THE ALOHA SPIRIT.

SOMETHING HAWAII HAS KNOWN## FOR AND FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, IT'S# SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THEIR VERY BEING.# IS THE ALOHA SPIRIT CHANGING?

STRAINED BY THE WEIGHT OF TODAY'S WORLD?# TONIGHT WE TACKLE STATE OF ALOHA.

THIS LIVE BROADCAST AND LIVESTREAM OF KAKOU## HAWAII'S TOWN HALL STARTS NOW.

### ## ALOHA## AND WELCOME TO KAKOU.. HULLTY MEDIA STUDIO.

YUNJI DE NIES.# THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG MULTI-MEDIA STUDIO.# I’M YUNJI DE NIES.

ALOHA IS A WORD WITH MANY# MEANINGS: A GREETING, AN EMOTION, A WAY OF LIFE.# IN HAWAII, SHARING THE ALOHA SPIRIT IS NOT ONLY HOW MANY OF# US STRIVE TO LIVE, IT IS IN FACT, THE LAW.# THE ALOHA SPIRIT LAW IN THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES SAYS,# “‘ALOHA SPIRIT’ IS THE COORDINATION OF MIND AND HEART# WITHIN EACH PERSON.

IT BRINGS EACH PERSON TO THE# SELF.

EACH PERSON MUST THINK AND# EMOTE GOOD FEELINGS TO OTHERS.”# SO ARE WE LIVING UP TO THAT MANDATE?# HOW DO WE CULTIVATE, SHARE, TEACH, AND AMPLIFY THE ALOHA# SPIRIT?

AND WHAT HAPPENS TO HAWAII IF# IT IS LOST?

THAT’S WHAT WE’RE EXPLORING# TONIGHT.

KAKOU MEANS ALL OF US TOGETHER.# ASKED PEOPLE WHAT IS THE ALOHA SPIRIT.

>> PATIENCE AND KINDNESS FOR## SOMETHING SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW.

FEELING OF TOGETHER, WORK FROM HOME ISLAND.# EVERYBODY KIND OF STRIVING# TOWARDS GETTING EVERYTHING BETTER.# >> COMING TO ISLAND SEE THE BEAUTY, OCEAN, WATER.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.# AND THE SPIRIT IS DIFFERENT.

>> HELPING AND LOVING EACH## OTHER, LOVING EACH OTHER WHY WE COME BACK HERE TO# LIVE EVEN THOUGH IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE AND HARDER.# ECONOMICALLY MORE DIFFICULT.

WE COME BACK.# BECAUSE EVERYONE IS NICE.

>> IF EVERYBODY LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER,## NOBODY IS ABOUTING TO BE MAKING THEIR BAD# DECISIONS HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.# ANOTHER ONE, AND I THINK# THAT'S TRULY WHAT ALOHA MEANS.# LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.

>> REALLY.# > WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT?

HEAR FROM YOU IN OUR DISCUSSION## TONIGHT EMAIL OR CALL IN YOUR QUESTIONS.

STREAMING LIVE AT PBS HAWAII.ORG AND U-TUBE PAGE.# TOWN HALL, HAVE KUMU HULA AWE EDUCATOR# HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, NONPROFIT AND## BUSINESS LEADERS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES.

BEGIN WE WANT TO START WITH VICKI HOLT TAKAMINE,## KUMU HULA AND CHAIR NATIVE HAWAIIAN INTELLECTUAL# PROPERTY WORKING GROUP HEARD OF VARIETY OF VOICES## ABOUT HOW THEY DEFINE ALOHA.

TELL US ABOUT THE WORD ITSELF.# WHAT DOES ALOHA MEAN?

>> ALOHA MEANS LOVE.# LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

>> LOVE FOR YOUR LAND, CULTURE, YOUR PEOPLE.# I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BEST LESSONS I LEARNED# FROM MY MOTHER AND BEING GRACIOUS TO EVERYONE.# AS A RECEPTIONIST BISHOP MUSEUM,# WELCOMED EVERYONE INTO THE BISHOP MUSEUM.# WITH SUCH GRACE AND LOVE AND GENUINE ALOHA.

FOR EVERYONE.# >>Yunji: I CAN IMAGINE THAT EVERYONE THAT SHE# GREETED ALSO FELT THAT COMING BACK TO THEM.# WE ASKED PEOPLE WHAT IT IS ABOUT# RECEIVING ALOHA THAT IS SO POWERFUL.# TAKE A LOOK.

>> YOU FEEL HUMILITY## AND GRACIOUSNESS, HUMILITY.

BRINGS COMMUNITY TOGETHER.# YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PART OF A COMMUNITY.

>> I FEEL GOOD.# WOW THEY CARE ABOUT ME.

>> THOUGHT OF ABOUT THIS ONE GUY, I DON'T KNOW,## WHAT HE WAS DOING, JUST MAYBE HE WAS WORKING.

AND JUST SAYING.# HELLO.

AND HE SHOT ME THE SHAKA.# KIND OF LIKE, I FELT DID WE DID IT.

>>Yunji: I LOVE HOW HE SAYS THAT'S## BECAUSE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANS.

YOU FEEL THAT RIGHT THERE.# I WANT TO TURN TO AMY AGBAYANI# FILIPINO COMMUNITY LEADER.# AND RIGHTS SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE.

CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST.# WE ARE THE MANY AREAS THAT YOU WORK IN HELPING# IMMIGRANTS ACCLIMATE TO LIFE IN HAWAII?# WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT NEWCOMERS FEEL THAT SPIRIT.

>> I THINK ALOHA TRYING TO HAVE## A SENSE OF BELONGING.

MANY NEWCOMERS IMMIGRANTS## DON'T FEEL OFTENTIMES WELCOME.

EVERYTHING IS NEW TO THEM.# SO LEARNING AND THEY TRYING VERY HARD# BUT OFTENTIMES, TRYING VERY HARD EASILY,## CAN MAKE MISTAKES AND FEEL THAT# THEY'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING.# THEY DON'T BELONG.

AND THEY'RE NOT EQUAL.# SO ALOHA IS SOMETHING THAT WE ASPIRE FOR AND# REALLY IS AUTHENTIC AND NEWCOMERS IMMIGRANTS## ALSO WANT TO BELIEVE IN AND SUPPORT.

WANTED TO SAY THAT ALOHA, OPPOSITE OF ALOHA IS## ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO SHOULD LOOK AT.

IT'S PEOPLE WHO DON'T TREAT PEOPLE WELL.# DON'T TREAT PEOPLE EQUALLY.

WHO DON'T RESPECT OTHERS.# AND THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE SOME SEVERAL# RIGHTS LAWS SO THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT## ASPIRATION OF ALOHA IS ALSO, IF YOU VIOLATE THAT A# LOT, CONSEQUENCES AND WE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THAT.# >>Yunji: THANK YOU.

>> I THINK MAYBE WHAT AMY IS SHARING IS THAT## WE CAN SHARE ALOHA BUT WE EXPECT THAT IN RETURN.

SO WE SHARE ALOHA WITH EACH OTHER, WE KNOW THAT## WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE ALOHA.

IT'S NOT A ONE-WAY STREET.# IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GIVE AND RECEIVE.

IF WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT, WE'RE CAN KIND OF## THINKING MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ALOHA SPIRIT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT IN ORDER TO## REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ALOHA MEANS.

>>Yunji: NOT RECEIVING IT CAN BE PAINFUL TOO.# >> NOT RECEIVING IT.

OR NOT SHARING YOUR## EXPERIENCES AND NOT BEING WELCOMING AND OPEN, BUT# IN ORDER DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO AB GIVING AS WE ARE.# >>Yunji: AMY, NOGUCHI LEADS NUMBER OF# ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO FOOD COMMUNITY INCLUDING## CHEF HUI AFTER THE LAHAINA WILDFIRES, WAS HELPING# TO COOK AND DISTRIBUTE 10,000 MEALS A DAY ON MAUI.# WHOLE LOT OF ALOHA.

YOU ARE ORIGINALLY FROM MISSOURI AND WE THINK## OF MIDWEST NICE AND SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY.

SORT OF REGIONAL ISMS.# HOW IS ALOHA DIFFERENT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE.

>> FOR ME ACTUALLY NOT DIFFERENT.# THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS HARD FOR ME WHEN# PEOPLE WOULD OFTEN SAY, WOW YOU'RE FROM MISSOURI.# TOTALLY DIFFERENT SPACE THAN HERE.

AND WITH THEY SAY THAT, I ALWAYS TILTED## MY HEAD AND THOUGHT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?# SKIN COLOR IS DIFFERENT THE# YOU HAVE OCEANS WE HAVE LAKES.# SO MUCH OF MY CHILDHOOD AND PEOPLE RAISED BY# IN THE VILLAGE VERY MUCH REMINDED ME OF HERE.# I SORT OF COMING HERE ACE YOUNG GIRL.

UNCLE LIVED HERE.# CAME AS A FAMILY.

I FELT VERY AT HOME HERE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTED## AND MIRRORED SAME ALOHA THAT I RECEIVED IN# THE MIDWEST FROM THE TIME THAT I WAS BORN.# WE WERE A VILLAGE.

>> AUNTIES AND UNCLES WHO TAUGHT ME THINGS## AND CARED FOR ME AND I THINK THAT MOVING HERE FOR# ME, MORE DIVERSE THAN THE SPACE THAT I CAME FROM.# BUT THE WHAT I WE TREATED EACH# OTHER WAS VERY MUCH THE SAME.# REALLY WHEN I LOST MY DAD, FIVE YEARS# AGO, WE HAD A CELEBRATION OF LIFE.# PEOPLE WOULD CAME THERE REMIND ME SO MUCH OF THE# ALOHA THAT MY DAD GAVE TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT## I HAD NEVER EVEN MET.

AS A CHILD.# AND HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR RECOGNITION.

