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

Workers, Tourism, and COVID-19

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Island Connections 2020 / 2021

Island Connections: Ibrahim Aoudé: The Ethnic Studies Years
April 14, 2021
The discussion centered around Professor Ibrahim Aoudé's years in Hawai‘i and at the Department of Ethnic Studies on the occasion of his impending retirement. Noel Kent and Jonathan Okamura, both Professors of Ethnic Studies (emeritus).
Guests:
• Jonathan Okamura, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa
• Noel Kent, Retired Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa

Island Connections: Noel J. Kent: Professor Emeritus
March 12, 2021
The panel discussed the academic career of Professor Emeritus Noel J. Kent at the Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa
Guests:
• Jonathan Okamura, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa
• Noel Kent, Retired Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa

Island Connections: Dean T. Alegado: A Farewell
February 13, 2021
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."
Guests:
• Davianna McGregor, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of the Center for Oral History - UH Mānoa
• Rosie Alegado, Associate Professor of Oceanography - UH Mānoa

Island Connections: Censoring Palestine
December 11, 2020
The guests discussed the censorship that the Zoom provider placed on a program about Palestine and the way in which the University of Hawai‘i administration buckled under to the Zoom provider and thus violated the First Amendment rights of its students, staff and faculty.
Guest:
• Cynthia Franklin, Professor of English - UH Mānoa
• Ma'an Odah, student- grad student in Nutritional Sciences

Ethnic Studies: 50 Years On
November 13, 2020
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

Workers, Tourism, and COVID-19
October 9, 2020
The discussion highlighted the plight of the tourist industry workers in the current COVID-19 environment. Hawai‘i workers are caught between calls for opening the economy without much regard to worker safety and remaining unemployed without adequate financial support from the Federal government.
Guest:
• Eric Gill, Financial Secretary-Treasurer, Unite Here Local-5, Hawaiʻi

Two Visions for the UH
September 11, 2020
The show focused on the administration and Board of Regents' vision of a post-COVID-19 UH as opposed to a faculty, students and staff vision of a more open, inclusive, democratic decision-making process that centers around the role of a public university in the service of all of Hawai‘i and one that truly expresses its commitment to being a Hawaiian place of learning.
Guest:
• Cynthia Franklin, Professor of English - UH Mānoa
Island Connections Celebrates 50 Years of Ethnic Studies 17 plain 2021-04-27T22:14:22+00:00
We are highlighting issues brought up on Island Connections in the 2, a show sponsored by Ethnic Studies and hosted by ES professor Ibrahim Aoudé. The first section covers the role of ES and the future of UHM, then we honor three retired or retiring professors, our host Brahim, Jonathan Okamura. and Noel Kent. We also say sad farewell to a founding member of the department, Dean Alegado. Finally, we turn to some current issues including the labor situation in Hawaiʻi and Hawaiʻi's relationship with events in Palestine.

Ethnic Studies: 50 Years On
November 13, 2020
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."
Guests:
- 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
Two Visions for UH
September 11, 2020
The show focused on the administration and Board of Regents' vision of a post-COVID-19 UH as opposed to a faculty, students and staff vision of a more open, inclusive, democratic decision-making process that centers around the role of a public university in the service of all of Hawaiʻi and one that truly expresses its commitment to being a Hawaiian place of learning. Featuring guest: Cynthia Franklin, Professor of English - UH Mānoa.

