Beth is a physician, educator, writer and world traveler. In 1992 she was elected national President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and since 2001 has represented the organization, International Society of Doctors for the Environment. As a result, she describes herself as an activist physician. She is currently developing a biography of Dr. Magdalene Carney, an African-American educator that had profound impact in her field. Beth explains in the interview how she used target="_top" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/MagCarneyBiography"Facebook to gather stories and photos for the biography.

Shadi is a Baha'i musician that has produced three CDs: Leather Bound Book, Verdant Isle, and her latest release Daughters of the Kingdom. I asked Shadi to pick five songs from her latest CD to showcase for this interview. You can find her music at her website href="http://www.shaditolouiwallace.com/" target="_blank"http://www.shaditolouiwallace.com/

Dorothy was one of two women to graduate in 1953 from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. In 1969 Dorothy was the first woman dean of a major American law school, the University of Southern California Law School. It was Judge Nelson that first introduced the concept of mediation in the CA court system. This was unheard of back in the day, and it wasn't easy to make it happen. In 1987 she was instrumental in founding the href="http://www.westernjustice.org/history/" target="_blank"Western Justice Center to develop creative programs to teach students, teachers and members of the community ways to resolve conflict peacefully. She is still active in this organization to this day.

Mary has both an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics. She received the distinguished American Association of University Women dissertation grant, two Fulbright professorships, and a Reese Phifer fellowship. Among her publications is one co-authored book and over 60 journal articles and book chapters. Her career includes teaching for over 35 years at numerous universities. She has worked for the World Bank and The Gambia. In 2000, she was recognized as a University of Alabama Professor of Economics, Emeritae. We discuss the Baha'i perspective on economics during the interview.

Patti is a children's author who has written books from a a Baha'i Perspective that include such titles as "Are You Happy," "Maggie Celebrates Ayyam-i-ha," and "Something Important". "Something Important" also has the little girl Maggie as the central character. We discuss Patti's work and have her read excerpts from her Maggie series. You can find her books on the href="http://www.bahaibookstore.com/" target="_blank"website bahaibookstore.com.

Zinnia is a singer song writer and we feature her songs in the interview. Zinnia's mother is Phillipino and her father is Iranian. They came to Canada as religious refugees and had to start their life over. Zinnia was very much aware of this as she grew up and the experience is reflected in her music. You can find her music on iTunes under the name Zinnia.

I met Alan at a Baha'i song writers workshop held at the Desert Rose Baha'i Institute in Arizona December 2015. When I heard Alan's voice and music and knew I had to feature him on A Baha'i Perspective. I did something different this time when featuring a musician. Rather than playing back recorded material, Alan preferred that we did the whole interview live including his song playing.

Although the sound quality is not as good as a recorded piece of music, the dynamics of the interaction between me and the musician was very different and I liked the way it happened. There are a number of musical pieces that we feature on the interview. You can find his music and the jewelry that he makes at target="_blank" href="http:// http://cosmicountry.com/" http://cosmicountry.com/.

Roger has had a lifelong interest in the fundamental harmony of science and religion and a focused desire to transcend the worldly conflicts that obscure it. He is currently working on a book dedicated to advancing that cause in practical terms. We talk about his work in the context of this Baha'i principle.

Louis is the author of the book, " target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Crow-Church-Carolinas-Southerners/dp/0813061075"No Jim Crow Church - The Origins of South Carolina's Bahaacute;#39;iacute; Community", which traces the history of South Carolina#39;s Bahaacute;#39;iacute; community from its early origins through the civil rights era. He relates developments within the Bahaacute;#39;iacute; community to changes in society at large, with particular attention to race relations and the civil rights struggle.

The book's coming out is apropos to the recently released poll indicating that the Bahaacute;#39;iacute; Faith is the 2nd largest religion after Christianity in South Carolina. Louis retells the amazing story of the first known declarant of the Bahaacute;#39;iacute; Faith, Alonzo Twine, in 1910. It's a tragic story, but we discuss the mystical significance of such a tragedy with the amazing emergence of the Baha'i Faith in South Carolina.

Avrel is both an author and a musician. We talk about three books he's written and he reads excerpts from all three, and we talk about three of his musical compositions and play them in the interview. You can find all of his literary works on his website target="_blank" href="https://avrelseale.wordpress.com/"The Trailhead . His song "One Sky" can be found on target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P715qqKICSo"YouTube.

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