Promotional and Media Materials

Sample Press Release and Style Guide:

Copy and paste this press release template into a document and add information about your local bicentenary plans to share with local news media. (Or click on "File" then "Download As" and save it as a Word document in order to edit it for local use.)

This informative Bahá'í Style Guidelines PDF document can be printed and shared with reporters. It includes a paragraph explaining that Bahá'ís consider it disrespectful to display or publish photographs of Baha'u'llah, which is an important point to make to reporters.

Suggested Logo Design

Light of Unity Festival: Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Bahá'u'lláh

For High Res jpg files of all three styles of the logo click here
The Evanston, IL Baha'i community published a booklet listing events happening at the House of Worship and in their community and provided some of the design elements as an assistance to others.
For a version of the logo best used on web or social media click here
For a version of the logo best used on printed materials click here
Logo Pack: Download the full logo pack, with the three distinct versions—Vertical, Horizontal and Short. The vertical logo is the primary design that will likely be used for most applications. It contains the full event description and will therefore require a bit larger size when using it. Both the Horizontal and Short versions are intended for uses with limited space or size.

Display Panels - Bicentenary

These six display panels explain the significance of the Bicentenary and introduce the lives of Baha'u'llah and the Bab. These can be printed locally for use as posters or display panels.

Download the high resolution, print-ready files here.

The high res files are sized to work on standard retractable banners. To the right is a low res PDF to view the panels.

Bicentenary Display Panels.pdf

Low-res Welcome Center display panels

Display Panels - General

These display panels are used in the Welcome Center of the Baha'i House of Worship, and provide a general overview of the teachings and history of the Baha'i Faith. Download the high resolution, print-ready files here.

Billboard Design

Baha'is in South Florida have arranged for "The earth is but one country..." billboards to be on display in a number of locations. They are graciously making the high resolution print files available for download in a zip file on our Google Drive: click on arrow to download this zip file. (If you receive a warning that the file is too large for Google to scan, you can download the file anyway.)

Print

The Baha'is of the United Kingdom have produced a beautiful booklet and made it available as a PDF.
See more brochures, pamphlets and flyers on our "Written Materials" page.

Photography

Bahá’í Media Bank
BahaiPictures.com
The Life of Bahá'u'lláh: A Photographic Journey
- An individual Baha'i made an extensive slideshow with images from the Life of Baha'u'llah website, which you can copy and edit for your purposes.

Slideshow Presentations

PowerPoint slideshow about Baha'u'llah produced by an individual Baha'i, which you may find useful for your local events (you can copy and edit).
A visual accompaniment to the 1992 Statement on the Life of Baha'u'llah (See "notes" section of the slides for a suggested script to accompany the presentation. The pages in the script refer to pages from the Statement

Articles about the Twin Birthdays and the Bicentenaries

April - Oct. 2017 - 200 articles in 200 days for Baha'u'llah's birthday, Michael Curtotti
Sept. 24, 2017 - "Baha’is Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh", Belize
Sept. 19, 2017 - "Celebrations for Baha'is all over world", Pakistan
Sept. 13, 2017 - "Hitting the Baha’i notes", Oregon Coast Today
Sept. 12, 2017 - "Baha'is of Grand Rapids area mark the 200th anniversary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah..."
July 11, 2017 - Letter: Area Baha'is plan for bicentenary, Daily Messenger
June 6, 2017 - "Area members of Baha’i faith prepare for upcoming bicentennial celebration", Kingstree News
June 1, 2017 - "Bicentenaries highlight unity", Bahá'í World News Service
May 1, 2017 - "Programs held and planned to raise awareness, touch hearts in advance of bicentenary", The American Baha'i
Dec. 30, 2016 - "Bahá’ís Prepare for Bicentennial in 2017", Huffington Post
Nov. 5, 2015 - "Bahá’ís To Celebrate 'Twin Holy Days' For The First Time Worldwide", Huffington Post

Basic Teachings of the Faith

www.bahai.org

Music

Our friends at 9starmedia.com have put together a wonderful playlist of music for the bicentenary. Use the spreadsheet below and the links provided to access their music.

Bicentennial Playlist.xlsx

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Questions? Email us at bicentenary@bahai.us

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