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Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner

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151: 41: 311:, Jetn̄il-Kijiner said that "when she found herself face-to-face with a physical body that threatens to submerge her ancestral homeland, she felt reverence, not anger." The two indigenous women performed the poem on top of a glacier in Greenland. The video is six minutes long with footage of scenery from glaciers and beaches, paying homage to each women's homes. 248:
Her work was included in the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) in 2018 at Queensland Gallery of Modern Art where her work referenced the weaving process and gender roles in the form of an installation and performance. In 2019, Jetn̄il-Kijiner was selected as an Obama Asia Pacific
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Her book engages with themes of the human, socioeconomic, and environmental crisis that the Marshall Islands encountered due to the United States military occupation. Her poems outline the daily lives of the
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as they follow their customs and traditions while experiencing environmental problems as a result of nuclear testings, colonialism, and climate change.
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In 2017, Jetn̄il-Kijiner made history by being the first Marshallese author to publish a book, a collection of poems entitled
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a curation of Pacific Island writers’ work which was first presented at the Silo Theatre as part of the
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We are here : 30 inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have shaped the United States
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youth in taking action on climate change and environmental issues that affect the Marshall Islands.
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We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States
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In 2018, Jetn̄il-Kijiner collaborated with Aka Niviâna, a climate change activist poet from
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as one of 13 Climate Warriors and in 2017 named Impact Hero of the Year by Earth Company.
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In 2012, she represented the Marshall Islands at the Poetry Parnassus Festival in
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She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Gender, Media and Cultural Studies at the
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She is a cofounder of the environmental nonprofit organization Jo-Jikum (
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Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner addresses the 2014 United Nations Climate Summit
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Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner (ed), Leora Kava (ed), Craig Santos Perez (ed),
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Jetn̄il-Kijiner's poetry highlights issues around the environment and
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Jetn̄il-Kijiner was born in the Marshall Islands and raised in
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Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner at World Climate Conference COP23
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Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner

Marshall Islands
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Mills College
Dear Matafele Peinem
climate change activist
Marshall Islands
Hawaii
Hilda Heine
President of the Marshall Islands
Mills College
California
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

climate change
University of Arizona Press
Marshallese
College of the Marshall Islands
Australian National University
Auckland Arts Festival
Kia Mau Festival
London
United Nations Climate Summit
Dear Matafele Peinem
COP21
Vogue magazine
Naomi Hirahara
Smithsonian Institution
Running Press Kids

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