DC Baha’i Community

Twitter presence of the Washington DC Baha’i Community. Latest news, events, activities in DC. Also some quotes.

[DC Baha’i Community @DCBahai]

A great picture we found of members of the DC Baha’i community (circa 1966) - a vibrant, diverse and joyful community committed to the Oneness of Humanity then as it is now. #dc #bahai

[U.S. Baha'i Office of Public Affairs @USBahaiOPA]

Excited to join @AspenReligion at #PoweringPluralismSummit to share our experience hosting an ongoing dialogue on faith & race. During the presentation we studied a document developed through the dialogue on the role of religion and the faith community in overcoming racism.

[DC Baha’i Community @DCBahai]

In Washington #DC, we remember ten #Bahai women hanged 40 years ago in #Iran. #OurStoryIsOne

Activists rally for Iranian women’s rights on anniversary of hangings https://t.co/tJ6tDPHb3s via @nbcnews

[Baha'i World News Service @BahaiNews]

A film commissioned by the Universal House of Justice looks at the efforts under way in communities striving to release the society-building power of the Bahá'í teachings

https://t.co/TeWDqkcM1b

[Brilliant Star @BrilliantStar9]

As the first African American recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, Dr. Alain Locke faced prejudice and injustice. He later taught at Howard University, championing African and African American art and the oneness of humanity.
https://t.co/lQ64axbth5

[Bahá’í Chair UMD @BahaiChair]

Our friend and UMD student, Devin Moore stopped by our office today. His book "Devin Speaks Up!" is a children's anti-bullying book that educates about what bullying is, encourages students to be upstanders, embrace our differences, and love each other.

[Bahá’í Chair UMD @BahaiChair]

In honor of Black History Month, we share this clip from Dr. Prudence Carter’s lecture, which was a part of our 2022 event: “Systemic Racism in America”.
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The full roundtable can be found on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/fgjnBVFgDI

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

#OnThisDay 160 years ago, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It read, "all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Learn more about this monumental anniversary: https://t.co/QOkA5Z7pEJ #ANationsStory

[ChristinaProenzaColes @ProenzaColes]

Nannie Helen Burroughs, educator, entrepreneur, advocate of women’s rights, daughter of formerly enslaved parents, founded a school in Washington DC in 1901. She observed, “Education & justice are democracy’s only life insurance.”

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Photographer Robert H. McNeill was born #OnThisDay in Washington, D.C. in 1917. McNeill captured life inside the African American community pre-and post-WWII. View his photography in our collection: https://t.co/GYcqSji8UI

[DC Baha’i Community @DCBahai]

As part of This is Life with @lisaling episode that explores the Baha’i Faith, here’s a clip of #DC area Baha’is that was posted on @CNN. Episode airs tonight. #Bahai

https://t.co/Xmv7bvxVRn

[DC Baha’i Community @DCBahai]

This Sunday evening This is Life with @lisaling on CNN explores the Baha’i Faith. We’re also excited that our #DC area community members are profiled. The Original Series airs at 9 and 10pm ET. #Bahai

https://t.co/Wg8ibeAGOL

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

Two #Bahai women who already served 10 years in prison in #Iran for their beliefs in the Baha’i faith, are sentenced to another 10 years in prison for the same ludicrous charges. #freeMahvash #freeFariba #humanrights

[Interfaith America @interfaithusa]

How do you establish an organization with faith-inspired values that serves a general public? For @taygovia9 and her organization, @OrganicOneness, this question has practical, communal answers, writes @JeffPinzino.

Read more on #InterfaithAmerica: https://t.co/mpVjsh5C5e

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

While #Iranians are sacrificing themselves demanding equality and justice, Iran's sham revolutionary court system makes a mockery of the word justice, today sentencing #Mahvash & #Fariba to 10 years jail.

#FreeFariba #FreeMahvash

https://t.co/rvMdCwkGnE

[DC Baha’i Community @DCBahai]

Tonight, we commemorate the Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha, reflecting on His extraordinary life & impact on people around the world - both past & present. #dc #bahai

The film “Exemplar” pays tribute to Abdu’l-Baha. https://t.co/zaojq7z9Ds

[DC Baha’i Community @DCBahai]

Today and tomorrow, Baha'is in #DC & around the world celebrate the Births of the Bab (Prophet Herald of the Baha'i religion) and Baha'u'llah (Founder of the #Bahai Faith). These two Holy Days are filled with joy, festivities & service to our communities.
https://t.co/oU57ugX9so

[Laudan Aron @laudyaron]

Hi @DCBahai, just stumbled across this picture of me, age 4, in front of the DC Bahá’í Center.

[Black Americans @BLKAmericans_]

A convention for the formerly enslaved was held at the Cosmopolitan Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., 1916

Photographed by Harris & Ewing

Pictured from left to right: Annie Parram, age 104; Anna Angales, age 105; Elizabeth Berkeley, 125; Sadie Thompson, 110.

[ChristinaProenzaColes @ProenzaColes]

Nannie Helen Burroughs, educator, entrepreneur, advocate of women’s rights, daughter of formerly enslaved parents, founded a school in Washington DC in 1901. She observed, “Education & justice are democracy’s only life insurance.”

[BSOS @ UMD @bsosumd]

If you missed the @BahaiChair's event from earlier this week, consider attending next Tuesday's annual lecture by @JohnsHopkins Professor @marthasjones_, which will center on how debate rather than progress has best characterized American democracy: https://t.co/iX1UBhMoDI