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Society Builders with
your host, Duane Varan.

Welcome to Society Builders and
thanks for joining the conversation

for social transformation.

Over the course of the past season,
we explored the future, in terms of

the importance of having a sense of
vision, and we explored the past,

including profiles of what I think
are are best examples of society

building in both the East and the West.

In the East of helping build Iran's
first democratic institutions and its

first constitution, then pivoting to
building a network of over 60 schools

for both girls and boys in what was
almost an entirely illiterate society.

And in the West by becoming champions for
race unity, helping shape the evolution

of the modern Civil Rights Movement.

So we've covered a bit of the past.

We've covered a bit of the future.

Now that we are in our second season,
we'll pivot to looking a little bit

more at the present. And we kick this
off today by exploring the guidance

from the Universal House of Justice

that was the very inspiration for
the launch of this podcast series.

It's guidance of December 30th, 2021.

This is the guidance that gives
us our first glimpse of the

new society building landscape.

Now, I know that many, if not most of
you, have already studied this message.

You've probably studied
it both individually and

collectively in your communities.

And for you, today's episode
will probably just serve as a

reminder to jog your memory a bit.

And for those of you who haven't
yet studied the message, I implore

you not to think of this episode
as a substitute for your own study.

Instead, think of it as something designed
to whet your appetite a bit. Or something to

reinforce your own study, because nothing
beats studying the message yourself and

with others to draw your own conclusions.

And once again, I want to emphasize
that I speak with no authority here.

I do not represent any Baha'i institution.

This is not an official
or authorized summary.

This is simply one person

sharing their imperfect understanding
of some of the features in the message.

You shouldn't take anything I say in
these podcasts with any authority, and you

certainly shouldn't view me as an expert.

Mine is just another voice,
which you are free to draw on

or to reject as you see fit.

These are simply one person's views -
no more valid than anyone else's.

So with that disclaimer, let's
get today's episode in motion.

Today we explore the mandate that the
Universal House of Justice gives us

to focus on releasing the society,
building power of the faith over

the course of the next 24 years.

Now rather than say the Universal House of
Justice's message to the Continental Board

of Counselors of December 30th, 2021,
I'll simply refer to this as 'the message'.

That's how I'll be referring to it
through the rest of today's podcast

and across the next few podcasts
where we'll be studying this message.

And also the message makes reference to a
period of 25 years from when it's written.

Now, sometimes I'll refer to
that as the next 25 years, but

of course that was a year ago.

So sometimes I'll also refer
to it as the next 24 years.

So excuse the confusion there.

So the message gives us a glimpse
of what's in store for us, for what

is now the next 24 years as we work
together as a community to bring this

society building vision to fruition.

I say glimpse because it's
important to appreciate,

I think, that we don't yet
really understand what all

of this really fully means.

But we will! We'll discover this meaning
over the course of the next few decades

as it takes shape organically. And as
this all unfolds, we'll look back at

the guidance and understand it with
new, fresh perspectives - things that

were there in the message, but which
we didn't really notice, understand,

or fully appreciate at the time.

Let me give you an example.

For most of us, the whole society
building construct as this

unified focus for the community -

this was something entirely new.

We hadn't really thought of it in this
way before. But when you look back, we

shouldn't have been surprised at all.

The construct was facing us and black
and white in previous correspondence.

We just didn't appreciate
its significance at the time.

Of course we first see this
reference to this society building

construct in the writings of Shoghi
Effendi in World Order of Baha'u'llah.

Way back in 1936, Shoghi Effendi wrote
the following: "Conscious of their high

calling, confident in the society building
power which their Faith possesses,

they press forward undeterred and
undismayed in their efforts to fashion

and perfect the necessary instruments
wherein the embryonic World Order

of Baha'u'llah can mature and develop."

So there was that reference
'Society building power,

which their Faith possesses.

Now I've read World Order of
Baha'u'llah a number of times.

I'm sure many of you have as well.

I even taught a whole course on it.

But the society building construct
specifically as it's worded here,

well that never leaped out at me.

I never noticed it.

I kind of just read through it.

But now looking back, we can see just
how important this reference really was.

Similarly, there have been a number of
messages more recently from the Universal

House of Justice that have alluded to
the society building focus. In Ridvan 2018,

for example, the Universal
House of Justice wrote:

"From the resulting transformation
visible in the individual and collective

lives of people may be discerned the
unmistakable stirrings of the society

building power of the Cause of Baha'u'llah."

