Nā Aʻoaʻo
TEACHINGS & PRESENTATIONS
Papahana Aloha ʻĀina Hawaiʻi strongly believes in education and sharing information so we all grow. With knowledge, we are able to make positive choices, take positive actions, and create positive change. Here are some of the aloha ʻāina teachings and presentations we contributed to.
Ola i ka ʻĀina Leadership Program
Since March 2022, with the support of KS Kaiaulu, Papahana Aloha ʻĀina Hawaiʻi has provided a week-long leadership retreat program during the spring break and summer break. The Ola i ka ʻĀina - Mohala Nā Pua program Participants enter the program in.
In September 2022, Papahana Aloha ʻĀina Hawaiʻi traveled to Adelaide, Australia to present at the 2022 World Indigenous Peopleʻs Conference on Education (WIPCE). PAA Hawaiʻiʻs youth presented to a standing-room-only crowd. Their presentation was chosen to be televised. Youth also conducted a poster session on their Ola i ka ʻĀina projects and materials.
Papahana Aloha ʻĀina Hawaiʻi youth presented in March 2023 at the Office of Hawaiian Education (OHE) Summit. In the audience was Hawaiʻi Deputy Superintendant, Heidi Armstrong, and Hawaiʻi Board of Education member, Shanty Asher. The ʻōpio brought the audience to tears as they shared their empowering stories of Hawaiian youth leadership founded in Hawaiian language, Hawaiian culture, kuleana, and ʻohana.
In June 2023, Papahana Aloha ʻĀina Hawaiʻi youth will lead and present at the Inaugural Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) Western Regional Conference in its ʻAha ʻŌpio. PAA Hawaiʻi ʻōpio sit on the CNHA papa alakaʻi ʻōpio and will present, Kuleana ʻOhana - explaining the connection of ʻāina, ʻohana, and kuleana as a definition of Aloha ʻĀina. They will teach a mele koʻihonua, screen the award-winning Manō film, and share their own personal stories as it relates to Kuleana ʻOhana and Aloha ʻĀina.
MAS Hawaiʻi Workshop & Info Booth 2023, Texas
Miss American Scholar (MAS) is the first and only Hawaiʻi based national pageant system. Partnering with BRAVE Hawaiʻi, MAS promotes women leadership development, community service, and being respectful and valuing everyone. To support Papahana Aloha ʻĀina Hawaiʻiʻs founder and the 2022 Miss Jr. Teen American Scholar National Queen, PAA Hawaiʻi will man a week-long info booth and provide a cultural workshop promoting Hawaiʻi and Aloha ʻĀina at the July 2023 national pageant in Austin, Texas.
Papahana Aloha ʻĀina Hawaiʻi youth will participate in the 54th Annual National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico in October 2023. Focusing on education sovereignty and empowering Natives, PAA Hawaiʻi ʻōpio will present in the main conference and participate in the NIEA youth day program. While in New Mexico, PAA Hawaiʻi plans to network and meet with other Native and Indigenous youth to inspire them to be proud of their heritage and be leaders for their communities.