Video: UH Hilo’s Kaleo Pilago gives public talk on Maunakea stewardship
The talk, “Maunakea Stewardship,” is part of this semester’s Kuleana and Community Weekly Talk Story gatherings.
Kaleo Pilago gave a public talk Oct. 4 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo on the stewardship of Maunakea. Pilago is education and outreach coordinator for the Center for Maunakea Stewardship. He has been at UH Hilo since 2007, and has worked in both student and academic affairs.
The talk, “Maunakea Stewardship,” is part of a series of weekly gatherings held this semester at UH Hilo where students, faculty, staff, university retirees, and members of the local community get together in a safe and welcoming environment to share their thoughts around a common topic.
The goal of the series, named Kuleana and Community Weekly Talk Story: Building Community Through Conversation, is to strengthen the university’s connections to the local community through conversation. Topics cover Maunakea stewardship, mental health, better communication, houselessness in Hawaiʻi, entrepreneurship, and more. Following a short talk by a featured guest, attendees break out into discussion groups and then share their manaʻo (thoughts) with everyone.
Pilago’s talk and the event discussions that followed focused on projects and activities that support the management and protection of Maunakea’s natural and cultural resources such as community engagement projects, hands-on stewardship opportunities, and culturally responsive program planning efforts.
Other topics included the incorporation of Native Hawaiian language, history, and culture into daily operations on the mauna, and field projects and community outreach activities that support the UH 10-campus Indigenous serving institution initiatives.
The talk was held at the Kilohana Student Success Center located in Edwin Mookini Library.
The Kuleana and Community series is sponsored by the UH Hilo Office of the Chancellor, Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, Kilohana Academic Success Center, Center for Global Education and Exchange, and Assistant Professor of Communication Colby Miyose and Associate Professor of Sociology Alton Okinaka.
