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771:, in which they could become involved in the social and economic development of the communities in which they lived. Worldwide in 1979 there were 129 officially recognized Baháʼí socio-economic development projects. By 1987, the number of officially recognized development projects had increased to 1482. In 1985 the Baháʼí International Community canvassed the National Assemblies with a questionnaire - 77 of the 143 then existing assemblies responded. Jamaican responses highlighted a sense that women in Jamaica were taking on leadership positions in local assemblies. Former assistant to the dean of the 608:. Urge earnest deliberation with the incoming National Assembly to ensure its complete fulfillment. The first century of the Baháʼí Era is drawing to a close. Humanity entering outer fringes most perilous stage its existence. Opportunities of present hour unimaginably precious. Would to God every State within American Republic and every Republic in American continent might ere termination of this glorious century embrace the light of the Faith of Baháʼu'lláh and establish structural basis of His World Order. 2024: 802:, proclaimed a National Baháʼí Day first on July 25 in 2003 and it has been an annual event since. Among the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the first Jamaican local spiritual assembly after two weeks of events was a blood drive organized by the Baháʼís of Kingston. The festivities were also attended by retired Continental Counselor Ruth Pringle just two weeks before her death. In 2006 the Baháʼís of 807:
the new executive director at the Women's Resource and Outreach Centre in Kingston. In 2005 the international Baháʼí choir, Voices of Bahá, performed in Jamaica as part of their first tour in the Caribbean and performed at Ward Theatre and the University's Chapel with proceeds earmarked to two Jamaican charities serving families of policemen slain in the line of duty and the Denham Town Golden Age Home.
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Mitchell, Mr. Alfred Senior, Miss Emily Taylor, Miss Ruby Taylor, Mr. Clarence Ullrich, Mrs. Margarite Ullrich. Later the Universal House of Justice called for eight Oceanic and Continental Conferences and one was held in Kingston for the Caribbean region in May 1971. In 1981, just before the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Baháʼí community in Jamaica, Hand of the Cause
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held a 4-day exhibition at the public library on the history of the Faith in Jamaica with the Baháʼí Day observance. The Baháʼí Centre in Kingston has hosted Sir Howard Cooke's Thursday Group which has continued to operate since Sir Cooke's retirement in 2006. In 2008 Baháʼí Dorothy Whyte was named
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of the United States and Canada appointed the Inter-America Committee to take charge of the preparations. During the 1937 Baháʼí North American Convention, Shoghi Effendi cabled advising the convention to prolong their deliberations to permit the delegates and the National Assembly to consult on a
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traveled throughout the Caribbean region and spent six days in Jamaica. She was received by the Governor General and Prime Minister while over two hundred Baháʼís attended a weekend conference and more non-Baháʼís attended a public meeting. A twenty-minute television interview as well as general
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as the new head of the religion. The electors were the members of the national assemblies then in existence. The members of the Jamaican National Assembly who participated in the election were Miss Doris Maud Buchanan, Mr. Randolph Fitz-Henley, Miss Alice Maude Gallier, Mr. Wm. Arthur Wellesley
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After a brief visit in 1939 by John and Rosa Shaw from San Francisco, the community of the Baháʼí Faith in Jamaica began in 1942 with the arrival of Dr. Malcolm King - from Portland, Oregon, United States and of Jamaican background. King taught the religion to Marion Maxwell, the first Jamaican
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beginning by giving greater freedom to women, promulgating the promotion of female education as a priority concern, and that involvement was given practical expression by creating schools, agricultural coops, and clinics. The religion entered a new phase of activity when a message of the
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From the early period of development the Baháʼí community in Jamaica grew in organization and relationship with the wider community while growing internally as well. Before national independence, the Jamaicans were part of a regional National Spiritual Assembly of the
629:(1937–44), which was an international plan designed by Shoghi Effendi, gave the American Baháʼís the goal of establishing the Baháʼí Faith in every country in Latin America. With the spread of American Baháʼís in Latin American, Baháʼí communities and 488:, proclaiming a National Baháʼí Day first on July 25 in 2003 and it has been an annual event since. While there is evidence of several active communities by 2008 in Jamaica, estimates of the Baháʼís population range from the hundreds to the thousands. 1689:
Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Harry Logan, a Bahaʼi from Jamaica that was passing through after being in Haifa, Israel as a delegate from his country to elect the world governing body of the Bahaʼis called the Universal House of
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In a first step in relation to the general Jamaican community, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Jamaica was a founding member of the Jamaican Interfaith Council in 1992.
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during August 28–31, and in 2002 Baháʼís participated in a national dialogue on transcending tribalistic boundaries present in politics. Governor General of Jamaica, Sir
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being among the places Baháʼís should take the religion to. The community of the Baháʼís begins in 1942 with the arrival of Dr. Malcolm King. The first Baháʼí
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from 1957 through 1961 and on the eve of national independence in 1962, the Jamaica Baháʼís elected their own National Spiritual Assembly in 1961 with
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The Baháʼís have participated in a number of activities of wider and local relevance to Jamaicans. In 2000 Baháʼís joined in observing the
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of the United States and Canada, and asked for the systematic implementation of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's vision to begin. In his cable he wrote:
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regions and was written on April 8, 1916, but was delayed in being presented in the United States until 1919—after the end of the
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plan that would enable Baháʼís to go to Latin America as well as to include the completion of the outer structure of the
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spent six days in Jamaica. Public recognition of the religion came in the form of the Governor General of Jamaica, Sir
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Activities in the Baháʼí World Community to Improve the Status of Women during the United Nations Decade for Women
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The Beginnings of the Baháʼí Faith in Latin America:Some Remembrances, English Revised and Amplified Edition
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His Christ Holiness says: Travel ye to the East and to the West of the world and summon the people to the
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with prayers called for by the Millennium World Peace Summit of religious leaders which met at the
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Following the May 1 cable, another cable from Shoghi Effendi came on May 19 calling for permanent
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though recent international sources reported anywhere from 279 Baháʼís to more than 8,000. The
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dated 20 October 1983 was released. Baháʼís were urged to seek out ways, compatible with the
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In 2000 local sources reported 4,000 Baháʼís in Jamaica, notably in cities like
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Appeal to assembled delegates ponder historic appeal voiced by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in
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near or before this unveiling in 1919, including Mr. and Mrs. Frankland,
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Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
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in 1916-1917; these letters were compiled together in the book titled
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to be established in all the countries of Latin America. The Baháʼí
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coverage by radio and television reporters highlighted her visit.
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In 1963 the Baháʼís of the world looked to the election of the
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Baháʼí and William Mitchell (previously accountant for the
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Since its inception the religion has had involvement in
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began to form in 1938 across the rest of Latin America.
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Index

a series
Baháʼí Faith

Baháʼu'lláh
The Báb
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Teachings
Unity of God
Unity of humanity
Unity of religion
Laws
Prayer
Calendar
Nineteen Day Feast
Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The Hidden Words
Some Answered Questions
Other Texts
Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh
Administrative Order
The Guardianship
Universal House of Justice
Spiritual Assemblies
Baháʼí history
Timeline
Bábism
Persecution
Shoghi Effendi
Hands of the Cause

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