Racial Identity Growing up with change Tavoria Kellam: I don’t identify in terms of race, but because this is America, I don’t have a choice.
Bahai Community Finding the Baha’is through 1970s soft rock Tavoria Kellam: A man I didn’t know walked up to me and said, I bet you’re thinking about the Baha’i faith. And I was.
Bahai Community Black, white, Persian and everything else Tavoria Kellam: The Baha’i community was very diverse – it was miles ahead of anything I’d been exposed to.
Racism in America Signing up to fix racism Tavoria Kellam: Racism is a toxin in the air, it’s in the water, we all grew up with it.
Bahai Community Building Teaching kids to serve their communities Tavoria Kellam: People I’d have never imagined are engaged in doing the work of addressing racism in America.
Segregation in America How race and class intersect Tavoria Kellam: Our Baha’i Center is in a neighborhood of a certain class, it doesn’t always attract people from uptown.
Racial Identity Debunking color-blindness Tavoria Kellam: In the real world, the most salient thing about me is that I am black.
Bahai Religion Purifying character to uproot racism Tavoria Kellam: I’m done with reading about the Central Park Five, or Tamir Rice, because I know already.