HE DIDN'T IT BECAUSE IT WAS HIS JOB.# HE DID IT BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

SO IF OUR FAMILY, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T CALL IT## ALOHA, I THINK THAT FOR US,# THAT IS WHAT WE WERE LIVING.# REALLY GOES DOWN TO YOUR CORE OF# PUTTING YOURSELF IN OTHER PEOPLE'S## SHOES AND DOING UNTO OTHERS KINDERGARTEN# THINGS WE LEARNED TO ME, WHAT ALOHA IS.# REMEMBER TO PRACTICE IT.

>>Yunji: AGREE.# SO WELL SAID.

TALK ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC.# BILLY PIPER FROM AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK# LEADS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS.# WE'VE HAD ALMOST A DECADE MUCH OUT MIGRATION.

PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE TRENDS.# WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHO LEAVING IN# HAWAII AND WHAT IS LOST WHEN THEY LEAVE.# >> LOOK AT THE DATA, YOU SEE NOT ONLY IS# THERE 8 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF 8 OUT MIGRATION.# UNPACK WHO IS LEFT.

IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO CAN.# LOCAL HARD WORKING PEOPLE KEEPERS OF OUR# CULTURE, AND I DON'T MEAN JUST NATIVE HAWAIIANS.# ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MORE MORE NATIVE# HAWAIIANS LIVING OUTSIDE THAN IN.# 50% ON OAHU NOT BORN HERE.

>> CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC.# I THINK GOING BACK TO THE ALOHA PIECE, I JUST# RESONATE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY WAS SAYING.

FEEL WE## WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS CONCEPT OF RECIPROCITY.

NO NEED GOING UNMET IN THE COMMUNITY.# SO WITH YOU TALK ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS,# THE ROADS ARE DIFFERENT.# BEFORE, MAJORING TRAFFIC WASN'T TOO HARD.

NOW IT'S WE GOT TO BE ON OUR GAME TO GET## INTO A LANE OR STORES ARE DIFFERENT.

NOTICING THE FABRIC OF OUR CULTURE IS## CHANGING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.

AND I FEEL I# LOOK AT THIS GROUP AND FEEL A SENSE OF HOPE.# I ALL AGREE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC IS NOT GOOD.

AND THIS CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN ON OUR WATCH.# TALKING TO LOTUS EARLIER, YOUNG LOCAL# LEADERS MANY OF THEM ARE TRYING TO## FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN MAKE IT HERE.

THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE REASON FOR THEM LEAVING.# BECAUSE OF LACK OF HOPE.

EVERYBODY WHO HAVE LOSS## PLACE SHOULD BE ABLE TO THRIVE HERE.

>>Yunji: IT'S NOT ONLY WOULD WHO## LEAVES BUT COMES TO STAY.

NOT ONLY AS RESIDENT BUT ALSO VISITORS.# THAT IMPACTS ALOHA SPIRIT AS WELL.

HOW DO WE GET NEWCOMERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT## PART OF HAWAII, TAKE A LOOK THAT THE PERSPECTIVE.

>> AS KANAKA, AS PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HAWAII,## WE GOT TO PRESENT THAT ALOHA FIRST.

AND IF IT'S NOT RECIPROCAL, WE HAVE A## RESPONSIBILITY TO EXPLAIN WHAT ALOHA IS.

AND WHAT DOES ALOHA LOOK LIKE.# WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE.

VISITORS, DON'T KNOW.# WE ALWAYS GOT EDUCATE.

MY TUTU ALWAYS SAID,## LOVE AND EDUCATE.

LOVE AND EDUCATE.# DO SOMETIMES.

>>Yunji: THAT CAN BE TOUGH.# TYLER GOMES CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FOR KILO# HANA.

TOURISM DIVISION OF COUNCIL FOR NATIVE## HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT.

HOW DO WE LOVE AND## EDUCATE THOSE WHO COME TO VISIT US?

>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT VISITOR INDUSTRY HAS## I WOULD SAY STRUGGLED WITH FOR VERY LONG TIME.

WHEN I CAPITALIZED ON THAT## CONCEPT SHARING THAT LOVE.

SOLD IT AS VERY IDEALISTIC IMAGE.# AND I THINK BY AT LEAST FOR THE COUNCIL# FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT,## WORK WE DO IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK# WE NEED TO RECENTER AND IT BRING IT BACK.# I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING, ISN'T# BEING SAID, WHY ALOHA EXISTS.# AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT## EXCLUSIVE TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

HEARING UNIVERSAL NATURE## OF IT FROM EVERYONE WHO SPEAKING.

BUT WERE IT NOT FOR THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE,## PERSEVERANCE, AND ALL THE PRACTITIONERS AUNTY# VICKI EVERYONE ELSE KEPT THOSE THINGS ALIVE,## THAT VALUE SET WOULDN'T BE HERE.

THAT'S THE THING WE SHOULD BE## TEACHING PEOPLE AND SHARING WITH THEM.

IF WE DON'T, DISAPPEARS AND THEN IT## JUST COMES BACK TO SIMPLE ENGLISH CONCEPTS# GRATEFULNESS OR BEING KIND.

HERD RECIPROCITY## AND RECIPROCAL NATURE THREE TIMES NOW,# INTERACTIVE ABOUT IT AND OUR CULTURE## REALLY FOUND A WAY TO EMBODY THAT IN ONE WORD.

HAVE TO FEED THAT AND THEN SHARE THAT OUTWARDLY.# I THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST SLAPPING THE WORD ON# SOMETHING.

THROWING SOME GLITTER ON IT AND SOME## SPARKLE AND HOPING THAT SELLS THIS PLACE.

>>Yunji: HOW DO WE ACTUALLY DO THAT?# ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE ONLY HERE# LET'S SAY FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.# THEY'RE IN AND OUT.

BUT THEY ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THAT TIME.# ON THE ROADS BILLY IS TALK ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> IMPACT OUR CULTURE EVEN JUST## HERE FOR A FEW DAYS.

>> GOING TO TAKE EVERYONE.# TIME PERIOD POST HAWAIIAN RENAISSANCE PEOPLE# SORT OF PHONED IT IN AND THREW SOME HAWAIIAN## WORDS ON THE WALL A AND THAT WAS ENOUGH.

WELL PAST THAT TAKES COMMUNITY LEADERS,## BUSINESS OWNERS, POLITICIANS AND# EVERYONE TO FIND WAYS TO INTEGRATE## THAT INTO EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR BUSINESS.

DOESN'T MEAN OVERHAULING YOUR BUSINESS.# DOESN'T MEAN REDESIGNING# EVERYTHING WITH HAWAIIAN LENS.# IT MEANS INTENTIONALLY INCORPORATING# IT INTO YOUR BUSINESS VALUES.# >> AND INTO THE WAY YOU INTERACT# WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS YOUR STAFF.# THAT TAKES EVERY SINGLE PERSON WORKING HERE IN# HAWAII TO FIND A WAY TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THEIR## WORK, FUN, FAMILY, EVERYTHING.

>>Yunji: WE BUSINESS OWNERS,## I THINK EMBODIES THAT.

APRIL HALE MAKES TOYS AND GAMES## THAT CELEBRATE HAWAII'S CULTURE.

MOM OF THREE.# TOYS ARE FANTASTIC AND MEANING BEHIND# THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS SO INTERESTING.# TELL US ABOUT HOW WE TEACH ALOHA TO CHILDREN AND# HOW THE WORK THAT YOU DO HOPEFULLY PROMOTES THAT.# >> GOSH, REALLY STARTED AS A FUN SIDE THING.

I WAS A MOM.# AT HOME WITH TWO KIDS.

>> TOOK A BREAK FROM TEACHING.# LOOKED AROUND REALIZED NO TOYS THAT# REALLY REFLECTED LOCAL CULTURE.# TOYS ESPECIALLY.

LOCAL FOODS ARE REALLY SORT OF## PORTRAIT OF OUR MIXED PLATE CULTURE IF YOU LOOK AT# MUSUBI AND SHAVE ICE AND LOCO MOCO AND MALASADAS,## HAVE ROOTS IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

THAT ARE THEN KIND OF MERGED## AND FUSED AND BEAUTIFUL WAYS WITH# AUTHENTIC NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE.# SO IT KIND OF JUST STARTED AS A PROJECT TO CREATE# PLAY THINGS IN BOOKS AND FUN THINGS FOR KIDS.# THAT WOULD WHERE THEY COULD SEE THEMSELVES.

I THINK BEYOND THAT,## IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO JUST NORMALIZE DIFFERENCE.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO BE VALIDATED IN YOUR OWN## CULTURE AND SEE IT OUT THERE AND BE REPRESENT THE.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, ALSO ALWAYS A WONDERFUL## THING FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN AND# REACH OUT IT OTHER CULTURES.# >>Yunji: HOW DO WE TEACH ALOHA AS MOMS?# HOW DO WE TEACH THAT TO OUR CHILDREN.

>> IT'S A CHALLENGE.# YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SORT OF# THOSE KINDERGARTEN VALUES THAT SOMETIMES## I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF OUR POLITICAL LEADERS# AREN'T SHOWING BUT IT'S JUST GOING BACK TO## THE BASICS OF STARTING FROM A PLACE OF# KINDNESS, KNOWING THAT WORDS MATTER.# I WAS IN THE CAR WITH MY SON AND# FRIEND YESTERDAY, AT AN AGE SORT## OF LIKE LEARNING WHAT BAD WORDS ARE.

AND KIND OF CAUTIOUSLY USING THEM AND## TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, THERE'S SOME# WORDS THAT ARE NAUGHTY TO SAY AND OTHER## WORDS THAT ARE DEEPLY HURTFUL TO PEOPLE.

SO I MEAN, PARENTING IS BIG TOPIC.# BUT JUST I THINK TREATING OUR KIDS WITH KINDNESS# AND OPENNESS, MEETING THEM ON HONESTLY WHERE THEY## ARE AND HOPEFULLY TEACHING THEM TO START IN THEIR# INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE FROM A PLACE OF OPENNESS,## CURIOSITY, LOVE ACCEPTANCE, AND NOT# LIMITING THEMSELVES TO ONLY BEING## COMFORTABLE AROUND CERTAIN TYPES OF PEOPLE.

