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Kimberlee Bassford

2021-2022, Events
Kimberlee Bassford

September 8, 2022 | Award-winning documentary filmmaker

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Tina Stege

2021-2022, Events

January 2023 | Climate Envoy for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands

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Paul Farmer

2021-2022, Greatest Hits, Speakers

February 17, 2022 | Harvard physician, co-founder of Partners In Health

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Joy Harjo

2021-2022, Greatest Hits, Speakers
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October 23, 2021 | Writer and musician of the Mvskoke Nation; U.S. Poet Laureate

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Michael E. Mann

2021-2022, Greatest Hits, Speakers

October 15, 2021| Director of the Earth System Science Center and author of The New Climate War

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Kate Raworth

2021-2022, Greatest Hits, Speakers

October 7, 2021| Oxford economist and bestselling author of Doughnut Economics

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Helen Zia

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers

April 12, 2021 | Author of Last Boat out of Shanghai and Asian American Dreams

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Vivek Murthy

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers

January 6, 2021 | Co-Chair of Biden’s Covid-19 Advisory Board and former Surgeon General

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Eric Topol

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers

December 17, 2020 | Cardiologist, research scientist, and bestselling author

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Edward Glaeser

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers

October 21, 2020 | Harvard economist and a former director of the Taubman Center

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Alicia Garza

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers

September 24, 2020 | Co-founder of the Black Lives Matter and Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals

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Michael Bennett

2020–2021, Greatest Hits, Speakers

June 17, 2020 | Defensive end with the New England Patriots and author of Things That Make White People Uncomfortable

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Priyamvada Natarajan

2018-2019, Greatest Hits, Speakers

May 2, 2019 | Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale and the author of Mapping the Heavens

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Sheena Iyengar

2018-2019, Greatest Hits, Speakers

March 14, 2019 | Social psychologist

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David Cole

2018-2019, Greatest Hits, Speakers

February 28, 2019 | National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union

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Janet Mock

2018-2019, Greatest Hits, Speakers

Fall 2018 Commencement | author, TV personality and one of the nation’s most important advocates for transgender rights

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Eric Shinseki

2017-2018, Greatest Hits, Speakers

Spring 2018 Commencement | First Asian American 4-star general and former Secretary for Veteran’s Affairs

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Lonnie Bunch

2017-2018, Greatest Hits, Speakers

February 27, 2018 | Founding Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Ai-jen Poo

2016–2017, Greatest Hits, Speakers

March 22, 2017 | Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance, MacArthur fellow, author of The Age of Dignity (2015).

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Sacha Pfeiffer

2016–2017, Greatest Hits, Speakers

February 17, 2017 | Pulitzer-prize winning reporter on the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, author of Betrayed: The Crisis in the Catholic Church (2003).

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Angela Y. Davis

2015–2016, Greatest Hits, Speakers

April 8, 2016 | Scholar, author, activist

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Mark Bittman

2015–2016, Greatest Hits, Speakers

February 18, 2016 | New York Times food writer, author of twenty books, including How to Cook Everything (1998).

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Jose Antonio Vargas

2013–2015, Greatest Hits, Speakers

Fall 2013 Commencement | Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, Founder and CEO, Define American.

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Joseph Stiglitz

2011–2012, Greatest Hits, Speakers

March 14, 2012 | Nobel laureate, University Professor of Economics at Columbia

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Van Jones

2011–2012, Greatest Hits, Speakers

CNN commentator, White House green jobs advisor (2009), author of Rebuild the Dream (2012).

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Happening this week Tuesday! Scientia Professor Happening this week Tuesday! 

Scientia Professor of Ocean & Climate Dynamics @unsw, Matthew England is a renowned expert on large-scale climate-ocean dynamics, having led research studies from the tropics to Antarctica, and over time spans ranging from seasons to millennia. 

@soest_uh and @uh_btss are happy to present England’s keynote lecture entitled

“Ocean as Protector—and Punisher
How oceans slow global warming but also sow disaster”

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 6:00 PM
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Happening tomorrow! 📢 Together with Funder Hu Happening tomorrow! 📢 

Together with Funder Hui, Ceeds of Peace, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Matsunaga Institute, we’re honored to co-sponsor this talk story on gun safety. 

Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng (Ceeds of Peace and Matsunaga Institute), Senator Chris Lee, Erica Yamauchi (Moms Demand Action), and Chris Marvin (Everytown). 

