The Value of Hawaiʻi 3 BIOGRAPHY MONOGRAPHS The Center for Biographical Research of the University of Hawai‘i at āM noa is dedicated to the interdisciplinary and multicultural study of life writing through teaching, publication, and outreach activities. In addition to Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, published since 1978, the Center sponsors the Biography Monograph series; a chronological list of previous monographs follows. Anthony Friedson, ed. New Directions in Biography (1981). Gloria Fromm, ed. Essaying Biography: A Celebration for Leon Edel (1986). Frank Novak, Jr. The Autobiographical Writings of Lewis Mumford: A Study in Literary Audacity (1988). Mari Matsuda, ed. Called from Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawai‘i (1992). John E. Reinecke. A Man Must Stand Up: The Autobiography of a Gentle Activist. Ed. Alice M. Beechert and Edward D. Beechert (1993). Donald J. Winslow. Life-Writing: A Glossary of Terms in Biography (2nd ed., 1995). Koji Ariyoshi. From Kona to Yenan: The Political Memoirs of Koji Ariyoshi. Ed. Alice M. Beechert and Edward D. Beechert (2000). Leon Edel. The Visitable Past: A Wartime Memoir (2000). Ruth Nadelhaft, with Victoria Bonebakker, eds.Imagine What It’s Like: A Literature and Medicine Anthology (2008). Michi Kodama-Nishimoto, Warren S. Nishimoto, and Cynthia A. Oshiro, eds. Talking Hawai‘i’s Story: Oral Histories of an Island People (2009). Philippe Lejeune. On Diary. Ed. Jeremy D. Popkin and Julie Rak (2009). Craig Howes and Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio, eds. The Value of Hawai‘i: Knowing the Past, Shaping the Future (2010). Maureen Perkins, ed. Locating Life Stories: Beyond East-West Binaries in (Auto) Biographical Studies (2012). Aiko Yamashiro and Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua, eds. The Value of Hawai‘i 2: Ancestral Roots, Oceanic Visions (2014). For further information about the Center or its publications, contact the Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822 USA; [email protected]; http://blog.hawaii.edu/cbrhawaii/. The Value of Hawaiʻi 3 Hulihia, the Turning Edited by Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua, Craig Howes, Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio, and Aiko Yamashiro A Biography Monograph Published for the George and Marguerite Simson Biographical Research Center by the University of Hawai‘i Press Honolulu © 2020 George and Marguerite Simson Biographical Research Center Library of Congress Control Number: 2020946984 The Open Access edition of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that digital editions of the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Commercial uses and the publication of any derivative works require permission from the publisher. For details, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The Creative Commons license described above does not apply to any material that is separately copyrighted. ISBN 9780824889159 (PDF) ISBN 9780824889166 (EPUB) ISBN 9780824889173 (Kindle) Printer-ready files provided by the Center for Biographical Research. Cover art: Liko Honua by Kapili'ula Naehu-Ramos. Used with permission. CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi A Prayer, Lifting Kuʻulani Muise 1 Kūʻokoʻa: Independence Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua 4 Introduction Craig Howes 9 I. Overlapping Emergencies—(Over)Turnings Grounded Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner 17 Catastrophic Failure of the Planet Chip Fletcher 19 This Is Just the Beginning: Climate Change, Positive Peace, and the “New Normal” Maxine Burkett and Naima Moore 23 The COVID-19 Crisis Josh Green 27 COVID-19, the Disease that Has Shined a Light on Health Equity Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula 30 Local Foods Through Crisis Hunter Heaivilin 34 Reopening the Hawai‘i Tourism Economy in the Age of COVID-19 Sumner La Croix 38 Of Pandemics and Financial Emergencies: Will We Restructure or Transform the University? Laura E. Lyons 42 Food Insecurity—An Institutional Response Claudia Wilcox-Boucher 46 Inu i ka Wai ʻAwaʻawa: Drink of the Bitter Waters Mahealani Perez Wendt 50 Political Engagement: A New Article of Lived Faith Dawn Morais 54 This Is Not a Drill: Notes on Surviving the End of the World, Again Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio 58 The Future Is Koa Kyle Kajihiro and Ty P. Kāwika Tengan 62 Waiʻaleʻale Mehana Vaughan, Monica Montgomery, and Kristine Kilikina Luebbe 66 II. Resources and Values—Turning to Our Strengths We Da Waiwai Loke Aloua 77 Ahupuaʻa Values Should Enlighten Next Generation Investing in Hawaiʻi Neil J. Kahoʻokele Hannahs 79 An Aloha ʻĀina Economy—Give, Take, Regenerate Kamanamaikalani Beamer 83 Hawaiʻi and Tourism Reimagined John De Fries 87 Ka ʻĀina Moana Noelani Puniwai and Kaʻehukai Goin 91 From Wai to Waiwai D. Kapuaʻala Sproat 95 Renewable Energy—Stop Burning Stuff Henry Curtis 99 E Pū Paʻakai Kākou Charlie Reppun 103 The State of Our Starch Noa Kekuewa Lincoln 107 Food of Our Future Grows from Seeds of Our Past Staff at Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo 111 Toward a Smaller, Smarter