>>Yunji: I WANT TO BE IN OUR CAR RIDE.# SAME THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING TO MY KIDS.

>> LOTUS, JUNIOR AT WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL## AND CHAIR OF HAWAII STATE STUDENT COUNCIL.

SO MUCH OF YOUR GENERATION INTERACTIONS ONLINE.# I WONDER HOW ALOHA TRANSLATES IN DIGITAL SPACE.

>> DIGITAL SPACE.# WELL, I THINK I CHAIR OF HAWAII STATE# STUDENT COUNCIL, I WORK WITH STUDENTS## ALL ACROSS THE STATE AND SO WE KIND OF USE# SOCIAL MEDIA OR AT LEAST FOR MY COUNCIL,## WE USE IT AS A WAY TO KIND OF CONNECT OUR SCHOOLS.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AT EACH## OF OUR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WHETHER IT BE# FOR MY SCHOOL, HAD OUR HOMECOMING WEEK.# I KNOW OTHER SCHOOLS ARE HAVING IT AS WELL.

BEING ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS,## THAT STUDENTS ARE DOING TO NOT ONLY KEEP# THE TRADITION GOING, BOOSTING SCHOOL## SPIRIT BECAUSE THAT ALSO BUILDS SENSE OF ALOHA.

>> SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL PRIDE.

ALSO HELPS## STUDENTS LIKE AS THEY GO FURTHER IN LIFE, ABLE# TO APPLY THINGS THAT THEY LEARN IN HIGH SCHOOL.# NOT ONLY JUST LIKE MATH, NOT# ONLY READING SOFT SKILLS.# THINK I THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT# WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING TOGETHER.# SO SOCIAL MEDIA, I FEEL LIKE IS A WAY FOR# US TO JUST SEE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING.# AND TAKE THE THINGS THAT WE FIND INTERESTING# BACK TO OUR SCHOOL SO WE CAN MAKE OUR SCHOOL## A BETTER PLACE AS WELL.

>>Yunji: THAT'S SO NICE.# THANK YOU.

>> WHEN WE## ASK PEOPLE WHERE ALOHA IS LACKING, HEARD A# LOT ABOUT WHERE ALOHA .. SEVERAL POINT OUT CHRONIC HOMELESS ISSUE.

TAKE A LISTEN.# >> I FEEL IN CITY, IT'S NOT SO MUCH.

MOST PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING.# ALL THE HOMELESS, I DON'T REALLY# FEEL LIKE THERE'S MUCH ALOHA THERE.# DOWNTOWN CHINATOWN DECREASE OF# ALOHA BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE PEOPLE## LIKE HELPING EACH OTHER OUT THAT MUCH.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS,## STUFF LIKE THAT, JUST DOESN'T MATCH HERE.

ANY MORE.# THE WAY IT USE TO.

>>Yunji: WE HEARD THAT TIME AND AGAIN.# >> THAT CONFLICT.

>> CONNIE MITCHELL EXECUTIVE## DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES.

YOU WORKED IN THIS SPACE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.# DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE ALOHA# SPIRIT HAS CHANGED TOWARDS LESS## FORTUNATE IN THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING?

>> I THINK THERE ARE, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE## WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING I THINK COMPASSION# FATIGUE, ALOHA FATIGUE OVER THE HOMELESS ISSUE.# BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO AMAZING AMOUNT OF# COMPASSION AND ALOHA STILL IN OUR COMMUNITY.# WE SEE IT IN THE SUPPORT THAT COMES# FORWARD IN VOLUNTEERING AND ACTUALLY## GOING OUT THERE AND TALKING TO SOME OF# THE FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING, HONEST.# I DO THINK THAT'S ALIVE BUT I THINK# THAT'S VERY MUCH STRAINED IN SOME WAYS.# I THINK WHEN PEOPLE COME FROM THE# CONTINENT AND THEY'RE HERE AND COME## HOMELESS AND REALLY ARE EXPECTING A LOT MORE.

SOMETIMES A CHALLENGE AND I THINK TYLER## WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HAVE TO TEACH# PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS EXPECTED.# >> WE LOT OF ALOHA FOR PEOPLE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO# BE RECIPROCITY AND BEEN TEACHING IS KULEANA ALSO.# >> RESPONSIBILITY THAT PEOPLE HAVE# BECAUSE IT'S THAT PRACTICE OF GIVING## BACK AND DOING THINGS GOOD FOR THE WHOLE# COMMUNITY NOT JUST PERSON THEMSELVES.# IF A PERSON IS EXPERIENCING# HOMELESSNESS, WHAT CAN THEY GIVE?# THEY HAVE A LOT.

REDISCOVER CAPACITY TO GIVE# PART OF THEIR EXPERIENCE OF ALOHA.

SO I THINK## IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES WITH OUR# POPULATION BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT## FOR THEM TO LEARN BUT A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY# TO TAP TO REALLY KIND OF STEP FORWARD AND TO SEE## THAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AS MUCH REALLY# CAN BENEFIT FROM THEIR GRACE AND THEIR GIVING.# >>Yunji: IT I LIKE THAT IDEA.

WE ALL HAVE GIFTS.# NO MATTER OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.

THANK YOU.# PUNA DIRECTOR OF U.H.

MANOA NATIVE HAWAIIAN# PLACE OF LEARNING ADVANCEMENT OFFICE.# WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE# STATUTE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT IS IN THE LAW.# ARE WE LIVE UP TO THAT DO YOU THINK?

>> EASY QUESTION, PLEASE.# I THINK, I WANT TO GO BACK TO# SUGGEST TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.# TOUCHED ON A LOT.

I THINK THIS IDEA## OF RECIPROCITY, MY UNDERSTANDING# OF ALOHA COMES FROM TWO WORDS.# ALO AND HA.

NOT EVERYONE'S## UNDERSTANDING I WANT TO HONOR DIFFERENT# HALAU AND DIFFERENT LEARNING AROUND THAT.# THIS IDEA OF HEA ALOALO GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY# SO WELL FACE-TO-FACE, KNOW HOW TO BREATHE LIFE.# IDEA OF BREATHE LIFE INTO SOMEONE# AND RECEIVE THAT BREATH BACK.# WE KNOW IN INSTANT I THINK ABOUT WITH OUR# BABIES ARE LITTLE, WILL THAT EXPERIENCE## EITHER OWN OR SOMEONE ELSE'S HERE, THAT# WAY, WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL,## AND BABIES WERE LITTLE, GET TO KNOW THEIR CRIES# AND THEIR SMELLS AND THEY GET TO KNOW YOURS.# AND YOU KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE# OF THEM IN A SPECIFIC WAY.# I THINK A LOT OF IT, REALLY TRULY LIVING INTO# ALOHA HAS TO DO WITH BEING IN RELATIONSHIP.# WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP, YOU# KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO NEED.# MY 17-YEAR-OLD AND 13-YEAR-OLD# NEED DIFFERENT THINGS.# MORE I KNOW THEM THE MORE I KNOW THOU TAKE CARE# OF THEM AND VISA VERSA.

I THINK WHAT I ALSO HEARD## IDEA OF HOW EVEN WHEN WE DON'T KNOW SOMEBODY,# EVEN JUST GREETING SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO COME## THROUGH OUR DOORS, GREET THEM WITH SORT OF THE# GRACE AND KINDNESS, SOME OF THE WORDS I HEARD.# I THINK THAT COMES FROM VERY OLD TRADITION.

IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES.# PROBABLY EVERYWHERE.

PROBABLY LIVED IN ALL OF US## AND WE MIGHT NOT REMEMBER THAT.

WHERE IT CAME FROM.# IN OUR BONES, THAT WE'RE ALL CONNECTED.

THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY.# ASKING AMY WAS SAYING GOT TO BE# WORRIED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS TOO.# ASKING HOW ARE WE DOING?

IT'S HOW DO WE REMEMBER OUR CONNECTION?# BECAUSE WHEN WE REMEMBER OUR CONNECTION, WE# NATURALLY ARE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE CARE.# BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT, PANDEMIC TAUGHT THIS.

WHAT WE BREATHE OUT SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO## BREATHE IN.

VICE VERSA.# LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON ONE ANOTHER.

>> DON'T DO IT BECAUSE WE WANT SOMETHING BACK.# DEEPER UNDERSTANDING WE'RE ALL CONNECTED.

THING I WORRY ABOUT.# BUT ALL OF LOTS LITTLE COMMUNITIES WE'RE# TALKING ABOUT HERE WE CAN STILL TEACH THAT.# LOTS OF HOPE.

WE HAVE TO INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT.

NOT JUST A THING SOME PEOPLE## DO AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T.

NO, WE ALL GOT TO DO IT COMES BACK FULL CIRCLE.# >>Yunji: DOESN'T WORK IF# NOT EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES.# >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE CAN BE ACCOUNTABLE TOO.# WAY THAT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> WE SAY, WAIT, WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?# ALL ALSO A POINT OF CONNECTION.

CAN BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL TOO.# >>Yunji: YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT CONNECTION# AND PEOPLE FEELING ACCOUNTABLE TO ONE ANOTHER.# BACK TO YOU BILLY, TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE# LEAVING, THAT CONNECTION THEN IS BROKEN.# WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS TO CHANGE?

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY MONEY.# >> BUT WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE?

HOW DO WE STOP THAT TREND.# >> IT'S HARD TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

WHEN YOU YOURSELF BARELY MAKING IT.# AND SO WE NEED TO FIND WAYS.

>> WHEN I SAY WE, EVERYBODY.# TYLER MENTIONED THIS TOO.

WE GOT FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS## AFFORDABILITY IN HAWAII.

