Hi and welcome to the session. Let us discuss the following question. Question says determine whether or not each of the definition of star given below gives a binary operation in the event that star is not a binary operation. Give justification for this. Second part is on z plus where z plus is the set of all positive integers. Define star by a star b is equal to a v. Let us start the solution now. We are given a star b is equal to a v. We have to check if star is a binary operation on set of positive integers. Now, we know for all a v belonging to z plus, a v will also belong to z plus as we know product of positive integers is a positive integer only. So, we can write therefore star is a binary operation on z plus. Our required answer is yes. This completes the session. Hope you understood the session. Good bye.


Good afternoon and welcome to today's webinar series brought to you by the boss graduate students of the Department of English and without wasting much time we will dive straight into today's talks which will be centralized around the team defining the purpose the story behind our stories and for today's talks we have a panel of speakers from both the fort and second semesters which will be proceeded by the questionnaire towards the end of the session so if anyone has any questions regarding a particular talk it would be appreciated if you could lay down your doubts maybe in the text section or at the given time and now to start off with our talks I would like to kindly request Ms Chongpineng with her topic gold setting for personal and professional success and Mr Kutozo with his topic overcoming procrastination to kindly take their time one after the other thank you much show hi hi everyone am I audible hello can somebody respond am I audible yes yes you're audible you can thank you thank you very much first of all I I would like to thank our almighty God for sustaining our lives we are in a crucial time in the midst of this pandemic but we are blessed enough to join this session from the comfort of our home so let's give thanks to our almighty God and secondly I thank the faculty or the organizing committee for giving me this opportunity to speak on the topic gold setting for personal and professional success well I am somebody who loves so much to speak to share and to take part in a seminar and other functions and when I do so I used to base my sharing either from the Bible or or some books being written by renowned writers but today I'm not going to do so but rather I would like to base my sharing I want myself to be the practical example of today's sharing as my topic is gold setting for personal and professional success I would like to focus on my own personal experiences well I hope we all have dreams and goals to accomplish at certain age and we worked on it so is me I I came from a very humble family and since childhood I have I have a dream that one day before I hit 25 before I became 25 years old I would like to complete my studies and work and be settled and be an independent woman that's what I dream and I have been working on it and through my journey I would like to share that um my life has been ups and downs a roller coaster like every one of you like yours and when I you know when I was a small kid I used to really admire my Sunday school teacher because she was so kind and she is the teacher to respect others and teaching stories from the Bible and she was molding and shaping our lives so I was like looking my Sunday school teacher I told myself when I grow up I want to be a teacher and I'll be a Sunday school teacher and and I will teach and motivate others I will mold and shape the life of children like my Sunday school teacher is molding mine that's what I said and I really want to be a teacher and as I grow up and I jump into my high school I have made this teacher my English teacher and she was so inspiring and then the way she teach was so very different and I started to like her again and I thought myself okay when I grow up I want to be an English teacher because I like my teacher so much and for a time being my email life was shifted from to become a Sunday school to to be an English teacher and as I grow again in my higher secondary I met a few bunch of friends they were so talented and among them one a good friend of mine was so much into singing and she was the performed and she was a worship leader and singing her I was so inspired and then I realized my heart and then I told her I want to be like you and then I want to sing like you I want to praise God and she said nothing is impossible if you want to be a singer you can be so seeing my friend I was so inspired and I started taking up music class and wanting to be like my friend my friend also told me that whenever there are programs they invite me and then I used to go and perform and I get paid I earned through singing and then I am an independent woman so seeing her I like her so much and it was like taking up music class and singing but then I realized I slowly realized that singing was not my gift I was not meant to be a singer which is why though I took up music class and learned piano I I do sing and perform in the church but I didn't earn like my friend because my friend was her gift her talent was music and my talent was something different and I didn't realize which is why I couldn't succeed and like that my whole life I have been spending admiring people and wanting to do like them and as I am in my verge of graduation I met this an asian man and he was asking what do you want to become so after joining my master's after joining tatsa college seeing my professors the way they teach us the way they they inspire us seeing them I mean I you know I've learned so much from them like dr elica dr anjan rosie kv and all of you inspired us so much that once again I I want to like move back to teaching profession and I told them that I want to be in a teaching profession and he was like you are in mustace and then you would have you know opted something else instead of being in a teaching profession and he also asked me like you want to be in a teaching profession because you are afraid to correct other complete exam or or is it that you will not get other job which is why you're sticking around to the teaching profession and I say no not because I am afraid to to correct another conflict them but seeing my profession my professors I am inspired so much and I want to be like them which is why I will be in teaching professions when I jump once I complete my master's that's what I call him and one day I was sitting back at home and slowly looking back into my life and when I look back I realized that I have been spending my whole life trying to be everybody else and then I did not know what might give I was so frustrated and then I prayed to God I literally cried and I kneeled down and I prayed to God Lord I have been spending my whole life trying to be everybody else and I couldn't what is my gift what am I good at it's my gift and I prayed so hard and I prayed and I waited for answer from the Lord yes God did not open up the heaven store and shouted at me that this is your gift you're good at this no it didn't happen it was really frustrating and I keep praying and one day as I slowly you know think about my life and then trying to recall what have I done so slowly I realized that I used to be a paid host and whenever I I host or I do I speak on stage there were some people who used to be like comfort word and telling me that I'm so blessed through your you know sharing through your preachings and I slowly realized maybe I might give this not to be a singer not to be a teacher not to be a Sunday school teacher or maybe I am something different my goal is different my primary concern was shifted to myself and then trying to analyze myself and in that juncture I I am given the opportunity to host a talk show and then I prayed to God Lord is this my talent if this is my gift and please let me know and then please bless me and so after praying I slowly realized that my gift was something different than the people that I followed my whole life and today I'm the first person in England to be the talk show host and my God's grace my channel was monetized and I'm so learning from YouTube so this is my short testimony I'm I know we're running out of time but I request Miss Rosie to present my slide so I want to ask you all do your professional and personal goals complement each other and then are you doing the things that you are doing because others are doing or is it your love too because from my personal experience if you do things just because others are doing then you're not going to be fruitful but when you do things that you love you will seriously successful you will bear fruits and when you do things that you love you won't get tired and in fact your energy will be recharged that is what I've experienced in my life and I want everyone to ask yourself a question that I listed out are you the type of person that others want to follow can you create vision for yourself that others can delete you so are you attending evens to draw inspiration from others because we are human being we're social animals we show the lies and we learn from one another it's why that is why it's really important to attend even learn from others just like we're doing now so I want you guys to ask yourself the questions that I put forward and then realize and I also want to encourage you if you're doing that you don't love if you're doing things just because others are doing then you're not going to succeed you will not success so it is never too late to restart if you think you are not in the right track then do come back and then if you're still confused like me you're just going with the flow like wherever the wind blows just like me spending my whole life and it's very important to ask God to ask God and then what is your gift what are you good at only then you can set your personal and professional goals I'm telling you there are so many people out there may be successful in their professional career but only God knows what they have been through in their personal life because they are spending their life trying to impress others and not doing that they love and I also want to let you all remind that no job is too sophisticated and no job is too small if you're happy with what you're doing I think that matters a lot which is why I think again and then for my fellow classmates and my juniors and whoever attending the session it's very important to ask God and to you know to realize what you're good at and then to work on it otherwise you'll be like me spending your whole life trying to be everybody else so confused with your life and not knowing what to do so I would like to conclude my sharing by encouraging you