Mona's parents got swept up in the 1979 Iranian revolution. Mona's father was a member of the first Baha'i National Spiritual Assembly after the revolution. One day in August of 1980 all the members of the assembly just disappeared never to be heard from again. Immediately a second assembly was formed. Mona's mother was a member of this subsequent assembly. That assembly was arrested a year and a half later. The whole assembly was executed soon after the arrest. So Mona lost both her parents within three years of the revolution. A third assembly was put in place and all members of that body were subsequently executed. Since the 3rd Baha'i national assemly, there has been no Baha'i administration allowed by the authorities. During the interview we discuss the current movement href="http://educationunderfire.com/"Education Under Fire protesting the Iranian government's disbanding of the href="http://www.bihe.org/"Baha'i Institute for Higher Education in Iran. Mona has contributed to BIHE as an instructor.

Adib is a Baha'i from Haiti who is currently an engineering student at the University of Massachusetts. Adib has the unique distinction of being born in Haiti and grew up there all his life, yet his parents are Iranian. Adib was in Haiti at the time the earthquake struck. We talk about the earthquake and other aspects of Haiti.

Glenn is a Baha'i from Canada who has been in the broadcasting business for 35 yearsnbsp;and is now retired. He has recently used his wonderful voice to recite Baha'u'llah's work the Tablet of Carmel which you can find on YouTube.nbsp; He is currently working on an audio book called href="http://reasontogether.com/"The Second Coming.

Kathy is an attorney by trade. She practiced family law in Richmond and also provided assistance to the Baha'i National Center. She spent 18 years in Haifa Israel in service to the Baha'i World Center. During that time she published a book, " href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/085398543X/?tag=googhydr-20amp;hvadid=13453185930amp;hvpos=1t1amp;hvexid=amp;hvnetw=gamp;hvrand=4937929752114803096amp;hvpone=amp;hvptwo=amp;hvqmt=bamp;ref=pd_sl_9fdilx0ejd_b"Lighting the Western Sky - The Hearst Pilgrimage amp; Establishment of the Baha'i Faith in the West". We talk about her book and she reads an excerpt in the interview.

Terry is a retired educator who has taught internationally.nbsp; He's contemplating writing an introductory to the Baha'i Faith tieing current events to the teachings.nbsp; In the latter part of the interview we discuss the economic situation and the associated Baha'i teachings.

A Baha'i who intentionally went to a black college in the early '60s in the segregated south because she felt the need to promote racial integration. Today she is a psychotherapist. We discuss her time in the south as well as her psychotherapy practice.

Calvin is founder and lead facilitator of Social Centric; an organization he designed to provide education and training for all ages to enhance human interactions and global progress. He is a former Assistant Director of the National Conference for Community Justice/Anytown USA Arizona Region. He has taught for Upward Bound at Arizona State University and the Arizona National Guard's Freedom Academy.

Abstract painter from Western Massachusetts. You can find Chris' work at his website href="http://www.pagestudios.com/"PageStudios.com.

Jackie did a year of service at the href="http://www.nativeamericanbi.org/"Native American Baha'i Institute in Arizona. She is now in graduate school studing astronomy.

Homa is author of the book " href="http://www.growingupglobal.net"Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World". She has spent her career helping governments develop globally oriented programs and advising businesses on how to thrive abroad.