Join us for some thoughtful reflection, helpful perspectives, and proactive next steps so we can be part of the solution to end gun violence.

Wednesday, June 15 at 8:00am HST on zoom.
Register at bit.ly/gunsafetyhi (link in bio).

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Join us for this important online conversation on Join us for this important online conversation on Wednesday, June 15th at 8am on Zoom about gun safety in Hawaiʻi. We are proud to be a part of this effort to discuss how we can ensure a better tomorrow by making sure our communities, especially of our beloved keiki, are safe and free from gun violence. 

Speakers include: 
- Maya Soetoro-Ng from @ceedsofpeace & @matsunagainstitute. 
- Erica Yamauchi from @momsdemand. 
- Senator Chris Lee from Hawaiʻi State Legislature @hawaiisenate. 
- Chris Marvin from @everytown. 
- Ashley Lukens from Funders Hui who will serve as moderator.

Register: bit.ly/gunsafetyhi. (Link in bio) 

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YouTube Video UC6KSF4BLZ4zs8A9hH73qB9Q_obcrMTJ7vMw New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose discusses the social disruptions of artificial intelligence that have already arrived and how to equip ourselves to manage machines rather than be managed by them. Interviewed by Robert Perkinson. 

Kevin Roose is the bestselling author of three books, including his most recent, Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation. Focused on intersections of technology, business, and culture, he writes about online extremism, social media disinformation, artificial intelligence and algorithms, and emerging technologies. Before joining The Times, he was a columnist for New York magazine and co-host of the Real Future TV documentary series.

Sponsors include Kamehameha Schools, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kahala Hotel and Resort, Scholars Strategy Network. 

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New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose discusses the social disruptions of artificial intelligence that have already arrived and how to equip ourselves to manage machines rather than be managed by them. Interviewed by Robert Perkinson. 

Kevin Roose is the bestselling author of three books, including his most recent, Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation. Focused on intersections of technology, business, and culture, he writes about online extremism, social media disinformation, artificial intelligence and algorithms, and emerging technologies. Before joining The Times, he was a columnist for New York magazine and co-host of the Real Future TV documentary series.

Sponsors include Kamehameha Schools, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kahala Hotel and Resort, Scholars Strategy Network. 

Video editing by ITS in cooperation with the CSS Digital Studios.
Kevin Roose: Futureproof
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Former record-setting quarterback Timmy Chang is the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s new head football coach. For Timmy, the opportunity to serve as head coach is more than just a return to his alma mater—it’s a coming home.

In this episode of Community Conversations, Provost Michael Bruno and Timmy talk about the future of Hawai‘i Football, what this opportunity means for Timmy, how it feels to be back home, and his priorities for the team moving forward.

Event Sponsors: Office of the Provost, UH Alumni Relations, UH Foundation

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Community Conversations: Coach Timmy Chang
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Longtime Native Hawaiian community leader Michelle Kauhane, a vice president at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, discusses her new role as Biden appointee on the White House’s AANHPI Commission. In a searching conversation with UHM Specialist Noelle Kahanu, Michelle discusses her career advancing Native interests through Hawai‘i institutions and the ways that federal funding and support can enhance Native Hawaiian community well-being. 

Topics: Designating Native Hawaiians for the first time as a stand-alone group in a White House commission, housing and economic inequality, environmental justice, Native Hawaiian relationships to Pacific Islander and Asian American concerns, and the need for federal investment to foster Native justice. 

Series Sponsors: Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Kamehameha Schools, and The Queen’s Health Systems

Production assistance from ITS, BTSS, and the CSS Digital Studio.
24 February 2022
Michelle Kauhane: What Biden's AANHPI Commission Means for Hawaii
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Highlights from our conversation with Michael E. Mann, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and a tireless advocate for spreading awareness of the systemic and deliberate campaign to undermine public confidence in climate science.

See the full interview here:
Michael E. Mann: The New Climate War
https://youtu.be/hC7Q3mKguMc

Produced by the UH Manoa Better Tomorrow Speaker Series for the Hawai'i Book and Music Festival 2021. https://hawaiibookandmusicfestival.com

Event Sponsors: Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. BTSS Series Sponsors: College of Social Sciences, Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Kamehameha Schools, William S. Richardson School of Law
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