The first Friday of every month through December will bring free public lectures on aloha ʻāina to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus.
The first of the series, “Exploring the Genealogy of Aloha ʻĀina at UH Mānoa,” will be presented by Punihei Lipe of the Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 6. It will be held at Halau o Haumea at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies room 202 in the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge on Dole Street.
“We are doing this to help the campus lean into and explore aloha ʻāina, a concept that is being used in our community and at UH Mānoa as an important part of our next steps as an institution,” said Lipe.
Other Aloha ʻĀina First Friday talks will be on October 4, November 1 and December 6.
There will also be campus tours from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Second Fridays (September 13, October 11 and November 8); an opportunity to work with plants on campus from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Third Fridays (September 20, October 18 and November 15); and a dialogue circle to be in conversation with others about their journeys with aloha ʻāina on Fourth Fridays (September. 27, October 25 and November 22).
