Louis Venters
- Sep 3
- 6 min
Race, Place, History, and Progress in SC's Baha'i Community
This is a bit late in coming as a blog post, but the sentiments are as fresh as they were last May. That's when I first heard that my...
Louis Venters
- Aug 31
- 1 min
Do Not Come for St. Helena Island!
A great story on SC Public Radio a few weeks ago about a proposed golf course development on St. Helena Island got me hot! Here's my...
Louis Venters
- Sep 14, 2022
- 3 min
South Carolina's Baha'i Movement, Past and Future
Baha’i communities around the world are embarking on a new Nine Year Plan set to last until 2031. As a part of the coordinated global...
Louis Venters
- Aug 12, 2022
- 1 min
Have book (and timely message), will travel!
Now that the public health situation in most areas is permitting more in-person gatherings, I'm eager to return to talking with people...
Louis Venters
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
A Virtual Evening with Nikki Giovanni: Conversation with a Legend
It was a real pleasure to serve as moderator for a live virtual Q and A session with the distinguished poet, essayist, and educator,...
Louis Venters
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
UPCOMING: A Virtual Evening with Nikki Giovanni
I am so pleased to announce that I will be moderating a virtual conversation with renowned poet and educator Dr. Nikki Giovanni, hosted...
Louis Venters
- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
Restoring penn center, Reclaiming Black history
Congratulations to Mr. Bernie Wright, fellow-member of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, who will serve as interim...
Louis Venters
- Aug 30, 2021
- 2 min
Seeing is believing: Understanding Empire and Early Abolitionism in Portuguese History
It was the map, overlaying the enormous countries of Angola and Mozambique on Europe, that initially intrigued me. Sometimes you really...
Louis Venters
- Mar 12, 2021
- 5 min
guidance from the universal house of justice for south carolina
Fifty years ago, the Baha’i movement in the United States was in the midst of perhaps its most dramatic and consequential transformation...
Louis Venters
- Dec 5, 2020
- 1 min
UPCOMING: Online Talk at S. DeKalb Baha'i Unity Center
I'm looking forward to presenting via Zoom for the Sunday morning devotional gathering sponsored by the Baha'i Unity Center in South...
