Fulbright 獎學金得主Pai Daniel分享「SDGs永續發展與原住民」

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為提昇社工系學生具備聯合國SDGs永續發展目標概念與實務的結合，113年6月5日假本校人文社會學院立心樓 2C112 研究生教室，舉辦一場由美國在台協會Fulbright 獎學金得主Pai Daniel「SDGs永續發展與原住民」之英文演講，透過線上研討方式分享他以SDGs永續發展概念對原住民之研究的經驗與發現，期望社工系學生除了更深入對永續發展的了解，亦具備跨文化之專業知能。

本次參與研討會的師生共有16位(學生15位、教職員1位)，包含社工系所以及永續暨防災系所的學生，其中大學部學生12人、研究所學生3位，參與者因為對於SDGs這方面的主題感興趣而前來參加。此次演講者演講內容包括：原住民社區在促進永續發展方面面臨的主要挑戰、如何促進原住民社區與國際社會之間更牢固的團結合作、如何確保原住民文化傳統的保護以實現永續發展的目標、社會工作者從這些案例中可以學到哪些經驗教訓以應用於其他領域或社區、在實現永續發展目標的背景之下，社會工作者與原住民社區接觸時應考慮哪些倫理。參與之師生都能夠從演講者的分享，獲得SDGs永續發展目標概念，並與實際操作之實務結合。

聆聽演講的學生回饋:『I can deeply relate to this topic. Last year, in our elective course, our group focused on the SDG issue of reducing food waste. We learned about the sources of food waste and how to start reducing food waste ourselves. From this lecture, I gained a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by Indigenous communities, such as land rights, environmental encroachment, lack of political representation, and cultural erosion. I also started thinking about how to make these issues fair. As a social worker, the things I can do to help them include respecting them, not exploiting them, understanding their culture in depth, and promoting their culture.』、『Environmental and human rights issues are of paramount importance in today’s world. From various speeches, I have observed that initiatives being promoted worldwide are also reflected in Taiwan’s indigenous compensation actions. Whether in the United States or in Taiwan, indigenous peoples are often the most vulnerable and their voices the easiest to overlook. Listening to the SDG sustainability and indigenous peoples lecture has made me reconsider this issue and understand more deeply the problems faced globally, whether it’s forest fires or indigenous rights. This has sparked my interest in further exploration, and now, when I encounter similar news online, I will pay more attention to global warming and indigenous rights.』。

演講者Daniel融合美國、台灣等原住民實務，將演講內容帶入實務的情境，與學生們腦力激盪，彼此互動討論，內容貼近社會工作對所有族群尊重、平等倫理的核心價值，也結合慈濟大學校園重視永續發展目標的理念。本次演講課程結束之後，學生們回饋表示對SDGs有更深層的理解，包括美國原住民、台灣原住民，全球各不同的少數族群正逐漸消失在主流文化之中，我們應該更加去推廣社會與環境永續，也在學習社會工作知能的路上，提醒自己無論做什麼事都必定考量「你今天SDGs了嗎」?。