HOUSING IS A BIG PIECE OF IT.# TRANSPORTATION BIG PIECE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM.# BUT I FEEL THAT'S NOT A THAT NEEDS TO# HAPPEN FIRST AND THEN WE SHARE ALOHA.# I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO START# CHANGING MINDSETS TODAY.# BECAUSE I HAVE A 21-YEAR-OLD WHO ON THE# CONTINENT GOING TO SCHOOL AND HE DOESN'T## HAVE A LINE OF SIGHT OF COMING BACK HOME.

MY WIFE AND I KIND OF ARGUE ABOUT,## IS HE COMING BACK OR NOT?

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE GET ON## A PLANE TO GO SEE MY GRANDKIDS.

THAT IS A NONNEGOTIABLE FOR ME.# THAT'S JUST TOUGH.

FEEL LIKE A LOT OF## FAMILY ALSO ARE GOING THROUGH THAT.

AND SO FROM A CORPORATION PERSPECTIVE,## ASB AND MANY OTHERS WORKING TO ADDRESS# AFFORDABILITY, CREATING PRODUCTS## ADDRESSING CONTRACTS, PAY PEOPLE MORE.

>> ALL OF THAT STUFF IS HAPPENING.# >> THERE'S NO ONE SILVER BULLET.

I FEEL LIKE GETTING BACK TO THE## ROOT OF CONNECTEDNESS, HARD TO DREAM WHEN# YOU DON'T HAVE A STABLE PLACE TO SLEEP.# IT'S HARD TO THINK ABOUT NO NEED GO UNMET# IN MY COMMUNITY WHEN MY NEEDS ARE NOT MET.# WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO DO MORE# BEING INTENTIONAL, ALOHA AS THE CENTER.# ACTIONS ALIGN WITH THE VALUE, NO NEED GOES UNMET.

>>Yunji: WHAT YOU SAID ALOHA FATIGUE.# WE ASKED FOLKS ON INSTAGRAM TO WRITE IN THANKED# FOR THOSE OF CALLING IN QUESTIONS ARE COMING## IN AND ALSO YOUR COMMENTS.

WE LOVE THEM.

KEEP THEM COMING.

IT'S CALLED ALOHA FATIGUE.# ALOHA FATIGUE IS EXHAUSTION NATIVE# HAWAIIANS EXPERIENCE FROM CONSTANT## COLONIAL DEMANDS FOR LOVE AND KINDNESS.

>> SHOULD BE GIVEN FREELY NOT## COMMANDED OR EXPECTED.

THIS MISUSES COMMUNITY## AND UNDERMINES NATIVE HAWAIIAN AGENCY.

I LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS## IDEA OF ALOHA FATIGUE.

>> YEAH.# I THINK THAT'S#A REAL THING.

PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED.# PEOPLE EXPERIENCED THAT ESPECIALLY IN THE# TOURISM INDUSTRY, WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OF## SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

TO THE VISITORS.# EXPECTED TO SHARE ALOHA.

EXPECTED TO PERFORM AND## SHARE OUR CULTURAL PRACTICE.

>> YET, OFTENTIMES CULTURAL## PRACTICES I DON'T WANT TO SEE BASTARDIZE WRONGLY# REPRESENTED BY PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT IS CULTURALLY## APPROPRIATE AND APPROPRIATION FOR OUR CULTURE.

FOR ME AS A NATIVE HAWAIIAN, BEEN IN THE VISITOR## INDUSTRY, CONSTANTLY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SHARE# OUR CULTURE AND PRACTICE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE## IS ABUSE OF CULTURAL PRACTICE.

>> THAT'S ALOHA## FATIGUE.

>> THINGS HAPPENING TO OUR CULTURE, THAT## ARE INAPPROPRIATE, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR WORK AT# THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS WORKING GROUP.# WHICH I'M ON.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE## THE APPROPRIATION OF OUR CULTURE.

THE TRADEMARKING, COPYRIGHTING,## OF WORDS LIKE ALOHA.

WE'VE HAD TO BATTLE THAT.# YOU DON'T GET TO COPYWRITE THAT.

YOU DON'T TAKE OUR LANGUAGE AND APPROPRIATE IT FOR## YOUR OWN PERSONAL USE, THEN MAKE IT UNACCESSIBLE# TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS FOR OUR EVERYDAY LANGUAGE.# THAT'S HOW WE SPEAK.

THAT'S PART OF OUR CULTURAL PRACTICE.# YOU DON'T GET TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE GET TO THAT, WE'RE SAYING## WHEN WE SAY ALOHA FATIGUE, MISAPPROPRIATION# OF OUR CULTURAL PRACTICE AND OUR LANGUAGE,## OF OUR GRACE, AND WE HAVE TO BE THE PROTECTORS# AND THE ONES WHO HAVE TO TRY AND BRIDGE THAT.# AND YET, THAT CONSTANTLY, IF YOU WE HAVE# TO BATTLE WITH STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT,## TOURISTS INDUSTRIES AND TOURISM ABOUT HOW YOU# REPRESENT OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CULTURE AND OUR AINA.# THAT'S GOING TO BE, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

>>Yunji: TYLER, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?# STAY TRUE TO THE VALUES,# TOURISM NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY.# ATTENTION THERE.

>> YEAH.# I THINK COMES DOWN TO VISITOR EDUCATION.

WE HAVE TO HONE THE MESSAGING REALLY, REALLY WELL.# TELL PEOPLE THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME HERE.

WE WELCOME YOU SPENDING MONEY TO## SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY.

CERTAIN NONNEGOTIABLES.# WESTERN CONCEPT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CUSTOMER# ALWAYS BEING RIGHT SHOULD NOT MISTAKEN FOR THE## GENEROSITY YOU'RE EXPERIENCING ON BEHALF OF# EVERYONE IN THIS INDUSTRY NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR NOT.# I THINK FOR A LONG TIME, WE WERE# SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU GOT TO SMILE## AND BEAR DOWN AND JUST DEAL WITH IT.

>> I THINK COMING BACK TO THIS## IDEA OF ALOHA FATIGUE, NOT JUST# HAPPENING IN THE VISITOR INDUSTRY.# >> EVERYONE WORKS IN INDUSTRY HAS TO GO HOME AND# SECOND JOBS, THIRD JOBS FAMILIES AND EXPECTED TO## KEEP SMILING AND KEEP PERFORMING AND KEEP# DEMONSTRATING JUST INFINITE HAPPINESS AND## POSITIVENESS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THAT'S WHERE IT GETS EXHAUSTED.# BRINGING BACK TO HOW DO YOU TELL THAT THE VISITOR?

WE MOVED PAST MARKETING OF HAWAII.# >> SUN SAND AND SURF.

GET THAT ALL KINDS OF PLACE.# WHAT MAKES HAWAII SPECIAL, INTERACT WITH OUR# PEOPLE PERSON-TO-PERSON CONNECTION BASED LEVEL,## YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE# SOMETHING UNLIKE ANYWHERE ELSE.# I THINK PUNA WAS TALKING ABOUT.

>> TREAT YOU MORE THAN A GUEST.# >> IF IS DONE RIGHT, FEEL LIKE FAMILY AND# I THINK IF WE CAN HONE THAT MESSAGE, THAT'S## THE MESSAGING COME HAWAII IF YOU WANT TO FEEL# BORN IN A FLAME WEREN'T NECESSARILY BORN INTO.# MORE ADEQUATE PORTRAYAL WHAT# ALOHA COULD MEAN TO THE VISITOR.# COME ON DOWN.

HITCH UP YOUR UMBRELLA.# SNAP YOUR FINGERS HOPING SOMEONE IN# THE INDUSTRY BECOME YOU ARE BUTLER.# GOT STOP.

>>Yunji: TALKING ABOUT THE TOURISM SPACE.# UNIVERSITY MADE SOME BIG CHANGES.

>> THIS WHOLE IDEA BECOMING## NATIVE HAWAIIAN PLACE OF LEARNING.

TELL US ABOUT THAT AND THAT SHIFT.# THAT SHIFT IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR STUDENTS# WHO ARE NATIVE HAWAIIAN THEMSELVES.# OR WHO ARE PURSUING NATIVE# HAWAIIAN STUDIES RELATED DEGREE.# TELL US ABOUT THAT SHIFT AND HOW# THAT TIES INTO WHAT WE'RE TALKING## ABOUT TONIGHT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.# I THINK WE TALK ABOUT BECOME# NATIVE HAWAIIAN PLACE OF LEARNING.# RELATED WAYS.

>> ONE HAND, IT'S BECOMING## MORE RESPONSIVE TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS FOR SURE.

NATIVE HAWAIIANS STUDENTS, NATIVE HAWAIIAN## EMPLOYEES, COMMUNITY AND# AINA PART OF THAT, EMPLOYEES.# POINT TYLER MAKING ABOUT ARE YOUR ENGAGEMENT# WITH, ALWAYS AINA PART OF COMMUNITY.# >> BEING MORE RESPONSIVE TO KANAKA OR KANAKA OIWI.

AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THAT WELL.# WE WERE GOING TO BE EXUDING LIKE MALAMA, ALOHA,# KULEANA FOLKS ARE SPEAKING TO FOR ALL PEOPLE.# I ALWAYS SAY, TO FOLKS, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE# IF WE COULD ACTUALLY BECOMING A UNIVERSITY.# HOPE IN THIS, WHERE NO MATTER WHAT DEGREE YOU'RE# GOING INTO, TOURISM, ENGINEERINGERING SOCIAL WORK,## EDUCATION, WHATEVER DEGREE, WHEREVER YOU COME# FROM, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS## YOU TO MORE TO YOURSELF AND YOUR OWN ANCESTORS# WHEREVER YOU COME FROM IN THE WORLD TO EACH OTHER.# TO THIS PLACE.

>> YOU COME ONE DAY, YOU'RE MALAHINI.# YOU'RE A GUEST SECOND DAY.

YOU WASHING DISHES WITH US.# BUT ALSO, TO AINA.

THAT CONNECTION AND THAT UNDERSTANDING OF HOW## WE'RE RELATED, WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO MY HOUSE, NOT# NECESSARILY MY GRANDMA HANGING OUT ON THE COUCH.# MIGHT NOT BE THEIR TUTU.

