The sacred values and traditional wisdom of Indigenous Peoples may be the key to the renewal of our planet. A panel of experts participated in a broad-ranging discussion of how Indigenous values and wisdom can help address the consequences of climate change and lead us toward a sustainable future for all.
For a summary of the event, please view the G20 Interfaith Forum Viewpoints Blog: https://blog.g20interfaith.org/2024/05/13/sacred-values-and-traditional-wisdom-of-the-indigenous-peoples/
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Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D.
Audrey E. Kitagawa, J.D., is President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, President of the Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, and Chair of the Anti-Racism Initiative and the Gender Equality Working Group of the G20 Interfaith Forum. She is the former Advisor to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the UN, a UN Representative for the URI, a member of the Advisory Council of the Global Security Institute, and a Board member of the International Center for Religion and Democracy. She has been listed in Who’s Who of American Law, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Prominent People of Hawaii. She was enstooled into the royal family of Ajiyamanti, Ghana as the Nekoso Hemaa (Queen Mother of Development) where a school she helped to build, the Nana Ode Anyankobea Junior Secondary School, is named after her.
Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer
Manulani Aluli Meyer is the fifth daughter of Emma Aluli and Harry Meyer who grew up on the sands of Mokapu and Kailua beach on the island of O’ahu and along the rainy shoreline of Hilo Palikū. She obtained her doctorate in Philosophy of Education from Harvard (Ed.D. 1998) and is a worldwide keynote speaker, writer, and international evaluator of Indigenous PhDs who now works at the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu campus.