5. They faced much hardship
along the journey…
Monstrous mangroves,
Loathsome limu,
Merciless mosquitoes,
…and worse of all, a brutally
cold classroom!
9. Ink Aleaga
• 5 year plan
– Taro Roots
Foundation using
the tools learned in
athletics for
educational and life
success for Pacific
Islander 6th, 7th,
and 8th graders.
– 501 c3 license to
hunt, but still gotta
bag the game
10. Taro Roots Foundation
Action Plan
• Create funding for programs (academic,
athletic, and cultural)
– 3 programs for summer of 09-10
– Funding through private business and grant funding.
• Create employment
• Create year round programs for 6th, 7th,
& 8th grade levels.
• Build a facility that houses tutoring
programs, athletic programs, and cultural
education
11. Shantelle Despabiladeras
• ‘olelo makuahine
• Cultural
Education
• Identity in the
Pacific Diaspora
• Health and
Wellness
12. Teresa Tuimaseve
• Entrepreneurship
– Media and
information platforms
• Program
Development
13. Noelani Valdez
A kahea…
….a call for…
• Ohana…
• Culture…
• Change…
• Education…
• New
Opportunities…
14. Justine Lazaro
• “[We are] like the iron chef, cooking with
[our] own recipes, you decide if you want
to eat the food.”- Judge Tommy
– “Degrees are only hunting licenses, you still have
to bag the game.”- Chief Wolfgram
– “It’s not about us as individuals. Our goal should
be for our community to function without us.”-
Kealalokahi Losch
– “People are what matters in policy.”- Micah Kane
– “We must answer the call with our very lives.”-
Manulani Meyers
– “A change in destination demands a change in
course.”- Walter Kaneakua
15. Mike Weingarten
“Cultural Value
Creation Leading to
Polynesian
Prosperity”
~The Power and Influence
of One’s Stewardship~
– Spiritual
– Physical
– Cultural
– Financial
– Mental
– Social
16. Tina Tapuai
Fale idea / approach
• Foundation
• Pillars
• Cross beams
• Attic
• Roof
17. Mohala Pokini
• Pre-NAPALI
• ‘Olelo No’eau:
“E Ho’a’o no i pau
kuhihewa”
Try it and rid yourself of
illusions.
– Problem Solving
– Communication
– Connected Topics
– Challenging but
Accessible
– Development Overtime
18. Post~Napali Reflections
Ke Akua
• Hawaiian World View
– Nana ka maka
– Ho’olohe ka pepeiao
– Hamau ka leo
Lokahi – Hana me ka lima
Pono
‘Aina Hana • “Ta ki tahi, ta ki ota”
Perform in the ocean,
perform in the land.
Mahalo nui loa!
22. Kerri Ann Naputi Borja
• Graduate with a Master in
Education
• Learn to speak native
tongue, Chamoru
• Trace and find out family
genealogy
• Help open a Chamoru
language and cultural
immersion school on Guåhan
• Create a Chamoru youth
empowerment organization
23. Asaeli Matelau
• Looking Back to Move
Forward
– Start of a Journey
• Organ of Emotion
– Teaching a New Understanding
• Am I Not Tongan
– Contemporary Culture of
Empowerment
• Speaking Truth to Power
– Accept Nothing less than Humanity
• Our Sea of Islands
– Maui (Fisher of Islands)
