About the Gathering
"Every year for the past
eight years, usually during the last week of July, a group of Bahá'í men
who are Black have been convening in an isolated spot in South Carolina.
The place is the Louis G. Gregory Bahá'í Institute, a small compound of
aging buildings surrounded by a forest of scrub pines. The Institute hosts
a wide range of Bahá'í activities year-round by primarily serves as one
the area's most recognized community service agencies. For these men,
however, some of whom have traveled from as far away as British Columbia,
California, and the Caribbean Islands, this has become a sacred spot, a
holy place, a spiritual home.
These men come to the Black Men's Bahá'í Gathering. The Gathering is..." MORE
Click here to listen to Dr. Roberts' discussion of the Black Men's Gathering travels to Africa
Click here to listen to a talk about the Black Men's Gathering given at the 2006 Association of Baha'i Studies convention |
