Kuleana & Community: Resilience in Climate Challenges - Event Details

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Kuleana & Community: Resilience in Climate Challenges

Location: Kilohana: The Academic Success Center

Building Community Through Conversation

Traditional Biocultural Knowledge for Community Resilience in the Face of Increasing Climate Challenges

Join our Kuleana and Community Talk Story with Jermy Uowolo, a graduate student here at UH Hilo and the Vice President of Micronesians United- Big Island. He was recently a high-elevation forest restoration specialist with the Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project under the DLNR and UH Mānoa.

Jermy will be speaking about how we can enhance our community resilience using a traditional cultural understanding of our canoe plants and trees.

Friday 12 noon - 1 p.m.

Kilohana Academic Success Center (1st floor of Edwin Mookini Library)

Open to the public.

Light refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by UH Hilo Chancellor’s Office, Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, Kīlohana: The Academic Success Center, Dr. Colby Miyose, Center for Global Education and Exchange, Dr. Alton Okinaka.

For more information, contact: corink@hawaii.edu (808) 932-7294

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