Destructive wildfires, polluted rivers, degraded beaches and wetlands, parched groundwater systems, decimated wildlife populations. The impact of human life in West LA is viscerally apparent. Yet, not so long ago, this area was called by a different name—Guashna—by people who thrived here in partnership with the land for over three millennia. In this panel discussion, we will explore how Indigenous knowledge of ethics and sustainability can help us restore, think about, and ensure justice within the land that the LMU community calls home. This CSJ Center Symposium session is in partnership with the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainability. 

• Mercedes Dorame, multi-disciplinary artist and School of Art faculty in Photography and Media, California Institute of the Arts
• Robert Dorame, Tongva Elder, musician and culture bearer, and consultant to the California Native Heritage Commission
• Eric Strauss, Ph.D., LMU President's Professor of Biology and executive director of the Center for Urban Resilience
• Trevor Zink, Ph.D., LMU associate professor of Management and Sustainability

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