America’s Most Challenging Issue - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/podcasts/americas-most-challenging-issue/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Dr. Anthony Lee and the Excavation of Buried Racial Narratives https://bahaiteachings.org/anthony-lee-excavation-buried-racial-narratives/ https://bahaiteachings.org/anthony-lee-excavation-buried-racial-narratives/#respond Sat, 07 Aug 2021 16:48:30 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=72324 African American poet, historian, and activist Dr. Anthony Lee has built his life around words, the excavation of buried narratives and the fight to free America of the baneful legacy...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/anthony-lee-excavation-buried-racial-narratives/feed/ 0 Kathleen Cross: Claiming Her Identity as a Mixed Race Woman https://bahaiteachings.org/kathleen-cross-claiming-her-identity-mixed-race-woman/ https://bahaiteachings.org/kathleen-cross-claiming-her-identity-mixed-race-woman/#respond Sun, 16 May 2021 15:00:39 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70963 Kathleen Cross lives in spaces of intersectionality. As a woman of mixed racial heritage – the daughter of a White mother and a Black father – she was raised by...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/kathleen-cross-claiming-her-identity-mixed-race-woman/feed/ 0 A Conversation About Race with My Father https://bahaiteachings.org/conversation-about-race-with-my-father/ https://bahaiteachings.org/conversation-about-race-with-my-father/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:00:59 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=67872 This is a very personal show for me.  In previous episodes of this program I have unpacked the issue of race in light of the teachings of the Baha’i Faith,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/conversation-about-race-with-my-father/feed/ 0 Black Fathers Raising Black Roses https://bahaiteachings.org/black-fathers-raising-black-roses/ https://bahaiteachings.org/black-fathers-raising-black-roses/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65697 The groundbreaking recording “The Rose that Grew From Concrete, Volume 1,” released in 2000, featured a series of poems by the late rapper and social critic Tupac Shakur — all...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/black-fathers-raising-black-roses/feed/ 0 Jamila Canady: A Woman of Remarkable Insight https://bahaiteachings.org/jamila-canady-a-woman-of-remarkable-insight/ https://bahaiteachings.org/jamila-canady-a-woman-of-remarkable-insight/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:00:08 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=51913 I’ve had the privilege of meeting some extraordinary individuals during my lifetime – artists, scholars, committed public servants, and successful entrepreneurs – who have served as touchstones of inspiration for...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/jamila-canady-a-woman-of-remarkable-insight/feed/ 3 Homa Tavangar: Raising Children to Be At Home in The World https://bahaiteachings.org/homa-tavangar-raising-children-to-be-at-home-in-the-world/ https://bahaiteachings.org/homa-tavangar-raising-children-to-be-at-home-in-the-world/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:00:45 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=51430 The Baha’i writings say that, “A child is like a young plant, it will grow in whatever way you train it.” – Abdu’l-Baha, from a tablet translated from the Persian.  Homa...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/homa-tavangar-raising-children-to-be-at-home-in-the-world/feed/ 0 Come Along on the Great American Race Unity Road Trip https://bahaiteachings.org/come-along-on-the-great-american-race-unity-road-trip/ https://bahaiteachings.org/come-along-on-the-great-american-race-unity-road-trip/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:30:04 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=51016 What in the world is a Great American Race Unity Road Trip? Like any other road trip, it includes lots of driving, gasoline, bathroom and food stops and an ever-changing...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/come-along-on-the-great-american-race-unity-road-trip/feed/ 0 Dr. William Smith: Founder of the National Center for Race Amity https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-william-smith-founder-national-center-race-amity/ https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-william-smith-founder-national-center-race-amity/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:30:47 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=49997 The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/dr-william-smith-founder-national-center-race-amity/feed/ 2 Ymasumac on Being Both the Colonized and the Colonizer https://bahaiteachings.org/ymasumac-maronan-being-both-colonized-colonizer/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ymasumac-maronan-being-both-colonized-colonizer/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:30:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=49714 The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ymasumac-maronan-being-both-colonized-colonizer/feed/ 0 Cynthia Barnes Slater: Fearlessly Fostering Spaces of Inclusion https://bahaiteachings.org/cynthia-barnes-slater-fearlessly-fostering-spaces-inclusion/ https://bahaiteachings.org/cynthia-barnes-slater-fearlessly-fostering-spaces-inclusion/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:00:12 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=49418 Cynthia Barnes Slater has built a committed life centered around the issue of racial justice. A retired human resources professional with 30 years experience, specializing in employee relations and diversity,...

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