A Baha'i Perspective

A Baha'i now living on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, who spent nine years in Bulgaria. In the interview Bertha refers to the Virtues Project. You can find information about the virtues project at these two websites: http://www.virtuesproject.com/index.php and http://www.virtueoftheweek.org/. Before playing the interview I play an audio clip of a statement by the Baha'is to the House of Representatives' International Relations Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations on June 30, 2006. What Ms. Kit Bigelow describes in this statement is unchanged since this statement was made.

Author of the Uncle Wiggly Series and other books. Former Bahá'í NGO Representative to the United Nations.

A Baha¡' from Wilbraham, MA who escaped Iran with her family after the Islamic Revolution.

A Baha'i from Lancaster, PA, who discovered the Baha'i Faith in Bolivia, and found her true calling in teaching children.

An associate professor of biochemistry at the State University of New York, who grew up in Ghana.

A microbiologist who worked in industry, but when he retired, used his talents to help others in Costa Rica.

A Baha'i from the Boston area who is a pediatrician and founder of the children's organization, Raising Peacemakers.

With Sharon's help, Hal wrote the book Liberating Greatness, The Whole Brain Guide to An Extraordinary Life. Their website is http://www.hopellc.com/.

While I was at the Baha'i Conference Center, Green Acre, in Eliot Maine, attending a workshop called The Holy Spirit's Invitation to Perfect Unity, I contacted my friend Jay Green for an interview. Jay works at the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of New Hampshire.

A Baha'i of both Italian and Puerto Rican descent. He grew up in New York City and found out that he could bring joy to the lives of children by bringing fictional characters to life. He now lives in Florida. Anthonys websites include: http://www.bahaiway.com/ and http://www.4allproductions.com/.

I was at the Baha'i Conference Center called Green Acre in Eliot Maine, attending a workshop called The Holy Spirit's Invitation to Perfect Unity. Phyllis Ring -http://www.phyllisring.com/- was one of the facilitators of the workshop. She is a freelance writer living in Exeter New Hampshire.

This is part 2 of my interview with Lars Patenaude. In this second telephone interview Lars describes his journey from the point at which he became a Baha'i at the Baha'i Academy called Landegg in Switzerland. He describes his involvement with World Summit for Sustainable Development in South Africa and his work for the non-governmental organization called Education for Peace in Bosnia.

Ron Tells how he became a Baha'i.

A Baha'i from Wilbraham, MA and Vice President of Information Services for ISO New England an independent system operator that coordinates, controls and monitors the operation of the electrical power system for New England. Jamshid is a descendant from the family of the Persian prophet-founder of the Babi Faith titled the Bab, spelled B-a-b, which means Gate in Arabic. In 1844 the Bab declared his mission as the one announcing the coming of He Whom God Shall Make Manifest. Baha'is believe that this is a reference to Baha'u'llah the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith. The Bab's life was quite miraculous and resembled the life of Christ in many ways including his dramatic martyrdom. I started the interview by asking Jamshid to give a brief synopsis on the Babi religion and its prophet-founder the Bab.

Somava Stout is the creator and director of the kids organization Raising Peacemakers, and the director of the Children's Theatre Company of Greater Boston.