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[[Exeter College, Oxford]]
'''Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa''' (born June 15, 2001) is a Guyanese and Japanese-American social entrepreneur, researcher, and climate justice activist.<ref>[http://www.hikaruwhayakawa.com "About Me"]. ''Hikaru Hayakawa''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref>
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'''Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa''' (born June 15, 2001) is a [[Guyanese Americans|Guyanese]] and [[Japanese Americans|Japanese American]] [[social entrepreneur]], researcher, and [[climate justice]] activist.<ref>[http://www.hikaruwhayakawa.com "About Me"]. ''Hikaru Hayakawa''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref> Hayakawa is the Vice President and Founding Partnerships Director of [https://www.climatecardinals.org/ Climate Cardinals], the world's largest youth-led climate advocacy non-profit organization with more than 10,000 volunteers in 82 countries as of 2023.<ref> Kart, Jeff. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2024/04/22/climate-cardinals-plans-to-double-its-science-translation-efforts-with-new-google-backing/?sh=1ee5fc691da1 "Climate Cardinals Plans To Double Its Science Translation Efforts With New Google Backing."] "Forbes." </ref><ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/hikaru-wakeel-hayakawa "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa"]. ''Climate Cardinals''.</ref><ref> Gunn, Megan. [https://www.newsweek.com/sophia-kianni-spreading-word-climate-change-100-ways-1815887 "Sophia Kianni Is Spreading the Word on Climate Change, 100 Ways"]. ''Newsweek''.</ref>


==Early life and education==
Hayakawa is the Vice President and Founding Partnerships Director of [https://www.climatecardinals.org/ Climate Cardinals], the world's largest youth-led climate advocacy non-profit organization as of 2023.<ref> Kart, Jeff. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2024/04/22/climate-cardinals-plans-to-double-its-science-translation-efforts-with-new-google-backing/?sh=1ee5fc691da1 "Climate Cardinals Plans To Double Its Science Translation Efforts With New Google Backing."] "Forbes." </ref> <ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/hikaru-wakeel-hayakawa "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa"]. ''Climate Cardinals''.</ref><ref>[https://www.newswire.com/news/climate-cardinals-breaks-new-ground-as-one-of-the-first-youth-led-22303334 "Climate Cardinals Breaks New Ground as One of the First Youth-Led Organizations Funded by Google.org."] Climate Cardinals.</ref><ref> Gunn, Megan. [https://www.newsweek.com/sophia-kianni-spreading-word-climate-change-100-ways-1815887 "Sophia Kianni Is Spreading the Word on Climate Change, 100 Ways"]. ''Newsweek''.</ref> Climate Cardinals was founded by UN Secretary General Youth Advisor Sophia Kianni in 2020.<ref>[https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/story/our-planet-our-purpose-stem-changemaking-challenge-2021-meet-25-winning-teams "Our Planet, Our Purpose, STEM for Changemaking Challenge 2021: Meet the 25 Winning teams!"] Ashoka Foundation. Retrieved 2022-11-22.</ref><ref>[https://shortyawards.com/5th-socialgood/working-title "Climate Cardinals"]. Shorty Social Good Awards. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref> [https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/02/volunteers-translate-climate-research-into-more-than-100-languages/ "Volunteers translate climate research into more than 100 languages"]. ''Yale Climate Connections''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref> Its mission is to make climate change education more accessible to non-English speakers and empower grassroots climate change education.<ref> Gunn, Megan. [https://www.newsweek.com/sophia-kianni-spreading-word-climate-change-100-ways-1815887 "Sophia Kianni Is Spreading the Word on Climate Change, 100 Ways"]. ''Newsweek''.</ref><ref>[https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/harnessing-ai-to-translate-climate-knowledge-for-all "Climate Cardinals: Bridging the climate information gap with AI-powered translations"]. ''Google Cloud''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref>[https://www.nokillmag.com/articles/6-youth-led-climate-change-activist-groups/ "Rising Voices: Discover 6 Youth-Led Movements Taking on Climate Change"]. ''No Kill Magazine''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref> The organization has over 10,000 volunteers in 70 countries.<ref> Gunn, Megan. [https://www.newsweek.com/sophia-kianni-spreading-word-climate-change-100-ways-1815887 "Sophia Kianni Is Spreading the Word on Climate Change, 100 Ways"]. ''Newsweek''.</ref>
Hayakawa was born and raised in [[Maplewood, NJ]], where he attended [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)]].<ref> U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. {https://exchanges.state.gov/us/story/december-american-abroad-student-month-hikaru-hayakawa "December American Abroad Student of the Month: Hikaru Hayakawa."]</ref> After graduating, Hikaru lived in Skopje, North Macedonia for a year as part of the [[U.S. State Department]]-sponsored [http://Kennedy%20Lugar%20Youth%20Exchange%20and%20Study%20Programs Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study Abroad Program]. He is now a student at [[Williams College]] in Massachusetts, where he studies history and environmental studies, and he was a visiting student at [[Exeter College, Oxford|Exeter College, University of Oxford]].<ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/hikaru-wakeel-hayakawa "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa"]. ''Climate Cardinals''.</ref>


