He Aliʻi Ka ʻĀina Educator Conference
Dates: Thursday, October 10 and Friday October 11, 2024
Time: 8:30am–3:30pm
Location: Kamehameha Schools Kapālama - Middle School
Cost: $100 + applicable online service fees
Join us on October 10 and 11 for a transformative 2-day professional development opportunity where we'll explore Hawaiian Culture Based Education, and how we can all activate and embrace our kuleana to Hawai'i.
The conference will feature over 20 unique workshop sessions organized into five conference tracks:
Building ʻĀina Literacy and Culturally Responsive Education in Hawaiʻi
Embracing Sustainability: Integrating ʻĀina-Based Practices for Hawaiʻi’s Future
Kālaiʻāina: The Roots and Impact of Politics on ʻĀina and Ea
E Ola ka ʻŌlelo: Revitalizing ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi in the Classroom
Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi: Historical Perspectives
Presenters and exhibitors will be joining us from across the state, representing numerous organizations including Kamehameha Schools, the Office of Hawaiian Education, and Awaiaulu. Meals and conference swag included!
Keynote Speakers
He Kauwa Ke Kanaka: The Door Opens Inward - Hawaiiʻs Role in World Healing
Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer is a native Hawaiian scholar-practitioner dedicated to the role aloha will play in world-wide awakening. She is an Indigenous writer and thinker devoted to expanding views of knowledge to better address the needs of our time. She earned her doctorate (Harvard, 1998) on the topic of Hawaiian epistemology – philosophy of knowledge – and remains intentional for its capacity to inspire, instruct and heal. Dr. Aluli Meyer is active in the Food Sovereignty, Aloha ʻĀina, EA Hawaii, and Hoʻoponopono movements throughout Hawai'i. She is now the Konohiki of Kūlana o Kapolei – a Hawaiian Place of Learning – at the University of Hawai'i West O'ahu. She is a staunch uluniu – coconut grove – activist and believes it is time to be clear about the principles of embodied knowing that creates shared purpose with others. Ulu aʻe ke welina a ke aloha. Loving is the practice of an awake mind.
Moʻolelo and Microbes: Elevating STEM Education and Research Through Aloha ʻĀina and Ea
Dr. Kiana Frank - born and raised in Kailua, Oʻahu – studies how microorganisms (the smallest forms of life that live on land and in water) shape ʻāina for productivity and health by weaving contemporary western techniques with Native Hawaiian Science. She has strong relationships working within communities using scientific hands-on experiences in the ʻāina, our natural laboratories, to inspire the younger Hawaiian generations to cultivate a connection to science through their culture. She is currently employed as an Associate Professor in the Pacific Biosciences Research Center at the University of Hawaii, Mānoa, and also sits on the boards of Native Hawaiian non-profit organizations Kauluakalana, INPEACE, and Purple Maiʻa.
