Wednesday, September 30, 2020
5:30-6:30 PM
How can education mobilize a community, and affect longstanding public policy? What role does media play in helping local movements reach international audiences? Mauna a Wakea, a natural and cultural treasure, over the past decade has been an epicenter of competing beliefs and policy. Join founders of Puuhuluhulu University, Presley Ah Mook Sang and Ilima Long, in conversation about their strategies to perpetuate the knowledge of Kanaka Oiwi on Mauna Kea.
To access webpages featured in this presentation, visit the Puuhululu University Bibliography here and Puuhonua o Puuhuluhulu University’s website here.
Presley Kealaanuhea Ah Mook Sang is a kupa of Papakolea, Oahu and an instructor of Hawaiian language at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. One of her most recent endeavors was the development and creation of Puuhuluhulu University at Maunakea, Hawaii. She received her Bachelor’s in Hawaiian Studies and Hawaiian Language and Master’s in Hawaiian from UH Manoa.
Ilima Long was born in Hilo, raised in Washington, and returned to her one hanau (birth sands) in 2003. She lives in Makiki with her daughter and is a doctoral student in Political Science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her entry point into activism was on the Boeing picket line in Everett, Washington where her dad worked and was a member of the machinist union. As a UHM campus organizer, Ilima bagan her advocacy for Maunakea in 2010. In the 2019 standoff at Puuhonua o Puuhuluhulu, she became the mauna media team coordinator, and leaning on her experience as an educator, helped establish Puuhuluhulu University.
