Baha’is are urged to “Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship.” One way they do this is through the commemoration of World Religion Day -- Sunday, January 17.

Baha'is from five continents, including two from the United States, are making presentations at the Parliament of the World's Religions – an event now held every five years in the modern continuation of an initiative begun more than a century ago.

In 1893, in the city of Chicago,  a "World's Parliament of Religions" was held as an auxiliary event in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exhibition (World's Fair). This event marked the first official gathering of representatives from eastern and western religions and is considered the birthplace of formal interreligious dialogue.
 

For the past five years the Baha'is of Marquette, numbering about 40, have helped with large Earth Day projects organized by EarthKeepers, an interfaith effort to care for the earth through environmental stewardship.

While student-teaching in Houston, Nebraskan Kerri Molczyk is keeping folks at home up to date on her experiences through “The Phony Houstonian,” a column she writes for the Spalding Enterprise in Spalding, Neb.

National Public Radio religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty takes a look at Baha'i Sunday school programs that bring together children of many faiths to learn about humanity's shared spiritual heritage.

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The U.S. Baha'i eNewsletter received first place in the electronic newsletter category at the Religion Communicators Council annual awards on April 26.

For the third year in a row, Baha'is in northern Michigan collect hazardous waste on Earth Day, Saturday, April 21.

Along with members of more than 120 interfaith organizations in Michigan's Earth Keeper Clean Sweep program, Baha'is in Marquette rounded up pharmaceuticals that otherwise would get flushed down a toilet or poured down a drain -- and wind up in drinking water.