And in a message of July 22nd,
2020, they wrote: "You are

channels for this Divine Love.

Let it flow through you to
all who cross your path.

Infuse it into every neighborhood
and social space in which you move to

build capacity to canalize the society
building power of Baha'u'llah's Revelation."

So we see this foreshadowing in
these messages. But again, the

society building construct and these
messages just rolled right past me.

I, I didn't understand at the time, I
didn't know what it was referring to.

It was something I didn't
even really think about.

And even in looking back, you get the
sense that this is referencing the future.

It's framing it as 'stirrings' as
building 'capacity' to canalize

the society building power.

Now looking back, suddenly these
references to society building really

stand out and we view it in an entirely
new light, and that's how it is with

the message we're studying today.

In the future, we'll look back and
we'll see things in this message that

completely escaped our attention,
or which we still don't grasp as

we try to understand it today.

Recognizing this, we approach
this task with a certain amount

of humility, recognizing our
imperfect attempt to understand it.

So be forgiving and let's join
together in working to understand

this guidance as best we can.

Now the message is about 9,000 words,
8,999 to be precise, and it's structured

in seven sections with titles,
drawing attention to each section.

For the purpose of our summary,
we'll discuss the message in these

seven sections, and obviously this
isn't something we're gonna be able

to do in a single episode, so we'll
have separate episodes to study

these different sections in all.

In fact, we'll explore the
message across three episodes.

So let's roll up our
sleeves and dive right.

In today's episode, we'll look at the
first and the last section of the message,

what I call the 'bookends' of the message.

Of course, starting with the intro makes
all the sense in the world, but you might

be thinking, why then jump to the end?

Isn't that a little anti climactic?

And you're right. But where the intro
gives us this vision of what's to come

in the message, the closing section
provides a little bit of a summary and

it gives us a vision moving forward.

So in some ways, these two sections differ
from the rest of the message where you're

grappling with and trying to understand
very specific themes, getting at the 'how'.

So as I alluded to, the first section,
which doesn't have a title, is

the introduction, which gives us a
bird's eye view of what's to come.

It's the second shortest of our seven
sections at only four paragraphs.

The shortest section, of course, is
the conclusion at three paragraphs.

So all up today, we'll be studying
just seven paragraphs, but trust me,

there's a lot in those seven paragraphs.

Now, I've talked about this introductory
section before in our first episode

because I was truly overwhelmed
when I read the introduction.

I literally

lept up on my feet and before reading
the rest of the message, I literally

lept up and made the decision to start
hosting this series right then and there

because I immediately realized just how
life transforming this would all be.

It's landmark for Baha'is.

The society building construct
will increasingly become

our guiding light, paving the path for
service for the rest of our lives.

And on a personal level, I find it
exciting that I can point to that

moment in my life, like remembering,
watching the first moon landing.

I mean, I remember exactly where I was and
how I was feeling when I read that intro.

So even though this first section
is relatively short, at just four

paragraphs, it really packs a punch.

The first paragraph immediately
grabs you with a sense of destiny.

We're embarking upon a new set of plans
that will eclipse the previous ones.

Wow.

It'll eclipse them.

Well, that's something, and it will
develop in US capacities, which we

can scarcely glimpse at present.

Hmm.

You immediately start wondering
what kind of capacities will we be

developing and under what circumstances?

I mean, it's exciting,
it's, it's fulfilling.

In the second paragraph,
they quote Baha'u'llah.

He says: "The purpose for which mortal
men have from utter nothingness stepped

into the realm of being is that they may
work for the betterment of the world and

live together in concorde and harmony."

Now making this happen is
the work of many generations.

I often talk about this, it's like
building the kingdom of heaven on Earth

is like constructing a great building.

Here I'm thinking of something like
the Segreta Familia Cathedral in

Barcelona, which has been under
construction now for over 140 years.

A task so great that it
will take many generations

to actually build.

And of course, building the kingdom
of God is so much more ambitious.

But the reason we can build across
generations is because we're all

building to a common set of blueprints.

God's Messengers bring us the
blueprints, and it's up to us to

contribute our part in building it.

Placing a brick in isolation is
meaningless, but placing that same

brick as part of a larger plan -
well now you're part of something

so much bigger than yourselves,
something that truly transcends you.

So it's the work of many generations
and they make it clear that this is

something we'll be doing working side by
side with all and not just with Baha'is.