all that your value doesn't decrease based on someone's inability to see your words if you know your words you can work on it and you'll be successful in your life I am diverting so much for my topic I'm really sorry but um yeah I now give the remaining time to the next speaker I think I'm Aulivo as well as I'm clear yes you can carry on with your talk all right uh I want to start off with a quotation how do you define your use of time are you using it are you wasting it are you spending it or are you killing it it's been said that killing time is not murder but it's a suicide good afternoon everyone respected the moderator Matsu the faculties seniors and all my dear friends I am very privileged to be given this wonderful opportunity to express some of my thoughts and ideas my name is Kuto Zovero from MS against master the topic that I have chosen for my presentation is a very familiar topic called overcoming procrastination overcoming procrastination this topic is not a new topic for all of us and please do notify me if there is a static disturbance in my audio all right so uh I will split this matter concern into concern matter into four segments and the first segment let's take a quick glimpse of procrastination is we would like to look into the meaning of procrastination when I talk about procrastination it's uh one of my favorite word in English out of thousands of words and I'm sure all of us also find this word to be very rich in its meaning Deem Urban who is one of the internet's most admired writer in his TED talks he says that there is literally no one in this world who does not procrastinate and I believe his idea is uh quite acceptable and reasonable and also it is quite applicable in today's context all of us procrastinate in one way or the other and it's inevitable procrastination is uh synonymous for words like delay deterring hesitation styling etc it is a belief to have been derived from the leading word for christina twos which means to defer for tomorrow or to put off for tomorrow and it was first coined by a short in around 700 busy and to make the concept more clear I if if we are if we are delaying something or keeping it for later the things that we can do now uh the shows we are procrastinating it could be a small thing or it could be a big thing it doesn't matter as long as we are we are in completing our talks at the given time we are a procrastinator and we are a thief of time the choice is ours whether we want to be a thief or not anyway so this takes us to the to the next segment of my paper that is why do people procrastinate why do we procrastinate there could be many reasons why people procrastinate and I think it differs from person to person based on their experiences as well when it comes to procrastinating we usually say I still have enough time and considering considering the fact of time we are all into the profession of students and it is very common to keep to keep uh delaying or deferring our works for later or for tomorrow we procrastinate because we think we have enough time but we are not in the sense that that enough time becomes little time little time converts no time and eventually it alters into no time and we usually end up being disappointed I think we are procrastinating because we disrespect the value of time uh we must know that the most important thing one can use to become the thing that we are thinking to become is to respect our time and go along with the flow there is also a tendency uh that we procrastinate because there is paralysis paralysis in our time management we fail to take the perfect decision at the correct time and I think we procrastinate because we are sort of irresponsible we also procrastinate because there is no adrenaline rush uh inside us that bugs us to do so until and unless we are being pressurized by the situation we don't just feel like doing it on time and I think that's something we need to deeply ponder upon it and tackle and tackle it at the earliest uh without stretching much on this segment let's let's look to the next point I have entitled the third segment of my paper as how does it affect us how does procrastination affect us when we talk about the effects of procrastination I'm sure all of us have experienced a lot since we all have procrastinating I'm sure we also know the effects too for the most common metaphor will be doing our assignments and projects we always want to keep it for later for tomorrow or for 11 hour overdose and as a consequence it results in losing marks and also getting lectures from teachers at the same time my mother always reminds me to never keep things pending she would say do what you have to do now because later will bring its own work and everything will get messed up I think we can all agree to to her statement because we all know that time and time waits for none of us the effects of procrastination covers a huge area uh it affects our mental health it affects our spiritual growth it also affects our physical health and as a result we tend to stop progressing forward in our life procrastination drags us backward and we failed to see the success in our life taking into consideration my own account of procrastination experience I am saying that uh I don't procrastinate anymore uh but speaking on the basis of being better than I used to be I would like to share some of the negative impacts that I face when I rest in it when I keep anything pending for tomorrow or for later the things that I have to do now I don't have peace of mind uh peace of mind and the outcome is that I fail to do other works or I fail to perform other works with perfection too things get piled up and my mind is filled with tensions anxiety stress and whatnot and whenever I keep things on clench I am appending more miseries to the already existing miseries and once I commence with this convention of procrastinating it turns out to be more rigid and more stiff to overcome and slowly it affects every domain and realm of my life you know we we never really really display a cavernous thought on it but if if we ponder upon it with more custody I think it's really a monster that is holding us in reverse manner and it'll divert us up like a virus that will leave us being helpless that will leave us being in a miserable condition but we should always note that there is always a way out of our substandard habits and execution and the rewards of it are just wonderful so having faith on ourselves we would like to move to the next point and it'll be the final segment for my paper best in all my experience I would love to assemble some useful mechanisms that I used to overcome procrastination and also to remunerate also the remunerate of it what I personally feel is that strong determination and self-dedication is the key to achieving anything in our life this may sound absurd but every day after the day gets over I always go back to my bed and try to reflect and retrospect on the things that I have standard and also try to construct plans for the following day and we all have different techniques in overcoming hurdles in our own entire game what I usually do is I never try to turn off the alarm when it rings and I think that's a great procurement for me personally speaking and researchers have also said that those who wake up early in the morning has the lower tendency to procrastinate than the others but I'm also sure all of us love to procrastinate all of us love to turn off the alarm and go back to sleep and I think that's where the root of procrastination also begins like I've mentioned earlier we need to start with a habit of completing the given tasks at the right time without letting the situation pressure pressurize us and we all know that this is 21st century and we are in a world where science and technology govern the universe the gadgets that we use are 50% responsible for procrastination so I think it's best to be careful with what we do with the technologies that we possess one thing that we ought to keep in mind is that gadgets are created for us to monitor them and not to be monitored by them being inclusive we we all have become as left to the gadgets and I think the foremost tool that is distracting us and taking our life apart is the technologies that we get access to and the possibility of overcoming procrastination largely depends on it if I have to share best on my own personal experience as a procrastinator we need to have the discerning ability to plan for what is good and what is not for for ourselves and the most important thing is to love what we do if we don't respect and love our work I think we don't we will never be content with the outcome whatever we do we must do it with our full heart and care so in the dissolution in the end I would say that overcoming procrastination is one of the greatest achievement that one can be rewarded with the willpower to do away with procrastination should reach out from within within us and no one will apprise you or potent you to do so so the decision is completely based on our own the thing that we we have to retain in mind is that once we do away with procrastination or procrastinating we become more responsible and our vision to grasp decision becomes more vivid and I believe that the journey of success has taken its route I want to challenge all of us with with one quotation by Abraham Lincoln as I close my speech it says like this you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today I want to repeat that for us you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today thank you everyone for bearing and listening to my thoughts and ideas amidst your business channel stay safe and I hope we all meet in person and interact with one under once the situation is under control over to you thank you miss strong pinning and mr. good also for sharing your wonderful insights taken from your own experiences next up we have mr. lentemong with his topic self-reliance and teamwork so I would like to request him to kindly take his time good afternoon everyone I hope everyone is doing okay and I want to thank the college and the teachers of English department for organizing today's event and also giving us a privilege to speak on today's webinar so today my topic is self-reliance and teamwork and I'll be speaking more on self-reliance and at the conclusion I will speak on how self-reliance is important and how it is and how it can be applied in the teamwork so yeah okay please to let me know if there's a lag in my audio and then I'll be turning off my camera because my neck is running at a very low mp so I hope everyone of you can understand thank you so as we talk about self-reliance when we talk about self-reliance it can be simply understood as the ability to do things and also to take decisions by oneself by counting and trusting on your on