Tessa Scrine
Tessa Scrine | |
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 Scrine (right) chairing a reception in Sydney. | |
| NSA member | Australia 2006 - 2010 |
| Counsellor | Australasia 2010 - Present |
Tessa Scrine is a Bahá’í currently serving as a Continental Counselor for Australasia.
Background[edit]
In 2005 Scrine began serving as the Convener of the Australian Forum of Human Rights Organisations, a voluntary position which involved fostering networking and collaboration amongst over fifty Non-Governmental Organizations.[1] She was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia in 2006 and by 2008 she was serving as an official spokesperson for the Australian Bahá’í community,[2] and became Executive Officer for Government Relations for the Bahá’í community in Australia.[3]
As of 2010 Scrine's fulltime position was serving as the director of the Australian Bahá’í Community's Office of External Affairs based in Canberra and in November that year she was appointed as a Counselor by the Universal House of Justice for a five year term.[4] She was reappointed in 2015 and appointed as Trustee of the Continental Fund for Australasia,[5] and reappointed as Counselor and Trustee again in 2020.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://bahai.works/Australian_Baha%E2%80%99i_Report/Volume_15/Issue_2/Text
- ↑ https://bahai.org.au/index.php/university-ban-part-of-pervasive-persecution/
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/tessa-scrine/3259160
- ↑ https://bahai.works/Australian_Baha%E2%80%99i_Report/Volume_15/Issue_1/Text
- ↑ 27 October 2015 Letter from the Universal House of Justice
- ↑ 29 October 2020 Letter from the Universal House of Justice