Now, that's a very important theme,
something we'll return to later as well,

because society building isn't a Baha'i
thing, it's an enterprise where we'll be

collaborating with like-minded people.

We're a catalyst to help bring people
together to serve in great, great ways.

Again, that's another important idea.

Most of the rest of the intro
helps us visualize society building

by describing its qualities.

For example, they discuss the central
characteristics surrounding our

initiatives, and they use these words:
vibrant, outward looking communities,

communities that learn how to bring
about spiritual and material progress

and learning how to contribute
to the discourses that influence

the direction of that progress.

Together, these reflect the society
building power of the Faith.

Now a quick review.

The outward looking community's
idea reinforces what they clarified

earlier that this is something
we do in collaboration with the

world around us and not on our own.

It's interesting that the progress
they refer to is a reference to

both spiritual and material progress
and not spiritual progress alone.

Religious communities often ignore
the material altogether and they

see their mission as spiritual only.

So this focus on both spiritual and
material progress is also fascinating.

And the whole idea of learning how to
contribute to discourses, well that's

a massive topic, which will actually
have a whole series of episodes on,

and in fact, which will explore a
little further in our next episode.

So we'll hold that thought a bit for now.

Just keep in mind the relative

priority of us engaging in this kind
of engagement with the discourses of

society that influence the direction
of the spiritual and material progress.

Okay.

Now in the third paragraph, they
then lay out a vision for the next

25 years running through 2046.

Wow!

And here's the kicker.

This is the one that
knocked me off my socks.

This is the one sentence I think
that becomes our new creed.

They say this: "During this period,
the Baha'i world will be focused

on a single aim, the release of
the society-building power of the

Faith in ever greater measures."

Now, that's the headline!

Now the idea of the Baha'i community
globally having a single aim

like this for the next 25 years.

Wow, that's powerful.

It elevates the importance of the
society building construct to something.

I believe that is unprecedented in
our history. And as Baha'is come to

increasingly grapple with all of this,
it means Baha'is all over the world

will see their priority in life as
being, finding their path of service

in this society building arena.

So all of us can now sum up our
number one priority and our path of

service in just two words, 'society
building' and the idea that this will

happen with ever greater measures.

Wow.

It's like waves with each wave
being just a little bit higher, a

little bit bigger than the last.

Again, I'm blown away by this.

And one more observation.

Note that the Universal House of
Justice here refers to RELEASING the

society building power of the Faith.

This construct, this use of the word,

'RELEASING' feels very different
to the previous references to

the society building construct.

For example, in the 2018 message I
quoted from earlier, it's 'stirrings' of

the society building power of the Faith.

In the 2020 message, this becomes
building 'capacity to canalize' it.

These references both feel like
they're building up to something.

And then with 2021, it's the 'release'
of the Society Building Power.

To me, it's like the previous messages
are making a reference to winding up the

spring, and yet just a little over a year
later, we're setting in motion the forces

to release it.

So there's just so much power that's
packed in that one sentence again for

me, this is a whole new creed to live by.

The Universal House of Justice then
explains that pursuing this will

require a further rise in the capacity
of the three key protagonists of

Baha'i community life, the individual
believer, the local community,

and the institutions of the Faith.

And this reference to the three
protagonists is something Baha'is are

now really well acquainted with.

It recognizes that there is a
symbiotic relationship here.

All three need to work together for
the plans to be effectively realized.

And this relationship between these
protagonists is something we'll

explore further in a future episode.

But for now, let's just recognize
that all three will need to

develop these new capacities.

But the key here is that success
can't be achieved by them acting

independent of each other.

Their interaction is critical
to their exponential growth.

Again, we'll explore this all further
in a future episode, but for now let's

appreciate that we'll have to grow and
develop new capacities as individuals,

as communities and as institutions, but
we'll have to do this by working together.

They then go on to describe what
this all looks like, what it looks

like for us to apply the Sovereign
Remedy for every disease, and they

describe a number of qualities.

They described this as a commitment to
prosperity, recognizing that this is

achieved through the welfare of society
at large, that we askew partisanship,

that it's not about us gaining power,
that instead we should focus on

transcending differences, harmonizing
perspectives, and promoting the use

of consultation for decision making.

Now I wanna focus on this a bit more
because I think it's incredibly important.

We're not in the power game,
we're in the UNIFYING game.

Being unifying is the hallmark
of our approach, and that's

why we can't be partisan.

