El Cerrito, California

El Cerrito
City in the United States
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El Cerrito is a city in the U.S. State of California located within the San Francisco bay area. A Bahá’í community was established in the city in the 1950s and consolidated in the 1970s.

History[edit]

There was at least one isolated Bahá’í living in El Cerrito as of 1950,[1] and by 1954 an organized Bahá’í group had been established in the city which was maintained into the 1960's.[2][3]

By 1970 there were eight Bahá’ís living in the city with the community being set the goal of establishing a Local Spiritual Assembly that year.[4] The Local Spiritual Assembly of El Cerrito was successfully established in the early 1970's and was maintained despite being in danger of lapsing in 1974.[5] In 1978 the Bahá’ís of El Cerrito collaborated with several neighbouring California communities to hold a Unity Picnic in Berkeley attended by eighty-five people.[6]

In 1981 the El Cerrito Bahá’ís raised funds to assist with construction work at the Louhelen Bahá’í Summer School,[7] and in 1982 the community was able to present a Bahá’í book to the cities Mayor at a celebration of United Nations Day.[8] In 1996 Hossain Bayat, an El Cerrito Bahá’í, was awarded the President's Volunteer and Community Service Award recognising five hundred hours of volunteer service at his sons elementary school.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1952?). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 11 (1946-1950), Pg(s) 532. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 12 (1950-1954), Pg(s) 728. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1970). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 13 (1954-1963), Pg(s) 1049. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 1, Issue 2, pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1974). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 5, Issue 2, pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1978). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 9, Issue 8, pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 12, Issue 10, pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1983). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 14, Issue 4, pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1997). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 28, Issue 1, pg(s) 22. View as PDF.
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