Mr. Hooper Dunbar
Presentations by Mr. Hooper Dunbar
Mr. Dunbar begins by telling of his own Bahá’í youth and meeting an “‘Abdu’l-Bahá’í” by the name of Willard Hatch. Mr. Hatch told him a story of his encounter with the Master in Oakland in 1912. He told the youth of Bahá’u’lláh’s gift to them of pioneering and how we must place “teaching in the forefront of all our thoughts”. “We only live once. We are only young once.” Now is the time to focus on victory during the Holy Year called by the Universal House of Justice.
The House of Justice has sent two major messages to the youth in the past sixteen months. Mr. Schechter recommends that parents sit down with their youth and go over these messages and also read the Ridvan messages with them. Dr. Arbab is next and congratulates the parents of Bahá’í youth. He worked with the youth on a project that “Youth Can Move the World”. He consulted with the NSAs of the USA and of Canada about the issue of youth.