Correctional System for Hawaiʻi Meda Chesney-Lind and Robert Merce 115 Labor and Social Justice against the Colonial University: A Union for Radical Solidarity Executive Committee of Academic Labor United 119 The Sustaining Force of Sports Michael Tsai 123 The Value of Mele Kainani Kahaunaele 127 He Makeʻe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, He Makeʻe Lāhui: To Lose Our Language Is to Forget Who We Are Paige Miki Kalāokananikiʻekiʻe Okamura 131 Nuchi-gusui: Sustenance and Nourishment for Living Norman Kaneshiro 135 III. Community Building—Turning Toward Each Other Kumpang Economy Simon Seisho Tajiri 143 Hey! Let’s Get Organized, Hawaiʻi! Will Caron 145 Hoʻokuʻikahi Aloha Molokaʻi Malia Akutagawa, Harmonee Williams, and Christopher O’Brien 149 Lessons from Jojo: Organizing Side-by-Side with Power, Heart, and Grace Dina Shek 153 Teachers, Public Education, and Civic Leadership Amy Perruso and Aina Iglesias 157 Hawaiʻi Needs to Stand Governing on Its Head Neal Milner 164 Civic Engagement—Picking a Fight Dana Naone Hall 168 Molokai ‘Āina Momona Keani Rawlins-Fernandez 171 Home Is What We Make It Tatiana Kalaniʻōpua Young 174 Reconnecting Spiritual Roots in Our Faith Communities David Baumgart Turner 178 We Need to Talk: How a Con Con Can Secure Hawai‘i’s Post-COVID Future Colin D. Moore 182 Hawaiʻi Breathes Multilingualism Patricia Espiritu Halagao and Cheryl Ka‘uhane Lupenui 186 Activist Genealogy: Visions and Enactments of Solidarity Across Black and Kanaka Maoli Movements Charles Lawrence 194 “If people aren’t locking rocks together, we ain’t got a story”: Pōhaku by Pōhaku, Connecting Stories of Community Building Kēhaunani Abad and Ryan “Gonzo” Gonzalez 198 Wednesdays with Grandma Shelley Muneoka 202 We Are Art Mary Therese Perez Hattori 205 Lessons from Aloha ʻĀina Activism: Visioning and Planning for Our Islands and Communities in the Wake of COVID-19 Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor, Noa Emmett Aluli, and Rosanna ʻAnolani Alegado 210 IV. Emerging Futures—Turning Anew The Story and Sisterhood Behind the World’s First Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for COVID-19 Yvonne Mahelona, Tamera Heine, Khara Jabola-Carolus, and Amanda Shaw 223 Air Pollution and the Pandemic: How Will COVID-19 Shape Hawai‘i’s Response to Global Climate Change? Makena Coffman 227 Our City as Ahupuaʻa: For Justice-Advancing Futures Sean Connelly 231 ʻOhana Urbanism Benjamin Treviño and Victoria Treviño 237 Prisons—Has COVID-19 Offered Hawaiʻi the Road to Redemption? Kat Brady 241 Housing and Aloha ʻĀina: Beyond Building Our Way Out of the Crisis Tina Grandinetti 245 No Kākou Ke Kuleana: The Responsibility Belongs to Us Diane Paloma 249 Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Waiwai Kelsey Amos and Donavan Kealoha 253 Ulu Kukui O Kaulike: Advancing Justice for Kānaka Maoli in One Generation Through Health Policy Kealoha Fox 257 Shine Your Light Wherever You Go Shanty Sigrah Asher 261 Puʻuhonua o Puʻuhuluhulu University: He Kīpuka Aloha ʻĀina no ka ʻImi Naʻauao Presley Keʻalaanuhea Ah Mook Sang 265 Haumāna Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio 268 Ancient Is Modern—Transforming Public Education for Hawaiians Kū Kahakalau 271 Writing in the Path of Our Ancestors: Ke Ea Hawaiʻi Student Council Kauʻi McElroy 275 The Next Aloha ʻĀina Mari Matsuda 278 Hāmākua 2120: A Moʻolelo of Abundance from a Future Noʻeau Peralto 282 Dear Reader: Making the Value of Hawaiʻi Together Aiko Yamashiro 286 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editors would like to thank Joel Cosseboom, Interim Director of the University of Hawaiʻi Press, and its professional and supportive staff, who have done so much to make this book possible—Emma Ching, Noah Perales-Estoesta, Santos Barbasa, Mardee Melton, Cheryl Loe, Debra Tang, Carol Abe, and Alicia Upano. At the Center for Biographical Research, Managing Editor Paige Rasmussen was integral to all stages of editing, design, and preparation for publication. This is her book too. Graduate Assistant Zoë Sprott’s careful eye and public relations skills have been greatly appreciated. N. Mahina Tuteur was invaluable in contacting and making arrangements with many contributors. Special thanks to Kapiliʻula Naehu-Ramos for her beautiful painting that graces the cover, and to Maile Naehu for making the space for Kapili’s art to flourish. We have been constantly inspired and strengthened by Auntie Terri Kekoʻolani and Haunani-Kay Trask, nā wāhine koa. Some who have passed have never left us as sources of encouragement and support—Kekuni Blaisdell, Kanalu Young, Phyllis Turnbull, Paul Lyons, and Jojo Peter. Noe thanks ʻĪmaikalani Winchester for listening. Aiko is very thankful for her co-editors. And we are all profoundly grateful to the contributors for the love and commitment with which they create the value of Hawaiʻi. xi A Prayer, Lifting Kuʻulani Muise Hulihia is an integral energy in our cosmologies, a natural cycle in our land/sea/ sky/dreamscapes, and manifests, again and again, in our histories. In looking at these cycles, there is always a reciprocal and inherent energy that works in consort with hulihia, which is the kūlia energy.