ month (except for the month of the Fast) to all other areas of the country. During the campaign, believers throughout the country are asked to

Four Major Funps concentrate prayers for teaching on the area of intensive HEAT and begin regularly holding firesides if they are not yet doing so. And when the wave reaches your area, Hold Everything And Teach! () s3.823,819 Firesive AREAS 10‘Azamat 5/17-6/4 Oklahoma, Texas 1 Qudrat—11/4-11/22 _ Illinois, lowa, Missouri 11 Nor 6/5-6/23 Arizona, New Mexico Fa Goal for 150 B.E. 2 Qawl 11/23-12/11 Ih a, Ohio 12Rahmat 6/24-7/12 California: Electoral Units 025, 026, - 3 Masé’il_ 12/12-12/30 Michigan, Wisconsin 027, 029, 030, 031 [HD] contributions to Date 4 Sharaf 12/31-1/18 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, 13 Kalimét_ 7/13-7/31 California: Electoral Units 015, 019, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 028 Vermont 14Kamél —8/1-8/19 California: Electoral Units 008, 009, 5 Sultan 1/19-2/6 New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania 010, 011, 012, 013, 014, 016, 017, 018 NATIoNAL FuND 6 Mulk —2/7-2/25 Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, 15 Asma’ 8/20-9/7 Oregon Washington (DC), West Virginia 16 ‘Izzat 9/8-9/26 Washington 7 Bahé 3/21-4/8 Georgia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina 17 Mashfyyat 9/27-10/15 Colorado, Idaho, Montana, 8 Jalal 419-427 Florida Nevada, Utah, Wyoming

INTERNATIONAL FUND 9 Jamil 4/28-5/16 Alabama, Ark $192,306 \ Louisiana, Mi

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TOTAL Help fulfill our goal ENROLLMENTS of 3,000 traveling teachers and 500 homefront pioneers! P CONTINENTAL FUND ; Bh s10.000 ; vanes $55,129 aus, mee 56 REPORT YOUR ACTIVITIES TO: HB s9,2> Year to date....... 602 Mead Simon, HE From Nat Bans’ Fund Gorse Laat month’ National Traveling Teaching/ Earmarked Dollars “year to date” total included Homefront Pioneering Coordinator xctbil newly registered children. Baha’{ National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 HBB Total contributions The Sekula total as'459: (708) 869.9039 U J% i y;

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Nase-teacting campaign sweeps Albania: 4, 408 embrace Cause

By Jian KHopapap

Three hundred-fifty Bahd'fs—adults, youth and children—came together July 31 ata preparatory Baha'f conference in Golem, Albania, to launch a two-week mass-teaching campaign, “The Open Letter Project,” in which participants delivered to the people of Albania an open letter from the country's National Spiritual Assembly calling on them to study the Message of Baha'u'llah to help build their future after 40 difficult years of Communist rule.

The letter also informed the people of Albania of the central principles and beliefs of the Faith and familiarized them with its Central Figures. Besides being delivered in person by teams of Baha'is consisting of Albanians and those who had come to take part in the campaign, the letter was published in the country's major newspapers and was read on radio.

The response of the Albanian people was overwhelmingly positive. During the two-week period, about 4,108 people are known to have embraced the Cause of Bahé'u'lléh.

The campaign got under way immediately following the orientation conference in Golem, at which Counselor Sohrab Youssefian, members of the National Spiri

tual Assembly of Albania, and Auxiliary Board members Garth Pollock and Ferydoon Mazloum were present to guide and encourage the friends.

After praying and deepening together, the 350 participants were divided into 55 teams and sent to various parts of the country. In groups of five to seven, composed of Albanian Baha'fs and those from a number of countries including Belize, Canada, Germany, the Canary Islands, Kenya and the U.S., they went to cities and villages, armed with the assurance of prayers on their behalf by the Universal House of Justice.

At 7 o'clock each morning the Baha'fs prayed and read passages from the sacred Writings of the Faith, then spent the day sharing the Message of Bahd'u'lléh and open letter from the National Spiritual Assembly with people in all parts of Albania.

The response, equaling or surpassing anyone's fondest expectations, means that more Bahd'is than ever are needed in Albania to help consolidate

these gains and to teach others the Faith. Those who are interested in going, for whatever length of time, should contact

Bahd'ts and) seekers ata fi fireside in Kavaje, Albania. The author of, the article, Jian Kho— dadad, is standing in the middle of the back row. About 3,170 Albanians are known to have embraced the Faith during the two-week ‘Open Letter Project’ this summer.

the Office of Pioneering, Baha'f National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708869-9039; fax 708-869-0247).

Listing of long- and short-term international teaching projects to be completed by American community during the Holy Year

Your support is urgently needed for the following short-term and long-term international teaching projects:

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

ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Korea, Macau, , Malaysia, Sri Lanka. AUSTRALASIA: Cook Islands, Eastern Caroline Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, New Zealand, Papua

Applications are due for World Bank program for Young Professionals

(Excerpt from “International Employment Hotline,” September 1993)

Deadline to apply for the World Bank’s Young Professionals Program is October 31, for those interested in the March selection of candidates. Also, deadlines for the International Monetary Fund’s Young Economist Program in November, for its March selection of candidates.

Minimum requirements to apply to the program include a master’s degree or equivalent in economics, finance ora technical field used in the bank’s operations, plus a minimum of two years of relevant work experience; or continued academic study at the doctoral level... You should be no older than 32 years old as of July Ist this year, have a superior academic record and be fluent in English.

The September issue of the “International Employment Hotline” also features an article on new health care projects abroad.

For more information on either of the above, please contact the Office of Pioneering at the Baha’{ National Center, Wilmette IL, 60091. Telephone 708-8699039 or fax 708-869-3342.

New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

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

EASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia), Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

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

NORTH AMERICA: Alaska.

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

Special international traveling teaching projects and events

HUNGARY: All Baha’ fs of Hungarian descent urgently needed in the Three Year Plan teaching work, starting immediately.

MACAU: Chinese-speakers needed for initiation of a campaign to “carry the

healing message of Bah4’u’lléh to the generality of mankind”; October 20, 1993January 23, 1994.

MALTA: International Year of the Family world forum for Non-Governmental Organizations, entitled “Promoting Families for the Well-being of Individuals and Societies”; Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 1993.

SWITZERLAND: Landegg Academy, third annual Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development, Nov. 22-28, 1993.

For more information, please contact the Office of Pioneering, Baha’i National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Telephone 708-869-9039; fax 708-869-3342.

UPCOMING Baha'i Youth Service Corps/Pioneering Institutes:

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. Telephone 708869-9039 or fax 708-869-0247 for more information.

Pioneers, traveling teachers are needed in a number of countries all over the world

The National Spiritual Assembly of Tuvalu needs short-term pioneers able to work with Baha’f youth in developing and implementing teaching and consolidation activities. Baha’f Youth Service Corps volunteers are short-term pioneers.

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Eastern Caroline Islands would like four Baha’f Youth Service Corps volunteers for a minimum of six months each.

The National Spiritual Assembly of Samoa requests Baha’{ Youth Service Corps volunteers who can assist with guiding at the Temple.

There are three universities in Hong Kong that need Baha’{ students to introduce the teachings of Baha'u'llah. There is a Bahd’f family on the staff of one university, but the others have no Baha’{ contacts. It has been reported that these universities even pay for tuition and living costs at the graduate level.

If you are traveling outside the United States for any reason, please contact the Office of Pioneering (708869-9039) for information.

Now is the time to look for an overseas teaching position

Looking for an overseas teaching position?

If you are hoping to land your first job in an international school, now is the time to start. You should make your initial contact no later than December. This gives the school head ample time to review your application and contact you to arrange an interview during February when most top administrators from international schools are traveling throughout the U.S. interviewing and hiring staff for the next school year.

The following organizations sponsor job fairs for educators interested in finding employment in international schools around the world. Contact each organization for more information about dates, registration deadlines, fees, placement

services, what schools will attend, what qualifications are required, and additional services.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: Contact B.J. Bryant, Director, Educational Career Services, 110 Arps Hall, 1945 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210-1172 for more information. Telephone 614-2922741.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA: Contact Don Wood, Overseas Placement Center, 152 Gilchrist Hall, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614. Telephone 319-273-2083.

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AMERICA (AASSA): Schools from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Curacao, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

are represented. Applicants who are certified or eligible for certification should contact Kimberly Kourtis,

Miami, FL 33166. Telephone 305-594-3936.

TORC: A division of the National Teachers Placement Bureau, TORC holds numerous job fairs. Contact Don Cermak, Director, TORC, P.O. Box 09027, Cleveland, OH 44109 for information. Telephone 216-741-3771.

Language and Education Fairs outside of the States are organized by ICEF (International Consultants for Education and Fairs), a subsidiary of WHERE + HOW. For information, contact Am Hofgarten

Germany; telephone (+49 228) 22 30 86; fax (+49 228) 22 26 43.

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Association for Baha'i Studies holds 17th annual Conference

The 17th annual Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies (ABS) marked the 19th year since the first policy meeting at which the idea of the Association was developed.