our own instincts and our own ideas but it does not mean that we cannot work our trust with others because self-reliance doesn't mean that everything have to be done by ourselves it is also not about financially being independent or also shouldering every hardship all by our individual it could be all about being able to identify the problems and also solving them by finding solution to solve this what we need is that most of us many times we try to stay in the same place by knowing what to do or not knowing what the solutions and what the outcome would be so the most thing that the self-reliance is that we need to understand and we need to solve this by being self-reliance in knowledge wisdom understanding by being patient and also by putting our efforts in everything we do or say there's a saying that which causes we are responsible for getting caught in the rent because by deciding not to carry an umbrella leads to getting trench by being prepared to make the choices of getting caught in some of the life's unpleasant circumstances which can be like failures failures in economics it can also be a failures in relationship it can also be our own personal losses but by being self by being prepared during human crisis your chances of succeeding or seizing an opportunity that comes your way so for when we take for example when we take an example of self-reliance in students life it is very prominent and it's present everywhere in and I hope every student can understand this because when we talk about exams and assignments we are supposed to be we're not supposed to be panicking or wondering how or how we should take a look or how the exams can be passed without studying or without putting our efforts so this is most of the things that we students tend to struggle and instead of wondering how and why is all this happening we need to put our efforts and try to reach out to the teachers for help for example we need to understand that we all need someone to rely on and it's okay to reach out for help this is important because most of the time student we tend to shy away and most of the time we we're not able to face the teachers and we we most of the times when the question is being asked to us we are not able to answer and we just stay there as a stature so the most important thing is that we need to come out of the of our own comfort zone and then we need to reach out to the teachers we need to ask the teachers what is going on in the class and then what is important for us and all that because the teachers are everybody but the most important thing that the student leg is that self-reliance the students are find the self-reliance and most of the time they struggle and then most of the problems they are being faced by their own self and then most of the time especially in exams we tend to get a lot of problems so self-reliance is very important for the students and we need to understand that as well and also is very important especially during this pandemic and lockdown being in both we student think why many assignments are being given out and why many online classes why every day there is a class and most of the time we tend to blame the college and the teachers as well but we don't understand most of the times we students we don't understand that it is important for the completion of the semesters and it is for our own self and it is important for our future as well but student most of the time we try to blame the teachers we try to we try to blame the college and then we try to like in our own life this is because we like self-reliance if we are if we know what is self-reliance if we try to understand the ability to do things and take decisions by ourselves by trusting and counting on our ideas by working hard by putting our efforts then obviously this I know it's hard but then life is hard but then we can all able to overcome this and then also when it comes to individuality we take the example we can take the example of any one of us suppose both lawyers and then they want me to follow their footsteps however I spend every spare minute writing poetry I want to contribute and make a difference to the world and touch people by writing poetry this is where I find my happiness and decides to pursue a career and as a point instead of lawyer it is because of self-reliance that you are able to find who you are and what you want to do in life you get your own freedom on becoming what you want to be you get to decide on your career and not others so this is also another thing which is very much prevalent and present in our especially in the students life because most of the time we are latest ray and then we try to please other we try to walk in the ideas and footsteps of other not knowing our own abilities not knowing our own instincts not trusting our own ideas but then when we try to put and when we try to pursue what is good for us what is the ability what our ability can do and then what are the things that we can achieve and not depending on what others have achieved then only we can be contented and happy in life because when you try to walk in the footsteps of other you will all of us we would be contented we would be happy even though we may be successful in life but most of the but life will be miserable for us even though we are successful if we don't follow what our heart says if we don't focus on self-reliance so that is the thing and then many of us till today we try to live a life based on opinions of other if you are a student your parents get to decide what you should study or what your job should what job you should pursue many workers like self-reliance and we need to understand the importance of it we should be responsible for our own life and what we need in our life instead of letting someone else to decide because we will never find happiness through contentment in it because here why I'm mentioning many Nagas left self-confidence is that there are many students there are many graduates MA students BA graduate there are many students but then why many students are jobless why many students are going outside of the state for a job to work in a private company is it's because we are not being self-confident we're like self-reliance and then we are not being able to know the abilities that we can do and we're we're not trying to contribute to the society as well so if we if the students of the Nagas if we try to understand what self-reliance is what understanding is then many of us I think and it is my opinion that we can be able to contribute because if we are being brave if we are being confident enough then instead of going outside of the state we can able to stay back in our own state try to do a little work entrepreneurship can be the first thing that we can carry on and then we can also able to encourage our friends we can also able to encourage this society and we can also live our life not being based on others and in that way we can able to contribute because being an educated being a student we are being told of what we should be in life and what the happen is in life can be so these are the things that we need to understand to be self-reliant also we need to believe in something that holds merit and there should be nothing holding us back from voicing it with confidence when it comes to academic every student should realize we should realize our own self-reliance we should discover our talents our values our educational activities and also strive to be a better student because many many many times we students try to like our own values we try we don't understand what talent is we don't understand what educational activities is we don't know how to strive for a better man most of the time like our brother have said we try to progress in it every time and then we don't want to work on our own self we don't want to we don't want to be a better person and most of the time we try to blame the other people we try to blame our parents we try to blame our families we try to blame the college so all the things this is all because we don't understand what the self-reliance we don't understand oh or we don't value or we don't try to understand what things are good for us so we should be able to know in what areas or when it comes to academic understanding and knowing your areas of subject in what way or in what subjects you're good or bad it is very important to understand this because most of the time we don't most of the times our subjects have been equally it is equal but then there are some subjects which are easier but then we students tend to take it very lightly and in that way we score very low marks so in that way we should work more harder on the weekly subjects by reaching out to the teachers and try to understand the text and also understanding by reading and analyzing the text as well so that's the end of I'll be speaking that on self-reliance and then now I'll be I'll be speaking on how self-reliance is important in teamwork by being confident in your abilities you are able to support your team in the areas of your strength which can be creating strong relationship by communicating well with each other supporting and motivating each other and working cooperatively it is said that teamwork makes a dream work I repeat teamwork makes a dream work and it is also widely accepted that teamwork is good and then here what is teamwork teamwork can be understood as a group of individuals coming together to achieve a better goals and dreams and also it makes things work efficiently because you are able to split the difficult task into simpler ones then work to complete them faster it also helps you to develop a specialized skill among the team so that the best person for each task can do it better and faster there are common solutions for any task or problems when a self-reliant team or individual psychology problem the project benefits from multiple perspective skill sets and experiences and all it wants so what we learn is that when teammate works together we learn each other's strength and correct each other mistake that way everyone will improve so that's the end of my presentation and why is it important to improve our abilities to understand self-reliance in a teamwork in academic social development and individual is because if you don't understand all the things life will be life will be hard for us and then it's very important to especially for the students those who are presently students we need to understand our self-reliance we need to to work with the team we need to do what is important in academics for example studying doing assignments putting our efforts and social development by contributing to the society by being working and being a better person in that way we can be able to be a better person and also self-reliance and teamwork is a very important for us