We’d love to have more of your “How I Became a Baha’i” stories. Each story is interesting! We’re especially interested in hearing from some of you who grew up in Baha’i families, sharing how you came to claim it for yourself and make it your own. Please email your stories to iowabahaihistory@gmail.com. Thanks!
I’m working on a piece about the Youth Dance workshops that Iowa Baha’i youth participated in, mainly in the ’90s, I think. I have a couple of photos (check the Facebook page) but I need help filling in the blanks and fleshing out comments or memories… Am I right that the Workshop based in Waterloo/Cedar…
Please, friends, submit your stories, photos, etc. through the Project email, iowabahaihistory@gmail.com. We’re eager to share. Thanks!
In working through the roughly chronological collection of references to the Faith in Iowa media, sent to me months ago by Steven Kolins, I’ve noticed an interesting shift. The earliest pieces, from 1850 until about 1950, strike me as often surprising references to something largely seen as exotic and foreign, shared as general interest items…