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February 2023

A monthly electronic Newsletter

News, Web Talks, live events,

upcoming courses

Great Webinars and Podcasts

The talks are live web video programs and are free. Just click to register, or go to our Facebook or YouTube page to watch live. The video will be available later on our YouTube account; the audio may be available as a podcast on our SoundCloud channel. Our podcasts can also be found in the Apple Store and many other places where one can download podcasts.

There are no webinars scheduled for February

Now on YouTube and SoundCloud

Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Pope Pius IX

Shahrokh Monjazeb

The Sacred Feminine at the Heart of the Bahá’í Faith Part 2: A World Embracing Vision

Nadema Agard Winyan Luta

The Early Years of the Guardianship

Richard Hollinger

The Greatest Holy Leaf's Indispensable Services in the First Decade of the Formative Age

Baharieh Rouhani-Maani

Apply for our Social Transformation Certificate Program!

More Info Here

Social Transformtion Certificate Program flier

Orientation Course Still Available

The Wilmette Institute's "extension" (non-credit) courses now begin with a one-week course orienting students to Moodle, the Baha'i conceptual framework for action, and the importance of public discourse. The orientation course is designed to focus the extension courses and the students on these essential elements so that they can apply the course material in support of the Nine Year Plan. The course is free and we invite EVERYONE to take it now and give us feedback so we can improve it. It is self guided. Enter the enrollment key: 2023.

Wilmette Institute News

Capacity Building through Arts and Dialogue at North Carolina Central University

Thanks to Dr. Harvey McMurray, the Wilmette Institute has been able to establish a collaboration with faculty and staff at North Carolina Central University, one of the largest historically Black universities in the country. One result was a performance of The Bus Stop, a play about Black women on their way to visit incarcerated family members. It was followed by a rich post-performance discussion.

Faculty News

Webinars Prepared for God Summons Europe 1 Now Available for Public Viewing

The Wilmette Institute is pleased to make public the five webinars by Shahrokh Monjazeb created for his course God Summons Europe, Part I recorded in early 2022. The five programs, each 90 to 120 minutes long, cover Baha'u'llah's First and Second Tablets to Napoleon III, the Tablet to Tsar Alexander II, and the Tablet to Queen Victoria. The series provides extensive review and commentary about the tablets.

Student News

Learner Finds Wilmette Institute to Be a Home in the Baha'i Community

Pria Ranganath found a "learning community of practice" in the course Writing Biographies and Histories. The community provided a scriptural framework, tools for developing ones writing, and an opportunity to discuss common challenges with fellow writers. This allowed her to integrate personal resources toward developing a “practice” of writing, using scriptural guidelines to form the foundation of this practice.

The Science of Skin Color

Join the Wilmette Institute's fourth "Most Vital and Challenging Issue" workshop on Saturday, 11 February at 4 pm Eastern Time, with guest speaker Khela Baskett. In this workshop, you will learn why our ancient human ancestors first evolved dark skin in Africa, and then later depigmented as they moved to other corners of the globe. What led to these skin color changes? Are these forces still in play in the modern world? What are the implications of this knowledge for our lives today? The science you’ll learn is only recently discovered, and the answers are surprising and delightful.

This workshop will also be of particular interest to students (high school and college) and young adults. Feel free to share on social media.

Zoom Registration Link (registration required)

Tips for Sustainable Living

Thoughtful Ayyam-i-Ha Gifts

What is meaningful gift giving? How can we avoid falling into the trap of consumerism and protect the environment while providing "good cheer" for ourselves, our "kindred, and beyond them, the poor and needy"?

February and March Courses

Starts Today!

Interfaith Dialogue and Collaboration

Feb. 1 - Mar. 21, 2023

Baha'i Perspectives on Agriculture and Food

Feb. 8 - Mar. 28, 2023

Anti-Black Racism in the U.S. and Building a Unified Society

Feb. 15 - Apr. 18, 2023

Transformative Leadership for Youth: Cultivating Capabilities for Change

Mar. 4 - Apr. 22, 2023

Transformative Leadership for Youth poster

Baha'u'llah's Early Mystic Writings

Mar. 8 - Apr. 25, 2023

Film as a Vehicle for Contributing to the Betterment of Society

Mar. 22 - May 9, 2023

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

Mar. 29 - June 20, 2023

The Wilmette Institute eNewsletter

The Wilmette Institute eNewsletter is published monthly by the Wilmette Institute, which offers quality online courses on the Baha'i Faith. The Wilmette Institute is committed to engaging a broad and diverse international community of learners in deep study of the Faith and to fostering love for study of the Faith. The Wilmette Institute was established in January 1995 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States.

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Editor

Robert H. Stockman

Production

Robert H. Stockman

Niki Daniels

Debra Lilly

Contributors

Chitra Golestani

Christine Muller

Pria Ranganath

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