so I want to encourage and tell to all my friends and everyone present out here in today's webinar talk please try to understand what self-reliance is and then if you understand what self-reliance is in every field where everything will be there will be always be a fruitful purpose for every one of us so thank you everyone thank you mr. Lim's mom for your enlightening talk sitting on we have miss Kulu with her title coping during uncertain times which will be followed by miss Sneha with her title positive outlook for personal growth if you could kindly take a time in succession am I audible yes you can tell me okay okay thank you a very good afternoon I'll just keep my video off because my network the network in my area is really bad and a very good afternoon to you all my name is Kula Venu of MA second semester I and I thank the English department for organizing this program and given me a chance to speak I will be speaking on a topic coping during hard coping during uncertain times we get to see that the world is an uncertain place things can change fast and it is difficult to see what's coming next so we have to learn to be comfortable with our uncertainty and the six strategies of coping during uncertain times are one is face the fear fear is a natural reaction but we cannot let it rule us don't ask what if we have to ask what will I do if none how things will react react if things go badly and do is focus on what you can control feeling out of control can be scary so instead of fretting about the things we cannot escape focus on the things and work out on things that we can do and do it then you will probably feel better for knowing you are doing something useful three is mitigate risk it is good to plan for various possibilities not just the outcome you think is most likely built in contingencies so that whatever happens you are in a solid position to deal with whatever comes next and be agile and be alert being agile and being alert means you are able to respond to things quickly to different needs or adapt to changing circumstances think about developing new skills which will not only make you valuable but give you new career options too and all the same all the same time be alert stay on top of changes that could affect you and your business the sooner you know the sooner you know about something something the quicker you react and we have to remember to look after ourselves uncertainty can cause anxiety and stress which can damage our health and get us stuck in a vicious circle exercise helps clear stress hormones from our body while meditation and mindfulness can help us relax and reduce anxiety talking to someone we trust also helps us find perspective and a problem shared is a problem helped manage your expectations one of the greatest causes of unhappiness and stress in uncertain times can be comparing comparing how we think things should be with how they are but ask yourself according to whom after the after the answer if nobody it is always good to have goals but make them our aspirations and not our expectations don't resist there is no doubt we are living through challenging times but resisting this current reality won't help us recover learn go or feel better ironically resistance prolong prolongs our pain and difficulty by amplifying the challenging emotions we are feeling there there is a real truth to the aphorism that what we resist persist and we have to invest in ourselves the best resource that you have right now for making a contribution to the world is you when that resource is depleted you your most valuable asset is damaged in other words when we under invest in our bodies minds our spirits we destroy our most essential tools for leading our best lives we humans don't do well when we differ maintenance on ourselves we need to sustain the relationship that brings us connection and meaning we must get enough sleep and rest when we are tired and we need to spend time having fun and playing just for the joy of it and dealing with fear and anxiety during the during these uncertain times many of us are experience experiencing fear and anxiety around how we will finish our semester our summer or future job prospects our finances and of course the health and those around us here are some techniques that might help the first is name it to tame it research has shown that simple egg of labeling and emotion can decrease its intensity in the emotional centers of your brain naming these emotions fear uncertainty anxiety can help separate the passing experience of emotions from the self so you don't have to identify with those temporary temporary states of being and when you do encounter a negative emotion notice it most people do not like being uncomfortable however negative emotional experience says show you important information about yourself there are few things that connect you deeper to yourself than emotions such as fear anger and grief if only you can stop in them and listen and we have to face our mortality if there is one thing that COVID-19 has taught humanity it is that we are very well vulnerable to things outside of us right now we might be feeling a sense of uneasiness and fear for ourselves and our loved ones this is awakening to us what it means to be alive we are always facing that some of us are are some of us sooner than others but the destination is the same for all we will we will all face that and that makes it important for us to consider how we want to live what we want to do to contribute in the time we have it may be it may be the time for those of us with a spiritual or religious tradition to link into those teachings also dealing with isolation or making connections as university students are college students daily lives are normally full of other people our classmates your roommates for those of you who stays in the hostel our teammates or bands or club connections our friends so staying at home at home and socially distancing can be particularly difficult we sympathize try reframing social distancing social distancing is a term applied by public health officials to describe group behaviors that can slow down spread of a virus however the term is not entirely accurate and may be creating a negative impact on some of us the term social distancing implies that you wouldn't get your social needs met or that you are cut from your community which can activate the amitalia or fear center in your brain so try re re labeling this behavior as a special distancing which is a better way to understand it and people are being called to stay at least six feet away from other people to reduce the like likelihood of transmission thankfully we live in a time where we can still be social even when we are miles or even continents apart the world is incredibly connected now and simply calling a friend is an act of social process speak with intention about the situation and encourage those around you to do the same explore isolation options uh you are you're afraid of sitting in your house all day of being still with yourself take a pause a reality check may be in order here consider how difficult it is to go to school or work every day or to form healthy relationships or to put food on the table and care for your loved ones sitting in your own silence may be hard simply because you have never done it can you be curious about this experience rather than just resisting it can you find new ways to and new things to do what will you choose to take from this experience okay so let me give a tip here uh for my personal personal experiences uh what about having a family time together and discuss things okay my family follows a habit of having a time together before or after dinner and share on any topics we want to sometimes we'd go on discussing about things for ours approximately we share we share any topic that we want like just say for instance like like political issues to general knowledge and whatever we want to and I know that discussion is this this discussion is definitely going to help me in the future and we have to we have to learn to create healthy habits in a new world as we adjust the new ways of learning working and living we must find a way we must we may find that many of our former behaviors no longer save us uh please bear with us for a few minutes as we as we have some issues hello I'm so sorry we have to learn to create healthy habits in a new world as we adjust to new ways of learning working and living we may find that many of our former behaviors no longer save us change begets change this is a great opportunity to introduce healthier habits into your days be mindful of the news you consume it is important to get the information that you need from trusted sources but do do it with intention once you get the updates that are important to you anything more is excess curate what you allow into your life now is the chance to set limits for the sake of your mental health and we have to realize the power of habits your life right now is the mostly the sum of your habits take this time to create the daily habits that increase your well-being consider a gratitude journal and meditation practice or even just turning your phone off for an hour before going to bed or start small and start small and know that enduring habits are the result of many small acts and will power performed over time and it is perfectly normal to be stressed anxious or be upset during a pandemic you you may also be curious motivated or excited for the changes that this will bring whatever mix of emotions you you are feeling know that it is never a bedtime to ask or seek for help and we have to learn to accept the uncertainty for what it is prepare for yourselves for various outcomes address your worries ahead and manage your personal stress levels interestingly we interestingly human beings cope much better during uncertain times and hopefully put ourselves in a stronger position and whatever comes our way so i'll end here thank you i give the time to miss now i'm audible can i yes you can get on yes yes you can get on with your talk good noon everybody today i shall be sharing a few words with you all on positive outlook for personal growth well many people know about the significance of positive outlook but a very few people realize its word so today let me quickly take you all into the flight of knowing positive outlook and let us lend together into the airport of realizing positive outlook well i think everyone of you will agree with me when i say the power of positive thinking is remarkable but before i get into that let me quickly ask you a question can you guess what does the most successful and happy people think about all day long the answer is quite simple happy people think about what they want and how to get it most of the time because when you actually think about what you want and how to get it you'll feel happier and in greater control of your life because when you actually think about something that makes you happy your brain your brain releases endorphins which gives you a generalized feeling of well-being as a result of which you develop a positive attitude to relate things better i would like to explain it with an example so taking the example of the animal kingdom the lion the lion is the king of the animal kingdom the lion is not the tallest animal in the jungle the lion is not the smartest animal in the jungle the lion is not the heaviest animal in the jungle still lion is the king of the jungle not the tallest neither the smartest nor the heaviest still still the lion is the king of the jungle. It has a very simple meaning.  