{"id":171303,"date":"2023-01-10T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=171303"},"modified":"2023-01-10T11:45:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T21:45:10","slug":"aloha-aina-leadership-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/10\/aloha-aina-leadership-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"New aloha \u02bb\u0101ina leadership certificate grounded in ancestral knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Kilo (observe) is an important cultural practice Kūʻokoʻa<\/span> faculty members incorporate into courses alongside Hawaiian cultural practitioners in the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an effort to cultivate leaders to connect and care for ʻāina<\/span> (land and resources) using interdisciplinary skills grounded in a strong foundation of ʻike<\/span> k\u016bpuna or ancestral knowledge, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Kamakak\u016bokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies<\/a> (KCHS<\/abbr>) is launching a new graduate certificate program.<\/p>\n

In partnership with a number of colleges and schools across the M\u0101noa campus, KCHS<\/abbr>, housed in Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a>, is offering the Kūʻokoʻa<\/span> ʻĀina<\/span> Based Leadership graduate certificate<\/a> to foster collaborative decision making and enhance community resilience in the face of climate change with a culturally grounded interdisciplinary approach to working on and with the land and natural resources.<\/p>\n

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Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> students traveled to Molokaʻi<\/span> to support an organization’s work toward climate change and sea level adaptation and resiliency.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We all know that Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s communities face compelling issues of natural and cultural resource management, sustainability, water justice and sovereignty, food security and Native Hawaiian rights,” said Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> Dean Jon Kamakawiwoʻole<\/span> Osorio<\/strong>. “Today, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s land and sea resources continue to decline under a centralized state management system challenged by underfunded and understaffed agencies, with little grounding in Hawaiian approaches to sustainability.”<\/p>\n

In ʻōlelo<\/span> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> (Hawaiian language), Kūʻokoʻa<\/span> means independence, and refers to the ability of communities to kiaʻi<\/span> or protect, care for and make decisions about, natural and cultural resources.<\/p>\n