The more than 600 participants at this year's Conference in Montreal saw a further stage in the Association's maturation: renewed contact with one of the world's most distinguished universities; the intensification of dialogue with a variety of scholars both within and outside the Faith; artistic presentations of exceptional merit; a multi-cultural international representation of Bahd'fs; and attendance by the Hand of the Cause of God A.M. Varg4; Douglas Martin, a member of the Universal House of Justice; and Counselor David Smith.

Mr. Martin, a founding member of the ABS, speaking not as a member of the House of Justice but from his personal viewpoint, stressed the integration of Bahd'f scholarship into the Administrative Order.

As an example, he discussed the current peer review of papers by Baha'f scholars by members of the institutions of the Faith. Such peer review, he said, is inherent in the Administrative Order, as it derives its

authority directly from the Covenant.

Yet review should not interfere with a genuinely independent search after truth, he said; Baha'fs have a great opportunity to build a bridge between the teachings of Bahd'u'll4h and the disciplines that have formed their academic careers.

The Hasan Balyuzi Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr. Abbas Amanat, professor of history at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and author of the book Resurrection and Renewal.

Dr. Amanat's talk dealt primarily with progressive revelation in the Zoroastrian and Islamic context.

Mr. Martin presented essay contest awards consisting of plaques and $100 honoraria to Robert Ahdieh of St. Davids, Pennsylvania (university division), Paula Drewek of Warren, Michigan (general), and Jack McLean of Gatineau, Quebec (creative writing).

Other award winners unable to attend the ceremony were Seena Fazel and Khazeh Fananapazir of Edinburgh, Scotland (multi-author division), and Gunther Meyer of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia (high school).

Will C. van den Hoonaard, Todd Lawson, Mr. Ahdieh,

‘SURVIVAL IN THE ’90s’

and Christine Zerbinis were placed on the 1993 Honor Roll for their services to Bahd'f scholarship.

Thursday and Friday evenings were devoted to programs of musicand entertainment distinguished by their professionalism, variety and uplifting content.

Counselor Smith, in his closing address, reminded the audience of the high status of knowledge and wisdom in the Faith; however, he cautioned, the acquisition of true knowledge and wisdom depends fully upon one's relationship to God. Knowledge gained for one's own benefit, he said, is of no value whatsoever.

In the extreme case, he said, an expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he or she knows everything about nothing.

Referring to The Secret of Divine Civilization, Dr. Smith reminded his listeners that the honor and distinction of an individual is to become a source of social good. He urged scholars to retain their role as students, to stand back, see the whole picture, and help and encourage one another.—Peter Morgan, Lanark, Ontario

A Baha'i writes the book on business, family values

By Tom MENNILLO

Translating Baha’i principles into eyeryday behavior is the critical task facing Baha’is—and humankind in general—during this turbulent decade, says innovation consultant Robert Rosenfeld.

Mr. Rosenfeld, a Baha’f from Rochester, New York, recently delivered that message in a public talk on “Survival in the ’90s: Integrating Spiritual and Material Values in Business and the Family” sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Bexley, Ohio.

He is the founder of Idea Connection Systems Inc., a Rochester-based firm that helps companies grow through a combination of business, human and technical solutioris. While at Eastman Kodak Co. Mr. Rosenfeld had developed in the 1970s and* 80s an intrapreneurial (within a single process that became known as the “Office of Innovation” model.

This is a decade of tough choices, he says. The problems are immense and the age-old solutions don’t work.

Mr. Rosenfeld notes that cities are falling apart physically and racially. Once-solid companies such as Sears, Roebuck & Co. and International Business Machines are shedding jobs by the thousands. The U. S. has a trillions-ofdollars national deficit to pay off.

In world affairs, the collapse of the East Bloc countries in Europe has put many of their nuclear warheads on the market, where terror-bent nations could obtain them. Old hatreds have boiled over into genocide in Bosnia and other regions.

Against such a backdrop of constant change, most people tend to cling to the status quo, he says. They persist, for example, in the notion that if they acquire a skill in a job, both the skill and the job will last until they retire. When that belief is shattered they are left confused and demoralized.

The reason, Mr. Rosenfeld says they lack a value system, a core o! They have tured their backs on their Covenant with God.

But he sees a new paradigm—a perspectice that offers coherent conclusions and draws an increasing number of adherents—in the making, animated by the Covenant for this age.

Mr. Rosenfeld says people will have to make a choice between two beliefs: “I am a god or there is a God.”

That realization, he says, will lead some toextreme self-centeredness. Others, however, will commit to a set of spiritual principles through the realization that humankind is one soul in many bodies.

He quotes from the Ridvan 150 message of the Universal House of Justice about the vital importance of cultivating “a sense of spirituality, that mystic feeling which unites the individual with God and is achieved through meditation and prayer.”

Mr. Rosenfeld is careful to draw a tinction between “principle” and “tradition” or “law.”

Traditions maintain continuity and laws codify what actions are permitted, he says. But principles are the truths on which laws are based. They also allow the refinement

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When tradition and law become diyorced from principle, he says, they create untruth and produce inconsistency in human behavior.

A universal Baha’ truth, the oneness of humanity, is key to the paradigm shift of the ’90s, says Mr. Rosenfeld. And the principles that will help people translate that truth into behaviors in the workplace and home include race unity, equality between the sexes, consultation, collective security and the elimination of extremes of wealth and-poverty.

Diversity is a strength for Baha’is, he notes, but we must envision what that diversity can bring us and then live it in our behavior.

As an example, Mr. Rosenfeld relates a story about diversity in his own family. He and his wife have six children, four of whom are adopted and come from interracial and multicultural backgrounds.

The children are comfortable with their racial and cultural diversity, he says. But cognitive diversity is a real issue. One of the children is an introvert in a family of extroverts, and she needs “down time” alone and the assurance that that’s all right.

The progress toward equality of the sexes also must be measured in terms of behavior, says Mr. Rosenfeld. He recalls meeting a family in India and having the father bring his daughter forward to shake Mr. Rosenfeld’s hand—a big step in that culture.

In our meeting-laden culture, consultation is a key principle. If diversity allows innovation to take place, consultation is the tool that allows us to incorporate diversity, he says.

Unfortunately, he says, most people lack successful examples of teamwork in their professional and family lives. They must learn how to consult with and rely on each other if they are to achieve unity.

The same is true of collective security, he says, quoting Bahd’u’ll4h that “the earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”

Mr. Rosenfeld says a personal impact can be made in working to eliminate ex tremes of wealth and poverty. *

His firm gave 10 children of employees $200 each and told them to spend it in any way that would help humanity. He says the company also goes out of its way to employ those who have the most difficult time gaining admission into the workforce, such as street people and people coming out of prison.

“It’s our job, not the government’s,” to make a difference, he concludes.

National Assembly members from U.S., Mexico cooperate in border teaching campaign

William Davis, treasurer of the National Spiritual Assembly, and Miguel Robles, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Costa Rica, teamed up for a proclamation effort in August that took them from Houston, Texas, to Harlingen, Laredo, San Antonio and Uvalde along the Texas/Mexico border.

In Harlingen, the friends arranged for them to appear on a radio talk show and a local television news broadcast. In Matamoros, they were interviewed on radio and on a Spanish-language television program.

Ata public meeting in Matamoros, Mr. Davis spoke of the growing cooperation between nations and the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), while Mr. Robles entertained the audience with songs, accompanying himself on a 12-string guitar.

In Laredo, Mr. Davis and Mr. Robles received front-page coverage in the local newspaper before hosting another public meeting in the evening.

Before returning to California, Mr. Davis spoke in Brackenridge, San Antonio and Uvalde.

Mr. Robles continued on, teaching and presenting musical firesides in Eagle Pass, San Marcos, El Paso and Anthony and Las Cruces, New Mexico, where the theme of cross-border cooperation was emphasized.

The project addressed two major goals of the Three Year Plan: enhancing our cooperation with other countries, and extending teaching activities to minority populations.

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‘Helpers’ network’ helps Faith grow among Southeast Asians

The U.S. Baha'f Refugee Office reports that in the past six months about 200 Southeast Asian adults and children have been enrolled in the Faith in this country.

These declarations can be attributed mainly to the efforts of individual Baha'f “helpers” around the country. These dedicated believers have worked diligently for many years to consolidate and deepen the Southeast Asian Baha'is in their communities, but until almost two years ago events were progressing slowly.

The “helpers” needed an opportunity to meet with Southeast Asian Baha'i leaders to learn from them how to teach and deepen the Southeast Asian Bahé

To give them that opportunity, the U.S. Bahd'f Refugee Office sponsored two Southeast Asian Bahd'f Leaders’ Conferences at the Bosch Baha'f School, and a “Helpers' Conference” at the Louhelen Baha'f School.

The information and knowledge gained from these gatherings was put to immedi ate use once the “helpers” returned to thi

communities. Many of them formed Southeast Asian Teaching Institutes to reach the Southeast Asian population more effectively.

The results can be seen in the number of enrollments that are reported each week.

As these new Baha'is are deepened in the Faith, they are also empowered within their Baha'i communities. In many areas, for the first time, Southeast Asians are being elected to serve on local Spiritual Assemblies.