THAT'S MY TUTU.# LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HER WHILE THEY'RE THERE.

MIGHT NOT BE YOUR HOME FOREVER, IF YOU'RE STUDENT## COMING IN FOUR YEARS MAYBE# IT WILL BE YOUR HOME FOREVER.# THIS PLACE WITH THINK OF AINA AS OUR GRANDMOTHER.

MIGHT NOT BE YOUR TUTU,## TEACH YOU THOU TAKE CARE OF HER.

GO TO YOUR PLACE WITH YOUR TUTU, WE'RE GOING## TO DO THE SAMEMENT FEEL PASSIONATE WE CAN DO THE# THIS AT OUR UNIVERSITY TEACH NEXT GENERATION OF## PARENTS, LEADERS HOW TO BE MORE CONNECTED TO ONE# ANOTHER AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE BREATHING LIFE.# >>Yunji: PERSPECTIVE CAME HERE.

TO ME, YOU EMBODY SO MUCH ALOHA.# GIVE SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WAS THERE A SHIFT THAT HAPPENED AS## YOU DECIDED TO STAY HERE PERMANENTLY WHERE# YOU FELT I DON'T KNOW REALLY THE WORDS,## YOU FELT THAT ALOHA MORE INTRINSICALLY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.# REALLY RESONATING THINKING WHEN# I CAME HERE TO BE A STUDENT.# CAME FROM FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY# TO GO COLLEGE TO GET A DEGREE.# MY DAD WAS A WELDER.

MOM QUIT HER JOB AT## THE BANK TO STAY HOME WITH US.

FOR ME, CARING A LOT TO COME HERE.# AND I ALREADY HAD A CONNECTION TO THIS PLACE.

AS A CHILD, NOT BECAUSE OF MY#TIES.# SERVING ME.

GOING OUT ON A UNCLE CANOE.# CONNECTED TO THE PLACE.

GIVE BACK TO HERE AND## STRONGEST ADVOCATE THAT I CAN.

>> PAID MY OWN WAY THROUGH## COLLEGE WORKING AT DUKE'S IN WAIKIKI.

TAKING CARE OF THE VISITORS AND I LOVED THAT JOB.# BECAUSE I GOT TO LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT# THE WORLD AND VERY CURIOUS PERSON.# AND BUT THAT FAMILY, MY OHANA, MY HUSBAND# FROM HERE, YOU DUKE'S PEOPLE GO DEEP.# BECAUSE STILL YET, I HAVE HANDFUL OF MY# EMPLOYEES NOW ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT I KNEW## WHEN I WORKED AT DUKE'S.

RUN PEOPLE STILL YET.# THAT IS MY OHANA.

GO TO EVENT IN WAIKIKI,## VALET PEOPLE WATCH MY BIKE WHILE I WAS WORKING.

>> HAWAII LOVED ON ME SO MUCH, ALL I HAVE IN ME## IS TO BE OF SERVICE TO THIS PLACE.

OUR DAUGHTERS, ARE BORN HERE.# AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO AWAY TO COLLEGE.

AND THEY'RE HAVING THE STRUGGLE AS THIRD## AND FIFTH GRADERS BY WANT TO STAY HERE.

MOMMY, THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE HERE AND## I LOVE MY PLACE SO MUCH, I WANT TO PROTECT IT.

JAPANESE, HAOLE GIRLS WHO FEEL LIKE IT IS## THEIR KULEANA TO CARE FOR THE SPACE.

UNIVERSITY AND OUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT## THAT REALLY SET THAT INTO YOU FROM THE# BEGINNING, CAN DO A LOT OF POSITIVE.# THAT'S WHY I'M ALWAYS GLASS# HALF FULL AS I LOOK AT LIFE.# TAKES US LOOKING AT ALOHA AS A LEI.

MENTOR TALKS ABOUT ALOHA IS THE STRING THAT## BINDS ALL THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS TOGETHER.

>> DON'T ALL LOOK THE SAME.# COME FROM DIFFERENT SPACES SOMETIMES.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS.# NOT A WORD.

NOT AN ACTION.# IT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER WORKING AND# I THINK THAT WITH PEOPLE LIKE THIS,## REMINDS ME PROBLEM AND ISSUES WE HAVE.

>> ALSO HAVE STRENGTH IN HOUSELESS COMMUNITY.# TWINKLE'S LEGACY LEAVING BEHIND.

HAVING NOTHING AND FINDING SOMETHING TO GIVE.# >> HAVING ABUNDANCE MENTALITY# EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE SO LITTLE.# THAT'S WHAT THIS PLACE TAUGHT ME.

MY KULEANA TO CARRY THAT FOWARD.# >>Yunji: THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US OF HER ALL# THE CONTRIBUTIONS SHE MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY.# TURN TO YOU, IDEA LOOK OUR LEAVE.

WEAVING IN NEW IMMIGRANTS INTO THAT LEI## IN THE WAY WE OUGHT TO BE?

>> NO.# >> MANY IMMIGRANTS FOR EXAMPLE, ARE WORK VERY,# VERY HARD AND FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS INDUSTRY.# HOTEL WORKERS.

HEAVILY IMMIGRANT.# AND RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE STRIKING AND AT LOCAL 5.# HAWAII HILTON.

VILLAGE.# THEY ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THEIR# MOTTO IS ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH.# THEY'RE WORKING TWO JOBS.

THREE JOBS.# OFTENTIMES DON'T COMPLAIN AND THEY ARE# ACTUALLY VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY## TO SERVE AND TO CONTRIBUTE.

>> BUT A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS AND## CERTAIN ETHNIC GROUPS CONTINUE TO# BE UNDER-REPRESENTED NO MANY AREAS.# THEY'RE NOT DECISIONMAKERS.

THEY'RE OFTENTIMES THEY HAVE LIKE FOR## EXAMPLE, IN LAHAINA, 30%S THE PEOPLE IN LAHAINA# SPEAK LANGUAGE OTHER THAN THAT ENGLISH AT HOME.# YET THERE WAS VERY, VERY LITTLE# COMMUNICATION IN THEIR LANGUAGES.# YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS EVEN IF YOU SPEAK# ENGLISH, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.# YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE.

IMAGINE HOW HARD MUCH HARD IT IS FOR THOSE PEOPLE## WHO DID NOT HAVE ENGLISH AS THEIR NATIVE TONGUE.

TO SURVIVE AND TO EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING## ON IN LAHAINA.

THAT CONTINUES.# SO WE REALLY DO NEED LANGUAGE ACCESS# AND SOME OF THESE LEGAL MANDATES TO JUST## APPRECIATE THAT OTHER PEOPLE NEED HELP.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT ALOHA IS.# WE'RE ALL, WE NEED TO MAKE# SURE THAT THE OTHER PERSON## IS SUPPORTED AND RESPECTED AND CAN CONTRIBUTE.

IMMIGRANTS BY THE WAY, ARE NOW 18% OF THE STATE.# AND SO MOST OF THEM BY THE# WAY, HAVE HAWAII BORN CHILDREN.# THEY'RE HERE TO STAY AND THEY# DO CONTRIBUTE AND APPRECIATE## REALLY THE GENEROSITY OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

>> THE STRUGGLES OF THE NATIVE HAWAIIANS.# I MEAN, WE DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT# THEY ARE COMING HERE AND APPRECIATE HAWAII.# >>Yunji: I MEAN, IT GOES TO THIS# KIND OF DEEPER QUESTION AND APRIL,## CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU ARE EDUCATOR IN SO MANY WAYS.

OF THE IDEA OF CAN ALOHA BE TAUGHT AND NOT JUST## CHILDREN, BUT TO NEW IMMIGRANTS, TO ALL# OF THE FOLKS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO THE## PEOPLE CONNIE IS HELPING TO SERVE,# CAN WE TEACH ALOHA DO YOU THINK IN.# >> I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL LEARNING.

I THINK YOU KNOW, EVEN FROM WHEN I WAS A KID,## I THINK I FELT ACTUALLY A LOT MORE OF SENSE OF# ENTITLEMENT HAWAII AS A HOME WHAT I WAS A CHILD.# GREW UP PEOPLE LOOKED LIKE ME, HAPA KIDS# WENT TO PUNAHOU, ASIAN, HAOLE.

PACIFIC## ISLANDER AND HAWAIIAN IS NOT AS MUCH AS NOW.

DIDN'T REALLY QUESTION MY PLACE THIS IS MY HOME.# REALLY ACTUALLY, AS I GOT OLDER, AND BUSINESS# OWNER REALLY, I BECAME CONNECT TO A LOT OF MORE## PEOPLE IN FROM VARYING WALKS OF LIFE.

DIFFERENT PARTS OF UNDERSTOOD.# DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

DIFFERENT PARTS OF ISLAND.# SO I FELT LIKE MY EDUCATION IN WHERE ALOHA# REALLY CAME FROM, AND WHAT IT MEANS ESPECIALLY## AS WE THESE ISSUES DO SEEM TO GET WORSE AND WORSE.

WITH HOMELESSNESS, WITH THE INCOME GAP, SO I FEEL## LIKE PERSONALLY, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR SURE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED## TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK FRANKLY ABOUT.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS TENDENCY ESPECIALLY## IF YOU HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS, OR IF YOU'RE DEALING# WITH VISITOR INDUSTRY, THERE IS SORT OF ADVANTAGE## TO SELLING THIS CONCEPT OF ALOHA AS HAWAII# HAS THIS SECRET SAUCE WHERE WE FIGURED IT OUT.# IT'S A SMALL WORLD.

