Learning Together. Building Community.

Interview with Shaba Rahavi After graduating from Portland State University with a film degree, Shaba Rahavi decided to take a break from the job hunt and got involved in the community-building activities of the Baha’i community. Finding her own sense of purpose and inspired by the spirit of service in the youth around her, she started thinking about how to capture all this on film. She and a friend brainstormed ideas about documenting youth who are being of service to their

On April 24, a group of us got together to dive deeper into what it takes to build a vision for the prosperity of all humankind. This time we explored the whole concept of prosperity itself, using several different approaches. Stories of Prosperity First, we shared insights and stories about prosperity from our own experiences and traditions we admire: When I had means, all the bells and whistles, I was not motivated to be grateful for any of it until I lost it all. Losing mo

Many years ago, I met a Native American woman in her 60’s who was very conscious of her approaching elderhood. She was actively looking around her and making mental notes: “That’s the kind of elder I want to be…. Nope, not like that one.” It was a revelation to me—I thought you just got old. But here was a woman who understood the value of this time of life and was actively, consciously preparing for it. She wanted to make her best contribution to her community. Just as we ha

This is the second (and last) post following the November 22 Prosperity Discussion, where a few people got together to Start a Vision Discussion. We began with the quote below and focused on really listening to each other and letting go of our views once we’d expressed them, offering them to the group as a whole. Essentially, we were practicing the art of consultation. There were so many wonderful thoughts shared, they didn’t all fit in one post. The first set of insights was

On November 22, a few people got together to Start a Vision Discussion. We began with the quote below and focused on really listening to each other and letting go of our views once we’d expressed them, offering them to the group as a whole. Essentially, we were practicing the art of consultation. There were so many wonderful thoughts shared, they won’t all fit in one post. So I’m sharing the first set of insights here. Stay tuned for the next set. Feel free to add your though

Interview with Kristina Golmohammadi Kristina is a teaching artist with the Center for Arts Education in New York City. She uses theater to teach creative thinking skills, social studies and even English as a second language. She truly has a gift. She loves her students to their core and she calls forth from them insights and qualities they didn’t know they had. Not only that, she also walks beside them and demands the same thing of herself. Here is her story... Back home in

On August 24, I was a guest on Grace Eagle Reed’s radio show “Disability Awareness“. We talked about how the Prosperity Project got started, the people I’ve interviewed so far and a vision for the future. Here is the recording of that interview. #prosperity #story