Hosted by Ariana Manov and Celina Alvarez.
What does it take to get accused of “spreading corruption on earth” and face the death penalty? Soodi Eshraghi and Chitra Golestani Maghizi from the Bahá’í faith detail religious persecution, and prosecutions, in Iran and what we can do to free seven political prisoners. For more information contact (1) 800-22UNITE or visit Bahá’íi Faith and click on Persecution of the Bahá’í ’is in Iran.
Michael Sanchez, Local Station Board Election Supervisor, and Pacifica brass, gives us an on-air tutorial — and tries to convince us that LSB politics don’t suck.
How did a successful Texas realtor from upper middle class suburbia wind up homeless in L.A. for 10 years? Sixty-two year old Susan Fausett describes surviving on the streets–with cancer –until she connected with supportive housing. For more information visit Housing Works.
And award-winning actress Deidrie Henry brings us South African playwright Athol Fugard’s new play “Coming Home” in which a young mother struggles to avoid passing her legacy of shattered dreams on to her ten year old son. For more info contact (323) 663-1525 or visit the Fountain Theater
(left: Chitra Golestani Maghizi; middle: Soodi Eshraghi; right: Deidrie Henry)
Guest Bios:
Chitra Golestani-Maghzi is an educational consultant and serves on an advisory board for Bahá’í communities in Southern California since 2001. As a young child, her family moved to the United States from Iran due to the persecution of Bahá’ís and the denial of higher education to members of the Bahá’í Faith. Prior to receiving her Ph.D. in Social Science and Comparative Education from UCLA, she traveled internationally to Zambia, Colombia, and Russia to conduct educational research and participate in Baha’i inspired social economic development projects. Her dissertation entitled, “Teaching for Social Justice and Global Citizenship” explores how teachers employ best practices to effectively engage students in learning about social justice through dialogue in an integrative way.
Soodi Eshraghi is a member of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Los Angeles, the local governing body of this community. She has given many public talks such as“Role and Status of Women in Islam, facts, myth and fiction” a comparison with other world religions- Judaism, Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith ; “Equality of Women and Men, Two Wings of a Bird”; “Inter-Religious Marriage” and “Life after Life, our Never Ending Spiritual Journey”. She has also represented the Bahá’í Faith on numerous occasion, the most recent being as a co-panelist at a sponsored event of Focolare Movement. Soodi has a strong passion for promoting equality of women and men, empowering women, unity of all religions, cultural awareness and universal love and peace.
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