A Bahá'í Perspective

Ray and LaNelma Johnson

Baha'is who have dedicated their lives to the education of children all over the world.

Adalia Ellis

Adalia grew up as a Baha'i in rural SC in the 70's. She is now an educator who spent six years in Korea in service to promote the oneness of humanity.

Zabine Van Ness

Zabine grew up in Germany. She left Germany at 17 and settled in Hawaii and lived there for 30 years, running a social agency for 10 of those years. She nows lives in the Seattle area. She has created a website conveying the message of the Baha'i Faith called Heart to Heart.

Brent Poirier

Brent became a pacifist in college before becoming a Baha'i. Today he is an immigration lawyer and a great story teller. His website is bahai-storytelling.blogspot.com/.

Deloria Bighorn

Deloria's heritage hails from two native tribes, Yankton Sioux on her father's side and Chickasaw on her mother's. Before starting a family, Deloria worked for United Indians for all Tribes Foundation. She is now the interim director of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs for the Baha'i Community in Canada.

Dwight Allen

A Baha'i who has dedicated his life to innovating teacher education. He was the dean of the college of education at the University of Mass. from 1968 - 1978. He is co-author of the book American Schools: The 100 Billion Dollar Challenge with Bill Cosby.

Sovaida Ma'ani Ewing

Author of the book Collective Security Within Reach.

Ryan Abeyo

Born and bred in Louisville, KY, Ryan became a Baha'i while in high school, but it was when he was in Zambia that he realized what it was to serve the Baha'i Faith. At around 12, Ryan got interested in rap music. He is now a professional musician and is in a group called Common Market. They have produced 4 projects either as CDs or as digital downloads. I caught Ryan on the go, so he's conducting the interview while traversing Seattle. So you hear a lot of traffic in the background. Ryan says he is constantly around traffic.

Robert Reid

Bob grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His parents had him on a tight leash growing up, so when his parents died when he was 18, Bob decided to travel all over the world. Unfortunately he found his life heading downhill for the next 20 years as he was searching for something. He's now retired and feels that he's found what he was looking for.

Anita Chapman

A 3rd generation American Baha'i now living in Washington DC. She had traveled all over the world and one of her occupations was to write and broadcast for the Voice of America.