And these newly deepened Baha'fs are

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Older and more deepened Southeas| Asian Baha'fs are helping to prepare teaching and deepening video tapes in the various Southeast Asian languages, and are translating written materials for teaching and deepening their people.

The U.S. Baha'i Refugee Office wishes to thank all of these “helpers” for their dedicated efforts. As a result of articles in The American Baha’ over the last six months, more than a dozen individual Bahd'is and Baha'f communities have asked if they might become a part of the “helpers” network.

We warmly welcome these new “helpers” and look forward to helping them in their efforts. If you would like to become a part of this growing network, ple: S. Baha'i Refugee Office, f National Center, Wilmette, IL 6009 1 (phone 708-869-9039; fax 708-8690247).

Santa Cruz cooperation leads to development of . new Baha'i Family School

Local Assemblies, Groups and’ individual Baha'is in Santa Cruz County, Califor recently formed an intercommunity Three Year Plan Implementation Committee whose goal is to address successfully the elements of the Plan in the county within 19 months by combining resources and achieving unity.

Several project: already are under way including teaching via data bases, centraling the Bahd’f telephone for the area, and forming a media task force to promote the Faith in more positive and overt ways.

Also under consideration are plans to develop outreach programs to involve loin groups that are working sof wu and forming a youth/ ervice programand youth choir.

But the committee's greatest accomplishment to date is the timely development of the area's newest Baha'i School, which will hold cl: » Unity ‘easts and other events at the LoudenNelson Community Center in Cruz. The site was chosen because o} accessibility and its contributions to the community at large

Cl are to begin with a grand opening ceremony October 31, and afterward will be held on the fi each month—to have tive weeks without conflicting with the highly successful Monterey Family School.

The school's steering committee recently elected the following officers: Carct Neuerman, director; Norma Johnson, Ann Miller, John Butah, curriculum development team; and Carl Fravel, treasurer.

The wide range of ta ‘ociated with aining the school s that many members of the commu! s will have a chance to serve and become united in a common effort to “enhance progress toward the new World Order via personal and social transformation.”

The school is open to non-Bahd'fs as well as to the Bahd'f community. Ms. Neuerman says the school's approach to Baha'fs and the public will reflect the fact that Baha'u'llah said that all members of humanity are potentially “gems of inestimable value.”

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The heavy involvement of Baha’ts in the Parliament of the World’s Religions is demonstrated by this list of program participants. The list is neither comprehensive nor does it include the many friends who worked behind the scenes to make the Parliament a success.

• Dr. Dwight Allen led a workshop on “Education for Unity in Diversity.”

Gospel Choir, under the direction of xilmer, sang in the Festival of Sacred Performing Arts; gave a sp 1 concert at St. ind sang at the Baha’f House of

Peter’s Church; Worship.

i House of Worship Choir, under the direction of Tom Price, augmented by members of the World Congress Choir and accompanied

(except at the Baha’ { House of Worship) by members of the World Congress Orchestra, sang during a program at the Baha’{ House of Worship; ang in conjunction with a slide show at the rom Vision to Action” plenary; and gave a special performance of the Bahé’f oratorio that debuted at the second World Congress.

• Baha’{ House of Worship staff, under the direction of Lorelei McClure, coordinated two

s held in honor of the Parliament

‘stine Berkey introduced the speakers for a workshop on “The Inner Life.”

+ Dr. Roger L. Blaine led a workshop on “The Blind Men and the Elephant: Science and Religion.”

+ Dr. Anne R. Breneman led a workshop on

Ingredients shared for success in religions’ race unity efforts

By Tom Mennito

Robert C. Henderson had just wrapped up his Parliament of the World’s Religions presentation on “Race Unity: Lessons from the American Baha’i Experience” when a woman rose from the audience.

She had listened intently as the SecretaryGeneral of the National Spiritual Assembly described a century of Baha’{s’ growth in meeting the nation’s “most challenging issue” head on, and she had a question.

“What about those of us who are not of the Baha’ Faith but feel rely connected to the vion of race unity?” she How can we encourage our own faiths to respond?”

Dr.’ Henderson’s answer cut to the heart of what American Baha’ fs have learned in that century, under the nurturing guidance of the Central Figures and the institutions.

“I think if we were just to outline what works about the American Baha’f race unity experience, it is the following set of les

s have clear spiritual guidance on the importance of race unity. That means that you can’t duck it. You're spiritually accountable for making progress on this issue.

“Second, there is consistent leadership on the part of Baha’f institutions, focusing and refocusing and reinforcing and encouraging and insisting that in individual life, family life, community life and national life, Baha’ fs focus on this i a watchword of life itself and regard the ievement of freedom from all prejudice as the hallmark of a true Baha’f character. ..

“Third, you must free the members to engage in all kinds of jatives and, in fact, organize campaigns and let them loose. ... The aggregate effect on the spiritual life of the community will

Robert C. Henderson tells a Parliament audience about the Bahd’i experience in facing the issue of race unity.

be that it develops and becomes richer and deeper.

“And, last, it must begin to express itself with structures ... that teach folks from the time they are children through adulthood the importance of this and then give them vehicles to use to act on this important spiritual principle.”

Dr. Henderson went on to illustrate how the Baha’is translate this principle into action.

“From the time I was asmall child asa Baha’ {, I would go to Bal Sunday school every week, and I would be told as a 3-year-old, 4year-old, 5-year-old about the principle of the equality of the races.

“Now I didn’t understand all that as a child. Little kids don’t get it. But I'll tell you what little kids do get. They figure out whether they are loved and feel safe in their environment.

“And it’s clear to me now as a 44-year-old adult male that as a young Baha’ {child I felt loved and safe among all types of people, very few of whom looked like me.

“They were white, brown, red, yellow, and they came from all over the world. But they seemed to love each other and they seemed

to nd the big me: this what Baha’ {community ife is about.

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didn’ tunderstand the details ... I got the spirit, and that spirit has sustained throughout my life.”

He concluded with a warning borne of the lessons of the civil rights era.

We can succeed in desegrating schools and other elements of public life, he said, “but if we don’t desegrate the kitchen table, if we don’t desegrate the living room sofa, if we don’t desegrate those private parts of our lives where loving is done ... then desegregation under the law will not produce any true and lasting effect.”

“Challenges of Parenting for a New World Order.”

• Dr. Carlton Brown led a workshop on “Education for Unity in Diversity.”

+ Nicholas Byrne told a story, “Maya and the Town That Loved a Tree,” during the “Next Generation” plenary.

usan Clay led a workshop on “A New Focus for Educational Policy and Practice in Guatemala.”

+ Juana Conrad, member of the tual Assembly, participated in the Assembly of Religious and Spi s; led a workshop on “Women’s Spiritual Destiny: A Baha’{ Perspective.”

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Faith offered as embryonic model

By Tom Mennitto

What unites Baha’is?

To Charles Nolley it’s that Baha’ fs are largely unencumbered by the baggage of tradition.

Mr. Nolley, a trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, s Parliament on “Bridging the Gap: Rell; and Cultural Diversity in the Baha’{ Community.”

The world, in the midst of a turbulent adolescence, has not yet become fully aware of its global identity, Mr. Nolley said.

But he said glimpses of that future coming of age, that sense of unity in purpose and action, are present and are working to pull us together.

He warned, though, that stripping away old Status systems isn’t enough. New structures must be erected.

That’s where the Baha’{ Faith comes in, said Mr. Nolley.

He offered the Baha’{ community as an embryonic global model, one that from its beginnings has cultivated a sense of higher unity.

A fundamental paradigm shift occurs in those who embrace the Faith, he said: They begin to view the concept of mankind as one family not as a goal, but as a fact.

While other religions suffer from their ties to a particular culture or time period, he said, the Baha'i Faith stands alone. It is not a tradition or a piecing of traditions

The Faith’s organization and social structure, in fact, are imbedded in the Revelation—of a new World Order—around which the religion was organized

As such, he said, Baha’ fs need not lay down the tradition they were born into upon declaring their faith in Baha'u'llah. Rather, they can find in the Baha’i Faith the truest expression of what they were, are and can be.

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UN rep describes World Order as work in progress by Baha’is

By Tom MeNNILLO

Rebequa Getahoun Murphy explained “Baha’u’ll4h’s Order” to a Parliament of the World’s Reli; Baha’{ community to a farmer.

Ms. Murphy, representative of the National Spiritual Assembly to the United Nations, said the farmer spreads seeds with every confidence they will take root and grow to a bountiful harvest.

But when that farmer shows the newly planted field to a friend, the friend sees only bare land—not the fruits to come.

Forexample, that’s the situation in which residents of the former Soviet Union, which Ms. Murphy recently ited, find themselves. erything they have known in their lives has changed, she said. Every foundation has been removed from beneath them. Now they are asking: Is there more than al life?

The task for Baha’ fs, then, isto foreshadow through their love and unity the bounties humanity is destined to experience

The World Order of Baha'u'llah is more than an international system, she said. Ultimately, it is a society of people whose hearts have been transformed.

She said each person thus transformed infuses that spirit into his or her daily life and helps others catch the spirit.

Using the analogy of drops of water, Ms. Murphy noted that one drop scatters in the winds.

