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Reflections on the November 28, 2023 Letter from the Universal House of Justice
Dear friends, Like everyone else, I’ve been feeling so grateful as I ponder the beautiful recent message from the Universal House of Justice. What an amazing, comprehensive, concise reflection on the …
Read MoreInterviewers Needed!
The two entries on our website page for “Interviews” are lonely! We have so many wonderful Iowa Baha’is who have treasure troves of stories to share that we want and need to preserve. Wouldn’t you lov…
Read MoreTech Help Needed!
Dear friends, the Iowa Baha’i History Project needs to find the right person to gradually take over technical administration of our Project website. Please help us spread the word! Are you servi…
Read MoreMore on Ruth Moffett… by Diane Findlay
I recently added a piece in Glimpses, made up of brief memories and comments about Ruth shared on the Project Facebook page by various friends in response to other posts on the page over time. You can…
Read MoreWelcome, Jo Dohoney!
The Iowa Baha’i History Project team is delighted to welcome a new member, Jo Dohoney from Marion, Iowa. Jo’s background is in sociology and academia and she brings to the table skills in …
Read MoreIowa Baha’i Summer Schools, 1980s-1990s
Hi, All! I just added a lengthy piece about the wonderful Iowa Baha’i Summer Schools from the 1980s and 1990s on the website. Those Schools were so important and impactful for so many! I anticip…
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Lots going on…
Since the recent coverage for our Project in THE AMERICAN BAHA’I, we’ve had lots of activity. A continuing upsurge in visitors to the website; adding Andrea to the team; and most recently, adding Matt Percic, archivist for the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Des Moines; wishing Meghan a grateful goodbye as she steps away…
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Welcome to Our New Team Member!
Great news! Our History Project team has a new member! Andrea is a Physics major at Grinnell College and skilled with computers. She heard my presentation at our Unit Convention and approached me with her interest. Andrea has met with Mike via Zoom and is busy learning about our WordPress site and exploring its nuts…
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Greetings!
I hope you’ve had a chance to look through the current issue of THE AMERICAN BAHA’I. It’s exciting to see our young project featured along with two long-standing efforts, in San Francisco and Atlanta, to build and maintain archives for the purpose (quoting staff writer Layli Miron) of “preserving the legacies of spiritual ancestors for…
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Please Keep It Coming!
Dear Friends, I appreciate your patience as I try to keep up with the wealth of material made available to me from the Des Moines Baha’i Archives. I’ll be working through that for months, I’m sure. Not enough hours in the days and weeks, not enough energy for the opportunities! What I’m not seeing much…
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Historic Conference
Dear Friends, I just returned from a lovely and historic conference in Kansas City–the first ever gathering of all the Assistants to the Auxiliary Board Members for the Prairie States Region. We were blessed to have Counselor Nwandi Lawson with us, as well as all four Auxiliary Board Members who serve the Prairie States: Leila…
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Who can Help?
Marie Scheffer, who is working on a comprehensive history of the Faith in Sioux City, asked me to post this question for her: I am looking for the correct last name of the woman who was elected to the Assembly in 1972, when Sioux City first tried to form an Assembly which, for various reasons,…