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What in the world is a Great American Race Unity Road Trip?
Like any other road trip, it includes lots of driving, gasoline, bathroom and food stops and an ever-changing landscape – but in a fundamental way, this journey has a very different goal.
Eric and Genevieve Dozier, 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:
… in this new age the Manifest Light [Baha’u’llah] hath, in His holy Tablets, specifically proclaimed that music, sung or played, is spiritual food for soul and heart. – Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 112.
Steeped in the blues and gospel traditions of the deep South, and inspired by the transcendent teachings of the Baha’i Faith, the Dozier’s co-creative partnership elucidates the transformative power of music and its ability to help mend the frayed and tattered garment of a bewildered and dis-unified humanity.
As they travel throughout America, the family will conduct workshops, participate in devotional gatherings and give concert performances with the goal of spreading the Baha’i-inspired concept of the oneness of humanity. In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, I sit down with Eric and Genevieve Dozier to discuss this remarkable initiative – and discover how music can feed the heart and soul, and serve as a catalyst for spiritual growth and social change.
Masud Olufani is an Atlanta based multidisciplinary artist, actor and writer. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and the Savannah College of Art and Design where he received an M.F.A. in sculpture in 2013. His work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions...
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