Still lion is the king of the jungle. Lion is not as tall as giraffe. Lion is not heavier than an elephant, not clever than a fox. Still, still lion is the king of the jungle and we'll have to understand it why it's like that. Because, because the lion has an attitude, it has a different attitude. Come, I'll explain. This lion has a different kind of attitude that makes every other animal in the jungle afraid of the lion. The monkey regards the lion, the fox regards the lion.   Regardless of anything, every other animal in the jungle, they regard the lion because lion has a different attitude. So, let me quickly narrate to you all what do I mean by the word different attitude. The moment, the moment the elephant sees the lion, the one and the only thing that strikes into the elephant's head is that eater. This lion is the eater of my flesh.  When in reality, the lion is way more less empowered than the elephant, less heavier than the elephant. A simple punch of the elephant could actually kill the lion. Whereas, the lion, the moment the lion sees the elephant, the one and the only image that strikes into the lion's head is that lunch. This elephant is my lunch.  When in reality, he is less powerful, less heavier, less stronger than the elephant. What happens is that the elephant had already arrested its mind to think beyond. The lion is the king because of his belief system. This different attitude, it's nothing. It's the belief system of the lion. However talented you may be, you might have the bestest things with you. You have all the facilities with you. You will fail if your belief system is weak. So this example shows us that there are two ways of looking into the world. Some people only see the things that they want in their life. Whereas some people only see the things that prevents them from getting the things that they want in their life. I repeat, some people see the things, only see the things that they want in their life. Whereas some people only see the things that prevents them from getting the things that they want in their life. With this, I conclude. Thank you all. Thank you, Ms. Kulu and Ms. Sneha for your sessions and for sharing your understanding and perception on the mentioned topics. Today's talk session was taken in relation to what we all go through in our lives. The challenges we face and the way we choose to deal with them. Who we have become today is the consequences of the actions of our past. And today's talks was just a refresher to that and also examples of the way some of our fellow students dealt with them. And at the same time, it's an example for how we can learn from each other and grow in the coming days. Before we conclude with the session for today, I would like to request our dear viewers to raise any concerns or questions that you might have relating to a particular talk or talks to which you can either unmute your microphones or send a text whichever is to your convenience. And let me kick things off by asking a question from Sir Anjan in regards to Mr. Kutozo's talk. And that is, do you think a certain amount of procrastination is necessary to balance out work and complete task on a healthy pace? I repeat, do you think a certain amount of procrastination is necessary to balance out work and complete task on a healthy pace? I give the time to Mr. Kutozo. That's a very good question for the question. I think sometimes it's necessary because it's like what matters is our priority. And then, for example, we may have to work in the other one is more important or if we have to give more priority to this, then I think we have to procrastinate the other when there is time that we can come. So I think sometimes procrastination also becomes a miniature. Thank you, Mr. Kutozo. I hope that clarifies the question. I hope that clarifies the answer to the question. And if anyone else has any more queries or questions regarding any of the talks, I would give you the time now. Okay, if there is no more question, and if that is all, then we have come to the end of our session. And I would like to thank our dear participants, organizers, and each and every one present here for availing your time from your busy schedules. And I hope that we have all taken away something new and refreshing through today's sessions. Thank you and take care.


Global Just Recovery Gathering So, for today, this morning, or this evening, the Q&A on the part of what you are in, we're going to be discussing this interesting and important topic of the urgency of intersectional organizing. What are the voices of black indigenous people of color on climate? So, as we know, as the world we cover, we must think and redefine, analyze how our struggles link all together. Because to face this crisis in the urgency and proportion that it needs to be faced, we need everyone at the same time. And now, this is the urgency of these struggles and the necessity to unite. So, we want to combine efforts and ensure that no one is left behind as we work on this fundamental program to rebuild better and recover from the pandemic that has affected our communities, our movement. At the same time, we've got resilience strength to recover from it. So, my first question is going to you, Penny, so I'd like to hear from you. What do you think we need to recover? Or is it movement? What do we really need to recover from the work ahead? And we can also pass into the next when you get the first question. Thank you. Thank you, Landry. Well, I think as indigenous people, it's not just the pandemic that we have to recover from. It's, you know, for here in the United States, it's over 500 years of colonialism that has brutalized our people. And then places tried to commit genocide against us and did horrendous things to our children and grandchildren in boarding schools for generations. And so, for us, and I can't really speak for all indigenous people in the United States, but just based on, you know, my friends and the people that I know and the people that I associate with, we understand that this pandemic is still another part of colonization. And we continue to come together and provide mutual aid for each other here in the United States. The Native American population has been hit the hardest out of all of the other, you know, ethnic groups. And I doubt that there's any one of us that hasn't had a family member or a beloved community member pass away during this time. And I think especially for people of color and, you know, indigenous people, we have a lot of us still our original instructions and our original instructions were way before colonization. And at one time we believe that all humanity on Mother Earth's belly, abided by their original instructions of how to live in balance and harmony and reciprocity with everything around them. And we understand that we are not above any life form on Mother Earth's belly. And we're one of the newest life forms on her belly. And so, you know, we come to, to doing this work with a type of humility and understanding that we are nature protecting herself as my mentor and beloved friend Casey Camp Hornick says, we're not separate from anything. And I think as people of color and indigenous people around the world, that's, that's where our power lies right now. We have a lot to share with the people who forgot how to be a proper human being for, for many, many years, hundreds and hundreds of years. We are with this capitalist system of individualism and personal greed and not caring for one another. And it's up to us, I think, to help remind the rest of the people in the world who have forgotten those things. And that's a very powerful, powerful place for us to stand on. In my opinion, speaking from a global South and a youth perspective, I feel that we haven't reached the point of recovery. We are facing significant other socio-economic problems, gender-based violence, poverty, harm, gangsterism. So for me to say that a way that we can recover or something that we need to kind of recover from, I feel like we have not reached that point. That's why I still believe that awareness and fighting for what we believe is correct is still a big part of youth advocacy here in South Africa and youth all over the world. So in order for us to reach a point of recovery, we have to face what we're facing right now. We have to fight for the law, be for advocacy, for awareness, and for people to actually stand up and understand what's happening in the environments and in their communities in order for them to be able to equip themselves with the necessary resources for them to stand up and fight these injustices. COVID-19 has definitely made it way harder. So for me personally, I feel like we have not reached the point of recovery and can't say definitively what we need to recover because we are still in the midst of fighting all of these socio-economic injustices that we face. Thank you, Ayaka, and thank you also, Ben. It's really, again, I think it's really an honor to be here and then talk, you know, and then share. I heard what Ben was saying, and then I actually took a number of points that I think I share a similar opinion, similar views with Benny, but also Ayaka was saying, I really want to emphasize that, like one of the points that I feel really, really important to be highlighted is that we are not recovering just yet. I don't know how far we are from there, but for me what I believe in, in the work that we are doing in indigenous movements in the Asian Pacific, in feminist movements in the Asian Pacific, we feel that we keep on struggling, we still keep on dismantling the system that is actually being exposed, the failure is actually being exposed, the failure of capitalism, the failure of neoliberal economic system is being exposed by the pandemic, the multidimensional crisis that was, it has been there before, the climate crisis, and the crisis in so many indigenous communities all over the world, the crisis that being faced by marginalized women in many corners of the world, and then here comes the pandemic. But also, you know, one thing that really need to be emphasized that the crisis that we are facing during the pandemic, the increasing inequality is actually not a coincidence. It really is just exposing what has been there, and then what needs to be really done to how you call that to actually make it better. I think another thing that I take note here is how we see what we need to recover from is actually the culture of over-consumption and production that is really one of a major cause of climate crisis. And then now a lot of us, a lot of people, basically a lot of governments, as in the world talking about recovering from climate crisis, but what I think in feminist movements what we are afraid of is it is actually greening capitalism. So in terms of what we need to recover in Nicaragua, if you like, it's one that we need to first recognize that it's a challenge that we are dealing with. We need to appreciate the gravity of the issue confronting us. And then we recognize that at least we know that of a truth, we are rather an issue as thick. I mentioned that we are not there yet, which is quite true, but I want to pick it from stages because people are already suffering, people have already been affected, people have lost livelihood, they've lost jobs, they're not even sure what to do with their life. So for such people, they want to see how do they get out of that situation. So I'm speaking from that particular context. So one is about admitting that indeed farmers are losing their crops, young people are going to take loans to start farming business.  