ITF Rio Rancho

Baha'is around the world are getting ready to celebrate Ayyam-i-Ha (this year, sunset Feb. 25 to sunset Feb. 29), the annual festival marked by generosity and hospitality for those around us. It's followed by a season of reflection, the 19-Day Fast, which ends with the celebration of the new year at the spring equinox. It's a tradition shared by many cultures in different ways. What's yours?

One of our recent speakers recommended this movie. Like the iconic “Smoke Signals,” it’s a contemporary look at the American indigenous experience. Now available on Netflix.

Netflix

Frybread Face and Me
Directed by NACF Artist Billy Luther (Navajo/Hopi/Laguna Pueblo)
"A Navajo boy from San Diego experiences a cultural awakening when he spends summer vacation with his precocious cousin and their relatives on the rez."

More here:
https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/frybreadfaceandme

After nearly a year's work, the Task Force recently launched our website, which hosts a video library full of past talks from the "Indigenous Voices" series, with permission from the speakers. Check it out!

Indigenous Task Force Rio Rancho Sponsored by the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Rio Rancho, our mission is based in education and honor. Visit our video library to view a selection of talks from our monthly speaker series.

Please keep inaugural Task Force members Jerry and Alice Bathke in your prayers. Jerry is currently in the hospital with heart problems and Alice is by his side.

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