I attended Dr. Meyer's presentation on "Deconstructing Capitalism" this afternoon on-campus. She talked about the importance of looking at indigenous practices that sustained human living and interaction before colonialism and how it was successful. She briefly discussed the the system of capitalism that we are in now, which strongly affects our lives and that it is a destructive force of energy that can possibly "end our existence" because of the nature of consumption (capitalism is not a sustainable system).
Dr. Meyer's stressed the importance of interpersonal relationships, as she incorporated dyad work and communication throughout her presentation. It is important to discuss our thoughts and learn with and from others, because that is how we build communities and positive relationships. She strongly believes in the importance of meaningful relationships, and I have known this for a while, because I am taking a class from her right now. She wants us to talk with each other, build relationships and have meaningful exchanges of thoughts.
We also participated in ancient Hawai'ian prayers for being thankful for our experiences. As we sung together holding hands, it felt as if we were becoming empowered within ourselves to take responsibility of being sustainable, but also feeling connected with everyone in the room that we would be becoming sustainable together...not alone. Building a community is important, and that was what Dr. Meyer's was able to communicate to everyone in the room. A vision, shared goal, why it is important, and our responsibility as adults in a generation to create change for the benifit of life.
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