When drops come together, though, they can form rivers.

She said the New Yorkers who encountered Baha’ fs during the second Baha’ { World Congress invariably remarked about the genuineness of the love Baha’ fs exhibited for each other.

“What a different world you must live in,” she quoted one as saying.

It is different, she said, and children who are raised in the perception that “the earth is but one country and mankind its citizens” truly are children of a new world.

Ms. Murphy related how her son, then 8 years old, came home from school one day and remarked, “You know, Mom, it really doesn’t bother me when other kids call me ‘nigger.’”

She was chopping onions at the moment and nearly cut herself.

“What do you mean, you don’t mind?” she asked.

And her son explained: “The reason they do this is they are ignorant. They don’t understand that mankind is one. If they knew, they wouldn’t say something stupid like that.”

That, said Ms. Murphy, “is what the World Order of Baha’u’ll4h is about. Imagine the kind of world that these children will erect. How different it is from the world that we are leaving them.”

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• The entire corps of “Next Generation” plenary youth jamming the stage to

sing Red Grammer’s “We Are One at the close of that session.

• Ladjamaya Green Mahoney bringing an audience to tears of despair and ho}

in her dramatic presentation, “The Black Experience: A Cry for World Pea

+ Speakers such as Mona ser and Susan Clay demonstrating how Baha’fs are at the forefront of sustainable development, the advancement of women, and other

+ Azar Movagh bringing the service of Health for Humanity professionals into a well-deserved limelight.

• The Baha’{ International Community and the Baha’{ Publishing Trust

exhibiting Baha’f literature and answering questions about the Faith to hundreds of passersby.

• Ronald Precht, former director of the Office of Public Information, leading

religious writers on a tour of the Baha’f House of Worship.

• Continer Counselor Jacqueline Delahunt and Patricia Locke leading

workshop on “God's Messengers to the Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere.”

• Yael Wurmfeld, R. Leilani Smith and Charles Nolley, trustees on the Council

for a Parliament of the World's Religions, helping to bring the Parliament to fruition after five years of vision, planning and plain old hard work.

• Counselor Delahunt and Robert C.

Henderson and Juana Conrad of the Na- “Something [is] pulling us together that you can’t describe without it pulling us apart.” But the historical forces toward transanimous signing of an interim Decla- formation are bringing many people into ion Toward a Global Ethic. conflict within themselves and, by exten

tional Spiritual Assembly lending their isdom to the Assembly of Religious and tual Leaders in achieving almost

Where will the Parliament lead from here?

Mr. Nolley spoke midway through the Parliament of “something pulling us together that you can’t describe without it pulling us apart.”

He outlined how the historical forces toward transformation are bringing many people into conflict within themselves and, by extension, with their traditions.

Mr. Nolley, an anthropologist, expressed confidence, though, that the world’s people will find a way to progress without the loss of diversity that has happened to other species in the face of development.

Mr. Henderson also assessed the future in a talk at the Baha’ f House of Worship on “Religious and Social Unity: The Next Stage of Human Development.”

Comparing the 1993 Parliament with its predecessor a century ago, the secretary-general of the National Spiritual Assembly point to the example of Frederick Douglass, a black Americ id former slave.

Mr. Douglass, he said, literally had to fight his way onto the stage at the first Parliament to speak for the aspirations of black people.

How Mr. Douglass got to the Parliament was even more inspiring. A slav owner had tried by various cruel means to break his spirit, but Mr. Douglass survived and eventually thrived by realizing that the slave owner could not own his spirit—he was free.

A hundred years later, the Parliament reconvened with a much broader representation, said Mr. Henderson.

Its purpose, he said, was to encourage a spirit of harmony; assess and renew the role of religion in personal growth and the issues of the day; and realize that all religior legitimacy “built into the core of humanity by God Himself.”

The Parliament sometimes included a loud clash of viewpoints, he said, but out of it came the “great victory for humanity” of a world-embracing Declaration Toward a Global Ethic signed by more than 90 percent of the attendees of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.

Mr. Henderson 1 that the requirements of peace are difficult. Even though the Messengers of God have come throughout history to help us tear apart barriers of separation, people een too much “betrayal and bloodshed” to have confidence in humanity’s ability to build a peacefui, loving society.

What it will take, he said, is the recognition that conflict is only a stage in the maturation of human development and that through inner transformation we can be reborn on a new level of mutual love.

That new standard will be marked by service and indiscriminate fellowship, aid. Only by making others happy will we find happiness ourselves.

He gave the example of a group of Holocaust s ors who had borne up remarkably well—both physically and mentally—under the inhumane treatment. It was found that those survivors were the ones who had served others before taking care of themsely:

The stranger must become a companion and the alien an intimate, Mr. Henderson declared, promising that if we exhibit such character, it will become a model that reorients the thinking of those we meet and a source of great changes in the world.

The 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions, all in all, moved humankind considerably forward on that road.

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+ Dr. Richard Czernieje “The Global Health Care C: and Vision.”

• Continental Counselor Jacqueline Delahunt

participated in the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders; led a workshop on “God's Messengers to the Native Peoples of the Western Hemisphere;” and gave an invocation at the closing plenary.

¢ Errol Doris Jr. delivered a speech on “The Challenging Issue Confronting America” during the “Next Generation” plenary.

• Continental Counselor Wilma Ellis, administrator-general of the Baha’f International Community, gave an invocation at the opening plenary; served as a president of the Parliament; and

responded for the Baha’ { Faith to the keynote address on “Interfaith Understanding.”

+ Red Grammer'’s song “One Family” was sung by all participants at the closing of the “Next Generation” plenary.

+ Mona Grieser delivered a major presentation on “Ploughshares and Prayers: Bringing Spiritual Principles into the Development Dialogue.”

+ Jane Grover (substituting for Ray Johnson) led a workshop on “Educating Youth as Leaders for the 21st Century.”

• Farzaneh Guillebeaux led a workshop on

Sexual Equality: A Prerequisite for World Peac: + Dr. Robert C. Henderson, secretary-general of the National Spiritual Assembly, participated in the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leadivered a major presentation on “Race essons from the American Baha’ { Expend spoke on “Religious and Social

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chaired a discussion on “Environment;” chaired a discussion on “God and Physics;” and led a workshop on “God Under the Microscope.”

• Sovaida Ma’ani led a

workshop on “The Unfoldment of a World Civilization.”

+ Dr. Hoda Mahmoudi led a workshop on “Marriage of Equals: Contrasting Past Expectations

with Present Require ments;” and made a major presentation on “The Emergence of the Baha’{ Faith as a World Religion.”

+ Dr. Homa Mahmoudi led a workshop on “Marriage of Equals: Contrasting Past Expectations with Present Requirements.”

¢ Ladjamaya Green Mahoney gave a dramatic reading in the “Voices of the Di sessed” plenary; gavi dramatic reading in the “Voices of Spirit and Tradition” plenary; gave a dramatic reading of the Declaration Toward a Global Ethic at a session of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders and at the closing pl nary; and ga performance on “The Black Experience: A Cry for World Peace.”

• Billie Mayo participated in the “Dialogue Racism” portion of the “From Vision

to Action” plenary; and served as a f ator in the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.

+ Dr. Azar Movagh spoke on Health for Humanity in the “Inner Life and Life in the Community” plenary.

+ Rebequa Getahoun Murphy, U.S. National Spiritual Assembly representative to the United Nations, delivered a major presentation on “Baha’u'lléh’s Vision of World Order;” participated in a panel on “The ificance of an Earth Charter;” led a workshop on “The Spiritual Dimension of a Sustainable World Order;” and participated ina panel on “Women, the Earth and the World’s Religior

• Charles Nolley, a trustee of the

Council fo: arliament of the World’s Religions, delivered a major presentation on “Bridging the Religious Unity and Cultural Diversity in the Baha’{ Commuity;” attended the Assembly of Re

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“Global Vision for the 21st Century;” participated ina workshop on “Cultural Degradation Through Mascots and Stereotypes.”

• Dr. May Khadem led a workshop on “The Global Health Care Crisis: An Assessment and Vision.

• Dr. Riaz Khadem led a workshop on “Nine

Steps to Excellence: Strategies for Transforming Your Business.”

• Dr. Thelma Khelghati led a workshop on “In

Search of Spirituality: Soaring Wings and Praceet.”

+ Patricia Locke led a workshop on “God’s Mess to the Native Peoples of the Western

ligious and Spiritual Leaders; took part in the reception for the I ama; and attended the CPWR annual meeting.

+ Mark Ochu led a workshop/performance on “The Prerequisites for Peace Found in Western Classical Music.

+ Joyce Olinga participated in the “Dialogue Racism” portion of the “From Vision to Action” plenary; and served as a facilitator in the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.

+ Joe, Esther, Micha the Inka Native American Theatre performed the “Dance of the Council Lodge” at the “Next Generation” plenary.

• Brent Poirier led a workshop on “The Unfoldment of a World Civilization.”

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Ladjamaya Green Mahoney takes the audience through a journey in her special performance on “The Black Experience: A Cry for

• Ron Precht led a special tour of the House of

Worship for members of the National Religious Newswriters Association.

