Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

I think of some of my friends who have passed to the spirit world but are who here with me when I go to events and when I walk in my own community. My sisters, Ingred, my sister Marsha, and my sister Nielock. All cofounders of the Indigenous Women's Network with me. All long time women activists in the native community. ”

I am angry that the international community has failed to find a permanent solution to the plight of the Rohingya. I am also ashamed that, in not speaking out loudly enough, we - humanitarians - have been complicit. ”

Tax abuse is a scourge on our global community, but especially for Africa. ”

Governments, the investor and business community, and civil society organizations and public representatives need to work together to ensure the necessary foundations are in place to align private finance to guarantee sustainable and equitable development and poverty reduction. ”

I'm not practising, I don't go to church, but what I got from it was a sense of belonging to something bigger. What I really miss is being forced to be in a community with people that aren't the same as you. Then, you really have to work through the ways that you're different. ”

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it. ”

I hope that upon this scorched earth we have planted the seeds of ideas that will bear the fruit of more diverse and inclusive stories that include people of color in the LGBT community. ”

It's important that we continue to uplift and strengthen our LGBTQ youth who are the future of our community and remind them that their voices are heard. ”

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop. ”

I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do. ”