There were six rooms operating with a speaker in each and we had 31 students presenting a 20 presentation. I was so proud of the many who were able to stand and share their visions.
The mini kava bowl that is on the desk in the foreground was a replica of a very large Tongan kava bowl indigenous story that the speaker wove into her presentation with a gift as a souvenir for the markers.
In fact, there were so many indigenous stories that I was privileged to hear about which both was encouraging and satisfying to learn about.
After the conference we had a conference dinner complete with speeches and a lot of happy and relieved students. I think what was so encouraging for me was the transformations that had taken place during class times from the very start with some hesitancy and then to full confidence in their created models of practice.
As an educator, it's a space that I feel very blessed to be in to support the dreams and visions of indigenous peoples for their families but also in partnership with non-indigenous peoples in being able to work together to make this world a better place...
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