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Syda
Segovia Taylor and Nancy Wong

Syda Segovia Taylor has an M.A in Community Development and Social Justice, and close to 20 years of experience bringing opportunities to youth in Chicago’s under-served communities and prides herself of being a social justice advocate: promoting race unity, gender equality, oneness of humankind, health and food access, the environment, the arts, harmony between science and religion, and quality education.

Nancy Wong is a Chicago based photographer. Born and raised in Minnesota, Nancy’s parents migrated from Hong Kong in the 1960’s. Her service-oriented family joined the Presbyterian church once settled in the US. It wasn’t until her youth when Nancy first heard about the Baha’i Faith through a childhood friend.

BY Syda Segovia Taylor and Nancy Wong

Healing Through Art and Activism on Chicago’s South Side

Healing Through Art and Activism on Chicago’s South Side

Syda Segovia Taylor and Nancy Wong | Jun 28, 2020

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You must be patient and accept the Will of God, th

You must be patient and accept the Will of God, then things will change for you... Trust in God and love His Will. Strong ships are not conquered by the sea; they ride the waves! Now be a strong ship, not a battered one. - #Abdu’l-Baha #Bahai #Spirituality #Trust #Hope #TrustGod
(Gloria Faizi, Stories About ‘Abdu’l-Baha)

When I choose to live as if everything is a miracl

When I choose to live as if everything is a miracle, it relieves my suffering and reminds me that miracles do happen all the time. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Afterlife #Soul #Suffering #Trials

Force is losing its dominance, and mental alertnes

Force is losing its dominance, and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy. Hence the new age will be an age less masculine and more permeated with the feminine ideals, or, to speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced. - #AbdulBaha #Bahai #Spirituality #Women #EmancipationofWomen

What qualities would a spiritual civilization poss

What qualities would a spiritual civilization possess, and how on Earth do we build one? Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #WorldPeace #Unity #Peace

Act in such a way that your heart may be free from

Act in such a way that your heart may be free from hatred. Let not your heart be offended with anyone. If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him. Do not complain of others. Refrain from reprimanding them, and if you wish to give admonition or advice, let it be offered in such a way that it will not burden the bearer. Turn all your thoughts toward bringing joy to hearts. Beware! Beware! lest ye offend any heart. - #AbdulBaha⠀ ⠀ #bahai #spirituality #joy #love

Learn how one woman let go of a small concept of G

Learn how one woman let go of a small concept of God to trust in His boundless love. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #God #DoesGodExist #Love

One must see in every human being only that which

One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the whole human race. If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of their faults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task. - #AbdulBaha⠀
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#bahai #spirituality #friendship #worldunity #humanity
(Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá)

It seems hard to understand sometimes why there is

It seems hard to understand sometimes why there is so much suffering in the world – for me, especially, it has been truly challenging. Read the full article – link in bio 🔗 #Bahai #Spirituality #Adversity #Hope

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