Jon Okamura, Professor Emritus
May 26, 2020
The discussion centered on the academic career of Jonathan Okamura and his multiple contributions to the theories of race and ethnicity. The program celebrates his specific contributions in the field of race, ethnicity, and inequality in Hawai‘i. Featuring guest Jonathan Okamura, Professor of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa
Ibrahim Aoudé: The Ethnic Studies Years
April 14, 2021
The discussion centered around Professor Ibrahim Aoudé's years in Hawaiʻi and at the Department of Ethnic Studies on the occasion of his impending retirement. Featuring guests Noel Kent and Jonathan Okamura, each a Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies .
Noel J. Kent: Professor Emeritus
March 12, 2021
The panel discussed the academic career of Professor Emeritus Noel J. Kent at the Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa. Featuring guests Jonathan Okamura, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa and Noel Kent, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies - UH Mānoa.
Dean T. Alegado: A Farewell
February 13, 2021
The discussion revolved around the role that Ethnic Studies as an academic unit at the University of Hawaiʻi 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." Featuring guests Davianna McGregor, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director of the Center for Oral History - UH Mānoa and Rosie Alegado, Associate Professor of Oceanography - UH Mānoa.
Censoring Palestine
December 11, 2020
The guests discussed the censorship that the Zoom provider placed on a program about Palestine and the way in which the University of Hawai‘i administration buckled under to the Zoom provider and thus violated the First Amendment rights of its students, staff and faculty. Featuring guests Cynthia Franklin, Professor of English - UH Mānoa and Maʻan Odah, student- grad student in Nutritional Sciences
Workers, Tourism, and COVID-19
October 9, 2020
The discussion highlighted the plight of the tourist industry workers in the current COVID-19 environment. Hawaiʻi workers are caught between calls for opening the economy without much regard to worker safety and remaining unemployed without adequate financial support from the Federal government. Featuring guest Eric Gill, Financial Secretary-Treasurer, Unite Here Local-5, Hawaiʻi
Ethnic Studies Responds to Breaking Events
Island Connections: Workers, Tourism, and COVID-19 October 9th, 2020
Host: Ibrahim Aoudé - Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The discussion highlighted the plight of the tourist industry workers in the current COVID-19 environment. Hawai‘i workers are caught between calls for opening the economy without much regard to worker safety and remaining unemployed without adequate financial support from the Federal government.
Guest:
• Eric Gill, Financial Secretary-Treasurer, Unite Here Local-5, Hawaiʻi

Island Connections: 2020: Two Visions for the UH
September 11, 2020
Host: Ibrahim Aoudé - Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The show focused on the administration and Board of Regents' vision of a post-COVID-19 UH as opposed to a faculty, students and staff vision of a more open, inclusive, democratic decision-making process that centers around the role of a public university in the service of all of Hawai‘i and one that truly expresses its commitment to being a Hawaiian place of learning.
Guest:
• Cynthia Franklin, Professor of English - UH Mānoa

From the Ruins of Racial Capitalisms to Oceanic Critique with Dr. Sharad Chari
May 7, 2020
This dialogue (May 7, 2020) with Associate Professor Sharad Chari (UC Berkeley) discussed his work in India and South Africa and how this has prompted his thinking on the questions of the intimate and the oceanic, as well as their implications for a planetary future. This talk was moderated by Associate Professor Ty P. Kāwika and sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies.
Sharad Chari is a geographer at the University of California at Berkeley, affiliated to WiSER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research) at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is author of Fraternal Capital, co-editor of The Development Reader, Other Geographies, and (with the Antipode Editorial Collective) Keywords in Radical Geography, and is completing a book called Apartheid Remains.

Oceanic Connections: COFA Communities, Climate Change & COVID-19 May 5th, 2020
This community forum (held May 5, 2020) explored the environmental, cultural, and political impacts of climate change and COVID–19 in Oceania and Hawai‘i, with particular focus on the three COFA (Compact of Free Association) nations of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. Honoring the legacy of the late Dr. Joakim “Jojo” Peter, co-founder of this series, we featured Native Pacific scholars, artists, and leaders Josie Howard, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Sha Ongelungel, and Punahele to better understand the situation on the ground and develop solutions based in Oceanic connections to environment, family, and community. This dialogue is first of a two-part event, the second being by a student-focused workshop with the Aloha ‘Āina Hip Hop Collective that to inspire hope and change through art.
Sponsored by ACCESS (Advising, Civic, and Community Engagement in the Social Sciences), Department of Ethnic Studies, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, and the office of SEED (Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity) IDEAS.
Donations to the Dr. Joakim Peter Memorial Scholarship can be made here: http://www.ajojoscholars.org

On The Native Pacific: Talk Story with Keith Camacho
April 23, 2020
A talk story with Associate Professor Keith L. Camacho (UCLA) as he discusses research, teaching, and activism with and for Pacific Islander communities in California, the Mariana Islands, and elsewhere. The session was moderated by Associate Professors Ty P. Kāwika Tengan and Roderick Labrador (UHM) and sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies. Q&A included an important discussion (42:42 -45:51 ) on COVID-19 and Pacific Islander communities with Calvin Chang, Kanaka Maoli researcher involved with a survey organized by ‘Alisi Tulua that we are encouraging all Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders to participate in: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...