Visalia, California
Visalia | ||
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| - | Local Assembly | 1921 |
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| - | Phone | 559-734-1359 |
| - | visaliabahais@gmail.com | |
| - | State | California |
| - | Country | United States |
| Official Website | https://www.visaliabahais.org/ | |
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Visalia is a city in the state of California. It is the county seat of Tulare County, one of the most productive agricultural counties in the United States. A Bahá’í community was established in the city in the 1920s.
History[edit]
The first Bahá’ís to live in Visalia were Harry and Grace Holley who were both grauates of Stanford University who settled in Visalia in 1917. A Local Spiritual Assembly was established in 1921 but later lapsed.[1]
Howard MacNutt visited Visalia in 1925 during a teaching trip across California holding five meetings to teach the Faith while in the city,[2] and a Local Spiritual Assembly was re-established that year.[3] In 1926 the Visalia Assembly sent one delegate to the National Convention of the Bahá’ís of North America,[4] and Albert Vail visited the city to teach the Faith at the request of the Assembly.[5] As of 1927 the Visalia Assembly was focusing on teaching young people and had begun holding weekly study groups for three different age groups of youth,[6] and that year the Assembly also published a booklet of prayers.[7]
In 1928 Ruhi Afnan and Orcella Rexford made teaching trips to Visalia,[8][9] and by 1929 the Visalia Bahá’í community, particularly Grace Holley, were participating in social service work across the San Joaquin Valley.[10] In 1930 Visalia was unable to send a delegate to the Bahá’í National Convention with the Assembly lapsing,[11] however Bahá’í activities continued with Visalia Bahá’ís participating on an Inter-Racial Amity district committee formed that year,[12] and the Assembly re-forming in 1931.[13]
In 1986 the Visalia Bahá’í community collaborated with other neighboring Bahá’í communities to sponsor local television commercials proclaiming the Faith.[14] In 1992 the Visalia community requested pioneers to increase the diversity of the community which at that time was predominantly Persian, and noted that there was a high amount of interest in the Bahá’í Faith from the Hmong community of the city,[15] and by 1993 the Visalia Assembly had lapsed.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.visaliabahais.org/about
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (May-June, 1925). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 5, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (September, 1925). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 7, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (February, 1926). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 10, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (September, 1926). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 13, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (1927). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 16, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (1927). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 19, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (1928). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 22, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (1928). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 23, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (1929). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 35, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News Letter (1930). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 40, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1931). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 47, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1931). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 49, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1986). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 17, Issue 4, pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1992). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 23, Issue 12, pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1993). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 24, Issue 8, pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
