Art & Essay / Poetry Contest - 2008

Enter the "Vision of Race Unity" Art & Essay/Poetry Contests & help build Racial Unity & Understanding!

Deadline date for art/poetry submissions: Tuesday, May 27, 2008.
Winners will be announced at the 11th Annual Race Unity Rally on
Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the State Capitol Rotunda.

Cash prizes will be awarded !!!

See Press Release and more information

Art Winners

A Vision of Race Unity

10th Annual Race Unity Rally
Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
State Capitol Rotunda, Springfield, Illinois.

Keynote Speaker: Robert Moore, Former U.S. Marshall.
Mr. Robert Moore, served 8 years as a U.S. Marshall and was appointed to the position by President Bill Clinton. He is the former chief of police in Jackson, Mississippi, and previously served as an Illinois State Trooper. In 1993, he played a major role here in the relocation of the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to a highly visible location across from the Illinois State Capitol.

Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin has been invited to address the rally. Also scheduled to perform at the event are dancers from the India Association of Greater Springfield, and French horn player Jimmy Hampton from Detroit.

The rally is sponsored by Frontiers International Club of Springfield, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the Greater Springfield Baha’i community, Pax Christi, and the Grassroots Interfaith Team.
Click here for more information & the News Release.

***** Previous Years Winners of Art & Essay / Poetry Contest *****

"Cornucopia of the Arts" -
November 5, 2006 at Lincoln Library, Springfield, Illinois.

A “Veritable Cornucopia of the Arts,” featuring live music, dramatic readings, and a multi-media visual arts presentation, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, November 5 at the downtown Springfield Lincoln Library, Carnegie Room north.
The free event is open to all, and is sponsored by the Springfield-area Baha’i community. Many of the various artistic presentations will underscore the central Baha’i concepts of the oneness of God, the oneness of religion, and the oneness of humankind.
Click here for more information and the flyer.

A Vision of Race Unity
9th Annual Race Unity Rally
Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. State Capitol Rotunda, Springfield, Illinois.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Henderson, Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States.

The Vision of Race Unity, a Statement on Race Unity  by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States.

Baha’is to Host Informational Virtues-Class Meeting on Sept. 24, 2005

This fall, the Springfield Baha’i community will offer an on-going series of “Virtues Classes” for children between 5 and 12 years old.

An informational meeting to explain the classes and seek public input will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Springfield Baha’i Center, located at the corner of 8th and Allen.

Mike Lang, who hosts a weekly Baha’i TV show on Access 4, will MC the Sept. 24 meeting, which is open to all. The meeting will include an overview of the upcoming classes, and will seek input from parents and families as to the best times to offer children’s virtues classes. Ice cream, cake and informal socializing will also be part of the Sept. 24 meeting.

“Helping children develop and nurture virtues like compassion, generosity, modesty, and self-discipline are what we are attempting to do with these classes,” said Lang. “There are several dedicated individuals within the local Baha’i community who have researched and taught different virtues curricula that are available on the web. We hope many parents will consider enrolling their children in these classes.”

When implemented this fall, the virtues classes will be held at the Springfield Baha’i Center. Music and visual art projects will be a regular part of the classes, which will be offered free of charge to the public. Parents will be asked to sign a release form enabling their children to participate in the classes.  In addition, concurrent activities for parents will be offered along with the children’s virtues classes.  The Baha’i community may also be reached at 544-9595.