Speaker Biographies

Speakers of the Moana Nui 2011 Conference: Click on a speaker to view their video and biography. 

KEYNOTE:  Walden Bello (Philippines) Member, House of Representatives, Philippines, Akbayan (Citizens’ Action Party), Senior Analyst, Focus on the Global South

Jon Osorio (Hawaii), Director of Hawaiian Studies University of Hawaii, Manoa

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot, Philippines) Tebtebba Foundation Former Chairperson, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Nalani Minton (Hawaii) Representative, Int’l. Peoples Tribunal

Mililani Trask (Hawaii) Vice Chair, General Assembly of Nations, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organizations (UNPO)

Santi Hitorangi (Rapanui) Social Activist, Rapanui Cultural and Political Knowledge Practitioner

Julian Aguon (Guahan) Indigenous Chamoru Activist, Attorney, and Author

Joshua Cooper(Hawai’i) UN Human Rights Activist

Kyle Kajihiro (Hawai’i) DMZ Hawai’i/Aloha Aina

Ikaika Hussey (Hawaii) Publisher, Hawaii Independent

Craig Santos Perez (Guahan) Chamorro, Poet, Author, Activist

Christine Ahn (South Korea) International Peace Activist

Suzuyo Takazato (Okinawa) Co-Chair, Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence

Dr. Lisa Natividad (Guahan) University of Guam

Bruce Gagnon (US) Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

Mayumi Oda (Japan/Hawaii) Artist, International Peace Activist

Jerry Mander (US) Founder, Distinguished Fellow, International Forum on Globalization

Adam Wolfenden (Australia) Pacific Network on Globalization (PANG)

Dr. Joseph Gerson (US)  Author, Director of Programs, American Friends Service Committee

Yumi Kikuchi (Japan/Hawaii) International Peace and Anti-Nuclear Activist

Anuradha Mittal (India/US) Oakland Institute

Ray Catania (Hawaii) Labor organizer/Hawaii Gov’t. Employees Association

Dale Wen (China/Germany) IFG China Scholar

Arnie Saiki (Hawaii) Coordinator, Moana Nui

Richard Heinberg (US) Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute Author, “The End of Growth”

Walter Ritte (Hawaii) Anti-GMO Activist, Molokai

Galina Angarova (Russia/Siberia/Mongolia) Pacific Environment

Peter Apo (Hawaii) Trustee, Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Albie Miles (US) UC Berkeley, Sustainable Agriculture

Lori Wallach (US) Public Citizen

Jane Kelsey (Aotearoa/ New Zealand) Prof. of Law, Univ. of Auckland; Author of “TPPA – No Ordinary Deal: Unmasking the Trans-Pacific partnership free Trade Agreement”

Victor Menotti (US) Executive Director, International Forum on Globalization

Yasuo Kondo (Japan) Peoples Action Against TPP