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Baha’i music composer Tom Price gave a series of three talks about the Five Year Plan at the Tennessee Baha’i School in 2011. With his permission, Baha’i Blog is pleased to share these talks with you.

The study of the plans is something we’ve all been encouraged to do, and we hope these talks will help you with this. For those of you who have yet to tune in to one of Tom’s talks, you’re in for a treat! You can also download these talks from Baha'i Blog Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/sets/the-5-year-plan-tom-price

If you enjoy these talks, you might also like Tom's series of talks called "Recreating Ourselves in the Image of the Master". You can listen to or download these talks here from Baha'i Blog's Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/sets/recreating-ourselves-in-the

You'll also find a variety of other talks, discourses and lectures on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/sets/bahai-talks

We hope you enjoy the talks! Please let us know what you think in the comments section and feel free to share this with your friends!

Happy Listening!

PLEASE NOTE: During these talks Tom Price mentions that these are a part of a series of talks he has prepared. The rest of these talks have not been recorded yet, but Tom will be providing them to Baha’i Blog once they are presented. You can stay updated on Baha'i Blog by subscribing to our newsletter. Here's the link: https://bahaiblog.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=da0bd0c6c264771029e22293c&id=1ad8a6c17c

The 5 Year Plan: The Organic Process (Part 1 of 3) - A Talk by Tom Price

The 5 Year Plan: The Twofold Mission (Part 2 of 3) - A Talk by Tom Price

Part 2: Recreating Ourselves in the Image of the Master

Mr. Lample gave a talk in August 2013 at the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, USA, and he covers a number of topics including his personal thoughts on the current Plan and the activities propelling the community-building process forward.

Paul Lample - Community Building Process

Banani - World Order - 1

Tom Price delivers a talk titled ‘The Role of Religion in Today’s Society’ at the Hornsby Baha’i Centre of Learning in Sydney, Australia on 3rd Jan, 2015.

Tom Price’s talks have been extremely popular on Baha’i Blog, and a lot of our readers have been requesting that we post more Baha’i-related talks on the site, so we hope you enjoy this one too.

Special thanks to Qi-Jie of Nonagon Productions for helping Baha’i Blog capture the talk, and to Bobby Azami of Fiona+Bobby Photography for the photo.

Happy listening!

Tom Price - The Role of Religion in Today's Society

Baha'i Blog sponsored their first event at the Baha'i Centre in Sydney, Australia which was a talk by Tom Price called "Following the Example of Abdu'l-Baha".

Abdu’l-Baha, (also referred to as the Master) was Baha’u’llah’s eldest son and appointed successor, and He is considered the perfect example of how to live according to the Bahá’í teachings. 

You can listen to 'Following the Example of Abdu'l-Baha' by either streaming it live from our site or by downloading it – and best of all, it’s completely free!

Following the Example of Abdu'l-Baha - A Talk by TomPrice

02 Blessed Is The Spot

08 Ihubo Lika Baha

09 Rely Upon God

10 In The Name Of My Lord

A talk given in the year 2000 by Ali Nakhjavani, who served on the Universal House of Justice from 1963 to 2003.

"The Long Obligatory Prayer" - A Talk by Ali Nakhjavani

Thanks to the Baha'i Publishing Trust of Sweden, we’re happy to share with everyone a great talk given by Dr. Steven Phelps called “The Baha'i Faith & Atheism (Part 1 of 2)”.

You can also listen to and download Part 2 of this talk here: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/the-bahai-faith-and-atheism-part-2-of-2

This talk was given by Dr. Steven Phelps at the Swedish Baha'i Summer School in July, 2009.

Dr. Steven Phelps is an American Baha’i physicist, philosopher and translator who currently lives in Oregon, USA. If you're interested in learning more about him, he was interviewed by Rainn Wilson in this episode of the Baha'i Blogcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-545312385/bahai-blogcast-steven-and-rainn

We’d really like to thank Dr. Steven Phelps for giving us permission to publish this wonderful talk, and to the Baha'i Publishing Trust of Sweden for organising the recording of the talk, and for giving us permission to publish it as well.

Happy listening!

The Baha'i Faith and Atheism (Swedish Summer School July 2009)

The Baha'i Faith & Atheism (Part 1 of 2) - A Talk by Dr. Steven Phelps

Thanks to the Baha'i Publishing Trust of Sweden, we’re happy to share with everyone a great talk given by Dr. Steven Phelps called “The Baha'i Faith & Atheism (Part  2 of 2)”.