==Activism==
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During his tenure as Founding Partnerships Director, Hayakawa managed the organization's signature translation program and expanded it through strategic partnerships with Translators Without Borders<ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/team "Team"]. Climate Cardinals. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/hikaru-wakeel-hayakawa "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa"]. ''Climate Cardinals''.</ref><ref> Becker, Tess. [https://smileymovement.org/news/the-powerful-effect-of-the-climate-cardinals "The powerful effect of the Climate Cardinals"]. ''Smiley Movement''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref> [https://canvasrebel.com/meet-hikaru-hayakawa/ "Meet Hikaru Hayakawa"]. ''Canvas Rebel''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref> and Google Cloud.<ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/team "Team"]. ''Climate Cardinals''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref>[https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/harnessing-ai-to-translate-climate-knowledge-for-all "Climate Cardinals: Bridging the climate information gap with AI-powered translations"]. ''Google Cloud''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref>Horn-Muller, Ayurella. [https://www.axios.com/2023/06/06/ai-language-barriers-climate "AI is shattering climate language barriers"]. ''Axios''.</ref><ref> Turns, Anna. [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/06/climate-cardinals-ai-boost-artificial-intelligence "‘The change in pace is crazy’: AI boosts climate information translation drive"]. ''The Guardian''. </ref><ref>[https://www.ehn.org/the-change-in-pace-is-crazy-ai-boosts-climate-information-translation-drive-2661010063.html "Climate Cardinals"]. ''Environmental Health News''.</ref>
Hayakawa joined the founding team of Climate Cardinals in 2020.<ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/hikaru-wakeel-hayakawa "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa"]. ''Climate Cardinals''.</ref> The organization's mission is to make [[climate change]] education more accessible to non-English speakers and empower grassroots climate change education.<ref>[https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/harnessing-ai-to-translate-climate-knowledge-for-all "Climate Cardinals: Bridging the climate information gap with AI-powered translations"]. ''Google Cloud''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref>[https://www.nokillmag.com/articles/6-youth-led-climate-change-activist-groups/ "Rising Voices: Discover 6 Youth-Led Movements Taking on Climate Change"]. ''No Kill Magazine''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref> In 2024, the organization was announced as one of the first-ever youth-led organizations to be funded by [[Google.org]], the charitable arm of [[Google]].<ref>[https://www.newswire.com/news/climate-cardinals-breaks-new-ground-as-one-of-the-first-youth-led-22303334 "Climate Cardinals Breaks New Ground as One of the First Youth-Led Organizations Funded by Google.org."] Climate Cardinals.</ref> Before then, Hayakawa told [[Forbes]], "We began with a $500 budget and have largely functioned with a near-zero budget with volunteers spending their time on Climate Cardinals between work, sleep and study.”<ref> Kart, Jeff. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2024/04/22/climate-cardinals-plans-to-double-its-science-translation-efforts-with-new-google-backing/?sh=1ee5fc691da1 "Climate Cardinals Plans To Double Its Science Translation Efforts With New Google Backing."] "Forbes." </ref>