>> WE'RE ALL LIVING TOGETHER IN HARMONY.# IMPORTANT NOT TO GLOSS OVER REAL# INEQUALITIES, TENSIONS THAT EXIST.# >>Yunji: ALOHA SHOULD BE SCHOOL# SYSTEM TAUGHT AT YOUNG AGE.# CAN'T LEAVE IT TO PARENTS SOME HAVE THEIR# OWN PROBLEMS, IS ALOHA TAUGHT AT SCHOOL?# >> I DON'T THINK IT WOULD# BE CONSIDERED LIKE A COURSE.# I DON'T THINK THERE IS A REAL# WAY TO TEACH IT AS A COURSE.# IT'S MORE LIKE AS YOU PROGRESS,# IT STARTS FROM YOUR FAMILY.# BUT SOMETIMES, FAMILIES NOT# ALWAYS ABLE TO TEACH THAT.# SO THE NEXT PEOPLE IN LINE IS YOUR TEACHERS.

BECAUSE YOU'RE WITH THEM.# AT LEAST 8 HOURS A DAY.

SO BASICALLY, HALF YOUR LIFE.# ALWAYS AT SCHOOL.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY THE SUPPORTIVE## ENVIRONMENT THAT EDUCATION SYSTEM PROVIDES.

SO WHETHER IT BE MY TEACHERS AT SCHOOL,## OR YOUR FRIENDS, WHOEVER IS AROUND YOU,# THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO TEACH YOU ALOHA.# I THINK WHEN I WAS TALKING TO FRIENDS AND# TEACHERS, THEY WERE SAYING, ALOHA IS NOT## YOU CAN'T REALLY DESCRIBE IT.

IT'S MORE LIKE A WAY OF LIFE.# IT'S WE'VE BEEN LIVING I GUESS BEEN LIVING IN# ALOHA AND I KNOW THAT'S CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.# FROM MAYBE LIKE THE NATIVE# HAWAIIANS PERSPECTIVE TO NOW.# BUT ONE OF MY TEACHERS BROUGHT# UP POINT, SO INTERPRETIVE.# SEEING IN OWN WAY, RESIDENTS OR VISITOR, NO WAY TO# DESCRIBE IT, I FEEL LIKE AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE,## THAT IS HOW YOU LEARN YOUR WAY OF ALOHA.

IT'S SPECIAL TO YOU.# >>Yunji: CAN I SEE THAT.

BILLY BROUGHT UP THE ROADS.# >> NOT ALONE.

LIKE TO SEE ALOHA ON THE ROADS.# ACCIDENTS.

NOT FEELING ALOHA ON THE ROADS.# >> TAKE A LOOK.

>> WITH PEOPLE ARE DRIVI..

THEY YIELD TO EACH OTHER.

SAY HI.# OR SHOW THROW SHAKA.

AND STILL SEE THAT A LOT HERE ON KAUAI.# EVERY TIME I GO BACK HOME TO RENT CARS,# ALL YOU SEE IS MOTORIST IS NOT FROM HAWAII,## AND THERE'S NO ALOHA ON THE ROADS.

A LOT OF ROAD RAGE.# EVERYBODY HONKING AT EACH OTHER.

GIVES YOU#A SENSE OF BEING ON MAINLAND.# HARD FOR LOCAL PEOPLE SO USED TO THE ALOHA.

>> GET TO STOP SOON AND TELL EVERYBODY ELSE TO GO.# AND NOW YOU GO TO THE STOP SIGN# AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN STOPPING.# AND THAT IS JUST ONE THE EXAMPLE.

I THINK THAT WE'RE LOSING IT## BECAUSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF HAWAII.

>>Yunji: I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT NOT EVERYONE## IN SUCH A RUSH IS NOT FROM HERE.

I SEE PLENTY OF LOCAL FOLKS GIVING## HORNS AND PUSHING US THROUGH AS WELL.

I SAW YOU NODDING WATCHING THAT VIDEO.# WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU SEE THAT?

>> I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF## PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A LOT OF HURRY.

I THINK WHAT WAS SAID, PEOPLE ARE## SO BUSY AND THEY'RE SO MUCH COMING AT# THEM, RUNNING FROM ONE JOB TO ANOTHER.# DON'T HAVE TIME, TAKES TIME TO BUILD# RELATIONSHIPS TIME TO EXPRESS CARE TO PEOPLE.# DON'T HAVE TIME.

YOU'RE JUST GOING.# >> WHY YOU SEE IT ON THE ROAD.

WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST HURRYING.# PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR PHONES.

>> THEY'RE JUST REALLY HAVING NO PATIENCE.# WITH ANYBODY.

AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW THAT CULTURE,## CULTURE IS JUST CHANGED SO MUCH.

BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT## WHAT INDIVIDUAL IS TRYING TO GET DONE.

VERSUS WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.# THAT CONNECTEDNESS AND# PULINA FEELING LIKE AN OHANA.# DON'T HAVE TIME.

>> YOU REALLY ARE## GOING TO BE SHORT ON ALOHA, I THINK.# IT'S JUST GOT TO BE INTENTIONAL.

>> HAVE TO CARVE OUT TIME TO PRACTICE IT.# CARVE OUT TIME TO DECOMPRESS.# OTHERWISE, IT'S JUST REALLY HARD.# I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES# AT WORK AND HOW WHEN THINGS ARE JUST COMING## AT YOU RIGHT AND LEFT, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE SO# IMPATIENCE AND WITH SOMEBODY COMES TO YOU AND## SUDDENLY YOU FEEL LIKE, I COULDN'T BELIEVE# I ANSWERED IN THAT WAY, YOU'RE SO SHORT WITH## SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTHERING YOU.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR## ALL OF US TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BREATHE.

TYLER WAS TRYING TO TEACH US BEFORE WE STARTED.# AND JUST REALLY GET IN TOUCH WITH YOURSELF.

TO BE ABLE TO DIG DEEP AND FIND THAT ALOHA## TO GIVE AND SHARE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.

>>Yunji: DO YOU THINK THAT THAT EROSION## OF BASICALLY CULTURE SOUNDS LIKE, LOCAL CULTURE# ON THE ROADS, IS SORT OF EMBLEMATIC SOMETHING## MORE DEEP.

>> YES.# SPEND MORE TIME WITH OUR KUPUNA.

MORE TIME WITH OUR KEIKI.# BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE ALOHA.

OUR KUPUNA AND KEIKI DON'T KNOW## ANYTHING ELSE BUT ALOHA.

THEY'RE GRACIOUS.# LOVING KIND TO EACH OTHER.

AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT, WE GOT TO## WORK, GOT TO RUN AROUND, GOT SO BUSY.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR KUPUNA.# WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE KEIKI.

THAT'S WHEN WE'RE SET TO LOSE WHO WE ARE.# TALK ABOUT LIVING ALOHA.

ALSO ABOUT LIVING HAWAIIAN.# NOT, ALOHA IS SOMETHING YOU'RE# RIGHT, WE NEED TO TEACH.# BUT MOST OF OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT FROM HERE.

THEY'RE NOT LOCAL.# THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT IN FROM THE# CONTINENT TO TEACH LOCAL SCHOOLS.# AND THEY DON'T, HAVEN'T# EXPERIENCED THAT ALOHA YET.# IS IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE GET# IN THE OCEAN, GO SURFING.# GO SWIMMING.

GO HIUWAI.# GO WATCH THE SUNSET.

WATCH, FEEL WHAT MAKES## IT SPECIAL TO LIVE IN HAWAII.

AND WHY WE'RE NOT LEAVING.# SO I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE LIKE OUR KIDS.

DON'T HAVE A JOB.# I NEVER PAY FOR YOUR EDUCATION# FOR YOU GO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE.# GET YOUR BUTT HOME HERE AND HELP YOUR PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO TEACH THAT.# TO OUR KIDS.

THEIR KULEANA TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.# YOU GOT EDUCATED.

COME HOME.# HELP YOUR PEOPLE.

YOU SHOW YOUR ALOHA HERE.# YOU GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.

YOU TAKE THEM FOOD.# YOU SHARE THINGS WITH EACH OTHER.

OFTENTIMES WE DON'T EVEN KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS.## THAT TO ME IS LIKE I USED TO KNOW# EVERYBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.# NOW I WALK MY DOG.

SAY HI TO THE NEIGHBORS.# KNOW PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET.

GIVE ME LETTUCE FOR MY TURTLE.# THAT IS ALOHA.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO.# SHARING AND GIVING AND RECEIVING AND SMILE I# WAVE AT ALL THE BUSSES WHEN I'M WALKING MY DOG.# >> I DON'T KNOW THE BUS DRIVER.

AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.# BUT WE WAVE.

I SAY HELLO TO THE NEIGHBORS.# HOW MANY OF US DO THAT.

>>Yunji: DO YOU WALK YOUR STREETS?# DO YOU MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS?

THAT'S THE ALOHA.# HAVE TO BE LIVING THAT.

CANNOT JUST BE, I DON'T KNOW THEM.## I DON'T LIKE TALK TO THEM.

I'M ALOHA.# I'M HAWAIIAN.

WANTING TO ADD, PUNIHEI BROUGHT UP ACCOUNTABILITY.# WHAT AUNTY VICKY TALKED ABOUT.

DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE, KIND OF BECOME A## FACE IN A SEA OF FACES AND YOU CAN ACT ANY KIND# OUT IN PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OF US.# 20, 30 YEARS AGO, COMMUNITY WERE SMALLER.

>> YOU CAN'T BE GOING AROUND ACTING A FOOL## EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO ARE YOU PHONE# NUMBER, WHO YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO.# ACCOUNTABILITY IS DIFFERENT NOW.

THINK WOULD LIKE# EMPHASIS ON INTERNET SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT THAT KIND## OF ACCOUNTABILITY WOULD REFLECT BACK.

BEST BEHAVIOR.# EXACERBATING.

>> KNEW EVERYBODY IN OUR TOWN,## WE KNEW WHO TO CALL AN SOMEONE WASN'T ACTING# CORRECTLY, WE KNEW THAT WE HAD A CONNECTION.# I THINK THERE'S ASSUMPTION NOW THAT MAYBE# BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKED DIFFERENT,## THAT WE'RE NOT CONNECT ANY MORE.