+ Robert Rosenfeld led a workshop on “Appreciating Oneness: Promulgating Diversity Throughout Organizations.”

+ Dr. Curtis Russell led a workshop on “Motivational Consequences of Divine Revelation.” + Jan Smith led a workshop on “No More Guilt, No More Blame: Women and Men Learning Partnership.”

¢ R. Leilani Smith, a trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, coordinated Baha’ { participation in the opening processional; introduced the presidents of the “Visions of Paradise and Possibility” plenary; led a workshop on “Through All the Worlds of God: E feachings on Immortality of the Soul;” coordinated prayers and readings to open the “Inner Life and Life in the Community” plenary; took part in the reception for the Dalai Lama; and attended the CPWR annual meeting.

• Dr. Robert Stockman led a workshop on “The

Baha’{ Faith and Interreligious Dialogue.”

• Irene Taafaki led a workshop on “A Pedagogy

for Moral and Spiritual Education.”

• Michael Winger-Bearskin led a workshop on

“Appreciating Oneness: Promulgating Diversity Throughout Organizations.”

+ Yael Wurmfeld, a trustee of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, attended the Metropolitan Assembly of Religious and

tual Leaders; attended the Assembly of Reli and Spiritual Leaders; participated in the award ceremony for the Templeton Prize winner; took part in the reception for the Dalai Lama; introduced the presidents of the Parliament at the closing plenary; and attended the CPWR annual meeting

. Brett Zamir participated in the “Next Generation” plenary as a member of the Youth Steering Committee.

• Delara Zargapoor of the Inka Native American Theatre performed the “Dance of the Council Lodge” at the “Next Generation” plenary.

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11th Massanetta Springs Conference draws 500 to study Three Year Plan

The 11th annual Massanetta Springs Baha'i Conference came alive in August with an array of powerful speakers who shared personal stories and messages on aspects of the Three Year Plan.

About 500 Baha'is attended the annual event August 27-29 at the Mas: Springs retreat in northwestern Vi Nestled among towering pine trees, the retreat was a fitting venue for the gathering, which was graced by the presence of Aziz Yazdi who related accounts of his childhood in the household of ‘Abdu’lBaha.

Mr. Yazdi told the audience how, as a boy, he and his family lived with ‘Abdu’ lBaha in the House of Abdullah-Pasha.

One afternoon, Mr. Yazdi said, ‘Abdu’ lBaha caught him sneaking into the kitchen.

“What could I do? I was caught,” Mr. Yazdi said, eliciting laughter and applause from his listeners.

But instead of punishing the youngster, he said, the Master stroked his forehe: gave himac and sent him on his way.

Another of the speakers was k McCants, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly. He stressed passages in the most recent Ridvin message from the Universal House of Justice calling for a revitalization of the faith of individual believers and the maturation of Spiritual Assemblies.

“The time is short,” he said. “Stand up now and ask Baha'u'lléh how you fit into the Three Year Plan.”

““Seize thy chance,” he added, quoting from The Hidden Words, “‘for it willcome to thee no more.”

Workshops covered such diverse topics as the Kitdb-i-Aqdas, women's the future of the Faith in Russia.

Baha'is came from all over the East Coast to take part in the event. One of them, 24-year-old Jonathan Higgins of Asheville, North Carolina, left home shortly after noon, picked up some friends halfwa ‘oss the state, and arrived at Massanetta Springs about 10 hours later.

“This is my first time at Massanetta,” he said. “I came to hear the talks and to be with friends I haven't seen in a while.

That's a big part of the conference to

i “i On the weekend of July 23-25, the Los Angeles Baha'i Youth Workshop gave several performances in Davenport, lowa, prompting Mayor Patrick Gibbs (pictured holding paper) to proclaim ‘Race Unity Weekend’ in Davenport and present the Workshop with the symbolic keys to the city. The young Bahd'is

appeared at Northpark Mall in Davenport; at the annual Bix

Beiderbecke Festival, which honors the legendary jazz trumpeter from Davenport who died in his early 20s; and at West High School where one person declared his beliefin Baha'u'llah. Many of those who saw the performence at the Beiderbecke Festival ordered ‘One Planet, One People...Please’ T-shirts.

Baha'i Esperanto League has U.S. representative at 80th Esperanto Congress in Kameoka, Japan

Roberta McFarland, a Baha'f from San Leandro, California, represented the Baha'i Esperanto League at the 80th Esperanto Congress Japan. The Congress theme was “Mi es terglobano” (I am a world citizen).

More than 475 people from a dozen countries attended the event including

On July 4, the Bahd'ts of Boulder City, of July Jamboree at Government Park. Many local and state officials passed the

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visitors. Pictured with one of the visitors at the booth are (left to right) Marion WestHoffman and Maxine Mendelsohn. This particular visitor stopped to say that his brother was married to a Bahé'iand how highly his family regarded her and the Faith.

tralia. Also present were Esperantists from , China, France, the NethKorea, the Philippines, Poland, and the former Yugoslavia.

he most memorable occasion for Ms. McFarland was reciting a Bahé'f prayer for unity, in Esperanto, before an audience of about 200 at the Oomoto Temple in Ajabe during a 70th anniversary tribute thanking God for Esperanto and the founding of the Temple's Esperanto Public Relations Association.

Oomoto, founded in 1892, has three basic tenets: one God, one world, one

auxiliary language. The Faith was mentioned a number of a forum

during the Congre: ing cooperation between sts in Asia and the Pacific region; at the farewell banquet; and in general conversation. Bahé’f literature was popular and taken with interest. A lecture room was made available to present the Faith, and about 10 people came for discussions.

Young Baha'i who fled Iran profiled in newspaper

On June 18, the Hemet (California)PressEnterprise published an extensive feature article on Tina Shahidyazdani, a young Baha'i who fled Iran with her family a seven-year-old in 1984, and this year graduated fourth in her of 360 at Hemet High School, a month after she was sworn in as an American citizen.

The article, which includes photograph n graduation robes, standing next toa model of the Baha'f House of Worship in Wilmette, outlines the persecution of Bahd'is in Iran and explains some of the h’s basic principles including progresyelation, the oneness of humanity, of the sexes, and the elimination

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This year, the article says, Tina founded the Rainbow Club at Hemet High School, a student group that opposes all forms of discrimination and “extols dignity and respect for everyone.”

“reating the group, she explained, was a extension of her faith, “which cherishes the diversity of humanity.”

At her graduation ceremony, the school principal quoted from *Abdu’l-Baha's statement on “unity in diversity,” encouraging the audience of 4,000 to reflect on that message of love.

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Classified notices in The American Bahd'f are published free of charge as a service to the Bahd'f 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 ACREBahd'f School is seeking a program coordinator. This is a full-time, year-round position primarily responsible for planning and coordinating educational programs and activities at Green Acre. Qualifications include an in-depth knowledge of the Bah4'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 Bahé'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'f National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091.

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

THE BOSCH Bah'f School has a full-time position open for a Food Services Manager. The job entails cooking two of the three daily meais during school sessions; supervising other kitchen workers; ordering; ntorying; menu planning (including vegetarian needs); supervising, and taking part in keeping the kitchen faci s clean and orderly. Must be able to maintain kitchen equipment. Knowledge of sanitation and health rules regarding food is necessary. There may be other maintenance tasks as assigned by the school administrator. Cooking/supervisory experience (3-4 years) preferred. Knowledge of nutrition desirable. If interested, please phone the Bosch Baha'i School, 408-423-3387 (fax 408-423-7564), sending résumé to 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

‘THE GREEN ACRE Baha'f School is 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 lig) nance, 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 Baha'f School, 188 Main St., Eliot, ME 03903.

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ASHEBORO, North Carolina, needs homefront pioneers. We are a Baha'f Group of one homefront pioneer family deeply involved

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in race unity activities, sponsoring a community support group and responding to many requests for help in the area. Asheboro (pop. 18,000), in the center of the state, 30 minutes from Greensboro, has good schools and a community college. We warmly appeal to fellow believers dedicated to race unity work to join us. For more detailed information, write to the Baha'f Group of Asheboro, c/o Chuck Egerton, correspondent,

Asheboro, NC 27203, or phone 919-629 8218.

THE BAHA'f community of Lomita, California, warmly invites two or three dedicated Baha’is to relocate there and help re-form the Assembly. Lomita is at the foot of the lovely Palos Verdes Peninsula in southern California, 10 minutes from the beach and an hour from the mountains or desert. The climate is generally comfortable the year round. Jobs currently being advertised are in accounting, computers, dental and health care, engineering, banking and sales, among others. We would be happy to help you locate employment and housing. If interested, please contact our secretary, Heidi, at 310-544-8337, or leave a message.

NEEDED: in Minot, North Dakota—physicians, all specialties. If you enjoy clean living in the great outdoors with good schools for your children, this is the place you've been looking for. Please contact Frank or Shahnaz Damasio, Minot, ND 58701, or phone 701-839-7870.

