Mrs. Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
Presentations by Mrs. Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh
Ms. Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh, administrator of the Bahá'í Communication Office in NY, congratulated the National Youth Committee for choosing Indiana University as the site for the 1988 International Youth Conference.. She stated that since the Bahá'í s of Iran have been deprived of their right to higher education in their homeland that we should recall the words of the Guardian. She quoted from Shoghi Effendi's Messages to America (1947) "There is no time to lose. There is no room left for vacillation. Multitudes hunger for the Bread of Life. The stage is set.
Dr. Ellis speaks first of the injustices towards the Native Americans; especially the “misguided congressional paternalism” which deprived many tribes of self-determination. She then turns to the Civil Rights struggle of American blacks. Ellis explains what “Juneteenth Day” means and how it came to be. “It is not the justice of the law” that will change the situation for American blacks, “it is the justice of the person, the justice of the heart.”
The speaker—Dr. Wilma Ellis Kazemzadeh—is a second generation member of a four generation Bahá’í family. She served on Continental Board of Counselors, worked as the administrator of the Bahá’í International community in New York. She talked about the significance of the day and age in which we live. She shared some quotes of Shoghi Effendi about our remarkable opportunities to teach the Faith. Ponder in your heart, strive to understand. We should rise resolutely unified to build dedicated Bahá’í community worldwide. We should see the majesty and power of revelation of Bahá’u’lláh.