approved

This list pre-approved by director of the UW CHID department and
coordinator of the CHID Identity Project (a.k.a. "service-learning" program)

Facilitation of study circles in community (linked to UW courses, Baha'i studies, etc.), e.g.

                - comparative religion, communication, philosophy, language, cultural studies, etc.
                - teacher/facilitator training (methodology & practice)
                - computer training, website design, etc.
                - tutoring/mentoring for K-12 youth
                - resume, grant, school admissions writing, etc.

Coordinating youth and college retreats
Assisting research needs of Association of Baha'i Studies
Designing or servicing Baha'i social and economic development projects
Coordinating or assisting various "task forces" to address special concerns in the Baha'i community
Working with various community organizations in the Seattle area that focus on issues race, class, gender, interfaith understanding, etc?
Interning with arts-for-social change groups like the Diversity Arts Project, Seattle Public Theatre, Seattle Peace Theatre, Tribes Project, Turf Project, etc.
Tranlsation service
Website design & management
Working with Baha'i businesses/organizations
Coordination of donations drives for charitable causes
Curriculum design and facilitation of Baha'i (or non-Baha'i) Sunday schools, e.g. focusing on virtues (maybe through the arts?)
Assembly & Community development - maybe researching, surveying a communities' needs, interests, problems, etc.
Special projects on local, regional, national, international level

CLICK HERE for a sampling of specific requests (confirmed with "site supervisors")

NOTE: The director of the CHID Program advised me 4 Dec. '00 in reference to this webpage:

            "Jesse, I think this can work as long as it is clear to the students that CHID's
            role in this process is to help foster a dialog between experience and
            thought -- and that our role will be as a critical counterpart in the process...
            Also, we should work to bring people from other faith communities (or lack
            thereof!) into the mix as well. We should think about how to do that... Jim"

In other words, let us take this opportunity to make CHID and the wider university proud of our scholarship and service to the broader community, and help them look good in the process (they're taking a big risk by allowing us to organize in this fashion). Speaking of community outreach, we should recall the beloved Guardian of the Cause, Shoghi Effendi's earnest request that we make:

    "association[s] with clubs, exhibitions, and societies, lectures on subjects
    akin to the teachings and ideals of [H]is Cause such as temperance, morality,
    social welfare, religious and racial tolerance, economic cooperation, Islam,
    and Comparative Religion, or participation in social, cultural, humanitarian,
    charitable, and educational organizations and enterprises which... can enlist
    successively the support, and ultimately the allegiance of those with whom he
    comes in contact" (Advent of Divine Justice, p. 51).

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