BAHÁ’ÍS OF NORTHEAST VALLEY TO EXPLORE THE VISION OF RACE AMITY. PLEASE JOIN US AND TAKE A STAND FOR UNITY AND AGAINST RACISM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH 2024 @ 2pm. Free Event
“Unity Through Music”
Saturday, June 8th, 2pm to 5pm
6910 E. Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Program Details:
- Opening Kellie Heath
- Roman Orona NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE, DRUM, DANCE, and STORYTELLING “Indigenous Spirituality and Prophecy”
- Mark Ochu PIANO A Listen & Learn Presentation “Uniting the Circle of Humanity” Beethoven – Debussy – Gershwin
- Shahzad Mazoy DANCE Original choreography inspired by Persian art, poetry, music and nature
- Arzhang Nadari PERSIAN SANTOUR Original composition with initial section played as improvisation
- Doc Jones PIANO Classic American jazz music and music educator
- kJayne VOCALS African American gospel, standards and jazz
- Race Amity Dinner
Sponsored by the Bahá’í Communities of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Fountain Hills
Register: https://www.scottsdalebahai.org/publicnotify
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1930058494115838/
Learn more:
Living the Principle of Oneness from Bahai.org
Unity in Diversity topic on Wikipedia.org
What Do Bahá’ís Believe? from Scottsdalebahai.org
History:
Race Unity Day is 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.