1. Proclamation Request Presented to the City of Port Moody by
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
Presented to the City of Port Moody by
The Baha’i Community of Port Moody
On the Anniversary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh
The Founder of the Baha’i Faith

2. Across Canada, and around the world
Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
Across Canada, and around the world
Baha'is this year are celebrating a significant anniversary in the history of the Baha'i Faith.
It is the bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh,
Prophet and Founder of the Baha'i Faith. 

3. Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
The Baha'i community has been an integral part of the City of Port Moody, embracing members from all races, nationalities and cultural backgrounds since the 1970s

4. Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
The core social teaching of the Baha'i Faith is that humanity is one single race, and that history has brought us to the point where it is now possible to achieve unification in a global society, characterized by both spiritual and material prosperity.

5. Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
The Baha'i community of Port Moody, works to eliminate all forms of prejudice, to develop and enhance the spiritual life of the human family, and to demonstrate the value and necessity of unity in diversity in neighborhoods across Port Moody.

6. Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
The community-building activities undertaken by the Baha'i community of Port Moody and their many collaborators seek to empower all participants to be agents of social change, working together for the unification and betterment of the world.

7. Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
The youth and junior youth service projects touch the greater community while building the capacity of young people to become aware of the effect of social forces, to articulate their feelings and perceptions, and to channel their naturally altruistic nature into a means of achieving social good.

8. Baha'i gatherings, held throughout
Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
Baha'i gatherings, held throughout
Port Moody and open to all, provide a social space for reflection and consultation to find their many points of unity

9. Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
Like Baha'i Communities in over 100,000 localities across the globe, the Baha'i Community of Port Moody is delighted to invite our neighbors, friends and the general public to join us in a series of joyful events and inspiring gatherings in October this year to celebrate this auspicious time in our collective history.

10. Celebrating with friends & neighbours in Port Moody
ROCKY POINT CLEAN-UP
Saturday Oct 21: 9am to 1pm
WITH PIZZA DINNER
AT THE BOATHOUSE
Friday Oct 20: Night 7-10pm 2 1
CELEBRATION AT
SENIORS HOME
Saturday Oct 21: 2-4 pm 3
CELEBRATING
WITH FRIENDS
Sunday Oct 22: All-day 7
JY SERVICE PROJECT
Saturday Oct 21: 1 -4 pm 4
YOUTH SERVICE PROJECT
SANDWICH MAKING
Sunday Oct 22: 11am to 2pm 6 5
CELEBRATION AT INLET THEATRE
Saturday Oct 21: 7 -9pm

11. That Council proclaim October 2017 as Unity Month Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
That Council proclaim
October 2017 as Unity Month

12. Proclamation Request
For October as the ‘Month of Unity’
Thank You