You can also listen to and download Part 1 of this talk here: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/the-bahai-faith-and-atheism-part-1-of-2-swedish-summer-school-july-2009

This talk was given by Dr. Steven Phelps at the Swedish Baha'i Summer School in July, 2009.

Dr. Steven Phelps is an American Baha’i physicist, philosopher and translator who currently lives in Oregon, USA. If you're interested in learning more about him, he was interviewed by Rainn Wilson in this episode of the Baha'i Blogcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-545312385/bahai-blogcast-steven-and-rainn

We’d really like to thank Dr. Steven Phelps for giving us permission to publish this wonderful talk, and to the Baha'i Publishing Trust of Sweden for organising the recording of the talk, and for giving us permission to publish it as well.

Happy listening!

The Baha'i Faith & Atheism (Part 2 of 2)- A Talk by Dr. Steven Phelps

This wonderful talk by Dr. Nader Saiedi, titled "Fire and Light in the Bab's Tablet Proclaiming to be the Qa'im", has been graciously shared with us by the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Santa Monica, California. 

Dr. Nader Saiedi, a scholar of the Writings of the Bab, shares some context about a historically important and complex Tablet of the Bab's that has yet to be translated into English.

If you are interested in other talks by Dr. Nader Saiedi, you can listen to one titled "Identity and the Spiritual Journey in the Badi Calendar" here: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/identity-and-the-spiritual-journey-in-the-badi-calendar

You can also enjoy a series of 11 talks by him called "Text and Context in the Baha'i Heroic Age" here: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/sets/nader-saiedi-text-and-context

Fire and Light in The Bab's Tablet Proclaiming to Be the Qa'im - Dr. Nader Saiedi

In this talk, given at the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (Phoenix, USA) in December, 2012, Dr. Vahid Rafati explores the life, achievements and works of Abdu'l-Baha.

Dr. Vahid Rafati received his B.A degree in Psychology from Tehran University. He subsequently completed his PhD in Islamic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Rafati has been serving at the Research Department of the Baha'i World Centre in Haifa, Israel since 1980 and is the author of numerous articles and books in both Persian and English. 

We'd like to thank the organizing committee of the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference for granting us permission to share this talk with you, and you can find out more about this annual conference here on their website (http://grandcanyonbahai.org), or from this Baha'i Blog article about the conference: http://bahaiblog.net/site/2016/12/grand-canyon-bahai-conference-phoenix-arizona/#more-24531

You can also watch a lecture by Dr. Rafati on the evolving role of Baha'i scholarship here: http://bahaiblog.net/site/2015/04/the-evolving-role-of-bahai-scholarship-a-talk-by-vahid-rafati/

Abdu'l-Baha the Exemplar - A Talk by Dr. Vahid Rafati

In this talk titled 'Spirituality in a Phony World: In Search of Authenticity', International Law Professor and former United Nations prosecutor, Dr. Payam Akhavan, reflects on our quest for authenticity, what it means, and how he feels it’s emerging as one of the central challenges of civilization today.

Payam Akhavan PhD (Harvard) is a Professor of International Law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is a Member of the International Court of Arbitration and a former UN prosecutor at The Hague. His prior academic appointments were at Yale, Oxford, Paris, and Florence, and he has served with the United Nations in Bosnia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, and other conflict zones. He is a founder of the ‘Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/), and he has also produced and contributed to several notable documentary films on Human Rights. His global career has been featured in the New York Times, BBC World's HardTalk, Maclean's magazine, Toronto Star, and Brazil's TV Globo. In 2005, he was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. In October 2017, he delivered the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Massey Lectures. The companion book, a memoir entitled 'In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey' (http://amzn.to/2CAPwQF), became the #1 bestseller (non-fiction) in Canada. This talk was given at the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference, 25 December 2017.

This talk was given at the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference, 25 December 2017.

