Community Dialogues: 鈥淗ome鈥 with M膩hea Ahia

April 18, 9:00am - 10:30am
Mānoa Campus, ACCESS Lounge, Dean Hall, room 5/6

Join us for a facilitated 90 minute session during which you can engage with peers from diverse backgrounds, learn more about the use of dialogue as an effective method of communication, and practice those skills with your peers. The activities will accentuate and strengthen your understanding of conflict management and their implications for involvement with the community. ----------- About Session: What does 鈥渉ome鈥 mean? Is it a place, a feeling, a connection? What happens when we are dis/connected to home? How do we embody home and what do we carry with us when we travel or home-make somewhere new? ----------- About Speaker: M膩healani Ahia (she/her/驶o ia) is a Kanaka 驶艑iwi artist, scholar, activist, songcatcher and storykeeper with lineal ties to Maui. With a background in theatre arts, writing and performance from U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Irvine, M膩hea is committed to creating artistic and educational projects that elevate voices of Indigenous feminist decolonial storytelling. She is a PhD candidate in English (Hawaiian Literature) and Graduate Certificate student in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Hawai驶i at 惭腻苍辞补, where she has taught courses like Indigenous Feminisms, Creative Writing, Intro to LGBTQ+ Studies. M膩hea serves her community as a cohort member of Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND), as a Hawai驶i Pacific Foundation/East-West Center scholar, as Grievance Chair for UHM graduate Academic Labor United (ALU), as editor for Hawai驶i Review and 驶艑iwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal, as co-organizer of the Mauna Kea Syllabus Project, and as co-facilitator of 鈥淐ommitted: A Decolonial DeTour" which re/stories "asylum" mental health history in Hawai'i and is sponsored by the Indigenous Dis/abilities Hui Hawai驶i and 惭腻苍辞补 Center for the Humanities And Civic Engagement.


Event Sponsor
Conflict and Peace Specialist, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Jose Barzola, 8089562690, caring@hawaii.edu,

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