Baha'i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson - Episode 10: Joy DeGruy

Hello and welcome to the Baha’i Blogcast with me your host, Rainn Wilson.
In this series of podcasts I interview members of the Baha’i Faith and friends from all over the world about their hearts, and minds, and souls, their spiritual journeys, what they’re interested in, and what makes them tick.
In this episode I interview Dr. Joy DeGruy, an internationally renowned researcher, educator, author and presenter living in the United States. We talk about how she became a Baha’i and her research and work creating and developing the concept of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome. We also talk about how we can affect change in society, especially when it comes to dismantling racism, and we end our discussion speaking about Joy’s love of fishing.
Here are links to some of the things mentioned in our conversation:
Joy speaks of her admiration for Hooper Dunbar and mentions his book, Forces of Our Time: The Dynamics of Light and Darkness, which can be purchased here on Amazon: amzn.to/2mcSOmB
This is a link to the video I summarized where Joy recounts being discriminated against at the grocery store: bit.ly/1LRgONL
Here is the quotation Joy recited, a quotation that moves her deeply, from Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah:
"Night hath succeeded day, and day hath succeeded night, and the hours and moments of your lives have come and gone, and yet none of you hath, for one instant, consented to detach himself from that which perisheth. Bestir yourselves, that the brief moments that are still yours may not be dissipated and lost. Even as the swiftness of lightning your days shall pass, and your bodies shall be laid to rest beneath a canopy of dust. What can ye then achieve? How can ye atone for your past failure?"
To find out more about Joy and her work, check out her website: www.joydegruy.com
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Thanks for listening!
-Rainn Wilson

[@Pinerat]

Wow. I love hearing Joy DeGruy speak. Every time I come away a changed person. Rainn, thanks for your work, too.

[@Jam5bam]

This lady is great .......She is telling the truth.

[@dr.monica6855]

This makes me want to know more about Baha’i

[@ryran]

Hi Dr. Monica. Check out www.bahai.org for more. :)

[@elizat555]

This would also be playing out in the children of the children of the stolen generation, such an enlightening concept, thank you.

[@MRTruth9000]

I enjoyed this talk very much! I had no idea about these new studies within epigenetics. Thanks for the talk Baha'i Blog.

[@leabuamapota6497]

Wonderful