Public Discourse for Racial Harmony via Zoom:
‘Youth Perspectives on Racism’
To Get Password & Zoom ID: rsvp@scottsdalebahai.org
Or: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/publicnotify/
Facilitated Dialogue & Discourse
Sunday October 25th at 7pm
Local Program sponsored by Bahá’ís of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills: Public Discourse Taskforce
Link & Password TBA, Please RSVP
Description:
Our Public Discourse for Racial Harmony is a follow-up dialogue and discussion to our annual Race Unity Day celebration. The Discourse on October 25th is our third in this series. The focus of this discussion will be on youth perspectives on racism in 2020. Key areas of focus that will guide this discourse will include: racism, prejudice and discrimination that our youth have encountered at school, among their peers and at home in family life. We will also discuss social justice and mounting a spiritual and ethical response to these challenges. Race Unity Day is typically observed worldwide by Bahá’ís and others with meetings and discussions. The day was established in 1957 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, with the purpose of focusing attention on racial prejudice. There is a long history of Bahá’ís working towards racial harmony. In 1912, `Abdu’l-Bahá, the leader of the Faith, successor to the Faith’s Founder Bahá‘u’lláh, presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during His visit to America. He encouraged the development of conferences for Racial Unity and Race Amity. In May 1921, the Bahá’í ‘Race Amity’ movement was launched in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, as ‘a practical effort to influence public discourse on race in the United States’. This movement was distinct in that it focused primarily on eradicating the root causes of racial injustice. Bahá’ís see racism as a major barrier to peace, and teach that there must be universal recognition of the oneness of all humans to achieve peace.
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/354336229118677
Learn more:
Living the Principle of Oneness from Bahai.org