About Us.
So a first-generation Iranian immigrant of Jewish and Muslim heritage and a Southern-born and bred black Baptist preacher walk into a…
“Homa and Eric led our participants through a unique, engaging and thought-provoking journey as they shared tools and resources to help us build capacity...this was, by far, one of the most important and impactful learning events we have ever been a part of. ”
WHY US?
On the surface, Homa and Eric come from divergent backgrounds. She, an immigrant born in Iran of Jewish and Muslim heritage. He, a Southern-born and bred, former Baptist preacher. Their paths converged around a common vision of unity in diversity, their shared family ties, and a commitment to building community and connection across a wide-range of ideologies, identities, and lived experiences. Moved by the assertion in the Baha’i writings that racism is “the most vital and challenging issue,” Homa and Eric consider themselves to be on a continuous path of discovering and uncovering. Each client engagement is personalized so that the learning is relevant, reciprocal, and real.
OUR BACKGROUNDS
Homa Tavangar and Eric Dozier have decades of experience helping diverse people collaborate at work, at school, and in community building. They have teamed up to offer a truly unique and energizing model that inspires and empowers participants, to unlock belonging, performance and innovation. While their backgrounds - personally and professionally - seem very different on the surface, working together, they realized that the model of relationship they embodied was something special - AND replicable. You don’t have to literally join each other’s families, but building a bond that goes deeper than a checklist or a legal requirement has released qualities that defy expectations - and history. Indeed, they have found relationship to be the secret sauce to going DEEPER THAN DIVERSITY. It puts humanity at the heart of the equation, instead of focusing on a checklist or letting the algorithms rule the day. The Oneness Lab is truly the embodiment of their journey.
Homa Tavangar
Eric Dozier
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Homa Tavangar is the author of best-selling Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World (Random House), co-author of five books for educators, and most recently, Global Kids, a colorful activity deck exposing children to world cultures, rich diversity, and global mindsets. Homa advises and trains K-12 schools around the world, and organizations like the University of Pennsylvania’s Coalition for Educational Equity, Disney Channel and other Fortune 50 and small companies, the National Education Association Foundation, and the Pulitzer Center on optimizing learning, empathy, innovation, global citizenship, equity, and belonging. She coaches leaders on accountability for DEI, leading through crisis, and launching inclusive and transformational practices. In addition to Oneness Lab, she is co-founder of BigQuestions.Institute. She serves on the boards of International Schools Services and the Tahirih Justice Center. A graduate of UCLA and Princeton University, Homa was born in Iran, has lived on four continents, has heritage in four world religions and is the mother of three daughters.
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Eric Dozier is a music educator, cultural activist, and recording artist who uses music to engage communities in dialogue about racism. He is committed to “Uniting The World One Song At A Time.” He has served as the musical director for the World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir, the award winning Children’s Theatre Company of NYC, and has been a featured artists at the United Nations. He’s shared the stage with the likes of Harry Belafonte, Angelique Kidjo, Raffi, and even Nelson Mandela. He’s a founding faculty member and Director of Equity and campus Culture at the Episcopal School of Nashville. He currently serves as a Museum Educator for the forthcoming National Museum of African American Music to be built in Nashville, TN and has recently launched the Young People's Freedom Song Initiative, an interactive musical exploration designed to engage young people in revolutionary music making. He is a graduate of Duke University and Duke Divinity School and is currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Tasmania researching the effects of Black Gospel Music on communities outside of the Black Church. Learn more about Eric’s work at www.ericdozier.com