Read on Twitter"What does it mean to be sacred? The Mauna is a place that still teaches us, shapes our conduct, gives us ancestral knowledge still, from the heavens to the descendants to those yet to come."
#ProtectMaunaKea
. @jamaicaosorio, who curated tonight& #39;s event, performs an original poem and is accompanied in song by her father Dr. Jonathan KamakawiwoŹ»ole Kay Osorio
"...This & #39;aina did everything it could to feed me and that will be enough to keep me standing."
"...This & #39;aina did everything it could to feed me and that will be enough to keep me standing."
"If you have been captured by the imagery, by the video from the Mauna to your phone, Kapulei is probably one of the documentarians that you have been watching"
Kapulei Flores shares videos from when the standoff on Mauna Kea began. Follow her work on @ProtectMaunaKea
Kapulei Flores shares videos from when the standoff on Mauna Kea began. Follow her work on @ProtectMaunaKea
Zachary AlakaŹ»i Lum of Keauhou shares a song composed for the album KÅ«haŹ»o Maunakea: "PuŹ»uwai Haokila, those who took their heart, literally, put it on those steel bars, what a wonderful way for me to capture this moment that I don& #39;t ever want to forget." http://kanaeokana.net/maunakea ">https://kanaeokana.net/maunakea&...
Punahele speaks about how his experiences on Mauna Kea shaped his music, including his debut album "From Beneath Mt. Kaāala":
"Ceremony and protocol is an undefeated weapon, because practicing our culture is the best revenge."
"Ceremony and protocol is an undefeated weapon, because practicing our culture is the best revenge."
"Front lines look differently for a lot of people. It can be on the Mauna Kea access road, but as long as you are involved in student organizing, sometimes it looks like Board of Regents meetings, kitchen tables, classrooms..." - Ihilani Lasconia introducing Saddle Road Cipher
"Somebody never stopped speaking our language & dancing so that we would be here in this moment...I hope that our songs and visual captures of this movement will gather the ones yet to come" - @hawanemusic rounds out tonight& #39;s performances with āKÅ« Kiaāi Mauna - Together We Riseā
"If we are willing to put our lives down to protect the Mauna, we need to be willing also to protect the lives of each other against all forms of state violence" - @jamaicaosorio
During the Q&A artists remember Iremamber Sykap & express solidarity with the Micronesian community
During the Q&A artists remember Iremamber Sykap & express solidarity with the Micronesian community
"If you want to protect Mauna a Wakea, you need to protect people who look like us."
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special night. A recording of the full event will be available soon.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special night. A recording of the full event will be available soon.