Kamanamaikalani Beamer is the Dana Naone Hall Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature, and the Environment at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He is the author of the award-winning No Mākou Ka Mana—Liberating the Nation and the forthcoming Islands and Cultures: How Pacific Islands Can Influence How We Understand the World (with Peter Vitousek and Te Maire Tau). He previously served as executive director of the Kohala Center, director of ‘Āina-Based Education at Kamehameha Schools, and director of Stanford University’s First Nations Futures Institute. He is a co-founder of ʻĀina Aloha Economic Futures.
Public Event
Islands, History, Future: Solutions from Polynesia for a World in Crisis
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Speakers: Kapuaʻala Sproat (moderator), Director, Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, William S. Richardson School of Law; Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Dana Naone Hall Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature, and the Environment at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; and Peter Vitousek, Professor, Earth System Science, Stanford University
Sponsors: Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Kaiāulu by Kamehameha Schools, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Learning Coalition, Unbound Philanthropy