{"id":170104,"date":"2022-12-06T16:49:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T02:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=170104"},"modified":"2022-12-14T10:26:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T20:26:18","slug":"aina-water-justice-conference-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/06\/aina-water-justice-conference-series\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bb\u0100ina, water justice focus of new conference series"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_170115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170115\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit.jpg\" alt=\"Fishpond\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hale o Lono loko <span aria-label=\"ia\">i&#699;a<\/span> (fishpond) in Keaukaha. Credit: <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Sea Grant\/Kanesa Duncan Seraphin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pressing concerns connected to wai (water) access and sustainability in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> will take the spotlight in the launch of a new series of forums at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa. The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kamanabeamer.com\/partnerships\/pio-summit\"><span aria-label=\"Pio\">Pi&#699;o<\/span> Summit: Wai Sovereignty and Justice<\/a><\/em> on Thursday, December 15, spearheaded by <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Professor <strong>Kamanamaikalani Beamer<\/strong> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/kamakakuokalani\/\">Kamakak\u016bokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a>, will bring together esteemed community leaders and advocates to discuss advancing the protection of <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> (land) and wai through policy and law.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_170114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170114\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-beamer-headshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kamanamaikalani Beamer\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-170114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-beamer-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-beamer-headshot-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-beamer-headshot.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamanamaikalani Beamer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We created these <span aria-label=\"Pio\">Pi&#699;o<\/span> Summits to highlight the pressing issues of our time. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is in a crisis where we need courageous leadership and ancestral innovation to solve the problems of our times,&rdquo; said Beamer, who is the Dana Naone Hall Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment at <span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span>. &ldquo;Our <span aria-label=\"Pio\">Pi&#699;o<\/span> Summit will highlight incredible community leaders who are advancing aloha &#699;\u0101ina and caring for our precious wai, and host for the first time in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Dr. Cornel West, one of the greatest philosophers and truth speakers of our times.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/11\/beamer-hawaiinuiakea-endowed-chair\/\">Beamer selected as inaugural endowed chair at <span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span><\/a>, May 11, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wai sovereignty and justice<\/h2>\n<p>On December 15, the first summit will be held at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastwestcenter.org\/campus\/conference-center\">Imin International Conference Center<\/a> at the East-West Center from noon&#8211;4:30 p.m. and feature two panels. The first will include aloha <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> leaders and practitioners from loko <span aria-label=\"ia\">i&#699;a<\/span> (fishponds), <span aria-label=\"loi\">lo&#699;i<\/span> kalo (taro patches) and wai advocates focusing on the significant role wai has in feeding <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s communities. The second panel will feature individuals who are at the forefront of the Shut Down Red Hill movement and discuss pressing issues water sources and communities currently face.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wai, <span aria-label=\"Ai\">&#699;Ai<\/span> and <span aria-label=\"Ia\">I&#699;a<\/span><\/strong>, 12:30&#8211;2 p.m. <span aria-label=\"Kelii\">Keli&#699;i<\/span> Kotubetey (Paepae o <span aria-label=\"Heeia\">He&#699;eia<\/span>), H\u014dk\u016bao Pellegrino (Hui O N\u0101 Wai <span aria-label=\"Eha\">&#699;Eh&#257;<\/span>), Tiare Lawrence (Ka Malu o Kah\u0101l\u0101wai), Kanekoa Kukea-Shultz (<span aria-label=\"Kakoo\">K&#257;ko&#699;o<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Oiwi\">&#699;&#332;iwi<\/span>), Stacy Sproat-Beck (Waip\u0101 Foundation) and Hanohano Naehu (Hui o Kuap\u0101)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wai and Red Hill<\/strong>, 2:15&#8211;3:15 p.m. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Professor <strong>Kapua Sproat<\/strong> (Ka Huli Ao), Ernie Lau (Board of Water Supply), Wayne Tanaka (Sierra Club of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>) and Camille Kalama (<span aria-label=\"Kaohewai\">Ka&#699;ohewai<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Special keynote<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_170116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170116\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-cornel-west-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cornel West\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-170116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-cornel-west-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-cornel-west-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/manoa-pio-summit-cornel-west.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-170116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cornel West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Renowned philosopher, political activist, public intellectual and author Cornel West will headline a moderated keynote discussion following the summit at Kennedy Theatre 5&#8211;7 p.m. West will speak on imperialism and the occupation of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, while placing the islands within the context of peoples&#8217; movements for liberation and justice across the world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dr. Cornel West has been one of the most influential thinkers of our time when it comes to race, social justice, economic justice, and the liberation of oppressed peoples and occupied nations,&rdquo; Beamer said. &ldquo;He is a globally recognized philosopher and progessive activist for human rights. He is one of the most impressive speakers and academics one can witness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScmZPXv_amI8RL8SeKGNimQiMjI9Appq3xy9hrJAMoJH0JIIQ\/viewform\">Register: Cornel West keynote<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Kanaeokana\">The conference will be available via livestream, noon&#8211;4:30 p.m. and then 5&#8211;7 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Pio\">Pi&#699;o<\/span> Summit will be held annually and embody themes highlighting aloha <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> and sustainability, and how to advance local policy issues as well as increase collaboration. The summit is hosted by <span aria-label=\"Poai\">P&#333;&#699;ai<\/span> Ke Aloha <span aria-label=\"Aina\">&#699;&#256;ina<\/span>, a project of the Dana Naone Hall chair, which aims to elevate aloha &#699;\u0101ina practices within our community.<\/p>\n<p>Event sponsors include the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhpol\/trht\/\">Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhss\/\">Native Hawaiian Student Services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/theatre\/hawaiian-theatre\/\">Hawaiian Theatre Program<\/a>, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Alliance for Progessive Action (<abbr>HAPA<\/abbr>), Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, <span aria-label=\"Aina\">&#699;&#256;ina<\/span> Aloha Economic Futures, Kanaeokana and Sierra Club of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The series will bring together esteemed community leaders to discuss advancing the protection of <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> (land) and wai through policy and law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[551,1503,154,1465,1531,9,68],"class_list":["post-170104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-kamakakuokalani-center-for-hawaiian-studies","tag-law","tag-manoa-native-hawaiian-place-of-learning","tag-native-hawaiian-student-services","tag-uh-manoa","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170104"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170516,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170104\/revisions\/170516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}