COMMON HUMAN BEINGS.# >> THAT'S WRONG.

>> THINK BACK TO THE POINT, AIM## WAS MAKING EARLIER ABOUT SOME OF INJUSTICES WHAT'S# HARD IS WE CANNOT#-- I THINK WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT## CONVERSATIONS MORE COMPLICATED THAN COMPLEX TODAY.

WE'RE IN A TIME OF OPPRESSION BUILT INTO## EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES.

HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION,## FOOD NO PART OF OUR LIVES THAT AREN'T AFFECTED# BY WHAT WE CALL IN OUR LITTLE HUI, ISMS.# SO PART OF THOSE ISMS I THINK HELP US# TO THINK ABOUT THE WAYS WE ARE DIVIDED## AND THERE'S A HIERARCHY OF HUMAN# VALUE AND THAT SOME FOLKS ARE MORE## VALUABLE THAN OTHERS WE WANT TO BE DISCONNECTED.

INSTEAD OF ASSUMING WE IS DO HAVE THAT, BREATHING## SAME AIR AND EATING FROM THE SAME SOIL HOW ARE WE# GOING TO WAYS BACK TALKING ABOUT NO MATTER WHAT.# I THINK THAT ASSUMPTION THAT# WE'RE NOT PILI ANY MORE.# NOT TAKING TIME TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR,# EXACERBATES THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE.# WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.

I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.# EVEN WHEN HE DON'T KNOW OUR NEIGHBOR.

WE CAN GO TALK STORY WITH## THEM AND GET TO KNOW THEM.

THAT'S STILL INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.# >>Yunji: SORT OF STRIKES ME AS DIFFERENT# ABOUT THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU'RE GIVING,## I GREW UP BIG ISLAND, EVERYBODY A LOT OF# ACCOUNTABILITY AND SMALL PLACES LIKE THAT.# IF SOMEONE DID CALL YOUR MOM,# THEY WERE CALLING WITH ALOHA.# NOT CALLING BECAUSE THEY HAD A VIDEO OF YOU THAT# THEY THEN POSTED ON INSTAGRAM THAT SHOW YOU ACT IN## A WAY THAT WAS NOT HONORING YOUR FAMILY.

TO SAY, HEY, MAKE SURE SHE'S OKAY.# THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE.

BILLY, YOU WERE THE ONE BROUGHT UP DRIVING.# WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>>WHAT DO I, THIS REALLY## IS EMBLEMATIC OF, I'M GUILTY.

HAD CASES WHERE I'M TH.. AND BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THEN SOME OF US# TALKED ABOUT THIS, THIS CONCEPT OF REMEMBERING## THE CONNECTION, REMEMBERING WHEN WE GO TO THE# CONTINENT, GO OVERSEAS, AND SOMEBODY FINDS OUT## YOU'RE FROM HAWAII, THE CONVERSATION CHANGES.

IT'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT.# IT'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS.# BUT THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT# ABOUT BEING FROM HAWAII.# NOT BEING HAWAIIAN, NECESSARILY.

THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT AS WELL.# BUT BEING FROM HAWAII.

AND SO I GET CONVICTED## AROUND HOW I TREAT THE WAITER.

THE WAITRESS.

THE TELLER.# WITH I'M DRIVING MORE MINDFUL OF GOSH, TO THE# STUDENTS, I THINK MORE IS CAUGHT THAN TAUGHT.# YOU THINK ARKANSAS YOU CAN DEVELOP A CURRICULUM# AND BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE CAN LEARN## FROM WHAT YOU DO LESS THAN WHAT YOU SAY.

SO THAT'S WHY I LOVE U.H.

AND THEIR, KS,## KAMEHAMEHA, FROM MOVING FROM SCHOOL FOR HAWAIIANS# TO HAWAIIAN SCHOOL, U.H.

DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR.# IT'S PART OF THE WAY YOU DO THINGS.

SO CIRCLING BACK ON WHAT I INITIALLY## WAS LEADING INTO, IS IT STARTS WITH US.

WE GOT TO BE BETTER AT LIVING ALOHA.# >>Yunji: YEAH.

I SAW YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.# >> PLEASE GO AHEAD.

>> I WANTED TO ADD ON.# AUNTY VICKY EVERYONE WAS# TALKING ABOUT THEIR BUSY LIVES.# KIND OF SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE# YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.# AND I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY# THINGS TO DO ON OUR PLATES, MIGHT BE LIKE,## RUSHING THROUGH THE ROADS OR JUST GOING# THROUGH YOUR LIFE WITHOUT TAKING TIME.# MY GRANDMOTHER TAKES THE TIME TO STOP# AND LOOK AT THE FLOWERS ON THE STREET.# AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S REALLY# IMPORTANT TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT.# >> NOT ONLY JUST RUSH TO YOUR NEXT TASK BUT# APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND## ALSO, LIKE MAKING THAT CHOICE TO SPREAD THE ALOHA.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'RE SO BUSY ON YOUR OWN LIFE,## THAT YOU FORGET THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY MATTER.# I FEEL LIKE MAKING CHOICE TO SPREAD# THE ALOHA ALSO BUILDS THAT CONNECTION.# THAT BRINGS PEOPLE BACK.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.# IF WE WANT OUR ESPECIALLY STUDENTS, WE'RE# GOING OFF TO COLLEGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.# IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND# GIVE BACK TO THEIR HOME, IT STARTS## WITH BUILDING CONNECTION FROM WHEN WE LIVE HERE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT IS HOW## WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE.

AND I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE WAYS## WE DO THAT IS TO CALL PEOPLE BY NAME.

BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE## IN A STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

NAME TAGS OVER HERE.# I'M TRYING TO REALLY DELIBERATE ABOUT USING# PEOPLE'S NAMES AND ACKNOWLEDGING WHO THEY ARE.# I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT I SERVE.

ON THE STREET.# PEOPLE WALK PAST THEM.

DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THEM.

I FEEL LIKE THAT REALLY ISOLATES PEOPLE FURTHER.# SO I THINK MORE THAT EACH OF US CAN# REALLY BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT, JUST SEEING## THE PERSON, NEXT TO US, AND JUST# REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THEM MAKES A## HUGE DIFFERENCE EVEN SMALL WAY.

>> REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.# >>Yunji: AMANDA?

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY.# >> WE AS HUMANS, CREDIT TO MY DAD,# YOU GUYS OVER COMPLICATE EVERYTHING.# LIFE IS NOT THAT HARD.

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT SO COMPLICATED?# WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH DURING THE# PANDEMIC, EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED ON MAUI,## CAN WE IMAGINE IF ALL OF US JUST CHECKED IN,# ON OUR NEIGHBOR, ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT?# EVERYONE WOULD HAVE HAD# SOMEONE CHECKING IN ON THEN.# AND WE HAVE LOST THAT SIGHT TO BE ABLE TO# DO THAT.

AND OUR DAUGHTERS LATE TO SCHOOL.# MORE THAN I WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT.

PRETTY SURE I HAVE A VOICE MAIL TELLING## ME THIS IS HOW MANY TARDIES YOU HAVE.

FOR ME, MORE IMPORTANT TO TEACH OUR## GIRLS EVERY SINGLE DAY WHAT ALOHA# LOOKS LIKE IN THE TINY LITTLE WAYS.# STOP AND LET THE PEOPLE CROSS THE ROAD.

STOP AND LET THE CAR OUT.# NOT SPEEDING AND YELLING PEOPLE.

SPOKE ON A PANEL HOW DO YOU LEAD THROUGH CRISIS?# MY BIGGEST TIP REALLY, JUST SO SIMPLE, THAT I# HAD TO GIVE TO MYSELF WHEN I HAD KIDS REALLY## CHANGED MY PERSPECTIVE AND I BECAME MUCH# LESS OF A HOT-HEADED VERSION OF MYSELF.# GAVE IN TO THEM STOPPING PICKING FLOWERS# GAVE INTO THE TRIP OF GROCERY STORE TAKING## 20 MINUTE OR 2 HOURS BASED ON WHAT# WAS ON THE PATHWAY ALONG THE WAY.# STOP AND DO THIS, YOU FEEL THE SURRENDER,# FEEL THE BREATH AND THE HEART RATE GO DOWN## AND FEEL THE JOY OF THAT.

YOU SHARE THAT WITH OTHERS.# >> THEN IT GETS SHARED# FORWARD WITH OTHERS AS WELL.# I THINK THERE'S TINY LITTLE CHANGE THAT# WE MAKE ARE THEN BECOME OUR PRACTICE.# SO BILLY EVERY DAY, PRACTICES BEING A# BETTER VERSION OF HIMSELF BEHIND WHEEL.# AND TURNS OUT, FEW MONTHS, HE JUST IS THAT# BECAUSE HE PRACTICED IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.# WHEN WE DO HAVE REALLY BIG PROBLEMS THAT ARE# HAPPENING, ABLE TO BRING THAT SAME CALM TO THE## SPACE, WHICH THEN I THINK CONNECTS US TOGETHER.

MORE SIMPLE THAN WE MAKE IT OUT TO BE.# IF WE ALL SLOW DOWN AN JUST# CARED TO PEOPLE ON SIDES OF US.# AND THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT# MORE ABOUT THAT EVERY DAY.# >>Yunji: PLEASE SHARE.

>> NOT SURE IF MANY OF YOU GOT,## LIVE ALOHA BUMPER STICKER.

THAT WAS IN 1993.# I WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT HAUNANI AND OTHERS.

>> SORT OF FAIRLY HIGH-POWERED GROUP.# UNION LEADERS POLITICIANS, WE'RE SAYING,## THINGS ARE HORRIBLE.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.# AND WE ALL FIGURED OUT WE# DON'T NEED ANY MORE LAWS.# WE DON'T NEED MORE ORGANIZATIONS.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OURSELVES.# SMALL THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

AND SO THIS WAS ACTION ITEM KIND OF THING.# AND IT SAYS, SMALLEST THINGS# MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.# THEY ASKED PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH# THINGS AND THIS IS FOR BILLY.# DRIVE WITH#COURTESY, LET OTHERS IN.

