Persian New Year (No Ruz) is a major holiday for Persian (Iranian and Afghan) culture. It occurs at the beginning of spring. Click on the titles above for more information about No Ruz and how you can reach out to your Persian neighbors during this time of celebration.

Click on the title above to read the latest issue of Persian World Outreach's Azadi (Freedom) newsletter. For more information about Persian World Outreach, visit www.persianwo.org.

 In contemporary America, immigration is a socio-economic challenge which few politicians wish to face due to the polarization in the population, political and economic pressures, and the amnesia of many who forget that the United States has been from its colonial roots, a nation of immigrants. Dr. David D'Amico has written a book review of M. Daniel Carroll R.'s book Christians at the Border. View the review by clicking on the title above.

California Against Slavery (CAS) is a grassroots citizen organization based in Fremont, California.

The purpose of CAS is to put an initiative on the 2010 California ballot to:
- strengthen current anti-human trafficking laws in California
- recognize the greater psychological, emotional and societal impact of the current practice of slavery and involuntary servitude

We believe that:
1. Every person possesses an inherent dignity
2. The current practice of human trafficking is a crime against the human dignity
3. Allowing any form of slavery to exist and grow can severely impact our communities

 Some of the resources in this book by David Barrett and Todd Johnson include (click on title for complete description and ordering information):

• 100-page chronology of 7,000 significant Christian and religious events
• Who's Who of 1,800 Christian and religious leaders across 20 countries
• Global statistical index of evangelism and evangelization
• Statistics of religious persecution and Christian martyrs throughout history
• Religious change across Europe since the end of the Communist era

William A. Cowley, Ph.D., identifies practices in fostering affirmative interfaith relationships. These practices celebrate diversity and nurture its evolution into unity and opportunity. These two resources will help you to develop strong and meaningful relationships with those of other faiths.

 The Islamic Republic of Iran in the previous year acted more harshly and severely than ever before to limit, through arrests and detentions, the existence and growth of Evangelical Christians. Click on the photo to read the report on FCNN's website, or click the link above to download the report as a printable PDF.

Do you desire to move beyond human trafficking awareness to taking action?  More and more people are becoming very educated in the sad facts about human trafficking around the world and even within their own neighborhoods.  However, time and time again, people ask what can be done?  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in conjunction with Oasis USA is teaming up to help people form Traffick Free Community Groups.  These groups will develop action plans focusing on activities that can be done in 6 major areas including schools, media, legislature, law enforcement, consumers & frontline workers.  Read through these documents to learn more about forming a traffick free group in your own community.  Online consulting and other supports are available.  For more information contact Stephanie at asglenn@hotmail.com.

For over 50 years millions of readers all over the world have used “Our Daily Bread” for their personal and family devotions. Now it is available in Farsi translation. Different readings from “Our Daily Bread” in Farsi are available on www.naneroozane.org  You can purchase the newly printed Farsi “Our Daily Bread” book with 181 devotionals. Click "order now" on the website for ordering information.