At the Sunday Devotional at the Nashville Bahá'í Center on Feb. 28, 2010, Anisa Kausal-Hayes and Derek Anderson performed this hauntingly beautiful music about children.

Campaign aims to increase access to healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods.

At the Bahá'i Center of Nashville, Sepehr Homayoon likes to prepare a special quiche for meetings. Studded with red cabbage, onion and cauliflower, he serves it with kefir, a fermented yogurt sauce of his native country, Iran. His quiche, though, might sit alongside a diverse array of foods at the Bahá'i center — African-American dishes or cuisines of Persia, China and Europe, among others.

"Eating brings unity," Homayoon said.

46-year-old mother of three, a 75-year-old retired factory owner, a 35-year-old optometrist — these are among the Baha'i leaders imprisoned in Iran whose case may soon go to the Revolutionary Court.

How many people does it take to change a community in a positive way?

In a neighborhood in Nashville, it has taken a handful of Baha'is who offer children’s classes on spirituality. The result? A tighter community, more accepting of its diverse residents: African-Americans, Kosovoans, Mexicans, Peruvians, Puerto Ricans, Sudanese.

Jim Traub, a Nashville Bahá'í and member of the Local Spiritual of Nashville, recently contributed this article which was published in the Nashville Tennessean.

NEW YORK – As the new academic year got under way, young Baha'is in Iran again found the door to higher education closed.

UNITED NATIONS: 26 October, 2008— Asked to open a United Nations meeting on poverty, Kevin Locke recited an “eagle” prayer in his native Lakota Sioux dialect.

HAIFA, Israel, 19 March (BWNS) - A new Web site with information for visiting the Baha'i shrines and gardens in Haifa and Acre was introduced today by the Baha'i International Community.

Titled “A Path to Peace,” the piece was inspired by the Baha’i writings and includes original music by Mr. Garcia and lyrics by his 77-year-old wife, Gina Mauriello Garcia. Photographs and quotations projected above the stage illustrate conditions in the world that prevent peace, as well as ideas and principles that would promote peace.

BRUNSWICK, Georgia, United States — Two U.S. jazz musicians combined their knowledge of Chinese music, Brazilian samba, and American jazz to write one of the songs being featured at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Last updated: 4 September 2008

Note: This report, updated regularly, is provided as a service to news media and others desiring details of the situation of the Baha'is in Iran. All information has been verified by the Baha'i International Community.