A review of Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me (2015)

In this post, I reflect on the highs and lows of June 2024 and share a few personal ruminations on "productivity" during the summer months.

This past week, I spent some much-needed time engaged in ʻāina, cultivating new friendships, and nurturing old ones. Last Saturday, I went out to a loʻi and got to talk story with college students and recent graduates about their relationship with ʻāina, and I'm always amazed and inspired by the depth of ʻike our youth have when it comes to Aloha ʻĀina work.

This month has been such an emotional rollercoaster — lots of highs, a ton of lows. Through it all, my family and friends have really shown up to kūkākūkā and kōkua.

This week, I was reminded about the significance of intersectionality, a framework, theory, pedagogy, analytic tool, lens, and lifestyle that recognizes the interlocking nature of social identities and their subsequent impact on an individual's experiences with systems of oppression.

During a 1-1 meeting for work yesterday, a colleague and I discussed previous comments I made on May 3 after student protesters at UCLA and Dartmouth were attacked by zionists and brutalized by campus and local police forces.

This April was filled with family gatherings, community work days, critical learning, and personal growth.

Anishinaabe water protector, activist, educator, politician, and community leader Winona LaDuke calls on us to "be the ancestor your descendants would be proud of." As I continue to learn of new uprisings and encampments in support of Gaza across the U.S. continent, Winona's wisdom is ever present. But what does it mean to be a good ancestor today? What does it look like?

In this post, I reflect on my relationship with planners and calendaring.

In this post, I reflect on personal experiences with rejection in academia and how I bounce back from feelings of failure.

After months of collaborating with team members and community organizations, HONUA Scholars launched its third annual proposal competition on April 15, and the team is currently accepting online submissions in English, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, and other Pacific Islander languages.

In this post, I process and reflect on my experience publishing peer-reviewed articles as a graduate student and a first-generation college graduate.

Growing up, I wasn't the biggest fan of reading. When given the choice to read or watch TV, I always chose the latter. In elementary, I often lied about the number of pages I read in weekly reading logs. By middle school, I skimmed chapters and didn't care if I missed important details. This attitude stuck with me for most of high school, too

In this post, I reflect on the moʻolelo behind this website and the inspiration I drew on to base its design and content.