You can watch the video of this talk here on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3VOBdx3Wig

You may also enjoy Dr. Payam Akhavan's keynote presentation given at the same conference called 'What are We Waiting For? Serving Humanity in a World of Extremes’, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD0ZQfyU81Y

For more Baha’i-inspired talks, you can visit Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/sets/bahai-talks or Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/2ia1Yxp

"Spirituality in a Phony World: In Search of Authenticity" A Talk by Dr. Payam Akhavan

In this talk titled 'The Oneness of Humankind: What Is It and Why Should We Care?', International Law Professor and former United Nations prosecutor, Dr. Payam Akhavan, reflects on how the oneness of humankind, one of the central principles of the Baha'i Faith, is more than simply a lofty idea, but rather is a matter of existential necessity for our survival as a species.

Payam Akhavan PhD (Harvard) is a Professor of International Law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is a Member of the International Court of Arbitration and a former UN prosecutor at The Hague. His prior academic appointments were at Yale, Oxford, Paris, and Florence, and he has served with the United Nations in Bosnia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, and other conflict zones. He is a founder of the ‘Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/), and he has also produced and contributed to several notable documentary films on Human Rights. His global career has been featured in the New York Times, BBC World's HardTalk, Maclean's magazine, Toronto Star, and Brazil's TV Globo. In 2005, he was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. In October 2017, he delivered the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Massey Lectures. The companion book, a memoir entitled 'In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey' (http://amzn.to/2CAPwQF), became the #1 bestseller (non-fiction) in Canada. 

This talk was given at the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference, 24 December 2017.

You can watch the video of this talk here on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIvWwHvPp_Y

You may also enjoy Dr. Payam Akhavan's keynote presentation given at the same conference called 'What are We Waiting For? Serving Humanity in a World of Extremes’, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD0ZQfyU81Y

For more Baha’i-inspired talks, you can visit Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/bahai-blog/sets/bahai-talks or Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/2ia1Yxp

"The Oneness Of Humankind: What Is It and Why Should We Care?" A Talk By Payam Akhavan

In this podcast, Rachel Bayani from the BIC Brussels Office, Lyazzat Yangaliyeva from Kazakhstan, Arash Fazli from India, and Geoffrey Cameron from Canada discuss the efforts of regional and national Baha’i communities to participate in one particular discourse: the role of religion in society. Read more at https://news.bahai.org/story/1303/.

Podcast: Why religion is in the spotlight again

In this series of four talks by Dr. Nader Saiedi called 'Worldview and the Law of the Persian Bayan', Dr. Saiedi offers a holistic, yet concise look at the Persian Bayan, the Mother Book of the Bab's Dispensation. These talks explore the worldview offered in the Persian Bayan by looking at the work in its totality, as well as examining its laws, commandments and ordinances. 

These four talks were given at the Santa Monica Baha'i Center (USA) in September of 2019, and a very special thanks to Dr. Nader Saiedi and the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Santa Monica, California, for allowing Baha'i Blog to publish these talks.

Professor Nader Saiedi is well known for his books 'Logos and Civilization' and 'Gate of the Heart'. Born in Tehran, Iran, he holds a Master’s degree in economics from Pahlavi University in Shiraz and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin. For over 25 years he was a professor of sociology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 2013, he became the Taslimi Foundation Professor of Baha’i Studies in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA.

If you enjoyed this talk, you might also enjoy listening to these two interviews with Professor Saiedi on the Baha'i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson:
1) Ep. 20: Nader Saiedi:  https://bit.ly/2EfpGTq
2) Ep.48: A Declaration of the Bab Conversation with Nader Saiedi: https://bit.ly/2C5RTPl

You can find out more about the Bab, His life and His Station here: https://www.bahai.org/the-bab/

You can also find an introduction to the Bayan, here on Baha'i Blog: https://www.bahaiblog.net/2014/05/bayan-introduction/

For more talks by Dr. Nader Saiedi, as well as others, please check out Baha'i Blog's Talks playlist:  https://bit.ly/331P7UC

The Worldview and the Laws of the Persian Bayan

Worldview and the Law of the Persian Bayan (Part 1/4) - Dr. Nader Saiedi

Worldview and the Law of the Persian Bayan (Part 2/4) - Dr. Nader Saiedi

Worldview and the Law of the Persian Bayan (Part 3/4) - Dr. Nader Saiedi

Worldview and the Law of the Persian Bayan (Part 4/4) - Dr. Nader Saiedi

Baha’i Blog is delighted to share an audio recording of one of our articles titled, “Seasons of Spirituality: Ayyam-i-Ha, the Fast and Naw-Ruz",” in which we learn how all these holy days are connected in their emphasis on the unity of humanity and service to others. This article is read by its author, Preethi. 

