Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program
The rapid spread of the programme for the spiritual empowerment of
junior youth is yet another expression of cultural advance in the
Baha'i community. While global trends project an image of this age
group as problematic, lost in the throes of tumultuous physical and
emotional change, unresponsive and self- consumed, the Baha'i
community--in the language it employs and the approaches it adopts--is
moving decidedly in the opposite direction, seeing in junior youth
instead altruism, an acute sense of justice, eagerness to learn about
the universe and a desire to contribute to the construction of a
better world. Account after account, in which junior youth in
countries all over the planet give voice to their thoughts as
participants in the programme, testifies to the validity of this
vision. There is every indication that the programme engages their
expanding consciousness in an exploration of reality that helps them
to analyse the constructive and destructive forces operating in
society and to recognize the influence these forces exert on their
thoughts and actions, sharpening their spiritual perception, enhancing
their powers of expression and reinforcing moral structures that will
serve them throughout their lives. At an age when burgeoning
intellectual, spiritual and physical powers become accessible to them,
they are being given the tools needed to combat the forces that would
rob them of their true identity as noble beings and to work for the
common good.
- The Universal House of Justice, Ridván 2010, paragraph 16
Posted internships
| Duties | Semester | |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Youth Group Animator |
Training required which may significantly delay start of service hours or which needs to be completed prior to the start of the semester. - Each individual Junior Youth Group (which consists of about ten junior youth-age 11 to 14-each) is facilitated by one or two youth age (15+) "animators." - At the fundamental level, every person involved in the process learns about the skills needed to empower junior youth to strive to reach their potentials through group study of a series of books published by the Ruhi Institute, an educational institute under the guidance of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i community... |
Fall (mid-August through mid-December) Spring (early January through late April) Summer (mid-May through mid-July) |