So we have all these issues confronting young people. So how do they recover? So one, we must admit that climate change is happening, that we have a serious pandemic COVID-19 confronting us. So that's the first point we need to start with. And then secondly, also it's about the resources that we need to recover, to financial resources, but we also have human resources. Unfortunately, even though young people can also be vulnerable to some of this impact of climate change, they can at the same time be resources that can be used to address the increasing impact of climate change. So yes, we have the youth power, we have the numbers, we have the skills, we have the abilities, so we can still harness the skills of young people in recovering from this climate impact and then from the pandemic. And the last thing I also believe we need has to do with the issue of determination. Once you are, we need to be determined, we need to be committed, we need to put in place, you know, all the measures, because it is one thing to admit that there's a problem. It is one thing to say that let's find solution. But usually it ends up on paper, it becomes just word of mouth, but we must show determination by putting in place all the necessary resources, the energy we need to ensure that we recover properly from this impact that is, you know, confronting if you like young people in Accra and Ghana. So from a point of view, I think these are the three key things we need, you know, as part of recovering from the grasses confronting us at the moment. Thank you. Thank you all for the first round of sharing on the needs. Allow me to come back to you, Ayaka and Patricia, because you said, somehow in your answers, we are not here then, or it's not just about the pandemic. There are other crises, inequalities, and severe injustices that need to be exposed, and that we need to recover from, to recover from, sorry. And then maybe just quick one to the two of you. What are the two key things that you think from where you're sitting, I have to be in place for a just recovery to happen. So last year, during the state of the nation address, I articulated to our president that there are climate change is something that needs to be factored into the agenda, but not only be factored in but taken as a top priority. And then he finally listened to us by making a commission called the Presidential Coordinating Committee on Climate Change, where we are focusing on making a just transition possible and making it flow as smoothly as possible by 2050. So I feel like our president taking that into account and listening to our grievances, we are one step closer to actually making our goal true for the just transition, because in South Africa we are highly reliant on coal. And it was very devastating to read that we are still moving forward with oil and gas. So by the president establishing this commission, it is one step forward for us, making sure that we as a country are moving towards a more renewable and safe route. I feel like that is one of the most important things that I'm doing in my context. So raising youth awareness in that, creating policies and making sure that youth are part of those discussions is a big step that we're taking as a country to make sure that we are joining the world in trying to move to a greener economy and moving to a more greener and sustainable future for generations to come. Two key things that has to be that have to be in place, I guess, first of all, we don't need for all solutions. That is something that really needs to be in place, because we're talking about climate ambitions but we as the people should not be distracted by that. Ambitious, like all these ambitious commitments to climate crisis shouldn't be the smoke screen and we should not be distracted. What does it mean? It means when people, so many countries are talking about public-private partnerships for building back better, what does it mean? I really need to know, does it mean that really to recover from climate crisis or does it mean to still put the profit in the hands of the few businesses as well? We should not be distracted by net zero emissions commitment. What does it mean? Does it mean still again having the corporations still hold the profits while at the same time getting the green label? You know, all those kinds of things that I think first thing that we as the people should be really, really strong about like what are the agendas behind so many things. We need to be critical and there shouldn't be all these false solutions. That's what we have to keep on fighting on and I guess like another team that we need to also think about that maybe have to be in place is that we are not just exposing the issues, we are not just speaking and amplifying the voices of the people who's on the ground of our communities, but we also, we also offer solutions and for APWLD, we are very strong and very clear our members across the Asian Pacific regions have been talking a lot about development justice. What does it mean development justice? Development justice means we have to have a radical shift on the current global economy system, the trade and investment agreement that actually enable corporations to sue the countries for protecting their peoples, protecting their environment. You know, so I think I will stop there. Those are the two big things that we feel as APWLD and myself also believe in that have to be in place if you want to really recover. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you both for articulating the key points that have to be part of what we consider being a just recovery for all and also building on that because Patricia you mentioned the false solution, the net zero narrative being now kind of widespread. Do you think, and that would be maybe a question for Chvesa and Penny, is there a risk? Is there a risk for the world to recover unjustly? We've seen some countries starting these vaccine route programs, some of them have already accessing and have started such program, but others know it is a struggle, even accessing and preventing the pandemic for the majority of people. Is there a risk for the world to recover unjustly? Absolutely. I think it's a huge risk and it's what the pattern has been for hundreds of years. And part of the work that I do with movement rights, movement rights helps tribes and communities align human laws with natural laws. And around the world this has been happening, India, New Zealand, United States, Canada, different parts of the world. I don't know if it's happened, I don't know of any situations in Africa yet, but one of the things that we have learned is that it takes a lot of on the ground work to shift culture. And I think that that's what we're really talking about here is how do we shift culture in order for people to have a true understanding of what's at risk. I mean, even here in the occupied United States, we, the majority of people here still don't understand that we're as humanity and the sacred system of life is having an existential crisis right now. And so it's a lot of work on the ground and working within these communities. I am not a top down type of person. I don't, I don't work on policy. I never have, I had some horrible experiences of how that whole system is rigged when I was very young in my early 20s. And so my work has always been on the grassroots level, locally and nationally and internationally. And I think that, you know, we're, we're at this pivotal time, where if we can educate enough people on the ground. As to what net zero is what these false solutions are, why we don't believe that they're the way forward, how capitalism and corporate law around the world is driving the fossil fuel industry and chemical industries to destroy our health and our environments. It's a lot for people to, to share and understand. But I think that that's one of the most powerful ways forward, at least for me and spend a lot of the people that I know. Thank you. I also perfectly do believe that we stand at a great risk if we recover unjustly, given the fact that, you know, people are affected differently by the impact of climate change or by the pandemic. So we cannot use one fit all approach to address, you know, the challenges or what people are being confronted with. So we need to have that clearly established. The other thing is that here we are, you know, in the current global development agenda, we're talking about leaving no one behind. We are talking about issues of equality or addressing inequality. We are talking about issues of equity. So if we have agreed on those principles, then what it means is that in the same vein, if we make any effort to recover, then we must not leave anyone behind. We must not leave people more impoverished. We must not leave people in a worse case than they find themselves now. So we need to apply the solutions, we need to apply the remedies, you know, in a just manner. So nobody feels deprived, nobody feels rejected, nobody feels disengaged or marginalized. So for me, that is, otherwise, we will proceed putting much investment and realize that we have actually left other people behind. And we actually left them in a worse situation than they find themselves in now. So as