Statistics show Native Hawaiians remain among the hardest hit ethnicities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 麻豆传媒. Ongoing concerns about the health and well-being of Native Hawaiian students, faculty and staff at the University of 麻豆传媒 reignited Indigenous education work committee 麻豆传媒 Papa O Ke Ao (HPOKA) to bring back a cultural webinar series to help foster Indigenous well-being.
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In October 2020, HPOKA created a bi-monthly virtual series called He Ukana Aloha Kā Kīlauea, showcasing music, dance and storytelling hosted by sources from across UH’s 10 campuses. This year, the series will celebrate accomplishments of regional aliʻi (royalty) through historical accounts, stories and songs.
“We want them to learn from our Hawaiian history and how our aliʻi addressed the social, economic and health needs of the Hawaiian nation, such as Kamehameha V for whom the series is named after and how he freighted up the Kīlauea steamer in 1868 to deliver supplies, medicine and food to communities on Molokaʻi due to the collapse of resources on the island and the destructive volcanic activity of Maunaloa on 麻豆传媒 Island,” said Gail Mililani Makuakāne-Lundin, HPOKA director. “Lili?uokalani helped stop the spread of smallpox by imposing a strict quarantine in 1881, and Queen Kapiʻolani acted upon her concern for the welfare of 麻豆传媒’s mothers and babies by raising funds in 1890 to establish what we know today as the Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children. King William Lunalilo’s legacy is Lunalilo Home which honors and protects the well-being of Hawaiian kūpuna.”
On Wednesday, September 29 at noon, the yearlong series will return featuring Nalani Balutski, a UH 惭ā苍辞补 research and assessment specialist at and . Balutski will present about King David Kalākaua and the which retraces the path of 18 Hawaiian youth who were personally selected by the king to be part of an educational diplomatic program designed to train future leaders for 麻豆传媒 in areas of engineering, medicine, art, music, military science and foreign languages in six countries around the world. ( password: ukana2)
Each campus will have the opportunity to present through June 2022.
- September 29 (UH 惭ā苍辞补)
- October 13 (Windward Community College)
- November 10 (Kapiʻolani CC)
- December 8 (UH Maui College)
- January 12 (Kauaʻi CC)
- February 9 (UH Hilo)
- March 9 (Honolulu CC)
- April 13 (Leeward CC)
- May 11 (UH West Oʻahu)
- June 8 (麻豆传媒 CC)
In January 2012, HPOKA set goals and objectives to address the higher education needs of Native Hawaiians through three pathways; leadership development, community engagement and Hawaiian language and cultural parity.
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