GUADALUPE, Arizona, 20 minutes from downtown Phoenix or the Arizona State University campus, has an Hispanic population that includes a large number of Yaqui Indians. Nearby industries and companies range from manufacturing electronic components to bank credit and processing centers. The Spiritual Assembly of Tempe will help anyone who is interested in relocating to this impoverished Hispanic community. Must speak fluent Spanish, have reliable transportation, and feel comfortable with being an “outsider.” For more information, write to Barbara Clements, secretary, P.O. Box 504, Tempe, AZ 85280, or phone 602-897-7987.

‘THESPIRITUAL Assembly of Buena Park, California, is in jeopardy and desperately needs homefront pioneers to help maintain its status at Ridvan 1994. Seeking those who are active and willing to support the community. Buena Park, in northern Orange County, is a clean and desirable place to live; only 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles with two major freeways running through the city. Cypress College, Cal State-Fullerton and Cal State-Long Beach are only minutes away. The Buena Park Assembly is quite active, has held many successful teaching and fund-raising events, and is a regular contributor to the Baha'f Funds. Its loss would be greatly felt in the city and district. For information about how you can help, please phone Mr. and Mrs. Riazati, 714994-3131; Mr. and Mrs. Meshkin, 714-5227978; or Mr. and Mrs. Ghalili, 714-522-6641.

THE BAHA'{ community of Cumberland, Maryland (15 minutes from Frostburg University) needs two more Bahd'fs to achieve Assembly status. Scenic western Maryland is a lovely place to live and work. An opening exists for a skilled carpet installer. For more information, please phone 800-356-6748.

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: Nell M. Ring (died Jackson, MS, 1962), Isabel Rives (died Washington, DC, 1961), Bob Roberts (died Seattle, WA, 1947), Faye Roberts, Gladys Roberts, Ethel C. Robinson, Gertrude W. Robinson (died Circleville, OH, 1966). Anyone knowing family members or relatives who might have these letters from the Guardian is asked to contact the National Baha'f Archives, Baha'f National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039).

THE NATIONAL Baha’ Archives has prepared a series of biographical sketches of prominent African-American, Native Ameri

can, Hispanic and Asian Bahd'is for use by local communities in Black History Month, Race Unity Day and other special observances. Any local community wishing a set of these sketches or more information about them is asked to contact the National Baha'f Archives, Bahd'f National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091, or to phone 708-869-9039.

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ARE YOU, or your Bahé'f community, involved in interfaith activities or interfé dialogue? The Research Office of the National Spiritual Assembly and the Bahd'f representative to NAIN (the North American Interfaith Network) need to know how many Bahd'fs and Bah4'f communities are active in interfaith efforts, how many Bahé’fs are offi ers of interfaith groups, and what efforts Baha’ have been making in this area. The information is also needed for the National Spiritual Assembly to assess Baha’ involvement in interfaith efforts, and it is sought for possible inclusion in future issues of The American Bahdif. Please write to Dr. Robert H. Stockman, Research Office, Bahd'f National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091. Phone 708-869-9039 (voice); 708-869-0247 (fax); 72203.623@COMPUSERVE.COM (E-mail; INTERNET).

RECALL THE AD in The American Bahé'f calling for an association of Bahé'f mental health professionals? Has any network been formed? Please write to C.S. Fanning,

__San Pedro, CA 90731.

THE BAHA'f Publishing Trust is seeking a copy of a record album, “Angels of Fire and Snow,” featuring Joany Lincoln. It was published in the late 1960s or early 1970s. If you have a copy and would be willing to donate it to the Baha'i Publishing Trust, please contact Dr. Betty J. Fisher, Bahd'f Publishing Trust, 415 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-251-1854; fax 708-251-3652). If you have a copy of the album but are not willing to part with it, we would appreciate your sending us information about what is printed on the album's label.

WANTED: Bahd’ artists and craftspersons to display and sell their wares at the Bahé't Family Reunion, April 29-May 2, 1994, Pompano Beach, Florida. Limited space is available. All items must be approved by the Spiritual Assembly of Pompano Beach. For information, phone Denise or Dennis Godsey, 305-942-1844; fax 305-946-9299.

ARE THERE BAHA'IS in the U.S. who are amateur radio operators? In our family here in Cochabamba, Bolivia, there are eight: Hilmar (CPSJX), his wife, Luz Mercy (CPSML), Laila (PY2ZLA), Richard (CPSRI), Badi (CPSFW), Bozorg (CPSLA), Nura (CPSPH), and myself, Gisela (CPSKB). We would love to contact fellow radio amateurs. Part of our family lives in Cochabamba, my daughter Laila in Sao Paulo, and others in the Amazon basin in northern Bolivia. Please let us hear from you.

DID YOUR EXPERIENCE of family, religion or religious community as a child affect

rae Tae | your response to religion as an adult? Bahd't therapist/author welcomes your completion of a questionnaire for research on a book; also, correspondence from mental health professionals experienced in this area. Write to C.S. Fanning, San Pedro, CA 90731.

WANTED: copies of the “Star Study” program (series of nine booklets), copyright by the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly around 1976, for teaching youth and new believers in ‘our community. Would be happy to accept on loan, or pay for materials and mailing. Please contact Teri Anderson,

Helena, MT 59601.

SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES

THE LOUHELEN Bahé’f School invites applications for its “Pathways to Service” program which offers a one- or two-year period of service at Louhelen during which participants serve as resident staff and are engaged in a regular program of deepening and

winning Louhelen’s Three Year Plan goals. While a wide variety of interests and will be considered, the i seeking apy staff in the following areas: cooking and food service, vegetable gardening and grounds maintenance, and office/library. Board and room are provided; however, no stipends or lable. Personal health insur. Interested applicants should s. Penny Schmicker, volunteer serer, Louhelen Bahd't School, 3208 State Road, Davison, MI 48423 (phone 653-5033).

AVAILABLE from the Spiritual Assembly of Wilton Manors, Florida, for the cost of shipping: one set of original two-inch video. tapes of a 13-part television series, “The New World,” produced in 1973 by Robert Quigley Yor the National Spiritual Assembly of Haii, hosted by the Hand of the Cause of God m Sears with music composed and arranged by Russ Garcia. Each of the 13 reels weighs about 15 pounds (and the Assembly is unsure about the condition of the tapes). Potentially a powerful teaching tool. If interested, phone Heidi Melius, 305-565-9143.

MISCELLANEO!

INFORMATION about the study of Esperanto through correspondence courses can be requested from the Esperanto League for North America, P.O. Box 1129, El Cerrito, CA 94530. ELNA can also refer you to universities at which Esperanto courses are offered for credit. To receive a packet of information about ELNA and Esperanto, send your name, address, city, state and zip code to the above address.

THE NATIONAL Spiritual Assembly must fill two positions in the Office of Public Information that is soon to open in New York City. Needed are a National Public Information Officer to manage public information activities, and an administrative assistant to support the National Public Information Officer by preparing public in— formation materials, analyzing news clippings, and helping on other projects as needed. Candidates for the position of National Public Information Officer should have a degree in public relations or English (master's preferred), at least five years’ experience in marketing and/or public relations, some supervisory or managerial experience, ability to ithin a large diverse organization, and be well-versed in the principles of Baha'i administration. Those applying for the position of administrative assistant should have ig in an office and some familiarity with personal computers including word processing and telecommunications (must know WordPerfect 5.1), and a firm knowledge and understanding of the Baha'f Faith and its administrative order. Please send a résumé and other relevant information to the Office of Human Resources, Baha't National Center, Wilmette, IL 60091 (phone 708-869-9039; fax 708-869-0247).

The following positions are presently open at the Baha'f National Center in Wilmette: general manager and production department coordinator, Baha'{ Publishing Trust; and program assistant, Persian/American Affairs Office.

The Bosch Baha'f School is seeking an assistant director and program coordinator. To apply for any of these positions or to obtain more information about them, please write ‘or phone the Office of Human Resources at the address or number given above.

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The Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'lBaha Rihfyyih Khanum, accompanied by Mrs. Violette Nakhjavanf, arrived in Moscow on June 21—after having visited Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—for a two-week visit that the Hand of the Cause later described as “very full, and very successful in acquainting the pu ith the existence and aims of the Baha'f Faith.” Among her invitations was one to have high tea at the home of one of Russ most famous sculptors, where she was asked to speak about the Faith to an interested audience. The fol lowing evening, she spoke at a public meeting attended by more than 300 people including members of the press and a n crew. On another occasion, Amatu'l-Bahé Rihiyyih Khaénum was interviewed for a half-hour television program, and had a long interview with a woman who is president of a television company specializing in ecological topics. A television producer who is an active Baha'i brought a film crew to interview the Hand of the Cause at her hotel. After starting the interview there they proceeded to Red Square, beside the Kremlin, where the interview continued with St. Basil's Church in the background. She was also interviewed by a reporter from the English-language Moscow Times newspaper, by the editor of the Russian New Times weekly magazine, and by a reporter from a Russian-language daily newspaper. “But the most important inter from my standpoint,” she reported, an hour-long discussion with the Minister of the Environment and the Protection of Natural Resources in the Rus tiorf, in his offic attended the Rio de Janeiro conference [last year] on environmental issues and met members of our large Bahd'f delegation. Another important interview was with the director of the department which handles the registration of religions at the Ministry of Justice. He was the man responsible for the recent registration of our

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Regional Spiritual Assembly. He and some members of his staff who were present were most cordial, and we had leisurely and information discussions.” Amatu'l-Baha R&hfyyih Khénum was invited to meet with and speak to a group of teachers and students at the newly established R in Institute of Social SciShe also met with the principal of the high schools in one of Moscow's largest He had met other and asked especially for books on moral education. At the University of Moscow the Hand of the Cause was received by the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and gave a lecture to faculty members on the Faith and its relationship to other religions. She later attended a luncheon in herhonor hosted by nine South American Ambassadors and their wives, and met with the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Russia, Georgia and Armenia, and with Counselors Abbas Katirai, Patrick O'Mara and Paul Semenoff, who were in Moscow at the time.

