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Ethnic Studies Anniversary : Celebrating 50 Years of Our History Our Way

Island Connections: Ethnic Studies: 50 Years On

Recorded on November 13th, 2020 Host: Ibrahim Aoudé - Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The discussion revolved around the role that Ethnic Studies as an academic unit at the University of Hawai‘i has played and continues to play in the community and on campus since its establishment in 1970. The guests focused on the Oceanic connections that Ethnic Studies has developed and its motto "Our Future, Our Way." Guest: • Ty Tengan, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Anthropology Chair of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa • Davianna McGregor, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of the Center for Oral History - UH Mānoa • Ethan Caldwell, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa • Richard Rath, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa • Laurel Mei-Singh, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa • Ulla Hasager, Director of Civic Engagement, College of Social Sciences - UH Mānoa • Noel Kent, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa • Jonathan Okamura, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa • Kyle Kajihiro, Instructor in Geography and Environment, and Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa • John Witeck, Community and Labor Activist • Amefil Agbayani, Community Activist ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Island Connections is a monthly television program produced by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoaʻs Department of Ethnic Studies that deals with local and global issues and their impact on Hawai'iʻs people.