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Photo Gallery: Baha’i National Convention Day 1

May 26, 2018
Photo Gallery: Baha’i National Convention Day 1

Images from day one of the U.S. Baha’i National Convention, Thursday, May 24, 2017. View gallery on Flickr.


Delegate Robert Malouf (left) of Brookfield, Wisconsin, checks in with Jennifer Wedemeyer-Campbell (center) for the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention, joined by other Bahá’í National Center employees. Photo by Joyce Litoff
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U.S. Bahá'í National Center employees Christina Mato (left) and Corinne Logue (center) enjoy a moment with delegate Kit Bigelow during preparations for the 110th U.S. Bahá'í National Convention, held May 24–27, 2018. Photo by Joyce Litoff
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110th Bahá’í National Convention guest Cindy Adlparvar (left) and her husband, Payam (right), a delegate, greet delegate K Lynne Loving of Yorktown, Virginia, as they prepare to attend the convention May 24–27, 2018. Photo by Joyce Litoff
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Among those arriving from across the country in the Chicago area on May 23, 2018, for the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention are delegate Christopher Bishop (left) of Austin, Texas, guest Jennifer Reimer and her husband, delegate Dan Reimer of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Photo by Joyce Litoff
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Naeema Athari Eckfeld (center) of Los Angeles takes part in study and discussion alongside fellow delegates Dorothy Nelson (left) of Pasadena, California, and Vafa Aflatooni of Kent, Washington, during a preparatory deepening the morning of May 24, 2018. Photo by David Smith
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110th U.S. Bahá'í National Convention delegates study together on the morning of May 24, 2018, in preparation for the Convention. Photo by David Smith
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Delegates to the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention study together in a deepening session the morning of May 24, 2018, to prepare them for the Convention. Photo by David Smith
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Guests at the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention follow along as the Ridván 2018 message of the Universal House of justice is read aloud on May 24, 2018. Photo by Jasmin Kemp
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Anticipating the opening of the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention on May 24, 2018, delegates and guests socialize in line for a special exhibition by the National Bahá'í Archives at the Welcome Center of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. Photo by David Smith
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Rabi Ann Musah, a delegate from Albany, New York, reads a passage from the Ridván 2018 message of the Universal House of Justice at the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention on May 24, 2018. Photo by Jasmin Kemp
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Prayer in the auditorium of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, was part of delegates' spiritual preparation the afternoon of May 24, 2018, for the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention, which convened immediately afterward downstairs. Photo by David Smith
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Anticipating the opening of the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention on May 24, 2018, delegates and guests socialize in line for a special exhibition by the National Bahá'í Archives at the Welcome Center of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. Photo by David Smith
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Christopher Gilbert, a delegate from Gig Harbor, Washington, reads a passage from the Ridván 2018 message of the Universal House of Justice at the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention on May 24, 2018. Photo by Jasmin Kemp
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Delegates John Abdo (left) of San Antonio, Texas, Paula Drewek (center) of Warren, Michigan, and Ladjamaya Green of Eloy, Arizona, enjoy a moment during a preparatory deepening the morning of May 24, 2018, before the start of the 110th U.S. Bahá'í National Convention. Photo by David Smith
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Delegate Farshad Fani Marvasti of Scottsdale, Arizona, comments in response to the reading of the Ridván 2018 message of the Universal House of Justice on May 24, 2018, the opening day of the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention. Photo by Jasmin Kemp
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Ladjamay Green, a delegate from Eloy, Arizona, at the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention follows along as the Ridván 2018 message of the Universal House of justice is read aloud on May 24, 2018. Photo by Jasmin Kemp
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Delegate Darlene Renee Newcomb of San Diego, California, comments in response to the reading of the Ridván 2018 message of the Universal House of Justice on May 24, 2018, the opening day of the 110th U.S. Bahá’í National Convention. Photo by Jasmin Kemp
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