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During his tenure as Founding Partnerships Director, Hayakawa developed the organization's signature translation program in partnership with [[Translators Without Borders]]<ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/hikaru-wakeel-hayakawa "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa"]. ''Climate Cardinals''.</ref><ref> Becker, Tess. [https://smileymovement.org/news/the-powerful-effect-of-the-climate-cardinals "The powerful effect of the Climate Cardinals"]. ''Smiley Movement''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref> [https://canvasrebel.com/meet-hikaru-hayakawa/ "Meet Hikaru Hayakawa"]. ''Canvas Rebel''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref> and [[Google Cloud]].<ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/team "Team"]. ''Climate Cardinals''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref>[https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/harnessing-ai-to-translate-climate-knowledge-for-all "Climate Cardinals: Bridging the climate information gap with AI-powered translations"]. ''Google Cloud''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref><ref>Horn-Muller, Ayurella. [https://www.axios.com/2023/06/06/ai-language-barriers-climate "AI is shattering climate language barriers"]. ''Axios''.</ref><ref> Turns, Anna. [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/06/climate-cardinals-ai-boost-artificial-intelligence "‘The change in pace is crazy’: AI boosts climate information translation drive"]. ''The Guardian''. </ref> According to Climate Cardinals founder [[Sophia Kianni|Sophia Kianni]] and Hayakawa, the organization's partnership with [[Google Cloud]] allowed it to accelerate its translation workflow with AI support and volunteer proofreading, leading to 500,000 words of climate information translations in three months.<ref>[https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/harnessing-ai-to-translate-climate-knowledge-for-all "Climate Cardinals: Bridging the climate information gap with AI-powered translations"]. ''Google Cloud''. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref>
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Hayakawa is also known for his work on Indigenous rights research and advocacy. During his time at Williams College, he conducted collaborative research with Stockbridge–Munsee Community, a federally-recognized tribe.<ref>Larzul, Beatrice. [https://williamsrecord.com/465318/news/jogwe-hayakawa-discuss-past-present-future-of-indigenous-studies-at-the-college/ "Jogwe, Hayakawa discuss past, present, and future of Indigenous studies at the College"]. ''Williams Record.''</ref><ref>Larzul, Beatrice. [https://williamsrecord.com/465458/news/students-host-organizational-meeting-for-indigenous-studies/ "Students Host Organizational Meeting for Indigenous Studies"]. ''Williams Record.''</ref><ref>Posner, Jacob. [https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/southern_berkshires/stockbridge-archaeological-dig-involves-community-aims-to-correct-historical-interpretation/article_f8cf3724-e0cc-11eb-91c5-1bb5b8d92c6c.html "Stockbridge archaeological dig involves community, aims to correct historical interpretation"]. ''Berkshire Eagle''. Retrieved 2023-11-22. </ref><ref>[http://CHS%20Students%20Plan%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20Celebration%20for%20May%202 "CHS Students Plan Indigenous Peoples Celebration for May 2"]. ''The Village Green''.</ref><ref>"[https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/07/17/mohican-artifacts-found-at-archaeological-dig-in-berkshires Artifacts, Dirt Floors From The Mohicans' Past Found At Archaeological Dig In Berkshires"]. WBUR-FM. Retrieved 2023-11-22.</ref>


Hayakawa has spoken about Climate Cardinals' work for several conferences and organizations, including with the [[Smithsonian]], [[Italian Ministry of the Environment]], [[UN Development Programme]], and the March On Foundation.<ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/hikaru-wakeel-hayakawa "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa"]. ''Climate Cardinals''.</ref> Hayakawa also represents Climate Cardinals on the [[UNESCO]] Youth Climate Action Network Steering Committee, which represents over 105,500 young people in 84 countries.<ref>[https://www.unesco.org/en/youth/climate-action-network] "UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network."</ref><ref> [https://www.climatecardinals.org/hikaru-wakeel-hayakawa "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa"]. ''Climate Cardinals''.</ref>

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Hayakawa is also known for his work on Indigenous rights research and advocacy. During his time at [[Williams College]], he conducted collaborative research with [[Stockbridge–Munsee Community]], a federally-recognized tribe.<ref>Larzul, Beatrice. [https://williamsrecord.com/465318/news/jogwe-hayakawa-discuss-past-present-future-of-indigenous-studies-at-the-college/ "Jogwe, Hayakawa discuss past, present, and future of Indigenous studies at the College"]. ''Williams Record.''</ref><ref>Larzul, Beatrice. [https://williamsrecord.com/465458/news/students-host-organizational-meeting-for-indigenous-studies/ "Students Host Organizational Meeting for Indigenous Studies"]. ''Williams Record.''</ref><ref>Posner, Jacob. [https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/southern_berkshires/stockbridge-archaeological-dig-involves-community-aims-to-correct-historical-interpretation/article_f8cf3724-e0cc-11eb-91c5-1bb5b8d92c6c.html "Stockbridge archaeological dig involves community, aims to correct historical interpretation"]. ''Berkshire Eagle''. Retrieved 2023-11-22. </ref>


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Revision as of 01:08, 30 April 2024

Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa
Born (2001-06-15) June 15, 2001 (age 23)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWilliams College (BA)

Exeter College, Oxford

Columbia High School (New Jersey)
Occupation(s)social entrepreneur, researcher, activist
OrganizationClimate Cardinals

Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa (born June 15, 2001) is a Guyanese and Japanese American social entrepreneur, researcher, and climate justice activist.[1] Hayakawa is the Vice President and Founding Partnerships Director of Climate Cardinals, the world's largest youth-led climate advocacy non-profit organization with more than 10,000 volunteers in 82 countries as of 2023.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Hayakawa was born and raised in Maplewood, NJ, where he attended Columbia High School (New Jersey).[5] After graduating, Hikaru lived in Skopje, North Macedonia for a year as part of the U.S. State Department-sponsored Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study Abroad Program. He is now a student at Williams College in Massachusetts, where he studies history and environmental studies, and he was a visiting student at Exeter College, University of Oxford.[6]

Activism

Hayakawa joined the founding team of Climate Cardinals in 2020.[7] The organization's mission is to make climate change education more accessible to non-English speakers and empower grassroots climate change education.[8][9] In 2024, the organization was announced as one of the first-ever youth-led organizations to be funded by Google.org, the charitable arm of Google.[10] Before then, Hayakawa told Forbes, "We began with a $500 budget and have largely functioned with a near-zero budget with volunteers spending their time on Climate Cardinals between work, sleep and study.”[11]

During his tenure as Founding Partnerships Director, Hayakawa developed the organization's signature translation program in partnership with Translators Without Borders[12][13][14] and Google Cloud.[15][16][17][18] According to Climate Cardinals founder Sophia Kianni and Hayakawa, the organization's partnership with Google Cloud allowed it to accelerate its translation workflow with AI support and volunteer proofreading, leading to 500,000 words of climate information translations in three months.[19]

Hayakawa has spoken about Climate Cardinals' work for several conferences and organizations, including with the Smithsonian, Italian Ministry of the Environment, UN Development Programme, and the March On Foundation.[20] Hayakawa also represents Climate Cardinals on the UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network Steering Committee, which represents over 105,500 young people in 84 countries.[21][22]

Hayakawa is also known for his work on Indigenous rights research and advocacy. During his time at Williams College, he conducted collaborative research with Stockbridge–Munsee Community, a federally-recognized tribe.[23][24][25]

References

  1. ^ "About Me". Hikaru Hayakawa. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  2. ^ Kart, Jeff. "Climate Cardinals Plans To Double Its Science Translation Efforts With New Google Backing." "Forbes."
  3. ^ "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa". Climate Cardinals.
  4. ^ Gunn, Megan. "Sophia Kianni Is Spreading the Word on Climate Change, 100 Ways". Newsweek.
  5. ^ U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. {https://exchanges.state.gov/us/story/december-american-abroad-student-month-hikaru-hayakawa "December American Abroad Student of the Month: Hikaru Hayakawa."]
  6. ^ "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa". Climate Cardinals.
  7. ^ "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa". Climate Cardinals.
  8. ^ "Climate Cardinals: Bridging the climate information gap with AI-powered translations". Google Cloud. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  9. ^ "Rising Voices: Discover 6 Youth-Led Movements Taking on Climate Change". No Kill Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  10. ^ "Climate Cardinals Breaks New Ground as One of the First Youth-Led Organizations Funded by Google.org." Climate Cardinals.
  11. ^ Kart, Jeff. "Climate Cardinals Plans To Double Its Science Translation Efforts With New Google Backing." "Forbes."
  12. ^ "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa". Climate Cardinals.
  13. ^ Becker, Tess. "The powerful effect of the Climate Cardinals". Smiley Movement. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  14. ^ "Meet Hikaru Hayakawa". Canvas Rebel. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  15. ^ "Team". Climate Cardinals. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  16. ^ "Climate Cardinals: Bridging the climate information gap with AI-powered translations". Google Cloud. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  17. ^ Horn-Muller, Ayurella. "AI is shattering climate language barriers". Axios.
  18. ^ Turns, Anna. "‘The change in pace is crazy’: AI boosts climate information translation drive". The Guardian.
  19. ^ "Climate Cardinals: Bridging the climate information gap with AI-powered translations". Google Cloud. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  20. ^ "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa". Climate Cardinals.
  21. ^ [1] "UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network."
  22. ^ "Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa". Climate Cardinals.
  23. ^ Larzul, Beatrice. "Jogwe, Hayakawa discuss past, present, and future of Indigenous studies at the College". Williams Record.
  24. ^ Larzul, Beatrice. "Students Host Organizational Meeting for Indigenous Studies". Williams Record.
  25. ^ Posner, Jacob. "Stockbridge archaeological dig involves community, aims to correct historical interpretation". Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
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