Join us today! Virtual lecture: Recommending Toxicity, exploring how algorithmic recommendation systems on YouTube Shorts and TikTok can amplify male supremacist influencers. Register: tinyurl.com/bahai-gingbaker
#bahaichair #umd #event
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women planting seeds of progress everywhere. #InternationalWomensDay
Join us March 10, 2026 (12–1:30 PM ET) for a virtual lecture, Recommending Toxicity, exploring how algorithmic recommendation systems on YouTube Shorts and TikTok can amplify male supremacist influencers. Featuring Debbie Ging and Dr. Catherine Baker. tinyurl.com/bahai-gingbaker
Thankful for all of the speakers and attendees at Multiculturalism and Building Peace at the Library of Congress. L-R: Dr. S. Rob Sobhani, Mr. Sahib Naghiyev, Rev. Johnnie Moore, Prof. Hoda Mahmoudi, Mr. Bartholomew Lumbasi, Dr. Katrina Lantos-Swett, Mr. Socheat Oum
Maryland Giving Day is here! ❤️
Support the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace Endowment Fund and help advance research, dialogue, and action for global peace. Support the work and read more about our impact: tinyurl.com/giving-bahai
Join us this Thursday (March 5, 2026) at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) for Multiculturalism and Building Peace Roundtable: Lessons from Five Nations. RSVP to attend at buildingpeace2026.com #bahaichair #umd #events #LibraryofCongress
Honoring the thinkers, builders, and change-makers who shaped our past and continue to expand what’s possible. Pictured: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank, Maya Angelou, Ella Fitzgerald, Amelia Earhart
#WomensHistoryMonth
Join us on March 25, 2026 (2–3:30pm ET) for a virtual lecture with Patricia Owens: Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men. Register at tinyurl.com/bahai-owens #bahaichair #umd #events
Join us March 10, 2026 (12–1:30 PM ET) for a virtual lecture, Recommending Toxicity, exploring how algorithmic recommendation systems on YouTube Shorts and TikTok can amplify male supremacist influencers. Featuring Debbie Ging and Dr. Catherine Baker. RSVP tinyurl.com/bahai-gingba...
Listening, learning, and reflecting this Black History Month. Professor Dorothy Roberts’ research reframes how we think about love, race, and the systems that shape our relationships — reminding us that intimacy can be powerful when it meets truth. Watch: tinyurl.com/feb3event
The Baha'i Chair is delighted to welcome our new research intern Alayna Brandolini. She is a senior at UMD in the dual degree program studying for a BA in Government and Politics and an MA in International Relations. Please join us in welcoming Alayna! #welcome #researchintern
Join us on March 10, 2026 (12–1:30pm ET) for a virtual lecture: Recommending Toxicity: The role of algorithmic recommender functions on YouTube Shorts and TikTok in promoting male supremacist influencers, featuring Professor Debbie Ging and Dr. Catherine Baker. Register: tinyurl.com/bahai-gingbaker
See you soon! Join us virtually tomorrow, February 3 at 1:30 PM ET for Dorothy Roberts’ talk, “The Mixed Marriage Project: Lessons on Race, Love, and A Future without Racism.” RSVP: tinyurl.com/bahai-roberts
Dr. Hoda Mahmoudi gave a talk on "How Can Courses in Peace Studies Further the Cause of Universal Peace"? at the Peace-ing the World Together: Universal Peace Conference, held at Claremont Graduate University on November 6, 2025 (timestamp: 1:28). tinyurl.com/bahai-courses
Welcome to the Spring Semester! We’d love for you to join our Spring events. Registration is free. See details below.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the victims of the Holocaust and reflect on the enduring responsibility to educate, to uphold human dignity, and to promote peace.
We invite you to read our reflections as a prelude to the upcoming lecture with Dorothy Roberts, The Mixed Marriage Project: Lessons on Race, Love, and a Future without Racism, on February 3, 2026.
Read more here: www.bahaichair.umd.edu/blog/coming-...
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we honor a legacy rooted in justice, courage, and a steadfast faith in our shared humanity. May we begin this week grounded in the knowing that peace is not passive — it is built through conscience, love, and collective responsibility. #mlkday
Join us on March 10, 2026 for a virtual lecture: Recommending Toxicity: The role of algorithmic recommender functions on YouTube Shorts and TikTok in promoting male supremacist influencers, with Debbie Ging + Dr. Catherine Baker. Register at tinyurl.com/bahai-gingbaker. #bahaichair
On March 5, 2026, at 5pm, join us at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) for Multiculturalism and Building Peace Roundtable: Lessons from Five Nations. RSVP to attend: buildingpeace2026.com
#bahaichair #umd #events #LibraryofCongress
Join us on February 3, 2026 (1:30–3pm ET) for a virtual lecture with Dorothy Roberts: The Mixed Marriage Project: Lessons on Race, Love, and a Future without Racism. Register at tinyurl.com/bahai-roberts #bahaichair #umd #events
This Wednesday, November 19th, at 2pm, join us to learn from Dr Laura Chávez-Moreno, who will be presenting her research on How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America. This event will not be recorded so join us virtually, RSVP at: tinyurl.com/bahai-moreno
Event Today: Join us at 1pm for a discussion of our recently published volume, Global Climate Crisis: Seeking Environmental Justice and Climate Equality. You can rsvp at: tinyurl.com/bahai-climate #bahaichair #bsos #umd #events
On Thursday November 13, at 1pm, Dr Ben Mylius, will join us to discuss his chapter, Engaging ethically with narratives from historically marginalized cultures in response to climate change. You can register to attend at: tinyurl.com/bahai-climate #bahaichair #umd #events
On Thursday November 13, at 1pm, Professor Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, will join us to discuss her chapter, Urban Heat Islands and Associated Health Effects for Vulnerable Populations. You can register to attend at:
tinyurl.com/bahai-climate #bahaichair #umd #events
On Thursday November 13, 2025, at 1pm join us for a discussion of the recent volume published by the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, Global Climate Crisis: Seeking Environmental Justice and Climate Equality. You can register to attend at: tinyurl.com/bahai-climate #bahaichair #umd #events
On November 19, 2025, at 2pm, Dr Laura Chávez-Moreno will give a virtual lecture on How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America. You can register to attend at: tinyurl.com/bahai-moreno #bahaichair #umd #events
On November 13 we will be hosting our next event which features three of the contributors to the recent volume published by the Chair, Global Climate Crisis: Seeking Environmental Justice and Climate Equality. You can register to attend at: tinyurl.com/bahai-climate #bahaichair
On November 6th, Professor Hoda Mahmoudi, will be giving a keynote at the 4th Annual Universal Peace Conference. You can find out more and register to attend at: www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual...
We are looking forward to welcoming all of the speakers to campus this week for our co-sponsored conference with the Anti-Black Racism Initiative! #bahaichair #abri #umd #bsos #events