far as I'm concerned, if we do not consciously ensure that we recover justly, they are going to create more risk. And we're going to rather leave people in a more serious situation than they find themselves in now. Thank you. And then my next question is going to be, based on all those crisis inequalities, at the same times, we being movement builders, being at the forefront of this fight, what do we have to do? What do we have to do as community leaders, indigenous leaders, activists, campaigners, organizers to recover justly? What are the maybe, it can be something already happening that you are doing in your communities, or you are part of movement organization coalition that at the moment, mobilize for the just recover to recover to happen. So what do we have to do if we want to recover justly? What do we need to do? I think, first of all, I have heard a statement about how youth has to be at the center, how women has to be at the center, how indigenous peoples has to be at the center. It doesn't matter wherever we're coming from. It is again and again, I think we emphasize what you're saying, what Chibese was also saying that this is not an issue of only one sector, and that is where also we are sometimes actually, how you call that, actually trapped in silos. And this is also why it's very important where we strengthen our structure of solidarity, our culture of solidarity, and our culture of collectivism, you know, like really strengthen the movement and build the movement because we have this one common struggles. So I guess that's one thing that I feel that we really need to do. But also, like for APWLD ourselves, what we have been doing because we believe that this struggle is not just now, we keep on recovering for decades, for centuries from, I think Penny was mentioning about colonialism and then the legacy that is still there and then the subjugation that being experienced by indigenous peoples all over the world. It doesn't matter whether you are in North America or in Asia or in the Pacific, like having completely, you know, you are still facing inequality within even the country. So I think one thing that we really believe in and we have been doing as APWLD is putting also women's voice at the center, which means that so we have these feminist participatory action research. So it is an effort of us of APWLD together with grassroots women's movement for them to speak for themselves. So for me, sometimes I feel this is not a place for me in all my privilege being here in Chiang Mai to talk about how do we recover from this climate crisis. But it is more of them. So that's the spirit that we keep on building and that's the spirit that we keep on strengthening and we want to keep on doing that if you want to recover justly. I feel like what we need to do to recover justly is that we have to start with recognition, as one of the panelists has said that we have to recognize how big the issue is, and not only recognition but how do we move forward from there. I feel like raising awareness education is still a very fundamental and important part in us actually getting more people involved in this movement, because what I often found is that when I try to talk to people about climate change in my community, that shut me down and tell me that's a problem for the global that's a problem for privileged people that I don't have time to worry about that I have to worry if my kids are going to come home from school safely. They'll be talking about whether they have to worry about what they're going to put on the table at the end of the day. So in order for us to recover justly we have to make sure that the people that are most important and the people that are getting most affected by these issues are the ones that are put at the forefront, using a human centered approach, putting the person in the middle of these discussions. And I also feel that we have to involve more youth, because I do agree that the older you are the more experience you have, but then we don't need experience at the point that we are because this is uncharted territory, and we really don't know how this can go. And I feel like if you bring younger voices and more innovative voices will find more robust people stepping up and giving us innovative solutions that we've never seen before, that might work very, very well. So for me I feel like that's what we need to do to recover justly is to raise more awareness because recognition is important but also incorporate more youth voices into the just transition and also these big discussions so that we can hear the innovative solutions because we are fresh, we are the voices of today, and we know how we want our future to look like when the older generation is not here any longer. So for me I feel like those are the two important points and I'll pass it on to Miss Penny. In North America, the climate movement is like the front edge of the climate movement is is led by indigenous women on the ground who are fighting again resisting pipelines all over Canada and the United States. And a lot of them are very young women. And I believe that that the youth that are here like all of you that are here today. I'm going to get a little spiritual with you because that's kind of person I am but in the 80s, I started seeing babies being born that were different from any other babies that I had seen in my entire life. And I have watched them grow up, and they are you, you know, babies after that, not all the babies but a pretty good percentage of the babies that I've witnessed came in with something extra. With it with more wisdom and with more talent and skill for this time than any babies that I saw before that time. And so I agree that the young people have a certain skill set and strength and came into the world at this time for a purpose. I heartily agree that all of you are like the tip of the spear of change. And as older people. I feel like our job is to not only listen to you but provide all the support that we can based on our life experiences. And that's what I have a circle of grandmothers that we've been meeting regularly for over like 15 years or something So that's what we do. And, and perhaps that is another way forward is to identify the older people in your community who have been doing this work for decades, who might be a little tired like I am and some of my friends are but that we still had some wins You know, just a few, it's been a hard time these last 60 years, I can tell you, but we're seeing some wins now. And I think that that's one of the most important things that we can do is identify any kind of when that we have and celebrate it, even if it's small. If we don't do that, our spirits will be diminished, we will be get tired on the inside. So I think like mutual support around the world, however that looks whether it's financial support or emotional support or, I mean this is really difficult work that we're doing. It's, it's challenging, it's heartbreaking, it's all of those things, but looking to see where you can plug in to regenerate yourselves is a very important thing. And I can't tell you the number of times that I have been asked by groups over decades, after they've already organized what they're going to do, they come to indigenous people and say, Oh yeah, would you come and lead us in a prayer or would you come and talk about this specific thing. And when I was in my 30s I realized that that's that's not where I want to be. We are not an add on, we are not going to come into whatever you're doing. After you've already set the table and laid it and started serving the food, like that is not what we're going to do. And that's how I started speaking to these people and I encourage you to do the same thing. They want us at the table, they need to invite us to help build that table. And it's, you know, it's, it's all the emotions that come with challenging those kinds of situations, we just all need to get over that. We need to make sure that we are at every single table that is important for our people and be courageous enough to say that, that you can't come and ask us after you've set the table and serve the food. So I think that those mean they might sound really simple things, but we're all in this for the long haul and those are things that I have learned myself. Thank you. Well, thank you very much for all those wonderful submission. So the little bit I'll ask, sorry, our add on how to do in terms of how do we take responsibility is to start by using a familiar phrase or say, we have a familiar saying, I think it's a popular saying that you cannot teach an older matrix, you know, so it is a lot of work to change. So what that means in essence is that the pollutants, you know, those might be a fossil fuel industry, the businessmen, you know, they have been in the business for years. So it is quite difficult to change their mindset. The last thing you want to tell the businessmen is to take action that will reduce his profit margin and cannot guarantee that he's going to make more money from your proposal. So it is quite difficult to engage them. So that is why for us, we believe that they will need to shift more attention to the younger generation who are beginning to start their own businesses, who have new ideas, who have new ambition. And then try to carry them along that whatever ambition they have must move towards our common agenda in ensuring the economy, the kind of future we want, the kind of what we want. So it's about taking that responsibility on ourselves as young people. And that's what we are doing here in Ghana that young people taking up their own responsibility and engaging policymakers and decision makers. The other thing that we have, I think that we've also done is about the kind of energy and power or potency that young people have. I mean, globally, if wherever there's chaos, wherever there's war, wherever there's confusion, we find young people leading the process. You don't find old women or old men. They're the ones carrying the guns. They're the ones, you know, causing chaos and mayhem. So it means that they have the energy, they have that power, they have that force. But the question is, how are we directing those forces?  Water can be both destructive and can also be beneficial, depending on how you use or how the water, the force of the water is applied. So we think that if these young people have this power or this energy, instead of allowing them to use them negatively or use people manipulating that energy for their selfish aggrandizement. Why don't we harness those energy and power for a good cause if we're not at all for the sake of their own future? At least every young person wants to live long. Every young person wants to be very profitable. Every young person wants to live a good life. Every young person wants to breathe good air.  