Toledo Race Amity Festival Eases Tensions
“In a time when racial tensions continue to churn across the country, members of the local Bahá’í Faith community are working to foster friendships to bridge the divides,” commented Alexandra Mester in her May 21, 2021 article in Toledo’s The Blade.
More than 30 people attended a Race Amity Festival May 14 at Wildwood Metropark in person, while more attended virtually, she reported. People of varying backgrounds and faiths, including Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Bahá’í, listened to speakers and participated in group discussions. Activities also included ice-breakers, music and dance performances.
Race Unity Day Becomes Race Unity Week
Update: Detailed schedules added.
Race Amity Day, a tradition started in 1921, will take on special significance this year, given the enormity of the events of the past 12 months.
In Columbus and Dayton Ohio, the Bahá’ís and Interfaith Forums will coordinate a series of in-person gatherings that will also be streamed via Zoom and Facebook Live.
The following weekend, Dr. Eric Dozier will lead a musical reflection on the history and significance of Juneteenth.
June Race Unity Events in Dayton — Join Online
Join the Dayton Ohio Interfaith Forum in June to celebrate the Centennial of the first Race Amity Conference.
Including a presentation on June 19th by Eric Dozier on the Significance of Juneteenth — Black Cultural Arts and Dialog — from Emancipation to today.
Multi-Racial Living Experience — Focus of March RJU Forum
The March 1 session of the Racial Justice and Unity Forum explored the Multi-Racial Unity Living experience (MRULE), a 25-year (and counting!) effort to build multi-racial community among undergraduate students at Michigan State University, and the insights it offers for those concerned with community building and racial justice and unity.
The three presenters gave an overview of the origins and inner workings of the program and its development over time.
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Race Unity in the US
Bahá’ís in the US have for a century worked to end racism and promote race unity.
— RaceUnity.us, an Oral History
Racism is a profound deviation from the standard of true morality. It deprives a portion of humanity of the opportunity to cultivate and express the full range of their capability to live a meaningful and fluorishing life, while blighting the progress of the rest of humankind.
— The Universal House of Justice
22 July 2020
The main thrust of Baha’i efforts toward social change is to build vibrant communities characterized by unity in diversity, mutual support and collective well-being.
— Ideas and Resources for Race Unity Action
Bahá’u’lláh writes:
Ye are all the leaves of one tree and the drops of one ocean.
