Dear Friends,
As you know our passion and purpose has been to bring Interfaith (knowledge, understanding and respect for all faith traditions) to the forefront of not only our community, but the country and the world. At this time the
All Faith Center has expanded its mission.
We sacredly honor all faith traditions, all races, all cultures,
ethnicities, and gender identities.
When we stand up for one group of people, we stand up for all people. For in reality there is no separation, only Oneness and Unity.
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As I mentioned in an earlier ‘Inspiration’ I was fortunate to be invited to a Baha’i Devotional a couple weeks ago with the speaker (on zoom) Charles Howard. Charles is the brother of a friend of mine. Charles gave a heartfelt and inspiring talk on ‘Racial Unity and Justice’. He has 35 years of experience working on Diversity and Inclusion, Social Justice and Sustainable Development issues in communities and organizations throughout the US and various parts of the world.
His excellent presentation is now on Youtube’
https://youtu.be/xJx3H2jH-MI
I encourage you to watch this video.
Right now, many of us are doing what we can to help bring about equality, and justice for all people of color, faith, ethnicity and gender. We must also be willing to stop and LISTEN to the life experiences of people who have suffered from injustices. It is so important to sit down and hear their stories. Begin to open up and understand white life experiences are very different than black life experiences. Many of us who have listened to stories, exclaim “I never knew, what I never knew!” We cannot KNOW until we LISTEN. It is time for white America to learn, what they never knew. White Privilege is inherent and we need to realize the benefits we automatically have, while others do not. Knowing, helps us expand and create the change we wish to see in the world.
There are several wonderful zoom programs featured under Local Events to help us understand racism and ways to dismantle it. We all have tunnel vision of some kind. It is time to open up the tunnel. See more in order to understand more, in order to do more.
Opening and Listening,
Abigail and Steve