On July 5-6, Amatu'l-Bahé Ruhfyyih Khanum traveled from Moscow to Yakutsk, the capital of the Republic of Sakha in the Siberian region of Russia, for a 10-day visit that included meetings on July 8 with the Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Sakha Republic and with 30 of the 35 members of the Republic's Parliament in their Council Chamber. “I was cordially welcomed,” she reported, “and was invited to address them about the Baha'i Faith, which I did briefly. Many questions were asked, and the meeting lasted for an hour and a half.” On July 9, after observing the anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Bab with the local Baha'f community, the Hand of the Cause again met with the Parliament in a session devoted mainly to a discussion of ecology. She then “had a very enjoyable, c tive day on a boat which Bah: arranged for an all-day excursion on the...Lena River. Two of the friends of accepted the Faith on that occa Amatu'l-Bahé Rui

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camp for children ages 9-16; that same day, she was interviewed for another radio program and attended a press conference organized so that media representatives could meet her. She lectured to students and faculty at the International Children's Center, and attended a concert in her honor at a large theatre in Yakutsk. The day before her departure, the Hand of the Cause had another newspaper interview and attended the Nineteen Day Feast in Yakutsk, during which two guests said they wished to enroll in the Faith.

A teaching campaign organized by the Regional Teaching Committee of Chivhu, Zimbabwe, began by sending a team of four elders to ask permission of chiefs in the area to tell the villagers about Baha'u'llah. After hearing the Message, one chief gave full permission for the Faith to be taught in his village, and invited the Baha'fs to come there on May 2. When the friends arrived, more than 700 people were waiting, and by the end of five days 104 of them had been enrolled in the Cause and two local Spiritual Assemblies were formed.

The first Spiritual Assembly of Tbilisi, capital of the Georgian Republic, was formed on the first day of Ridvan. The Baha'fs there have purchased a house in the city to be used as a center for Baha'f activities in that area.

“The Role of Women in the Construction of a New World Order Characterized by Peace and the Unity of Mankind” was the title of a panel discussion hosted by Baha'fs last June 9 at the University of Costa Rica. About 40 people including 15 who were not Bahd'fs attended the program, whose moderator was Counselor Ruth Pringle.

Almost 300 people attended a recent fireside organized by Bahd'{ youth in Nakaty, New Caledonia. A Bahé'f children's choir sang, and several Baha'f

This (photograph taken June 5 from Ben Gurion Avenue in Haifa, Israel, shows the progress of construction of the lower Terraces beneath the Shrine of the Bab and the removal of earth to make way for the upper Terraces above the Shrine.

videos were shown including “The Prisoner of ‘Akk4.”

A full-page article dealing with the persecution of Bahd'fs in Iran appeared June 26 in The Times Magazine, which is issued each Saturday with copies of The Times of London, Britain's most prestigious newspaper. The article noted the 10th anniversary of the martyrdom of 10 Baha'f women in Shiraz, and interviewed Olya Roohizadegan, who had been held in prison in Shiraz with some of those who were martyred.

On May 16, a reporter from Peru's Radio Inca interviewed a Bahd'f about the Faith. The 40-minute program, broadcast from Lima, covered a wide range of topics including some of the teachings of the Faith, the significance of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of the Bab, and the persecution of the Bahd'fs in Iran.

On July 1, two representatives of the National Spiritual Assembly of Honduras met with President Rafael Leonardo Callejas to present him with Baha’ literature that could contribute toward the educational reforms that the government is sponsoring. The President expressed his appreciation, saying he was to have a meeting on the subject that same afternoon.

On April 17, the Portuguese Department of Macau Television broadc: program about the principles of the Faith in general, and the Bahd'f community in Macau specifically, based on interviews with Baha’is.

“Arise to further My Cause, and to exalt My Word amongst men. We are with you at all times, and shall strengthen you through the power of truth. We are truly almighty. Whoso hath recognized Me, will arise and serve Me with such determination that the powers of the earth and heaven shall be unable to defeat his purpose.” —Bahd'u'llah

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Ellen Sims, 55 years a Baha’i and 39 years a pioneer, died August 24 at her pioneering post in Paraguay. She was 88 years old.

Mrs. Sims felt that her services to the Faith began when she answered the call of the Guardian in 1954 by setting out from her home in New Jersey with her daughter, Dawn, for pioneering service in Latin America. They settled first in Paraguay where Ellen served on the first Regional Spiritual Assembly of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for the four years of its existence.

In 1961 they moved to Colombia where Ellen also served on the National Spiritual Assembly. Ellen’s love for the indigenous peoples took her to her next post in Bolivia in the late 1960s. Again, Ellen served on the National Spiritual Assembly and as its Treasurer. She later served several years on its National Teaching Committee.

In 1973 Ellen sustained a serious hip injury in a bus accident which left her unable to walk for many months and affected her mobility for the rest of her life. During her recuperation, she moved to Argentina to be with her daughter, now a pioneer there with her own family, and stayed on for four years, serving the Argentinian community on the local and national levels despite her disability. In 1977 she returned to Paraguay where she remained until her death.

June Meese, another of Ellen’s daughters, who joined her mother in Para

Baha'i Jay Corre, well-known saxophonist, profiled in magazine

Jay Corre, a Baha'f from Hollywood, Florida, who is a well-known jazz saxophonist, was profiled in a recent issue of “Windplayer,” a magazine for woodwind and brass musi S.

J have been a Baha'i since 1971,”

Corre says in the first-person article. * ane ig a faith that believes in one world, one people and one religion. ...Religions come at different times in our history, but there's basically only one religion.

Before becoming a Baha’, things were in total chaos for me. It keeps me on track and from doing the things I shouldn't be doing. ...

“T think musicians in general are getting more into these types of things rather than doing the things they used to do. As the world changes, I think artists pick it up first—what's going to be happening in the future.”

Mr. Corre, who plays each year in the Bahd'f Peace Orchestra during Peace Fest at the Louis Gregory Institute in South Carolina, has performed with Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Mel Tormé, and the great Buddy Rich band of the early '60s. He currently fronts his own group, Jay Corre and the World Citizens.

Reminder to overseas pioneers who may be traveling to other countries or returning to the States fora short visit or permanently.

Please get a membership card or a letter from your National Spiritual Assembly stating that you area Bahd’t in good standing. Your U.S. membership card is no longer valid once you have been transferred to another country.

guay in 1989, wrote in a letter following Ellen’s passing:

“She had been in ill health for a long period of time; nevertheless, she persevered in carrying out her s. In fact, during the final week of her life, the NSA had asked her to translate an article on the Huqtiqu’llah. Despite being in a tremendous amount of pain, unable to sleep in her bed, she carried out this formidable task. At noon, on the 23rd, she handed it to the NSA and said,’My work is finished.’ Twelve hours later she passed away in her sleep.”

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’ is of Paraguay wrote in 1980 (when

Ellen was 75 years old) to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States “to inform you of the daily, continuing invaluable services she renders this country. “Not only does she maintain a loving, hospitable atmosphere in the National Center where she resides, but she is the secretary of the local Assem Asuncion, secretary of the National Teaching Committee, and the driving force on the National Bulletin Committee. We thank Bahd’u’ll4h that He has lent us the invaluable services of his beloved handmaiden Ellen.”

At the news of her death, the National

Spiritual Assembly of Paraguay received the following cable:

GRIEVED PASSING OF DEVOTED PIONEER OF FAITH ELLEN SIMS. HER MEMORABLERECORED OF SERVICE TO THE FAITH GREATLY ENRICHED BY FOUR DECADES OF EXTENSIVE SACRIFICIAL TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH AMERICA. PRAYING FOR PROGRESS HER RADIANT SOUL IN THE ABHA KINGDOM. KINDLY CONVEY OURLOVING SYMPATHY MEMBERS HER FAMILY.

THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

Newly elected Spiritual Assembly of Mt. Vernon, NY, launches proclamation campaign at sixth annual African Family Festival

The Spiritual Assembly of Mount Vernon, New York, reelected at Ridvan after a lapse of six years, launched a proclamation campaign July 9-11 with an information booth at the sixth annual African Family Festival in Mount Vernon.

On July 9, Baha'is from Westchester County and New York City joined the friends for a commemoration of the Martyrdom of the Bab, which set the stage for the three days of the festival.

During the first two days the Bahda'fs shared the Faith with vendors, presenting each of them with a special gift of a beautifully designed prayer for unity and quotation from

Bahd'u'llah reflecting the festival's theme.

