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Research Behind Healing Impacts of Nature
Cultural Heritage - DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging)
Cultural Heritage - DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging)
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Cultural Heritage - DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging)
Cultural Heritage - DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging)
Cultural Heritage - DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging)
Cultural Highlights
Black History Month:
(Theme - African Americans & Labor)
We recommend the documentary, Farming While Black, which " examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation of Black farmers reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35jF-8gY0BQ
Also check out:
"Farming While Black: Leah Penniman" (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHiDSMKpkRg
"How This Activist Farmer Fights Racism Through Food: TODAY Original" (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVZq3jITD2g
"Foresight", shown below, demonstrating the legacy of African women braiding seeds in their hair before boarding transatlantic slave ships, was created by Naima Penniman.
Healing Value of Animal Connections
Cultural Heritage - DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging)
Healing Value of Animal Connections
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2024 Invite to Learn with Pawsitive Ripples Effect Project
Cultural Heritage - DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging)
Cultural Highlights
Pride:
BESE Explains: Two Spirit (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBH6wVOjolg
Two Spirits, One Dance For Native American Artist (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OB0wdzogy0
Why Gender Pronouns Matter (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iKHjl5xAaA
Juneteenth:
"What is Juneteenth?, and why is it important" (video) - Karlos K Hill & Soraya Field Fiorio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq8TNKZVEWs
"Grandmother of Juneteenth" Opal Lee reflects on her journey to secure a national holiday (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG9xfktFjwg&t=23s
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage:
1. Learn about Ho'oponopono & Hawaiian Heritage Elements -
Kuma Sabra Kauka, Hawaiian Historian, Educator, & Activist describes Ho'oponopono (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3eBAD8KgaM
'The Power of Aloha' with Sabra Kauka, Tedx Lihue
(Shares stories of Aloha, Aloha ʻāina - love of the land, & the Hawaiian motto,
"Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNp_i-T1HX8
Recommended Reading: 'Ho'oponopono: Traditional Ways of Healing to Make Things Right' by Malcom Naea Chun
(We can share our digital copy)
Hawaiian song - Leahi by Gabby Pahinui
(a song about connecting to your surrounding, taking care of oneself, & the history & beauty of Hawaii)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edkvJOp5giU
Song Across Hawaii presents 'Hawaii '78'
(sung by 40 different musicians & youth from 14 schools across the islands, discussing the historical changes & beauty of Hawaii)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVuvKIFa6kc
2. Learn about Chiura Obata -
The Legacy of Chiura Obata (article)
https://yosemite.org/the-legacy-of-chiura-obata/
Obata's Yosemite Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9meuoOVHuE
Asian American Pacific Islanders in the Environmental Movement (article)
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/asian-american-pacific-islanders-environmental-movement