We need to find paths that bring people
together to harmonize perspectives.

This part of the message really resonates
with me personally because I think

it perfectly describes the greatest
cancer dividing our societies today.

When I look out at the societies around
me, and I'm talking about the whole world

here, when I look at society, I see people
more divided than they've ever been.

And I think the technologies we
now rely on divide us ever further,

creating echo chambers where we source
only those views that agree with us

further reinforcing our divisions.

And I think this, more than
anything, is what makes the present

feel so different to the past.

It's an amplification of our divisions at
a level we just haven't seen in the past.

So this part of the message for me speaks
to this need for us to find paths of

service that unify and harmonize, and
this is probably one of the greatest

things we can do for the societies
around us that stand so divided.

Now I'm gonna digress for a second, just
a little bit further, to clarify a little

bit more, because I know Baha'is, who
I think get sucked in by the rhetoric

of the social movements of the day.

They take a stand on a clear Baha'i
principle, but in doing so, they join

a side and they discount the other.

I don't think that's the Baha'i way.

There is a supreme principle at work,
and that's the principle of unity.

We have to find a way to engage that
unifies and not one that further divides.

Again, this is an important principle
we'll explore further in future episodes.

It's an incredibly complex art, but
in everything we do, this principle

of unifying, of harmonizing must

reign supreme.

This, I believe, is our
great differentiator.

It's what makes us so different
from every other social movement.

All right, I've digressed a bit here,
but again, the point for today's

discussion is that we need to transcend
difference, harmonize perspectives,

and promote the use of consultation.

Then they focus on a few
key qualities in this path.

'Trustworthiness, cooperation, forbearance.'

Again, we should reflect
on each of these qualities.

They refer to these as the building
blocks of a stable social order, and

you might reflect about why these
particular qualities, trustworthiness,

cooperation, forbearance.

Why these above others?

For me personally, it's
forbearance that stands out.

It triggers this image in my head that
will often be hurt or disappointed

in our journeys, but that we need to
show forbearance and move forward.

And they continue this by focusing
on other qualities, 'championing

science and rationality.'

Again, a fascinating position
for a religious community, right?

Championing science.

This implies that there's a way
that we approach what we do that is

grounded in scientific principles.

It's grounded in rational decision making.

They say 'advocating
tolerance and understanding.'

Again, this is in line with that
construct of unifying and harmonizing.

'Viewing everyone as a potential
partner, even among groups

historically hostile to each other.'

Now the viewing of everyone
as a potential partner bit,

well, this is the third
reference to this idea that

we've had in the message already.

But now we get another dimension
to this that we even need to work

to bring together groups that
are historically hostile to each

other. That paints a picture that
is just so much greater, right?

'Conscious of materialism.'

Now, remember, the House of Justice
previously clarified that we want

both material and spiritual progress.

So material progress
is not the issue here.

It's material ism, and we should
reflect perhaps on this delineation.

Certainly this could be another
theme for a whole episode.

And while they say that we clearly
see the injustices in the world,

we should be 'equally clear sighted
about the creative power of unity

and humanity's capacity for altruism.'

Now, I love this reference.

Because the injustices in the
world, I think weigh us all down.

It's so overwhelming and
it's easy to feel helpless.

But here, the Universal House of Justice
is giving us something else to focus on.

The power of unity, the power of altruism.

It's like we can fight
injustice with unity and with

people's capacity for altruism.

I mean, this gives us hope, right?

They see the 'power of religion to
transform hearts and overcome distrust.'

Here I'm reminded of those
champions for race unity

we talked about in our last episode,
people who were truly transformed by the

power of the Faith and went on to dedicate
themselves to promoting race unity.

It's another example, and there are
of course even greater ones, but

it's an example of the transforming
power of the Faith. That we 'labor

to create conditions for progress.

And that we share our beliefs liberally
with others, but respect every soul's

freedom of conscious', so we don't
impose our standards on anyone.

Now, this is another incredibly important
idea and it presents two challenges.

The first, of course, is to share our
beliefs with others, and there's no

question that this is something we
should be doing much, much more of.

But then the qualifier that in sharing
our beliefs, we be cautious not

to impose our standards on others.

Now, let's think about this
because I think it's so important.

I often say that whether a person's
faith is a positive or negative

influence depends on one thing above all:

whether they use their faith as a
yardstick to judge themselves or

whether they use it as a yardstick
to judge others. If they use it

to judge themselves, they'll find
themselves becoming a better person

with the passing of each day.

