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Race Amity Reflections

Healing Racism Discourse Online – Please note date change!

August 21, 2023 Maya Bohnhoff Leave a comment

Join a diverse group of friends as we enter our third year of monthly discourses on topics related to racism, which is recognized in the Writings of the Baha’i Faith

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Depolarizing Conversations about Race: a Braver Angels Workshop

May 30, 2023 Maya Bohnhoff Leave a comment

“Gather all people beneath the shadow of Thy bounty and cause them to unite in harmony, so that they may become as the rays of one sun, as the waves

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Race Amity Reflections

Pupil of the Eye (POTE) Gathering

April 10, 2023 Maya Bohnhoff Leave a comment
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Healing Racism Part 3, The Consummation of Human Evolution

August 15, 2022 Maya Bohnhoff Healing Racism Leave a comment

The prophets and founders of all revealed religions have told us repeatedly that living in unity with our fellow beings is a hallmark of faith. In the last two paragraphs

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Healing Racism Part 4, Walking the Walk

August 15, 2022 Maya Bohnhoff Healing Racism Leave a comment

Every great spiritual teacher, messenger and prophet advises us to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. Buddha famously said:  It is indeed a fact that salvation cannot come

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Healing Racism Part 5, Unity Takes Work

August 15, 2022 Maya Bohnhoff Healing Racism Leave a comment

You’ve heard this frequent refrain in media, in social networking, in political rhetoric and in classrooms: America is the greatest nation on Earth. Is it true? As I noted in

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Healing Racism Part 6, Why We Must Unite

August 15, 2022 Maya Bohnhoff Healing Racism Leave a comment

The Baha’i teachings say that humanity’s future, both nationally and globally, depends on our ability to unite. But who has the main responsibility for building that unity? In Part IV of The Vision

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Healing Racism Part 1, Our Most Challenging Issue

August 3, 2022 Maya Bohnhoff Healing Racism Leave a comment

This is the first of a series of articles on the issue of race unity, in which I’d like to share some thoughts on a facet of our national life

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Healing Racism Part 2, A Vision of Race Unity

August 3, 2022 Maya Bohnhoff Healing Racism Leave a comment

During the past several years, Americans made a distressing “discovery:” we are not a post-racial society and racial animus is still very much alive.  We must focus on recognizing the

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Reflection: Why Saying ‘I’m Not Racist’ is Not Enough

May 3, 2021 Maya Bohnhoff Reflections Leave a comment

This Reflection features an article from Baha’iteachings.org by Cynthia Barnes-Slater, a Baha’i from the Wilmette, IL area. In her article, Cynthia warns that “Actively unlearning racism requires challenging personal ‘I’m

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