Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 7, 1 July 2017 — Indigenous Youth Declaration [ARTICLE]

Indigenous Youth Declaration

'Aha 'Ūpio, held in conjunction with the World lndigenous Peoples' Conference on Education (WIPCE) issues a Declaration of lndigenous Youth that it created at the Ka'iwakilomoku Hawaiian Cultural Center on Kamehameha Schools Kapālama campus. https://www.hokulea.com/ wp content/uploads/2016/08/ WIPCE-Youth-Declaration-5.24.14.pdf Students plaee the declaration on Hōkūle'a at Aurere, Aotearoa. This declaration was one of the dozen declarations from Hawai'i, Pacific and the world that Hōkūle'a carried to the United Nations on World 0ceans Day. Youth declaration presented to UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon in NYC. Students deliver remarks to delegates and diplomats at UN. World Youth Congress at UH Mānoa. This Congress was inspired bythe Worldwide Voyage and Hōkūle'a. Youth will be creating a resolution or other artifactthat will link to the UN Sustainable Development goals, and the WWV and Hōkūle'a are sure to have a presence in whateverthey produce.