Mark Sisson
Mark Sisson | |
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_shares_about_experiences_from_the_United_States_as_Mr._Nadarajah_listens.jpg) Mr. Sisson (left) shares about experiences from the United States as Mr. Nadarajah listens, 2018. | |
| Counsellor | Americas 2015 - 2020 |
Mark Sisson is an American Bahá’í who served as a Continental Counselor for the Americas.
Background[edit]
Sisson studied Liberal Studies at San Diego State University from 1974 to 1975 and then completed a degree in Television Broadcasting at San Francisco State University from 1976 to 1978.[1] He then went on a four month teaching trip across the South Pacific during which he attended the first National Youth Conference of the New Hebrides in January 1979,[2] and he was interviewed by Radio New Hebrides.[3]
In July 1981 he spoke at the first Continental Youth Conference of the Seven Year Plan held in Kansas City, Missouri.[4] From 1985 to 1989 he completed a Masters of Fine Arts in Film & Television Directing at the University of California and he then moved to Papua New Guinea in August 1989.[1] He worked for the Papua New Guinean Ministry of Education and worked as director of Educational Television until 2000.[1] He produced a documentary while in Papua New Guinea which was shown at the Second Bahá’í World Congress held in New York City in 1992.[5]
In 2003 Sisson began working for the Southwestern Community College District in Chula Vista, California, as a Professor of film, television and video production.[1] In 2015 he was appointed as a Continental Counselor by the Universal House of Justice,[6] and in 2018 he participated in a conference at the World Centre for Counselors sharing his experiences in San Diego.[7] In 2020 he completed his term as Counselor.[8]
Talks[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-w-sisson-6966a312
- ↑ Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 581, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 583, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 606, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://about.me/marksisson
- ↑ 27 October 2015 Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahai's of the World
- ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/1278/
- ↑ 29 October 2020 Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Baha'is of the World