You can read this article here: https://www.bahaiblog.net/2018/02/seasons-spirituality-ayyam-ha-fast-naw-ruz/

You can also listen to this reading on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaGdFMktAnI

If you'd like to hear more audio readings and talks, check out Baha'i Blog's Audio Books & Readings playlist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xLMN2tCC80&list=PLePDtgwcyKATXnKB4fbIUiQj90rIv5FiH) and Baha'i Talks playlist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-f6oG-gSnc&list=PLePDtgwcyKAR-YtCDQomfurBPiEKxPPQg).

You can find more resources about Ayyam-i-Ha here on Baha'i Blog: www.bahaiblog.net/bahai-calendar/about-ayyam-i-ha/

Here are more Baha'i Blog resources dedicated to the Fast: https://www.bahaiblog.net/about-the-bahai-fast/

And last but not least, here are some about Naw-Ruz: https://www.bahaiblog.net/bahai-calendar/naw-ruz/

Seasons of Spirituality: Ayyam-i-Ha, the Fast, and Naw-Ruz

Baha’i Blog is happy to provide an audio reading of the Naw-Ruz 177 Message from the Universal House of Justice.

The Naw-Ruz 177 message can be viewed and downloaded from the official site of the Universal House of Justice here: https://universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org/ridvan-messages/20200319_001

You can listen to this audio recording on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWPYOviTDq0

Special thanks to Maha Shahidinejad for reading this message for us.

You can also listen to audio recordings of recent letters and messages on our YouTube playlist here: https://bit.ly/2G2Pfd8

Naw-Ruz 177 Message from the Universal House of Justice

Hello and welcome to the Baha’i Blogcast with me your host, Rainn Wilson.

In this series of podcasts I interview members of the Baha’i Faith and friends from all over the world about their hearts, and minds, and souls, their spiritual journeys, what they’re interested in, and what makes them tick.

As Baha'is and their friends around the world celebrate the 12-day Festival of Ridvan, I thought it would be nice to create a special episode about Ridvan and its significance, so I got online with my friend, Tom Price, to have a chat about this special time for Baha'is. I hope you find this little conversation about Ridvan interesting and informative.

* Find out more about Ridvan by checking out this Baha'i Blog page full of articles and resources: https://www.bahaiblog.net/bahai-calendar/about-the-festival-of-ridvan/

* Check out the 'Ridvan Is Everywhere' playlist, which brings you family-friendly programming for all 12 days of the Festival of Ridvan: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsn_g0OpWDwIp99WjEHvuNIYIbOfz-WIr

* Learn more about Tom Price by listening to this previous Baha'i Blogcast episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF2kiyY_uZ0&list=PLePDtgwcyKAQmifUJTw0Kk-hBGL2ZGMJi&index=37&t=1s

Be sure to subscribe to the Baha’i Blogcast for more episodes on: 

*YouTube: http://bit.ly/2JTNmBO 
* iTunes: http://apple.co/2leHPHL 
*Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bahaiblogcast 
*Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2IXRAnb 

If you would like to find out more about the Baha'i Faith visit BAHAI.ORG, and for more great Baha'i-inspired content check out BAHAIBLOG.NET: http://bahaiblog.net/

Thanks for listening!

-Rainn Wilson

Baha'i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson - Episode 46: A Ridvan Conversation with Tom Price

Episode 46: A Ridvan Conversation with Tom Price

Hello and welcome to the Baha’i Blogcast with me your host, Rainn Wilson.

In this series of podcasts I interview members of the Baha’i Faith and friends from all over the world about their hearts, and minds, and souls, their spiritual journeys, what they’re interested in, and what makes them tick.

In this episode, I'm with Mohammad AL Samawi, an interfaith activist from Yemen and a best-selling author of 'The Fox Hunt', a page-turning book about his life and escape from Yemen. Mohammed tells me about his life in Yemen and the civil war there. He tells me how his disability helped change the course of his life and how he became an interfaith activist. We learn about the importance of seeking knowledge and the truth for one's self, and the positive power social media can play in the world. He tells us about his harrowing escape from Yemen to the U.S, and celebrates the fact that there are so many good people in the world. I hope you enjoy this exciting conversation with Mohammed as much as I did! 

