Webinars
This series presents opportunities for providers to connect with Hawaiian values and perspectives on Mauli Ola, optimal health, values that are shared across all cultures that today have been replaced with self-reliance. When disaster strikes, how do we prepare to respond in ways that protect and enhance social cohesion?
This series will provide Cultural Training to support providers in recognizing signs and symptoms of substance use disorder and serious mental illness that may result from surviving a natural disaster.
Our multimedia approach is intended to guide our audience through the process of opening the mind. Beginning with ʻike Hawaiʻi, we invite you to see new perspectives on truth and learn about Hawaiian science. Through kiʻi (image) and pule (chant) from both Hawaiʻi and Chuuk we hope that you will practice lending your voice to healing so that it is felt in your own naʻau (gut). Following this protocol we want you to feel safe to connect with the stories of our Community Navigators that bring joy as well as pain. In the knowledge of our guest speakers, we hope you will experience the depth of healing their practices have to offer and that you stay on to talk through what you have experienced in the walaau (debrief). We recognize that this takes courage and we look forward to hearing your feedback.
Disaster Preparedness
Introducing participants to the series, providing a historical and decolonial context on disaster response, and using it to catalyze post-traumatic intergenerational healing.
Food Security
Contextualizing food sovereignty and disaster response, equipping participants with tools and skills to independently prepare and access food amidst crisis.
Housing Security
Defining housing security and personal safety, and destigmatizing cultural lifestyle practices (kauhale, indoor ʻimu, outdoor dwelling space, etc.) that aid in disaster relief.
School, Childcare, and Job Security
Exploring cultural values and examples of “work and home” life which catalyze the active participation of every family and community member.
Violence Prevention: Road to Reconnection
Providing safe space to address the relationship between interpersonal violence and histories of colonization, while educating participants on de-escalation practices, services, and access to care.
Stress Management and Social Isolation
Developing “coping cards” as immediate relief during a personal crisis, and discussing the importance of activating relationships as a way to respond to a disaster.
Community Mural Project
The Māpuna Lab, in partnership with Pacific Voices at Kōkua Kalihi Valley, created a mural inspired by Ku‘u ‘Āina Aloha: Beloved Land, Beloved Country. The mural’s creation was led by phenomenal Micronesian artist Lissete Yamase with facilitation by Meleanna Meyer. The themes of the mural highlight stories from Chuuk, Pohnpei, the Marshall Islands, and Saipan.The created mural was named Oceans of Reflection.
Our Webinars
This series presents opportunities for providers to connect with Hawaiian values and perspectives on Mauli Ola, optimal health, values that are shared across all cultures that today have been replaced with self-reliance. When disaster strikes, how do we prepare to respond in ways that protect and enhance social cohesion?