The Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of San Jose is sponsoring a special four session study of “The Vision of Race Unity” — a statement from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, that examines and proposes solutions for America’s most challenging issue: racism.

The study will be co-facilitated by Bob Henderson and Maya Bohnhoff and will run from January 8th to January 29th at the regular Baha’i Family School Sessions from 10:30 to 11:45  AM. Everyone is welcome to join us at 10:00 AM for songs and prayers!

Baha’u’llah, Prophet Founder of the Baha’i Faith wrote:

“The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy. Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.”
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Tabernacle of Unity, para 2.5)

Racial unity is clearly one of the “present-day afflictions” that Baha’u’llah speaks of in this statement. These study sessions are offered in the hope that we can inspire and empower the friends to work on this most pressing issue in their individual lives and their interactions with others.

About the facilitators:

Bob Henderson lives in Santa Clara County. He is married with six kids. He has worked for the past 25 years as a law enforcement officer. He is a member of the Baha’i Faith and has worked extensively in various areas of community development. He believes a key element in building a peaceful world community begins with constructive and honest dialogue amongst all races, cultures and religions.

 Maya Bohnhoff is a New York Times Bestselling writer of speculative fiction. She, her husband and three children are all members of the Baha’i Faith. Maya blogs frequently at mayabohnhoff.com, bahaiteachings.org, commongroundgroup.net and bookviewcafe.com