But it's this business of judging
others that I believe can become the

ugliest expression of a person's faith.

I think it's one of the main
reasons why people are so

often turned off by religion.

So for me, whether a person's faith
is a good or bad influence depends on

whether they use it to judge themselves
or whether they use it to judge others.

So that's what I hear in these words
from the Universal House of Justice.

Share your beliefs,
but don't judge others.

Respect their spiritual journeys.

And I think this often
happens with good intent.

We're excited about what we believe
and we wanna share our excitement.

But we still need to frame this
within these boundaries of respect.

Okay.

Back to our message.

The Universal House of Justice
then goes on to describe how we

approach learning in this journey.

We don't pretend we have all the
answers, but we're clear about what we've

learned and what we still need to learn.

We advance through action and
reflection, not being phased by setbacks.

Now this idea of building an iterative
process for learning - this interaction

between action and reflection - is
something that has been at the core

of our community building capacity
development over the past 25 years.

So we've gained some experience in that
department. But harder, perhaps, is the

idea of not being phased by setbacks.

I wanna explore this idea a little bit
more because I think it's the bigger

challenge for us at this present juncture.

Naturally, we're all human.

We're emotional beings.

It's only natural that setbacks hurt.

And this is where the science and
rationality, that was referenced

earlier, comes in, because if we look
at the situation with a rational

rather than an emotional lens, we
realize that the path of discovery

is about both advance and setbacks.

We must learn from both.

It's one of the fundamental
principles of science.

Science is about falsifiability.

You have to be able to fail for you
truly to walk down the path of discovery.

In fact, in the discourse of
science, you often learn more from

a setback than you do from a win.

It's when you learn from setbacks
that you often discover the greatest

principles for future advances.

So even though it's hard to do on an
emotional level, we need to channel

our rational faculties and see the
setback for the opportunity that it is.

I think often in our path of wanting
to avoid setbacks, we respond by

sweeping any bad news under the carpet,
or we try to spin the story. Clearly,

this is an area where we need to grow and
where we need to develop our capacities.

Now the qualities we've been
discussing, describe the kind of

communities we're working to build.

I mean, you could live your
lives for the next 25 years

just trying to implement the
vision that the Universal House

of Justice describes here.

I mean, how inspiring right.

So that's the first part.

That's the intro.

It gives us a sense of vision for
what's in store, but beyond the nuts

and bolts of that vision, I think
the intro achieves something else.

It inspires us.

It frames our sense of destiny.

Okay, now we're going to jump all
the way to the end of the message.

Of course, we've skipped the
meat in the sandwich here.

There's a lot of detail around the how.

That's in all the paragraphs we
just skipped. But don't dismay.

We'll come back to those
in our next episodes.

So for now, let's accept that there's
a lot of amazing guidance on the 'how'.

That brings us to the climax of the
narrative in this amazing conclusion.

So first, let's focus on
the title for this section.

It's called 'A Historic Mission'.

Well, right there in just three words

you immediately get this sense of destiny.

In the first of the three paragraphs
that make up the conclusion, the

Universal House of Justice impresses
upon us that our present day capacity

and the discipline we've developed
over the past 25 years in adhering

to a coherent framework for action.

While this has prepared us for
something special, drum roll please.

And what is that?

It's an 'extensive,

rigorous test of all its resources,
spiritual as well as material.'

I'm gonna read that again.

It's an 'extensive, rigorous
test of all its resources,

spiritual as well as material.'

Now, I don't know about you, but
I find that sentence inspiring,

on the one hand, but also really
scary. An extensive and rigorous

test? Eek! Of all of our resources,
both spiritual as well as material?

I mean, doesn't that sound
a little scary? For me,

and again, this is just
my personal take on this,

it makes it sound like we're in
for some really challenging times.

Because here I'm reminded
of another message from the

Universal House of Justice.

This one was to a youth conference
in Innsbrook, Austria, way back

in 1983. And in that message,
again, that was 40 years ago,

they say this... They say: "You will
live your lives in a period when

the forces of history are moving to
a climax, when mankind will see the

establishment of the Lesser Peace, and
during which the Cause of God will

play an increasingly prominent role in
the reconstruction of human society.

It is you who will be called upon
in the years to come to stand at

the helm of the Cause in face of
conditions and developments, which

can as yet scarcely be imagined."