To find out more about some of the things we covered in this episode, check out the following links:

* Mohammed's book 'The Fox Hunt' can be found here on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/2SChvZh

* Mohammed's non-profit organization is called 'The Abrahamic House': https://www.abrahamichouse.org/

* Learn more about the situation of the Baha'is in Yemen here: https://www.bic.org/situation-in-yemen/reports-situation-yemen

* Mohammed mentions supporting the good work that the 'International Rescue Committee' is doing: https://www.rescue.org/

* Mohammed mentions the important Baha'i principle of the 'independent investigation of truth', which you can learn more about here: https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-principles-independent-investigation-of-truth/

* We mention Layli Miller-Muro and supporting the work of 'The Tahirih Justice Center': https://www.tahirih.org/

* You can also listen to our Baha'i Blogcast episode with Layli Miller-Muro here: https://www.bahaiblog.net/2016/07/bahai-blogcast-rainn-wilson-episode-4-layli-miller-muro/

Be sure to subscribe to the Baha’i Blogcast for more episodes on: 

*YouTube: http://bit.ly/2JTNmBO 
* iTunes: http://apple.co/2leHPHL 
*Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bahaiblogcast 
*Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2IXRAnb 

If you would like to find out more about the Baha'i Faith visit BAHAI.ORG, and for more great Baha'i-inspired content check out BAHAIBLOG.NET: http://bahaiblog.net/

Thanks for listening!

-Rainn Wilson

Baha'i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson - Episode 47: Mohammed AL Samawi

Episode 47: Mohammed AL Samawi

In this audio version of an online presentation, Mariette Leong, daughter of Hand of the Cause of God Collis Featherstone, pays tribute to Hyde and Clara Dunn (often referred to as 'Father and Mother Dunn') by telling us about their lives, and also sharing some of her own personal memories as well.

You can watch the video of this online presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxsIkY6h2U

John Henry Hyde Dunn and Clara Dunn were the first Baha'is to come to Australia on April 10, 1920, and this presentation takes place as Australian Baha'is celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Baha'i Faith in Australia.

This online presentation was given on April 18, 2020.

Special thanks to Mariette and Ho-San Leong, and to all those involved in helping to make this happen.

Learn more about Clara Dunn by either reading or listening to this article called "Remembering Clara Dunn" here: 
*Article: https://bit.ly/2RGaK8w
*Audio: https://bit.ly/2VvUI25

You may also enjoy this presentation by Graham Hassall about Clara and Hyde Dunn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwTJb4ObCjE

Mariette Leong is the daughter of Collis Featherstone, whom you can also read more about here: https://bit.ly/2Y79RKh

Learn more about the history of the Baha'i Faith in Australia here: https://bahai.org.au/index.php/australian-bahai-community/history-australian-bahai-community/

A Tribute to Hyde & Clara Dunn - by Mariette Leong

Reading from Baha'i Scripture

In this talk given at the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference in 2019, Hoda Farahmandpour shares some thoughts on how peace is promoted through Baha'i-inspired educational programs. 

You can also watch the video recording of this talk on Baha'i Blog's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_DixBkwQg

Hoda Farahmandpour is a PhD student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Her research examines the relationship between youth, education, employment and community wellbeing in urban neighbourhoods. She serves closely with the junior youth spiritual empowerment programme. She is also a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Canada. She lives in Toronto Canada, with her husband and two small children. 

Hoda Farahmandpour talks about the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program, which you can learn more about from this article: https://www.bahaiblog.net/junior-youth/ or this video: https://bit.ly/3jMPXw4

Find out more about the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference by visiting its website: https://grandcanyonbahai.org/

In Search of Our True Selves: Promoting Peace Through Baha'i-Inspired Educational Programs

This is the audio version of a talk given by Dr. Firaydoun Javaheri in Persian/Farsi titled از تعصب نژ ادى تا استقر ار بر ابرى نژ ادى which translates into English as 'Healing Racial Prejudice and Achieving Race Unity'. It was given at the 2020 Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (held online). 

Watch the video of this talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-QPvesp4iQ

The talk was also given in English and can be found here https://bit.ly/3bkRbNF

Dr. Firaydoun Javaheri is a former member of the Universal House of Justice and holds a doctorate in agronomy. He was born in Iran and lived in The Gambia for two years and then Zambia for 25 years where he was Chief Technical Adviser for the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. He served the Baha’i communities there in the area of social and economic development, and in 1995 he was appointed on the Continental Board of Counsellors after having served for 19 years as an Auxiliary Board Member. In 1996 as a Continental Counsellor he helped to inaugurate the Banani International Secondary School in Zambia, a private girls school for grades 8-12, and based on the principles of the Baha’i Faith. In 2003 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice until he retired in 2018.

