Although the last day of any experience is often bittersweet, our potluck dessert table made our final time together a little extra sweet! We enjoyed each other’s company with delicious home baked goods, local favorite bakeries, and (since I love…
Group photo of our October Cohort Kumukahi participants in Hālau o Haumea. Mahalo e Aunty PMac for taking the photo! Our fourth day together was a really beautiful experience that perhaps was best described by our fearless leader Punihei in…
Friday, August 16, 2024 To close our week, we invited everyone to leave a message of a gem/flower that they had harvested during our time together. We went around the large circle and everyone had a chance to speak their…
Thursday, August 15, 2024 This morning, I had the opportunity and great pleasure to participate in a Pilina Circle with the lovely co-facilitators Siobhán and Kristin. Mahalo to our other co-facilitators for the day: Kawehi and Nick, and Katey and…
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 While the second day of the week includes lots of talking and socializing with other people, the third day involves much more introspective writing time. We trace our many lineages of genealogies that shape us by…
Ceremony at the māla and ahu, led by Dr. Dee-Ann Carpenter and supported by the team of JABSOM and Cancer Center Cohort Kumukahi participants. Our NHPoL team was so grateful to be back in the ʻili ʻāina of Kaʻākaukukui, and…
A photo of harvested kalo being prepped at the table for replanting. For the first half of the day, we had the opportunity to be in Pilina Circles (mahalo nui to our co-facilitators for the day: Punihei and Kamakani, Kawehi…
Cohort Kumukahi participants and NHPoL team gathered within the open walls of Hālau o Haumea for our first Friday of our October session. For our fourth offering of Cohort Kumukahi, our five-day October session will be spread over five consecutive…
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Our second day of the cohort is also ʻāina day, and this day happened to fall upon yet another ʻOle moon. But we were still very productive at Ka Papa Loʻi ʻo Kānewai, where some of…
Monday, August 12, 2024 As our team began another session of Cohort Kumukahi, we were grateful for many reasons, especially to feel the gentle rains that fell throughout the day, thankfully keeping us all cool despite the humidity. Our first…