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Tag: "Grassroots"

tag name Grassroots type: Miscellaneous; Institute process
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related tags - Concepts; - Institute process; Social action; Social and economic development
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  1. 2025-09. Principled Engagement: The Bahá'í Community of Iran's Approach to Social Change. Iqan Shahidi. Analyzes the Iranian Bahá’í community’s principled, non-adversarial engagement in social change, highlighting constructive resilience, community building, and non-political contributions despite persecution. Articles.
  2. 2025-05. Role of Religions and Faith-Based Actors in Advancing Spiritual and Material Prosperity on the Continent of Africa, The. Bahá'í International Community. Religious and interfaith actors in Africa can unite diverse communities, inspire collective action, and advance spiritual and material prosperity through dialogue, cooperation, and moral leadership. BIC.
  3. 2025-04-21. Global Community, A. Bahá'í World. The global Bahá’í community advances unity, social transformation, and spiritual principles through systematic learning, community-building, and inclusive, grassroots action worldwide; overview of 1996–2021. Articles.
  4. 2025-04-21. New Institution of Learning, A: The Training Institute. Bahá'í World. The Bahá’í training institute builds capacity for individual and community transformation through study, service, and collective learning. Articles.
  5. 2025-04-21. Evolving Administrative Order, An. Bahá'í World. The Bahá’í administrative order, evolving globally, fosters unity, decentralization, and social transformation, offering a cooperative model of governance rooted in Bahá’u’lláh’s vision of humanity’s collective maturity. Articles.
  6. 2025-04-21. Women and Social Progress: Building Communities Based on Dynamic Partnership. Bahá'í World. Highlights the Bahá’í principle of gender equality, showing its spiritual basis and global application through education, leadership, and community action. Articles.
  7. 2025-03-10. Towards A European Union Anti-Racism Strategy. Bahá'í International Community. The BIC Brussels Office calls for a transformative EU anti-racism strategy, emphasizing human unity, education, community engagement, and youth leadership to foster lasting societal change. BIC.
  8. 2025-01-22. Strengthening Solidarity: Social Cohesion as a Driver of Development. Bahá'í International Community. A statement to the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development: Social cohesion, grounded in moral principles, is essential for sustainable development, fostering unity, resilience, and collective prosperity beyond material resources. BIC.
  9. 2025. Bahá'í Work as Worship, Prayer as Practice: Chapter 15. Deborah Clark Vance. Religion is logical and progressive; it moves humanity closer to a unified world; human reality is our thought, not our bodies; life is for acquiring spiritual attributes; Baháʼí temples are symbols of unity, fostering peace and community-building. Articles.
  10. 2024-09-04. Embracing Interdependence: Foundations for a World in Transition. Bahá'í International Community. Statement on the occasion of the United Nations Summit of the Future, advocating for global governance reform centered on humanity's oneness, urging leaders to prioritize unity, justice, and interdependence for lasting peace. BIC.
  11. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society. Video and audio available. Audio.
  12. 2020/2023. Social Action. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . Concepts of social and economic development in the Bahá'í teachings; material vs spiritual dimensions of existence; community issues; specific themes of education, agriculture, economics, health, arts, and technology. Compilations.
  13. 2020-11. Creating an Inclusive Narrative. Australian Bahá'í Community. Culmination of a series of nationwide round tables, conveying the vision of Australians to foster a socially cohesive society. Articles.
  14. 2012-11-26. Social Action. Office of Social and Economic Development. A paper prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development of the Bahá'í World Centre. BIC.
  15. 2003/2008/2018/2023. For the Betterment of the World: The Worldwide Bahá'í Community's Approach to Social and Economic Development. Office of Social and Economic Development. Essays, photographs, and overviews of local projects around the world, illustrating how Bahá'í principles are being carried out in practice, prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development of the Bahá'í International Community. Introductory.
  16. 2001. Natural Stirrings at the Grassroots: Development, Doctrine, and the Dignity Principle. Anna C. Vakil. Grassroots-led initiatives are central to the development efforts in the global Bahá’í community. Modernization, Marxian, and civil society paradigms seek to explain these “stirrings at the grassroots”, to which is here added "development with dignity". Articles.
  17. 1996-06. Sustainable Communities in an Integrating World. Bahá'í International Community. Concept paper prepared for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) held in Istanbul, Turkey. BIC.
  18. 1991-03. Spiritual Health of American Community. Universal House of Justice. Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American Bahá’í community, and suggestions for personal action. (Letter dated Dec. 24 1990, published March 1991.) UHJ-letters.
  19. 1985-03-14. Human Suffering, the Reconstruction of Society, and the Places the Manifestations of God have Appeared. Universal House of Justice. UHJ-letters.
  20. 1977-08-21. Letter to an individual. Universal House of Justice. Regarding the response of humanity to the summons of Bahá’u’lláh and the reconstruction of society. UHJ-letters.
 
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