So if you can provide those alternatives to them, I'm sure that they will buy into that idea. So that ties into the awareness creation and how young people bring them on board. And I think it's our responsibility, you know, and we don't want to depend on government to take that responsibility. As young people, we are taking our own cross and we are moving and say, look, this is a future we want. And in doing that, we are currently developing a youth strategy for climate action in Ghana. So what we are saying is that, well, government may have your own policy, you have your own plan, you have your own strategy, but for the first time, young people are saying, when it comes to climate change, these are our concerns. And this is how we want to be engaged in a fight against climate change. After all, it's about our future. So we are taking that responsibility. And I think that as young people, we have to take that fight, you know, take it not because we are aggressive, but we want to bring to offer our skills, our innovativeness, our creativity, you know, as part of the climate solutions in the world. So I think that does the kind of, if you like, the responsibility that we have taken upon ourselves as young people in Ghana. So just sharing our experience in Ghana. Thank you. As we approach the, unfortunately, the end of our very interesting conversation, I just want to kind of try to end with a commitment from you all. We're going to do another go around, starting with one of you passing to another. What are we committing to do? What kind of commitment are we going to make this year, in this period, in this project for ourselves, you know, for Mother Earth, and for the wider social justice movement? What kind of commitment one or two are we making for ourselves, for the wider social justice movement, and for Mother Earth? Well, since I've been doing this work for over 40 years, I'm just, I can say that I will definitely be continuing this work. And a lot of work around the rights of Mother Earth, the rights of nature, which I do encourage you all to take a look at. We have some great videos at movement rights.org. Also, I commit to continuing to provide support to young activists, young people, part of the movement, including all of you. If you ever need a grandma to talk to or an auntie, just get ahold of me. It's very easy to find. And I think that just me continuing to put one foot in front of the other and listen to what my spirit is telling me to do is what I will continue to do until the day I die. So hopefully that's a little bit in the future. It's not going to be personal and then kind of like, okay. But again, when thinking about commitments, I think, if any has been actually fighting for over 40 years, I feel like it doesn't matter whether it's day one for me to fight, I'll continue. Continue to imagine a radical future, a radical change in all this chaos, a radical, radical change for a better future. And, and I think while continuing doing that with that commitment, I think me personally would want to also thank the elders, our elders who have actually hold the torch and now they passed, they passed the torch to us. And then what we are doing now is exactly what our elders, our, our, our, our, those who are there before us actually doing also before you know we are also holding the torch and we will pass this one day to the future generation. We are also building a mountain of movement so that our future generations can actually see even clearer. For me, the privilege that I'm having here, the honor that I'm having here right now will be able to talk to you all a small girl coming from the eastern part of Indonesia, far away, the third world country within the country itself is a result of a mountain that being built through collective movements that have been you know like fighting for the collective rights, our, what our our collective struggles so, so for me, there is no reason to stop the fight, but more recent with all the destruction it is just more recent to keep on strengthen the commitment to continue fighting. Yeah, for me, I've made a couple of commitments this year. I'm just going to start with my personal commitment. I've committed this whole year to actually advocate to do campaigns and raise awareness around climate change in my community. So I've put up a university for this year so I can solely focus on how I can make an impactful change in my community and make sure that the most marginalized voices are put at the forefront, and they are heard. Because I don't like being called the voice of the youth or like the voice of the movement, because I believe that each person has their own individual story to tell and I'm not the person to tell that story. So for me, it's not about me talking for other people, it's elevating and giving people a stage for them to talk for themselves. So that is my personal commitment for this year, but also my commitment as an overall to Mother Earth and to this big sphere of the movement is to make sure that as I'm part of the presidential coordinating committee on climate change is that we do involve the voice of the grassroots label the voice of the people that are getting most affected at the tables of policy making and trying to make people understand what each policy means and trying to make people engage with these policy and stakeholders so that they know exactly what's happening in their country. So for me it's all about strengthening the bond between our social groups, and also strengthening the bond and trying to make people understand how interlinked, all of our struggles are, and that we should truly stand in solidarity with each other so that we can make more noise and create tangible change that our future generations can see and say that I'm here right now because my grandfather my mother did this for me. So my commitment is to make sure that I continue in the fight and not give up I will not give up like on Penny has said here that she's been fighting for 40 years and then she's still continuing on the fight. And I feel like that's something that I want to do as well to make sure that we truly leave this in a much better condition for future generations to come so that is my commitment to never stop in this battle and make sure that intersectionality is encouraged in our communities so that the marginalized communities know exactly what's happening in their country or in the world so that they can also put their voices forward and make a change or be part of the change. So I also want to pick it at a personal level and then to share what my group was also committed. So personally, thankfully, I do get the opportunity to participate in national dialogues or national decision making process on climate change. We are currently developing our national adaptation plan through the support of GCF and also we are currently reviewing our nationally determined contributions as part of the Paris climate agreement requirement. I just got an invitation now that next week they said so we are reviewing the NDCs and all the sectors have submitted their action plan. So there's a meeting to review the action plan where their comments where their concerns CSO so angels can make you know their concerns known to the government so at a personal level, when at once I go for those meetings, I will ensure or I will just add a voice to that, at least the, particularly people living in communities are not obviously affected by some of these, you know, action plans. Because sometimes what I realize is that there may be some good action plan, but sometimes they come some unintended consequences, you know, the idea may be good, but eventually it ends up affecting the women, people in the community, you know, so somebody has to actually be very, very, you know, must track the process and be sure that people are not affected, you know, obviously by good projects, quote, unquote. So at a personal level, I will keep an eye on that and show that at least people are not affected, obviously by the climate change interventions. As a group, I have engaged my team members to begin a process, what we intend to do moving forward this year in a couple of months it will start a monthly youth led webinar on climate change. So what we intend to do is that we want to identify all young climate activists across the world in Africa, in Asia, in Europe, in South America, etc. To create a platform for learning and sharing and cross pollination of ideas. And that is for us one way that we can build a stronger movement. So when the young people in Africa, you get to know what is happening in Europe, in Asia, it will give a better perspective because it's about young people and young people must also appreciate what their colleagues are doing in other countries. Some are actually being marginalized, some are actually under threat, some are even having a life, you know, in danger. What can we do in our own small world support our colleagues in those difficult countries. So that is our commitment that we want to come together, bring more young people together to find this common agenda. So, of course, we're having people like Ayaka and Patricia to come and share their experience. To motivate the young girl in Akra that, oh, if a young lady in, you know, forgive me Patricia, I don't remember your country anymore. But if a young lady in South Africa or any part of the world is doing so much, the image that I can also do that. So that becomes a motivation to grow more young people into this movement. So those are, for me, the two key commitments I'm making this year in this agenda. Thank you. Thank you so much all. Thank you, Penny. Thank you, Chibi Eze. Thank you, Ayaka. Thank you, Patricia, for such, you know, important, amazing contribution as we go through this. Gathering, Global Just Recovery Gathering and sharing your perspective, your rich experience, your wisdom with all the participants at this program. This is extremely powerful. I want to thank you so much for your time. And as someone beautifully said, whether you are one year old activist or four years old, this is there are so many reasons to keep fighting. Because we know colonialism is still happening in different forms. Extractivism, gender violence, domestic violence, fight to access the basics, water, food, electricity. These are the issues that collectively in our communities or across the globe we are facing. So there are many reasons to fight. And if we are the center and if we work with our community representative and our leaders and the ordinary people that we serve, that we lead, that trust a lot to be at the center of such processes and fights and campaigns, together we will win the fight. Global Just Recovery Gathering.


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