Dan and Maggie Inouye Chair in Democratic Ideals
Julian Aguon is an Indigenous human rights lawyer and writer from Guam. A prolific essayist, he is the author of No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies (2022), which Junot Díaz calls “a breathtaking book . . . alive with passion, wisdom, and heart.” Aguon is the founder of Blue Ocean Law, a progressive firm that works at the intersection of Indigenous rights and environmental justice, and he serves on the Global Advisory Council of Progressive International.
Public Lecture
On Earning Hope for the Future
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Orvis Auditorium
UH Mānoa Campus
Lead event sponsors: Department of American Studies in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters and the William S. Richardson School of Law
