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Makeena
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Makeena Rivers is a recent graduate from Columbia School of Social Work where she focused on race, incarceration, education, and class. Before New York, she studied psychology and sociology at Emory University. She is passionate about seeking justice and healing through building creatively.

BY Makeena Rivers
SPIRITUALITY
How to Build a Habit of Prayer

How to Build a Habit of Prayer

Makeena Rivers | Mar 12, 2019
CULTURE
How a Film Student is Infusing Her Education with Baha’i Principles

How a Film Student is Infusing Her Education with Baha’i Principles

Makeena Rivers | Feb 18, 2019
LIFE
Love: More than the Media Portrays

Love: More than the Media Portrays

Makeena Rivers | Feb 14, 2019
JUSTICE
How the Baha’i Faith Shaped a Sociology Student’s Experience

How the Baha’i Faith Shaped a Sociology Student’s Experience

Makeena Rivers | Feb 7, 2019
SPIRITUALITY
What Kind of Nourishment Does Our Soul Need?

What Kind of Nourishment Does Our Soul Need?

Makeena Rivers | Feb 4, 2019
LIFE
4 Ways to Stop Backbiting and Gossip at the Source

4 Ways to Stop Backbiting and Gossip at the Source

Makeena Rivers | Jan 31, 2019
LIFE
What It’s like to be a Baha’i on a College Campus

What It’s like to be a Baha’i on a College Campus

Makeena Rivers | Jan 22, 2019
LIFE
Self-Care, Oppression, and Community

Self-Care, Oppression, and Community

Makeena Rivers | Jan 16, 2019
CULTURE
How Your Guilt Can Prevent Change

How Your Guilt Can Prevent Change

Makeena Rivers | Dec 30, 2018
SERVICE
How Youth Can Move the World

How Youth Can Move the World

Makeena Rivers | Dec 26, 2018
CULTURE
The Power of Friendship to Reveal Your Soul

The Power of Friendship to Reveal Your Soul

Makeena Rivers | Dec 24, 2018
CULTURE
Education for Equality and Opportunity

Education for Equality and Opportunity

Makeena Rivers | Dec 21, 2018
SERVICE
Increasing the Love in Community Building

Increasing the Love in Community Building

Makeena Rivers | Dec 19, 2018
SPIRITUALITY
The Spiritual Effects of Expressing Gratitude

The Spiritual Effects of Expressing Gratitude

Makeena Rivers | Dec 15, 2018
CULTURE
Social Media: Force for Change or Just an Ego-Boost?

Social Media: Force for Change or Just an Ego-Boost?

Makeena Rivers | Dec 5, 2018
SPIRITUALITY
The Spiritual Symbolism of the Sun

The Spiritual Symbolism of the Sun

Makeena Rivers | Dec 2, 2018
JUSTICE
Is Voting Enough? What You Can Do to Improve Society

Is Voting Enough? What You Can Do to Improve Society

Makeena Rivers | Nov 30, 2018
LIFE
Healing and Health, from the Scientific to the Spiritual

Healing and Health, from the Scientific to the Spiritual

Makeena Rivers | Nov 25, 2018
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