America's Most Challenging Issue

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Racism is America’s most challenging issue. This podcast interviews Baha’is throughout the United States who are actively building racial unity through building community.

  1. 08/06/2021

    Dr. Anthony Lee and the Excavation of Buried Racial Narratives

    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 of racial hatred.  Learn more on BahaiTeachings.org

    1h 17m
  2. Kathleen Cross: Claiming Her Identity as a Mixed Race Woman

    05/16/2021

    Kathleen Cross: Claiming Her Identity as a Mixed Race Woman

    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 her single mother in Pasadena, California on a street inhabited mostly by African American residents.Join me as we welcome Kathleen to America’s Most Challenging Issue to discuss issues of race, identity, and the unifying teachings of the Baha’i Faith. Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

    1h 3m
  3. A Conversation About Race With My Father

    01/15/2021

    A Conversation About Race With My Father

    Our host Masud Olufani welcomes a very special guest, his dad, Milton John Bolds. On this episode Masud and his father re-examine an experience they had together when he was just a boy driving across the country with his father.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

    39 min
  4. Black Fathers Raising Black Roses

    12/01/2020

    Black Fathers Raising Black Roses

    Dr. Anthony Outler and Nasif Habbeb-ullah tell us how the Baha’i Faith influences their approach to raising Black children in a racist society.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

    39 min
  5. Dr. William Smith: Founder of the National Center for Race Amity

    12/01/2020

    Dr. William Smith: Founder of the National Center for Race Amity

    In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, I sit down with Dr. William Smith to discuss his journey to the Baha’i Faith and the social and political upheavals of the 1960’s that seeded his investigation. We also look at his work as a filmmaker and how that path of service has helped to shape the social discourse on race.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

    45 min
  6. Jamila Canady: A Woman of Remarkable Insight

    01/17/2020

    Jamila Canady: A Woman of Remarkable Insight

    Jamilia Canidy, gatherer of souls, facilitator of spiritual discourse, convener of seeking hearts, has insight and wisdom to spare – and we’d like to share it with you. In the nearly thirty years that I have known her, Jamilia has always evinced a consistent model of humility, service and principled conviction. A woman of remarkable insight and accomplishment, she has been a business owner, an actor and a playwright, an educator, a servant of the poor, a community builder, and a committed proponent of justice. In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, I engage in a loving conversation with this radiant soul to discuss her life, her beliefs, and her hopes for the future. I hope you will join us.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

    38 min
  7. Homa Tavangar: Raising Children To Be At Home in The World

    12/14/2019

    Homa Tavangar: Raising Children To Be At Home in The World

    In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, I sit down with Homa Tavangar to discuss her advocacy for a unified humanity through equity, inclusiveness, relationship building and respect for the spiritual endowment of every human being.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

    38 min
  8. Come Along on the Great American Race Unity Road Trip

    11/15/2019

    Come Along on the Great American Race Unity Road Trip

    In this episode of America's Most Challenging Issue we sit down with Eric and Genevieve Dozier, who along with their daughters Justice and Worthington, are making a musical trek across the length and breadth of America to foster racial reconciliation and healing through song.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

    38 min
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Racism is America’s most challenging issue. This podcast interviews Baha’is throughout the United States who are actively building racial unity through building community.

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  • Creator
    BahaiTeachings.org
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2023 America's Most Challenging Issue
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