Elders from the Mohawk Tribe

He was raised in California, by the County of Los Angeles, Department of Children and Family Services foster care system and later adopted. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from U.C.L.A. His career spans over 40 years as a Professional Social Worker in Government in the fields working with abused children, felons and drugs and alcohol.

 

Upon retirement from public service, his work was publicly recognized by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors and the Legislature of the State of California. Over his lifetime outside of public service and justice and civil rights movement, Daniel has been a board member of numerous non-profit organizations as a volunteer.

 

His servant leadership role in community, he oversaw non-profit work that served the physically and mentally challenged community, helped high school students meet their requirements for graduation by participating in volunteer projects such as community cleanups and painting and cleaning up homes of disabled adults and coordinating food and toy baskets for families in need during the holidays.

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He co-chaired the largest Children’s Planning Council in the nation for over 10 years, bringing community from all ethic cultures to the table to assess what resources were needed to create vision and unity for healthy families and communities for future generations. He is the Spokesman for the rescue of horses and burros from kill buyers with Wild for Life Foundation. His life and life’s work have been featured in Collegian Times magazine and Natura, The Laboratory Arts Collective Magazine.

 

Included are almost 20 years as a Lead Organizer and Civil Service Advocate of an International Labor organization, S.E.I.U. His role was organizing community, advocating and overseeing national campaigns for justice and equity for working families, underserved children and women.

 

In 2003, the Great Spirit brought the teachings, ceremonies and traditions of the good Red Road. He walks in the ceremonies of the Lakota people, the teachings of White Buffalo Prophecies and the teachings of the Medicine Wheel.

 

For 8 years, as a prayer warrior, he has participated in indigenous prayer runs for the healing of nations. This collective encompassed running hundreds of miles in Indigenous prayer runs carrying prayers, Eagle staffs and a sacred fire over 1,000 years old from a Buddhist temple in Japan, for world peace, to heal the Japanese Nation and their families here during WW II, to heal the waters of Mother Earth in the Peace and Dignity Journey, 2012, to heal the Apache and Yavapai Nations from historical trauma and prayers for MMIW, murdered and missing Indigenous women.

 

Recently married to Alda Glover, “Sun Coming Up”, of the Mashpee Wampanoag and Potawatomi tribes. He founded the Center for Communal Living Church in 2023. He and his wife serve on two International non-profit boards, One Global Family and Unified for Peace in Diversity World Council. In 2024, he and his wife were appointed to be representatives to the United Nations as Elders for the International Youth Council during Indigenous Peoples week. His ‘Earth Walk’ is a ‘Heart Walk’ of ceremony and Spirit-led traditions and evolving traditions.

 

He’s come to the ‘Knowing’ of what Oglala Lakota Chief and Medicine Man, Frank Fool’s Crow when he said, “There are no limits to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual things.” AHO!