The Milwaukee Cluster is hosting a Naw-Ruz celebration on March 21st, from 5pm to 7pm, at Alverno College in the Alumni room, off the atrium in the Sister Joel Read building.  Welcome and light supper at 5 pm, brief remarks and prayer before international folk dancing at 6pm. There will be interactive activities for all ages. This will be a friendly way to introduce people to the faith and to enjoy the community.

Please email Dick Smith at  cdsmith@wi.rr.com by March 14th so that an appropriate amount of food is ordered.  Baha’is may wish to contribute financial support to offset costs (to the Milwaukee LSA c/o Frank Stetzer, Treasurer).

A beautiful email invitation is available.

Shorewood:
“Catching the Sun” Feb 9
“Hometown Habitat” Mar 2
“Bag It” Apr 6

The Shorewood Conservation Committee is launching its second annual Environmental Film Festival in February with its first screening.  Join us for “Catching the Sun” on February 9 at 7 p.m. in the Village Center, 3920 N. Murray Ave.  Admission is FREE.  “Hometown Habitat” is being shown March 2 at 7 p.m. and “Bag It” is being shown April 6 at 7 p.m. Both are free also.

Shorewood is already going solar. The 2016 Solar Shorewood group-buy program with Milwaukee registered as the largest in Wisconsin to date.  But one of the biggest questions of our time is whether the U.S. will actually be able to build a clean energy  economy.

“Catching the Sun” follows the global race to lead the clean energy revolution. Solar jobs training programs like the one profiled in “Catching the Sun” can help show us the way to bridging environmental gains and economic opportunities, perhaps even for cities like ours.

This information is available through the Interfaith Earth Network.
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Vicki Taylor

Dear friends:

You are warmly invited to the next Baha’i Feast in Milwaukee.  It will be held at John McCarty’s on Saturday, Feb. 10th at 10:30 am.  Lunch will be served and a video about Baha’i actress Carol Lombard will be shown. The address is 106 W. Seeboth Street, one block west of Water (First) Street. Enter the building and go to the security desk on the
second floor to be let in, then take another elevator to the 6th floor. This building is handicap accessible. The Feast will be in the 6th floor meeting room; follow the signs.

Milwaukee Monthly devotions first Saturdays (except see date change below):

Teaching Children Themes

Join our devotions on the first Saturday of the month that will focus on teaching young children Milwaukee Public Library Community Rooms (sites will vary) – All ages welcomed!
Reading and Prayers will be used in a World Cafe approach that invites the shared knowledge of the group to be shared.

February 3rd, 2018: 10:30am -11:30am
Five Tips for Teaching Baha’i Children’s classes. Bring your best tip or an activity to share with children attending!

Tippecanoe Branch Library Community Room
3912 S. Howell Ave.Corner of S. Chase Ave and Howell Ave.

Light Refreshments served. Bring your favorite to share!

March 31st, 2018: 10:30am -11:30am – Please note date change!
Devotional for Families
East Side Branch Library at the corner of Cramer and North Ave in the Ellipse Room.
Light Refreshments served. Bring your favorite to share!

Dear Friends,

You are warmly invited to the next Interfaith Devotional gathering. All are welcome to join us with prayer, poetry, song, verse. Our theme will be Love. Bring your friends and family!

Saturday, February 17th, 10:00-11:00 a.m. in the home of Ellen Parmelee.

For more info, please contact Ellen at 414-345-0074

The  goal of the “From the Same Dust” group is to: study the writings/letters about oneness of humanity and racial unity; discuss how to share Baha’i knowledge of social/culture change with non-Baha’i groups; and to practice elevated conversations. We hope you can join us!

“From the Same Dust” has been busy!! New community connections have been made and ongoing activities are occurring with these new connections. We have lots of activities planned for Black History Month.

1) We now have an ongoing monthly book study around the book, “A Safe
Place to Talk about Race” that meets at United Methodist Church, 819 E. Silver Spring Dr., Whitefish Bay. You are welcome to join in, no prior reading necessary. We read aloud the sections under discussion. The next meeting date is February 22. No registration necessary.

2) February 7, 6:30 pm at the Whitefish Bay Library: Crossing the Line. Two people who participated in the 200 days of marches for fair housing in the 1960s in Milwaukee will be speaking. Register online at the Whitefish Bay Public Library website.
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3) ‘Nurturing the Next Generation of Social Justice Leaders” on February 15, 2018 7-8:30pm at United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay.

Register on the Eventbrite link:
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4) “Wealth of Wisdom & Culture: A Celebration of African-Americans”  on February 18, 2017 2-4pm at the Whitefish Bay High School.  The whole family can participate!

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One more event later in February is still currently being planned.

We also recently set a date in April to do a follow-up event about How
to Talk With Children About Race. The Zeidler Center will be
facilitating that event for us.

More information about those 2 events will be forthcoming.

If you would like more information, contact Ellen, Matine or Kathy at
fromthesamedustwfb@gmail.com