Dr. Wanjiru Kamau on African traditions and the Rights of Nature

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau is a Kenyan born educator and social activist with a philosophical grounding in multiculturalism and gender equity. She holds a doctorate in Counselor and Health Education from Pennsylvania State University, and diplomas in Mediation and Intercultural Communication. She has extensive experience in Counseling, Teaching, Consulting and Diversity Training. She holds leadership positions, awards and honorary appointments. Kamau is the founder of African Immigrant & Refugees Foundation (AIRF) a nonprofit organization whose mission is to facilitate the effective transition of the African immigrants to the American society and to support their productive and sustainable integration into their new homeland. Dr. Kamau’s publications are on Identity, women’s health and indigenous knowledge. She has produced two videos: Kuumithio Rites of passage and a Child of Two Worlds, and a Book The Tapestry of Menopause by Agikuyu women is in the press. Kamau is passionate about creating peace based on UBUNTU. www.airfound.org

FORUM2023 Earth Democracy and the Rights of Nature
Presented online on Thursday 12 October, 2023
With Chief Arvol Looking Horse, His Holiness the Sakya Trichen, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, Matthew Fox, and speakers from the UN, the White House, the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, the Religious Naturalism Movement and messages from Indigenous leaders on the Rights of Nature from around the world.

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