Ridvan celebrates Baha’u’llah’s time in 1863 in the garden of Ridvan in Baghdad when He publicly declared His station as a Manifestation of God. The Ridvan Festival is 12 days long and is also the time of year when Baha’is elect their governing bodies.
Rising Generations: Weaving a New Tapestry of Community Life is a short film by Kyle Schmalenberg in collaboration with the Baha’i International Community. The video explores themes such as the period of youth, service to others, and community life and it was made to accompany a recent statement by the Baha’i International Community by the same name.
If you’d like to read the statement in full, you can find it on the official website of the Baha’i International Community: http://bit.ly/2DYscMI
Three videos, all hosted on the YouTube Channel for the BIC’s UN Office, provide a more in-depth exploration of other sections of the BIC’s statement. They are:
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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