The organized endeavors of the Bahá’í community in these
areas are reinforced by the diverse initiatives of individual believers working
in various fields—as volunteers, professionals, and experts—to contribute to
social change. The distinctive nature of their approach is to avoid conflict
and the contest for power while striving to unite people in the search for
underlying moral and spiritual principles and for practical measures that can
lead to the just resolution of the problems afflicting society. Bahá’ís
perceive humanity as a single body. All are inseparably bound to one another. A
social order structured to meet the needs of one group at the expense of
another results in injustice and oppression. Instead, the best interest of each
component part is achieved by considering its needs in the context of the
well-being of the whole. - The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 23 December 2008 written on
behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer;
compilation: ‘Social Action’, prepared by the Research Department of the
Universal House of Justice, August 2020, online Baha’i Reference Library of the
Baha’i World Center)
