Julian Aguon

Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished 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.

Lecture and Public Conversation

On Earning Hope for the Future

Wednesday, September 4, 2024, 6:30 PM

Orvis Auditorium
UH Mānoa Campus

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A lecture and public conversation between Julian Aguon and Camille Nelson (moderator), Dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law.

Lead event sponsors: Department of American Studies in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters; William S. Richardson School of Law; University of Hawaiʻi Foundation