{"id":219301,"date":"2025-07-29T14:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=219301"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T02:27:44","slug":"native-hawaiian-healing-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/29\/native-hawaiian-healing-series\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa series explores Native Hawaiian healing"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Aunty Lynette Kahekili Kaopuiki Palignawan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Manoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health<\/a> is hosting a free, semester-long online series centered on Native Hawaiian cultural perspectives in health and wellbeing, particularly ways of understanding and preventing intergenerational trauma.<\/p>\n

The 15 Zoom sessions of Native Hawaiian Perspectives\u2013A Cultural Context for Wellbeing: Hoʻomau<\/span> & Preventing Generational Trauma<\/em> will run from August 26 through December 9, 2025, and is open to students and community members. It will be led by Aunty Lynette Kahekili Kaopuiki Palignawan, a revered cultural practitioner, social work pioneer<\/a>, Living Treasure of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, and Thompson School alumna. She will be joined by haku Hoʻomau<\/span> kākoʻo<\/span>, Kate Kahoano.<\/p>\n

“Aunty Lynette\u2019s teachings are rooted in deep cultural wisdom, and her approach empowers us to connect across generations through shared values and practices of healing,” said Theresa Kreif, a faculty member in the Thompson School\u2019s Department of Social Work<\/a>. “We are humbled to host this journey of learning and reconnection.”<\/p>\n

The program builds on a successful community-engaged learning model<\/a> previously used by Palignawan at Â鶹´«Ã½West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a>, where students and community members participate as equal learners.<\/p>\n

Community-focused, rooted in cultural knowledge<\/h2>\n

Sessions for the two-part series will take place Tuesdays from 5:30 to 8 p.m. HST<\/abbr>. No background in Hawaiian studies or social work is required.<\/p>\n