This talk was given at the 2020 Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (held online), on Friday, 25 December 2020.

Check out the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference website here: https://grandcanyonbahai.org/

Watch and listen to more talks from the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

For more Baha'i-inspired talks and interviews, go to Baha'i Blog's Baha'i Talks & Interviews playlist here: https://bit.ly/31nREtw

از تعصب نژ ادى تا استقر ار بر ابرى نژ ادى (Healing Racial Prejudice & Achieving Race Unity

This is the audio version of a talk titled 'Healing Racial Prejudice and Achieving Race Unity' given at the 2020 Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (held online), Dr. Firaydoun Javaheri shares some personal thoughts on the subject of healing racial prejudice and achieving racial unity.

You can watch the video of this talk here: https://bit.ly/3bkRbNF

This talk was also given in Persian/Farsi and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-QPvesp4iQ

Dr. Firaydoun Javaheri is a former member of the Universal House of Justice and holds a doctorate in agronomy. He was born in Iran and lived in The Gambia for two years and then Zambia for 25 years where he was Chief Technical Adviser for the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. He served the Baha’i communities there in the area of social and economic development, and in 1995 he was appointed on the Continental Board of Counsellors after having served for 19 years as an Auxiliary Board Member. In 1996 as a Continental Counsellor he helped to inaugurate the Banani International Secondary School in Zambia, a private girls school for grades 8-12, and based on the principles of the Baha’i Faith. In 2003 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice until he retired in 2018.

This talk was given at the 2020 Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (held online), on Friday, 25 December 2020.

Check out the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference website here: https://grandcanyonbahai.org/

Watch and listen to more talks from the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

For more Baha'i-inspired talks and interviews, go to Baha'i Blog's Baha'i Talks & Interviews playlist here: https://bit.ly/31nREtw

Healing Racial Prejudice & Achieving Race Unity

Healing Racial Prejudice & Achieving Race Unity - Dr. Firaydoun Javaheri

This is the audio version of a talk by Mr. Mark Sisson titled 'Raising Discourse on Oneness', given at the 2020 Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (held online). 

You can watch the video of this talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJr8_2APT4Y

Mr. Mark Sisson holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Theater, Film, & Television (TFT). He is currently a Professor of Film, Television & Media Arts, in the School of Arts, Communications, and Social Science at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, CA. He is the father of a daughter and son and happily married for 27 years. After working in the film industry in Los Angeles for ten years, he pioneered in Papua New Guinea for 11 years where he worked as director of Educational Television in the Department of Education. He produced a number of educational and documentary films. His father began studying the Baha'i Faith shortly after the Second World War in 1949, and after investigating his father's faith, Mr. Sisson become a Baha'i in 1972. Mr. Sisson is an advocate for racial justice and a champion of oneness since his youth. Mr. Sisson has served on a number of institutions of the Baha’i Faith; and has worked with a number of UN agencies including UNDP, UNICEF, and the WHO, and the European Union

This talk was given at the 2020 Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (held online), on Saturday 26 December 2020.

Check out the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference website here: https://grandcanyonbahai.org/

Watch and listen to more talks from the Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference playlist: https://bit.ly/39giuGb

For more Baha'i-inspired talks and interviews, go to Baha'i Blog's Baha'i Talks & Interviews playlist here: https://bit.ly/31nREtw

Raising Discourse On Oneness

Raising Discourse on Oneness - Mark Sisson (Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference 2020)

This is an audio reading of a statement called "Reflections of Our Values: Digital Technologies and a Just Transition" by the Baha'i International Community (BIC). The statement is about the role of digital technologies in the advancement of civilization, and it was presented to the 59th session of the UN Commission for Social Development which concluded on 17 February, 2021.

You can read this statement here: https://www.bic.org/statements/reflections-our-values-digital-technologies-and-just-transition

Find out more about this statement from this Baha'i World News Service article: https://news.bahai.org/story/1487/

Special thanks to Will Reierson (www.willreierson.com) for reading this statement.

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Reflections of Our Values: Digital Technologies & a Just Transition

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