Now we can't see the future,
but it sure feels like we're

approaching that juncture.

So maybe the road ahead is gonna be
really challenging, challenging for

all humanity. And maybe that's why this
need for our contributions to society

building has never been greater.

But again, this is nothing more
than my personal take here.

You should reflect on what
those words mean to you.

Okay, back to the message.

They then add in a sense of the historic
dimension of what's to come, and they

give us a tangible way of visualizing
this by comparing the demands that will

be made of us to that, of the demands
that were made during the 10 Year Crusade.

Now, the 10 Year Crusade was an
amazing period in the history of our

Faith - the decade from 1953 to 1963.

You know, today the Baha'i
Faith is the second most widely

distributed religion on the planet.

There are Baha'is in every nook and
cranny of the world. And it was

the 10 Year Crusade which played a
pivotal role in making this a reality.

Shoghi Effendi called on Baha'is to settle
in every nation and land on the planet,

and Baha'is responded by making truly
heroic sacrifices to make it happen.

I mean, Baha'is settled in places from
Spitzbergen in the Arctic North to the

Faulkland Islands in the Antarctic South.
And those who made these sacrifices are

forever remembered in these communities.

It's like Saint Gregory the Illuminator,
who was first to bring the gospel to

Armenia, and now thousands of years
later, Armenians still celebrate him.

So the demands and by extension,
the significance of what's

to come is truly historic.

And then they raise what feels to
me to be something of a question.

They say 'if we succeed,
history will pay tribute.'

It's the, IF that gets me. It's not
like it's a foregone conclusion.

Yes, we have a destiny before us,
but it's a destiny we have to earn.

And they make an appeal that this
perspective on the historic nature

of this enterprise not be lost.

It's a big deal.

So, And they say this, they say,
quote, "the civilization of today

for all its material, proess has
been found wanting, and the verdict

has been issued by the Supreme pen:

Know ye not that we have rolled up that
which the people possessed and have

unfolded a new order in its place."

Here they're referring to that incredible
image which Baha'u'llah gives us. The image of

the Old World being rolled up and a New
one being unrolled before us. Building

this divine civilization is our primary
mission, and they again draw attention

to the foundation qualities we'll need:

unity, trustworthiness, mutual
support, collaboration, fellow feeling

selflessness, commitment to truth, a
sense of responsibility, a thirst to

learn, the love of an all embracing
heart. And they close the message with

this incredibly inspiring paragraph:

"How we long to see humanity illumined
with the love of its Lord, how we

long to hear His praise on every
tongue. Knowing the ardency of our wish

you know

then the emotion with which when we lay
our heads upon the Most Holy Threshold,

we implore Baha'u'llah to make you and
all who cherish his precious Faith,

ever more perfect channels
of His ineffable grace.

Wow!

We only got through seven paragraphs
today, but how inspiring, right?

I mean, you really get the sense of how
historic this all is and how incredibly

important society building will be.

It gives you a sense of destiny,
but it's a destiny we have to earn.

Wow!

So thanks for rolling up your sleeves with
me and diving in to exploring the message.

Our Mandate for Society Building.

And again, please be forgiving.

This is a chance for you to practice
that forbearance we talked about earlier.

Remember, the views I share
are entirely personal.

They have no authority, and I'm
certainly not an expert here.

You are free to disagree
with anything I've said.

Nothing beats your own study, whether
by yourself or with others as you

draw your own conclusions about
how this guidance speaks to you.

So join me again next time as we
continue with the second part of our

trilogy studying this amazing message.

So that's it for this episode.

Once again, I want to thank you
for joining the Conversation

for Social Transformation.

I look forward to continuing our dialogue
again next time on Society Builders.

Society Builders pave the way, to a better world,
to a better day.

A united approach to building a new society.

There's a crisis facing humanity.

People suffer from a lack of unity.

It's time for a better
path to a new society.

Join the conversation, for social transformation.
Society Builders.

So engage with your local communities
and explore all the exciting possibilities.

We can elevate the atmosphere in
which we move. The paradigm is shifting.

It's so very uplifting.

It's a new beat, a new song, a brand new groove

Join the conversation. For social transformation,

Society Builders.

The Baha'i Faith has a lot to say.

Helping people discover a better way, with
discourse and social action framed by unity.

Now the time has come to lift our
game and apply the teachings of

the Greatest Name. And rise to
meet the glory of our destiny.

Join the conversation, for social transformation.
Society Builders.