Mar/Apr 2024 e-Newsletter

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Update on Courses, Webinars, and Student Achievements

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Coming Soon: New Webinars

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Free Admission

Saturday, 30 March, 1 pm Eastern

In its message of 28 November 2023 to the Baha’is of the world, the Universal House of Justice ... provides a blueprint for advancement towards the unification of all of the peoples of the earth. From the striking statement “That time has now come” can emerge confidence and clarity about how to make a unique Baha’i contribution to the eradication of racial prejudice and other social divisions that impede our progress.

Presenter: Counsellor Nwandi Lawson

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Free Admission

Sunday, 19 May, 1 pm Eastern

Join us for an enlightening webinar featuring esteemed academics as they delve into the realms of Social Transformation through the art of writing. Discover how your voice can contribute to the discourses of society and become a powerful catalyst for change. This webinar will enable you to understand how the language we use in our writing is critical to the process of positive social change...

Panelists: Whitney White Kazemipour, Derik Smith, Michael Karlberg

Academics and Partnerships

Social Transformation Certificate Program

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Introducing WI Academic Calendar

Wondering when and how to apply for our Social Transformation Graduate Certificate? Check the 2024 calendar on our website. Applications for the Summer course "Approaches to Non-violent Social Change" will close on April 29, and instruction begins May 15, with faculty Chitra Golestani, Justin Scoggin, and Ymasumac Maranon Davis.

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Extension Course closing soon

3/13 - 4/30 (7 weeks)

Cultivating Transformative Leadership

(Part 1: Transformation of Understanding)

Publications

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Photo: Pollinators on garlic chives, courtesy Christine Muller

Appreciate the Beauty of Diversity!

The rich diversity of plants and animals is our world’s true wealth, which nature provides, and God created in the long and sophisticated process of evolution. This incredible species diversity has provided us with food, shelter, medicines, natural resources, and spiritual inspiration. Sadly, in recent decades, it has been declining...

But we can do many things to slow and stop the decline and restore ecosystems where this is still possible. For that, we need to know the underlying causes of the vanishing of plants and animals.

Conversations about Sustainable Living (Series)

Extension Student News

"The Other Mona": #OurStoryIsOne

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M. Shahgholi

In a course offered by the Wilmette Institute this past January, students made the commitment to write creative content for the #OurStoryIsOne campaign, which was launched to commemorate the ten women martyred in Shiraz in 1983 and to link that event to the ongoing struggle for women’s rights in Iran. In this article by instructor Sandra Hutchison, read about four outstanding pieces from students, then watch out for publication of The Other Mona in the upcoming online issue of e*lix*ir journal, to appear in late May, as the campaign moves into its final days.

March and April: Extension Courses

Fees and Tuition Support

3/27 - 6/18 (12 weeks)

How to Collect, Arrange, Maintain and Promote Baha'i Archives

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4/3 - 5/14 (6 weeks)

The Baha'i Faith and the Arts

4/24-6/18 (8 weeks)

Introducing Tablets of Baha’u’llah for Deepening, Devotion, Discourse

Wilmette Institute is committed to engaging a broad and diverse community of learners in the deep study of the Baha'i Faith, and fostering a love for the study of the Faith. It was established in January 1995 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. Information from the eNewsletter may be copied or reproduced, provided the following credit is given: "Reprinted from the eNewsletter of Wilmette Institute," followed by the issue's date. Recipients are encouraged to forward the eNewsletter to friends. Questions? email learn@wilmetteinstitute.org.

Editor

Nicola Casserly

Production

Nicola Casserly

Hasti Khoshnammanesh, Mary Morris

Contributors

Sandra Hutchison

Christine Muller, M. Shahgholi