The chief organizer of the event asked the friends for permission to distribute the prayer and quote at the gate, and a week later told one of the Baha'is in Mount Vernon how much she and the festival-goers had appreciated them.

More than 300 pieces of Baha'i litera ture were distributed, and 20 people signed an inquirers’ book asking for more information about the Faith.

The re-election of the Spiritual Assembly moved the American community a

Bahd'ts from Mount Vernon, Westchester County and New York City pause during the sixth annual African Family Festival to commemorate the anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Bab.

step closer to its goal of forming an Assembly in every city of more than 50,000 while meeting a homefront pioneering goal as well, when a couple from New York City moved to Mount Vernon to the community to Assembly status.

Baha'i Nathan Rutstein to serve as moderator of national video conference on healing racism

Nathan Rutstein, a Baha’f from Amherst, Massachusetts, will moderate a national video conference November 5 on “Healing Racism: Education’s Role.”

Darden College of Education at Old Dominion University is host for the conference, which will be transmitted live from Norfolk, Virginia, via C- and Kuband satellites to sites around the country.

The conference will last from | to 3 p.m. EST, with a test signal transmitted from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Viewing sites will be equipped with telephone access for call-in questions to Mr. Rutstein.

The audience for the conference will consist mainly of elementary and secondary school teachers; college and university education faculty; administrators such as superintendents and principals; and students enrolled in education programs at colleges and universities.

They will explore how educators can create racial harmony in the classroom by using techniques that:

+ deal directly with the cultural roots of racism and prejudice;

• emphasize the oneness of the human

family; and

• promote the valuing of human diversity.

In the process, they will learn how these techniques can help motivate students to learn, build student self-esteem, and mi mize discipline problems.

Mr. Rutstein, a former network news journalist, is a college educator and author who has written extensively on race unity.

For more information on the video conference, contact Old Dominion University Academic Television Services, 1-800548-4807.

Telephone number forthe Baha'i National Center Bulletin Board System (BNCBBS): 708-8690389.

Baha'is in S. Louisiana sponsor weekly half-hour radio program on Faith

For the past eight months Baha'is in southern Louisiana have sponsored a weekly half-hour radio program, “The Baha‘f Faith,” on WASO in Covington.

The program is heard each Sunday morning from 8-8:30 on the station, which simulcasts with WTIX in New Orleans and reaches a five-state area.

At the end of each program, telephone numbers for local Baha'f communities are given.

Information about the program is available from its sponsor, the Baha'is of West Tammany Parish, Attn: Marilyn Jennison,

Covington, LA 70433 (phone 504-893-0267).

IN MEMORIAM

Khanum Bashir-Elahi Falls Church, VA

Mary Jane Fowlie Covina, CA

July 1993 August 10, 1993 Charlie Begay Eleanor Harris Prewitt, NM Chester, VA August 19, 1993 May 28, 1993 Fred Bell Robert Hauenstein Houston, TX Lima, OH

August 12, 1993 August 27, 1993

Rosella Hayles

March 26, 1993

Eulie Horne Oceanside, CA July 27, 1993

Mary Listman

El Paso, TX Hinesburg, VT August 26, 1993 June 6, 1993 Ted Hopkins Omeed Nooreyazdan Cedar Creek Lake, TX Newark, DE

August 14, 1993

Mary Rendina Tacoma, WA March 6, 1993

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

OCTOBER

29-31: Rendezvous of the Soul, personal deepening program, Bosch Bahd'f School. Selfl-directed study after opening program. For information or to register with a credit card, phone 408-423-3387 or fax 408-423-7564.

NOVEMBER

5-7: Race Unity Institute I: plans for action, Bosch Bah4'f School. For information or to register with a credit card, phone 408-423-3387 or fax 408-423-7564.

5-7: Kansas Fall School, Council Grove. Theme: “The Law Goes Forth: An Examination of the Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Covenant.” Registrar: Joyce Stohr,

Topeka, KS 66604 (phone 913-232-5639).

14: World premiere of “Out of the Darkness,” a drama about race unity sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Fairfax County (Va.) Central South, 2 p.m., Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, Virginia. Tickets: $10. For information, write to P.O. Box 10514, Burke, VA 22015, or phone Steve/Tressa Reisetter, 703-425-8863.

19-21: Kitdb-i-Aqdas: Intensive Study (Derek Cockshut, facilitator), Bosch Baha'f School. For information or to re; r with credit card, phone 408-423-3387 or fax 408-423-7564.

22-28: ISARD '93, third annual Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development, Landegg Academy, Switzerland. Theme: “Nutrition, Diet and Health.” For information, contact Tagengszentrum Landegg, Ck ienacht, Switzerland.

25-27: Eastern Regional Baha'i Yo Lodge, Cheverly, Maryland. Theme Leading Role in the Three Year Plan. of the Spiritual Assembly of Montgomery County West. For information, phone Barbara Talley, 301-428-4831.

25-28: Desert Rose Baha'i School, Tucson, Arizona. Speakers: Marguerite Sears, Hoda Mahmoudi, Duane Troxel, David Hadden. For information, write to Larry Gustafson, Tucson, AZ 85749, or phone 602-297-3106 or 602-742-4656.

25-28: Florida Winter School, Leesburg (40 minutes from Disney World). Theme: “Living the Vision of Unity.” Speakers: Jack McCants, Aziz Yazdi, Ahang Rabbani. Registrar: Christina Lowcock, Lakeland, FL 33805 (phone 813-688-8162).

25-28: Oregon West 20th Winter School, Portland. Registrar: Norman Ives, 2281 Olive Barber Road, Coos Bay, OR (phone 503-267-3157).

25-28: Louisiana School, Mandeville (Fontainebleau State Park). Theme: “The Kitdbi-Aqdas.” Introductory classes on the Faith will be offered. Family discounts available.

Registrar: Nat West, Avondale, LA 70094 (phone 504-436-4958). DECEMBER

4-5: International Cultural Celebration/Deepening, Jacksonville, Florida. For information, phone Joy Allchin, 904-249-4520, or Elham Nadji, 904-221-1081.

46-19: 1993 North American Baha'i Conference on Social and Economic Development, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida. Theme: “The Bahé’f Faith in Action... Sustainable Development for a New World.” Sponsored by the Rabbani Charitable Trust. For information, phone 407-647-7777. To register, see Registration Form on page 20.

22-26: Winter Session I, Bosch Bahd'f School. Study and contemplation with special guest David Hofman, retired member of the Universal House of Justice. Registration at 5 p.m. Wednesday, dinner at 7, orientation at 8. For full program see the Fall/Winter Brochure. To register, write to 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, phone 408423-3387, or fax 408-423-7564.

24-27: Ninth annual Grand Canyon Baha'{ Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. Keep this date in mind. More information to follow.

26-31: Annual mid-winter Regional Youth Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. For information, contact the Youth Board of Greater Cleveland, c/o Jenkins,

Cleveland, OH 44122, or phone 216-283-8526.

29-31: Regional Winter Youth Conference, Wilder Forest, north of St. Paul, Minnesota. Theme: “Preparing for a Life of Service to the Cause.” Bahd'fs and non-Baha'fs ages 11-20 are welcome to attend. For information, write to Ken McNamara,

Marine On St. Croix, MN 55047, or phone 612-433-5089.

29-January 2: Winter Session II, Bosch Baha'f School. Study and contemplation with special guest David Hofman. Registration at 5 p.m. Wednesday, dinner at 7, orientation at 8. For full program see Fall/Winter Brochure. To register, write to 500 Comstock Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, phone 408-423-3387, fax 408-423-7564.

30-January 2: South Carolina Bahd'f Winter School, Louis Gregory Baha'f Institute. For information, phone 803-558-5093.

31-January 2: North Carolina Winter School, Brown Summit Conference Center (30 minutes north of Greensboro). Theme: “The Kitdb-i-Aqdas in Action: Weaving the Kitdb-i-Aqdas into the Fabric of Our Lives to Transform Us into Champion Builders of the World Order of Baha'u'llah.” Registrar: Maria Wilson, NC 27893 (phone 919-291-1187).

JANUARY

11-18: Baha'f Youth Service Corps/Pioneering Institute, Bosch Bahd'f School, Santa Cruz, California. For information, phone the Office of Pioneering, 708-869-9039, or the Bosch Baha'f School, 408-423-3387.

15-17: Illinois (Heartland) School, Springfield. Theme: “The Kitaéb-i-Aqdas.” Contact

Pej Clark, 1188 W. Sunset, Decatur, IL 62522 (phone 217-423-9788). MARCH 25-27: Oklahoma Spring School. Contact David Gainey, OK 73086 (phone 405-622-2655.

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APRIL

10-11: International Conference, “Once Empires Fade: Religion, Ethnicity and the Possibilities for Peace,” University of Maryland, College Park. Sponsored by the Baha'f Chair for World Peace, the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, and the Department of History.

29-May 2: Bahd'f Family Reunion, Pompano Beach, Florida. Sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of Pompano Beach. For information, phone Denise or Dennis Godsey, 305-942-1844; fax 305-946-9299. .

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