America's Most Challenging Issue

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

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

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

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

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

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. SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel to receive notifications about our latest videos: goo.gl/IaupVU Follow us on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/bahaiteachings.org Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com/bahai_teachings Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/bahaiteachings

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

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. SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel to receive notifications about our latest videos: goo.gl/IaupVU Follow us on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/bahaiteachings.org Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com/bahai_teachings Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/bahaiteachings

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

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. SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel to receive notifications about our latest videos: goo.gl/IaupVU Follow us on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/bahaiteachings.org Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com/bahai_teachings Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/bahaiteachings

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

In this episode we sit down with Ymasumac Maronan Davis—a counselor and a listener; an educator and a student; a healer and a disruptor; a poet and an interrogator of languages--joins us on America’s Most Challenging Issue to talk about the spiritual literacies of her ancestors, the Quechua people of Bolivia, and how those literacies align with the teachings of the Baha’i faith. SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel to receive notifications about our latest videos: goo.gl/IaupVU Follow us on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/bahaiteachings.org Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com/bahai_teachings Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/bahaiteachings

In this episode we sit down with Ymasumac Maronan Davis—a counselor and a listener; an educator and a student; a healer and a disruptor; a poet and an interrogator of languages--joins us on America’s Most Challenging Issue to talk about the spiritual literacies of her ancestors, the Quechua people of Bolivia, and how those literacies align with the teachings of the Baha’i faith. Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue we discuss Cynthia’s life and work, focusing on her childhood in the diverse city of San Francisco. SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel to receive notifications about our latest videos: goo.gl/IaupVU Follow us on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/bahaiteachings.org Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com/bahai_teachings Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/bahaiteachings

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue we discuss Cynthia’s life and work, focusing on her childhood in the diverse city of San Francisco.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, BahaiTeachings.org engages with filmmaker and podcast host Jack Gordon in a lively discussion about the work of building bridges across cultural and religious divides. Jack unpacks the advantages of white privilege, and speaks frankly about the challenges and benefits of consciously choosing to be in spaces outside of one’s culture of origin. Follow us on SOUNDCLOUD: @bahaiteachings SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel to receive notifications about our latest videos: goo.gl/IaupVU Follow us on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/bahaiteachings.org Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com/bahai_teachings Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/bahaiteachings

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, BahaiTeachings.org engages with filmmaker and podcast host Jack Gordon in a lively discussion about the work of building bridges across cultural and religious divides. Jack unpacks the advantages of white privilege, and speaks frankly about the challenges and benefits of consciously choosing to be in spaces outside of one’s culture of origin.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, we sit down with Dr. Sattarzadeh to talk frankly about her life, research and role as a protagonist in the effort to eliminate racial and gender discrimination. In addition, we will examine how she integrates the various aspects of her professional life into her Baha’i identity. Follow us on SOUNDCLOUD: @amcibahaiteachings SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel to receive notifications about our latest videos: goo.gl/IaupVU Follow us on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/bahaiteachings.org Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com/bahai_teachings Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/bahaiteachings

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, we sit down with Dr. Sattarzadeh to talk frankly about her life, research and role as a protagonist in the effort to eliminate racial and gender discrimination. In addition, we will examine how she integrates the various aspects of her professional life into her Baha’i identity.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

In this episode BahaiTeachings.org interviews Baha’i National Center Choral Director Van Gilmer. Van reflects on his life as a Baha’i and his career in gospel music, focusing on his experiences with racism and how the Baha’i teachings helped to shape his activism and his understanding of the spiritual reality of oneness. Follow us on SOUNDCLOUD: @amci-bahaiteachings SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel to receive notifications about our latest videos: goo.gl/IaupVU Follow us on FACEBOOK: facebook.com/bahaiteachings.org Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com/bahai_teachings Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/bahaiteachings