Ridvan celebrates Baha’u’llah’s time in 1863 in the garden of Ridvan in Baghdad when He publicly declared His station as a Manifestation of God. The Ridvan Festival is 12 days long and is also the time of year when Baha’is elect their governing bodies.
This video, produced by the Australian Baha’i Community, shares the opening remarks of a virtual conference titled ‘Social Cohesion and Inclusion National Conference 2020’. The conference explored the settings, approaches, methods and experiences that guide Australia to forge a socially cohesive and inclusive country into the future.
This video captures the opening of the conference and keynote addresses are given by Her Excellency the Honorable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of New South Wales and Dr Brian Adams, director of the Centre for Interfaith and Cultural Dialogue, Griffith University.
To watch the other sessions of this conference, please visit the YouTube channel of the Australian Baha’i Community: https://bit.ly/3mZR3qK
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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