For so long, everyone who has experienced the feeling of being in bondage has longed for their own Freedom. So it was for many, many men and women who were stolen...
“I see that light of divinity shining within my students,” says Professor Derik Smith, “every time I enter the razor wire.” Dr. Smith teaches in the New York State prison...
“To spread the message of one human race,” says humanitarian, Baha’i and non-profit founder Puneh Ala’i, explaining why she goes to war zones to alleviate human suffering. During her first...
“It is certain,” the Baha’i teachings say, “that in this wonderful new age the development of medical science will lead to the doctors’ healing their patients with foods.” Those words...
Can we have a future without violence? Is that even possible? Can we eradicate slavery and human trafficking? Policy advocate Leila Rassekh Milani cites the Baha’i teachings that say humanity’s...
Jessica Kemejuk—actress, spiritual seeker, and new Baha’i—grew up in Los Angeles, where she suffered from bullying and racism because of her mixed-race, half-Japanese and half-Russian ethnicity. In a journey to...
Nanabah Nishli Bulman—born of her mother’s Where the Water Comes Together Clan and her father’s Red Running into the Water Clan—offers the unique wisdom of the Diné people when she...
Choreographer, performance artist and holistic healer Tatiana Zamir explains why more than 300 million people suffer from depression around the world—and why she does, too. With alcoholic and drug-addicted parents,...
Syda Segovia Taylor—a community development and social justice advocate—has worked with high-profile non-profit organizations for the last two decades, bringing resources to black and Latino communities. Taylor exposes the racism,...
Vocal soloist, composer and choral director Van Gilmer puts Baha’u’llah’s Unity prayer to music: O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants and reveal to them...
Masud Olufani, an artist from Atlanta, and Maya Mansour, a model from Chicago, talk with Payam Zamani, Editor-in-chief at BahaiTeachings.org, about racism, immigration and why the wounds of racism take...
Race and culture activist Masud Olufani describes the first time a little white boy named Bobby called him the n-word. Racist words, Masud learned, are laced with a potent toxicity,...
What would it take to leave Earth forever and go live on a frozen rock like Mars? NASA Aeronautical engineer George Hatcher would like to find out. Since the age...
When a friend took Jessa Munion to a yoga class, she found a way to leave behind the competitive, pressured and stressful environment she worked in—and the encouragement to be...
Italians, Syrians, Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians and Arabs—all of those cultures have played important parts in the life of former Catholic monk Nichan Najjarian. Nichan grew up in Beirut, in the...
Like many young people, Seaon Shin shares the deep desire to make an impact on the world. This drive to make the planet a better place, she explains, begins at...
