The Baha'i World News Service publicized an open letter from the Baha'is of Egypt to their fellow citizens, sharing perspectives on charting a course for the country's future directed towards "lasting material and spiritual prosperity." Read the BWNS story.

AngelsofIran.com‘s newest mini-documentary covers a Feb. 11 meeting in Washington with U.S. Representative from Florida Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and a group of family members of various Baha’is imprisoned in Iran. During the visit Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, assured the family members that their relatives are, “not alone.”

Three short films released today, featuring interviews with Iranian Baha'is whose families have been persecuted by the Iranian government, mark the launch of a series of mini-documentaries – titled "Angels of Iran" – that focus on the country's human rights record.

The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights website offers the following podcast containing an interview with a Baha’i discussing life as a Baha’i in Egypt.

Iranian authorities have arrested a number of Baha'is who provided education to children in a region devastated by an earthquake seven years ago.

Four members of Congress from Illinois, the state that is home to the Baha’i House of Worship for North America, are asking the U.S. government to call on the Iranian government to change its policies towards the Baha’is.

Fifty years ago, after a two year court battle, the University of Georgia was integrated by two students, Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton “Hamp” Earl Holmes.

Eric Marrapodi from CNN reports that family members of Baha'is currently imprisoned in Iran met with the commissioners and reporters to tell their story of how their family members were arrested, tried and imprisoned on false charges.

Prior to 1999, Paradise Valley was one of the very few towns in Arizona that did not observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Recognizing that this holiday is a symbol to many of the need for racial harmony, a key principle of the Baha’i Faith, the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Paradise Valley contacted the city mayor and other town officials about starting an event as a community service project to promote race unity.

“Let’s Get Together!”, a commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, was held at the First Presbyterian Church in Olean, New York on Sunday, January 16.