Pac Rim 2008 Info
Thematic Keynote Speakers: Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer
Patricia Wood | Brenda Smith Myles | Manulani Aluli Meyer | Janet Cole | Jacquelyn Brand | Caroline Casey | Patricia A. Morrissey | Edward J. Kame‘enui
Monday April 14th, 2008: 9:00 am - 10:00 am in the Molokai Ballroom, on the topic of Culturally Responsive Education
“Culturally Responsive Education: The Efficacy of Aloha”
Congratulations! We are here to celebrate twenty years in the field of diversity education and what better way to honor this evolution than through the efficacy of aloha. Thus begins the rigorous reflection of what culture means to the wholeness of ourselves, our students, our society. Welcome to a new epistemology, a new way of looking at knowledge and a radical way at practicing knowing something. Here is where we are as a planet: how are we to evolve, to grow with consciousness that sees love as a form of intelligence and joy as the inherent quality of engagement? How can we triangulate ourselves back to meaning with the use of body, mind and spirit? Easy: measure/evaluate/witness is just one of the many ways we can discuss the changes that are here with regard to assessment. Let’s get into it with regard to truth, remembering and the empowerment gained through our own experiences. Don’t you think it’s time? The ho‘oulu is on!
Biography
Manulani Aluli Meyer is the fifth daughter of Emma Aluli and Harry Meyer. She is from a large family with roots in Hilo and Wailuku, who grew up on the beach of Kailua, O‘ahu.
Ms. Meyer is an outdoor experiential educator and coach who entered the philosophy and teacher-education field because of the needs of our time. She earned her doctorate from Harvard researching Hawaiian epistemology, or an indigenous philosophy of knowledge. She is dedicated to transforming ideas of intelligence, research and life to better address the needs and honor the unique contributions of all people.
She is currently an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Hawai‘i in Hilo and founding member of Halau Wanana, a Hawaiian Center of Higher Learning preparing teachers for licensure in the Hawaiian charter school movement.
Ms. Meyer’s book: Ho‘oulu: Our Time of Becoming, is in its second printing.
