Press Release June 12th

Race Unity Day Conference Announced

The Bahá’ís of Scottsdale will be hosting a conference themed “Social Transformation and Promoting Race Amity in Education” 

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, June 1, 2022 — The Bahá’ís of Scottsdale will be hosting a Race Unity Day Conference, themed “Social Transformation and Promoting Race Amity in Education”, on June 12, 2022 from 1-5pm at the Scottsdale Bahá’í Faith Community Center. All are invited and welcome. 

This conference is a co-initiative with the NAACP-Maricopa County Branch, Arizona Faith Network, Arizona Interfaith Movement, the United Nations Association-USA Phoenix Chapter, and the Public Discourse & Social Action Taskforce of the Bahá’ís of Scottsdale.

The conference will feature a panel of speakers from various faiths and backgrounds, along with breakout sessions and musical performances. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

“If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men.”  – `Abdu’l-Bahá

 

About Race Unity Day 

Race Unity Day (called “Race Amity Day” until 1965) was inaugurated in 1957 by
the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, the
annually elected governing council of the American Bahá’í community, to
promote racial harmony and understanding.

Event Webpage: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/2022/raceunitydaydetails/

Sign-up: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/publicnotify/

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/544313080695946

Event Location: Scottsdale Bahá’í Faith Community Center, 6910 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

This conference is part of a series of Global Conferences on Social Transformation.

 

Contact:

pio@scottsdalebahai.org

www.scottsdalebahai.org