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Piʻo Summit 2022

Wai Sovereignty & Justice

Watch Opening Addresses and Wai Panel Discussions

Thursday, December 15, 2022
12:00 - 4:30pm
Imin International Conference Center & Kennedy Theatre, UH Mānoa

Wai Sovereignty & Justice
was chosen as the theme of our inaugural summit to draw attention and action to the current state of our wai, along with the constant threats our water resources are currently facing. Wai Sovereignty & Justice brought together esteemed community leaders, advocates, and truth speakers who are advancing aloha ʻāina and water justice. The summit consisted of two day-time panels, a networking mixer event and an evening keynote discussion.

Featured Keynote

Dr. Cornel West, affectionately known to many as Brother West, is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. Dr. West teaches on the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as courses in Philosophy of Religion, African American Critical Thought, and a wide range of subjects -- including but by no means limited to, the classics, philosophy, politics, cultural theory, literature, and music. He has a passion to communicate to a vast variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. – a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice. Dr. West is the former Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton. 

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Summit Schedule

December 15, 2022
Imin Conference Center & Kennedy Theatre, UH Mānoa

Summit Highlights

Piʻo Summit 2022: Wai Sovereignty & Justice ~ Dr. Kamana Beamer and Community Leaders on Wai

December 15, 2022
Opening Addresses: Dr. Jonathan Osorio and Dr. Beamer Panel 1: Wai ʻAi and Iʻa featuring Keliʻi Kotubetey, Hōkūao Pellegrino, Tiare Lawrence, Kanekoa Kukea-Shultz, Stacy M Sproat and Hanohano Naehu. Moderated by Dr.Beamer. Panel 2: Ernie Lau, Wayne Tanaka, Camille Kalama. Moderated by UH Mānoa Professor Kapua Sproat.
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Piʻo Summit 2022: Moderated Keynote with Dr. Cornel West

December 15, 2022
Dr. Cornel West offers one of the most prolific and thoughtful Keynote conversations on issues of Imperialism, Justice, Integrity, Love, and Liberation as related to Hawaiʻi and broader movements for justice and people's movements worldwide. A Moderated Keynote at The University of Hawaii at Manoa Kennedy Theatre for the inaugural Piʻo Summit on Wai Sovereignty and Justice. Moderated by Dr.Beamer.
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Our Partners

This summit would not be possible without the kōkua of our valued partners.

They are stalwart supporters of environmental justice and ʻōiwi agency, and we would like to express our deep mahalo to these organizations for their contributions:

Summit Schedule

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