Jeanne is Director of the Multi-Racial Unity Living Experience, which her students adoringly refer to as href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcoC5Vb4_6Iamp;t=1s" target="_blank"MRULE. MRULE is an undergraduate race relations program dedicated to social justice at Michigan State University. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Integrative Studies in Social Science, the African Studies Center, and the Center for Gender in Global Context. She specializes in race, class, gender, and intersectional analysis bridging theory and practice. She created an offshoot to MRULE in Johannesburg, South Africa called href="https://www.facebook.com/vvocf" target="_blank"VVOCF, which stands for a Tsonga (saangmiddot;guh) word that means Our Children's Future. It is a youth center that became a hub for community building activities. She was also instrumental in creating a small non-profit in the US to complement the work of VVOCF called href="http://www.gyec.org/" target="_blank"Global Youth for Education and Change (GYEC).

Serge is an accomplished jazz pianist, arranger, composer and educator. Serge has an early education bi-lingual school based on the arts called Affinity Arts International School {https://www.affinityarts.com.br/}, which we talk about in the interview. In the interview we play a number of Serge's original compositions. You can find links to Serge's music at his Instagram page href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B5LQVisFCNc/" target="_blank"@SergeJazz. From there you can find his YouTube href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SergeVF" target="_blank"channel.

Clyde describes her spiritual search starting with her southern baptist background. Her spiritual exploration leads her to Islam and then ultimately to the Baha'i Faith. Once she became a Baha'i her horizons widened that included a trip to Zimbabwe that had her come back with a new appreciation of her identity, which she describes in the interview. Recently she had started a support group where she lives called Made It Home, that supports African-American mothers who have lost their sons.

Deborah has a PhD in Intercultural Communication from Howard University. She is an artist and freelance writer. Her many varied occupations include teaching piano, copyediting, translating, designing gardens, working on radio documentaries and a kids#39; educational TV series, and teaching communication classes to outpatient adults (i.e., formerly hospitalized) with emotional and mental illnesses. She was a professor of communication, media and culture for 20 years and a Department Chair for seven years. She has written her first novel, href="https://deborahclarkvance.com/sylvie-denied/" target="_blank"Sylvie Denied. We talk about her debut novel and she reads a couple of excerpts in the interview. Her website is href="https://deborahclarkvance.com" target="_blank"DeborahClarkVance.com.

Hushidar is professor emeritus at Central Michigan University. He taught courses in psychology of human development, educational psychology, mental health, and creativity. He is the author of more than 50 volumes. His works cover the subjects of the Bible, the Qur#39;aacute;n, and the fulfillment of prophecies in both. He has written a 3-volume set of prophecies on the coming of Jesus called " href="https://www.globalperspective.org/catalog/biblical-christian/i-shall-come-again" target="_blank"I Shall Come Again", " href="https://www.globalperspective.org/catalog/biblical-christian/lord-lords" target="_blank"Lord of Lords", and " href="https://www.globalperspective.org/catalog/biblical-christian/king-kings" target="_blank"King of Kings". He also wrote a book just as comprehensively for Moslems titled "Baha'u'llah in the Quran", that was written in Farsi and is now being translated into English. You can find his books at his website href="https://www.globalperspective.org/" target="_blank"globalperspective.org, and he is offering them online for free at his website href="http://theknowledgeofgod.com/" target="_blank"TheKnowledgOfGod.com.

Tadia co-produced and performed the musical drama A WOMAN AND HER WORDS, a theater production based on the true story of href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1hirih" target="_blank"Tahirih, a woman whose compelling but obscure life has been hidden from the western world until now, who was a 19th century notable Persian poetess and Eastern woman writer. Tahirih was one of the first 18 disciples of the href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1b" target="_blank"Bab, the forerunner to href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" target="_blank"Baha'u'llah, the prophet founder of the Baha'i Faith. After retiring the production Tadia co-produced the soundtrack CD entitled: href="https://bahaimusicstore.com/tadia-a-woman-and-her-words-the-story-of-tahirih?zenid=ilauesmmkrsl8or154pcht0e26" target="_blank"A Woman and her Words: The Story of Tahirih, with href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Hall_(musician)" target="_blank"Ellis Hall Jr. Subsequently they produced a 2nd CD of Tahirih's poems put to music entitled: href="https://bahaimusicstore.com/tadia-solace-of-the-eyes?zenid=ilauesmmkrsl8or154pcht0e26" target="_blank"Solace of the Eyes: The Songs of Tahirih. It is from this 2nd CD that we feature selections in the interview. Tadia is also a href="https://tadiarice.wordpress.com/consulting/" target="_blank"global business consultant and host of the radio program href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNUP-sKankqIMz93qT87wFA" target="_blank"Womanosity for Women with Curiosity on Woman Radio that broadcasts globally.

When Eric was 7 years old he was in the kitchen doing the dishes when a song came on the radio. He doesn't remember which song it was, but he does remember the feeling that song gave him. He immediately stopped doing the dishes, quickly ran into the living room and stared at the stereo system. His sister called him back to finish the dishes, but he couldn#39;t move. He was transfixed, mesmerized. He literally couldn#39;t take his eyes off the stereo. He was so moved by emotion that all he remembered thinking was ldquo;I want to make people feel like that!rdquo; Since then Eric has studied classical guitar in Portugal, was in a band in LA with his brother playing fusion of rock with flamenco, and scored the music for the movie Waiting Alone. He has produced four solo albums and a number of current released singles. We feature his music in the interview You can find his href="https://ericharpermusic.com/" target="_blank"music here.

Elaheh noticed a sense of anxiety in her young daughter and decided to create a children's book to help her daughter. That one children's illustrated book grew to a website called href="https://www.plantlovegrow.com/" target="_blank"plant-love-grow and she has been writing, illustrating, and publishing children#39;s books for the last 15 years. Her stories focus on inner growth through practical and sustainable methods and tools. With a background in Applied Human Sciences and Human Relations, and now as a Child Behavior Consultant, she brings creativity, passion, understanding, and a practical perspective as she helps families learn and grow. We talk about her work in the interview.

I recorded an interview with Alhan Irwin, her brother Abir Majid, and her sister Ruwa Pokorny. Their mother, Anisa Abdul-Razzaq Abbas, wrote a memoir entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Without-Hesitation-P10100.aspx" target="_blank"Without Hesitation, about her imprisonment for being a Baha'i in Iraq. Alhan translated the book into English, and we discuss not only her mother's imprisonment but her father's and Abir's experience in prison; all for the same reason.

Janet has had a varied career that had live and work in such diverse places as Scotland, Fiji in the South Pacific, the Republic of Maldives in the Indian Ocean, and Haifa in Israel where she served in the Baha'iacute; World Centre Library. Janet wrote a biography on Louise Mathew Gregory, a British woman whose destiny led her to marrying an African-American in the US in 1912. The biography is entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/A-Seed-in-Your-Heart-P9901.aspx" target="_blank" A Seed In Your Heart. We talk about the story of Louise Mathew Gregory in the interview.