AND REALLY SIMPLE THINGS LIKE HOLD THE DOOR,## HOLD THE ELEVATOR, PLANT SOMETHING, SHARE WITH# YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND ACTUALLY HAD ART CONTEST## WITH THE STUDENTS AND WE ASKED THEM,# LAST THING IS MAKE A LIST OF YOUR OWN.# IT'S SORT OF SMALL THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.

>>Yunji: YEAH.# WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT# SOUNDS LIKE IS LIVING WITH A LOT OF INTENTION.# LOVE TO HEAR YOUR REFLECTIONS# ON WHAT SHE JUST SHARED.# >> GOING BACK TO RAISING KIDS AND JUST THINKING# OF ALL THE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS THAT THEY THROW ALL## THE TIME.

ALWAYS ASKING FOR SOMETHING.

>> I WANT THIS AND I WANT THAT.# I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESPOND TO THOSE# CRAVINGS AND URGES, NOT BY SAYING WE DON'T## HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, BY SAYING BUT BY SAYING# THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED OR THAT'S## SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SHARED.

THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL PASS## ON TO YOU AND WE'LL PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.

TRYING TO REDIRECT THOSE SORT OF I STATEMENT AND## PERSONAL NEEDS INTO QUESTIONS OF THE COLLECTIVE.

I FORGET THE QUESTION YOU WERE ASKING.# IT HAS ME THINKING ABOUT BIG# PUBLIC/PRIVATE SCHOOL DIVIDE.# I TAUGHT AT PRIVATE SCHOOL.

MY KIDS NOW ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOL.# AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I STRUGGLE WITH IN# SEEING A LOT OF MY CLASSMATES WENT TO PRIVATE## SCHOOL WHO SEEM TO HAVE ALMOST ANXIETY TO KEEP# THEIR FAMILIES AND KIDS ON THAT SAME PATH.# WHICH I FEEL LIKE PERPETUATES SOME# OF THE CLASS DIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE.# WHEREAS I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF US TO KIND# OF COMEBACK TO MENTALITY OF WHAT IS GOOD FOR## MY KIDS SHOULD BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY'S KID.

>> AND NOT JUST HOW CAN I TAKE MY TINY LITTLE## WORLD AND SEQUESTER IT FROM WHATEVER# SCARY AND STRANGE ON THE OUTSIDE.# SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT RETURN TO# THAT QUESTION OF WHAT'S GOOD FOR US ALL.# >>Yunji: THAT REALLY TIES IN SO BEAUTIFULLY# WHAT HAD YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT PEOPLE## FEELING SO MUCH SCARCITY.

AND NOT FEELING LIKE THEY## HAVE THE ABILITY TO CARE FOR OTHERS.

MAYBE FEELING SUCH A RUSH THEY DON'T## HAVE A MINUTE TO LET SOMEONE CROSS THE STREET# OR SAY HELLO TO SOMEONE OR READ THE NAME TAG## YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE CLERK.

HOW DO WE WRESTLE WITH THAT TENSION?# HOW DO WE WRESTLE WITH THAT# TENSION, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT.# MATTER OF BEING INTENTIONAL.

>> I FEEL LIKE FROM A CORPORATION## OR COMPANY PERSPECTIVE I FEEL LIKE THERE# ARE WAYS HERE IN HAWAII THAT WE COULD MAYBE## DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AROUND PUTTING MORE# COMMUNITY AT THE CENTER AND BEGIN, IT'S A## DELICATE SLOPE BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SHAREHOLDERS.

>> WE HAVE REGULATED INDUSTRY THAT PEOPLE HAVE## TO REPORT TO CERTAIN FOLKS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,## IF WE PRIORITIZE, EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY AND THE WELL-BEING OF OUR## PEOPLE, OVER PROFIT, AGAIN, EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A START.# BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU THIS FROM A BANK# PERSPECTIVE PEOPLE LEAVE NEXT FIVE YEARS,## FORECASTING MORE DEATHS THAN BIRTHS.

SO SHRINKING POPULATION, IF WE DON'T## ACTIVELY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TO REVERSE# THAT TREND OF LOCAL HARD-WORKING FAMILIES## LEAVING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CUSTOMERS.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ONGOING FRANCHISE## THAT IS GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE HERE LOCALLY.

SO WE ARE ALL IN IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS.# TO RECONCILE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICMENT# ALSO PROVIDING PEOPLE HOPE THAT## THEY ACTUALLY CAN THRIVE HERE.

>> I JUST WANT TO SEE ONE THING.# BECAUSE I'M GETTING CONVICT A LOT.

DRIVING,# OTHER THING IS THIS CONCEPT ABOUT KIDS.# AND RAISING OUR KIDS SO THAT# MAYBE LEAVING IS NOT AN OPTION.# NOT SAYING THAT IS WHAT WE# SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT DO.# BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE# SAID ABOUT KULEANA WHERE YOUR## LITTLE ONES SHALL THREE AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD# TALKING ABOUT WHERE ELSE AM I GOING TO GO?# THIS IS HOME.

AND SO YEAH,## I THINK IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED# TO, IT'S A WRESTLE WE NEED TO WRESTLE WITH THIS.# I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALONE.

I THINK THERE'S LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY## ALSO WATCHING THAT FEEL THAT SAME PRESSURE AND I# HAVE HOPE MUCH I LOOK AROUND HERE, I HAVE HOPE.# >> ESPECIALLY WITH LOTUS.

>>Yunji: WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATIONS## LIKE WITH YOUR PEERS IN TERMS OF LONGTERM# PLANNING AND I KNOW THAT'S A LONG WAYS AWAY.# YOU HAVE TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL# FIRST AND THEN GO COLLEGE.# IDEA THAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU AND YOUR PEER# GROUP BELIEVE THAT HAWAII IS A PLACE THAT YOU## CAN COME BACK TO?

>> DEFINITELY.# >> I FEEL LIKE HAWAII, BECAUSE WE LIVED, A LOT# OF THIS, MY FRIENDS AND I LIVED HERE ALL OF OUR## LIVES BUT THERE'S, I GO TO WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL# SO MOST OF OUR POPULATION ARE FILIPINO ETHNICITY.# >> 68%.

>> MAJORITY.# AND SOME OF THAT PERCENTAGE ARE# IMMIGRANTS THAT COME HERE AND## THEY ACTUALLY LIKE THEY FEEL CONNECTED.

>> THEY BUILD THAT CONNECTION TO HAWAII.# AND I FEEL LIKE FOR POST HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS,# SOME OF THE TIMES, STUDENTS ARE SCARED.# THEY'RE SCARED TO LEAVE HOME BECAUSE# THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG.# PERSONALLY, FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE IT'S# VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU BRANCH OUT## AND GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES BECAUSE YOU WANT# TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN DIFFERENT CULTURES.# AND LIKE THE PEOPLE YOU MEET, EVEN# BEING HERE, WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY,## LEARNING SO MANY NEW PERSPECTIVES.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT## NEW WORLD VIEW AND NOT BE AWAY, STILL CONNECTED.

INTERCONNECTED.# BUT LIKE EXPLORING NEW AREA AND THEN USING THE# KNOWLEDGE YOU LEARNED TO COME BACK AND SHARE THAT.# BECAUSE IF WE STAY IN THE SAME PLACE FOREVER,# THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY DEVELOPMENT.# >> BUT IF WE TAKE IDEAS FROM DIFFERENT# AREAS AND APPLY TO HOME THAT'S HOW WE## MOVE SOCIETY FORWARD IN MY OPINION.

>>Yunji: THANK YOU FOR THAT.

STARTED## OUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED AT THE# TOP WHAT HAPPENS TO HAWAII IF ALOHA IS LOST.# AND I DON'T KNOW THAT MAYBE THAT# QUESTION IS A LITTLE TOO DIRE.# BUT I AM CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM# THE PANEL, TYLER START WITH YOU.# PERSON WROTE IN, ALOHA IS LEAVING# ISLANDS RESIDENTS PRICED OUT OF PARADISE.# PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING HERE ARE TAKE THEIR PLACE.

THEY DON'T HAVE ALOHA.# THAT IS A GRIM VIEW.

CERTAINLY NOT ISOLATED ONE.# DO YOU THINK THAT WE ARE AT RISK OF LOSING ALOHA?

>> YEAH, SAID IT AT THE TOP.# YOU DON'T HAVE ALOHA WITHOUT NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

INTEGRAL PART TO THAT CONCEPT.# OTHERWISE, JUST ANY OTHER CONCEPT FOR BEING GOOD# PERSON AND SO WE KNOW IT'S MORE THAN 50% OF NATIVE## HAWAIIANS NOW LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.

WE ARE AT RISK OF LOSING IT.# BECAUSE YOU'RE CREATING THESE# COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE ELSE.# THERE ARE.

BUT YOU RUN THE RISK FEWER## AND FEWER HERE TO PERPETUATE.

CONNECTING WITH KUPUNAS.# >> OPPORTUNITIES ARE VANISHING# BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.# NO ONE TO DOWNLOAD THAT KNOWLEDGE FROM, EVERYONE# ELSE IS LEAVING, YOU'RE CREATING A VOID.# I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT'S THAT DIRE.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD## BE TALKING ABOUT VERY AGGRESSIVELY.

FACT THAT AS WE LOSE NATIVE HAWAIIANS ENTIRE## CULTURAL VALUE SET, RUNS THE RISK OF DISAPPEARING.

>>Yunji: WOULD YOU BUILD ON THAT PLEASE?# WHAT HAPPENS TO HAWAII IF THOSE TRENDS CONTINUE# TYLER IS TALKING ABOUT, ARE WE IN DANGER OF## LOSING ALOHA.

>> YEAH.# TYLER NEXT GENERATION OF LEADER.

I DON'T NEED TO REALLY SAY MORE.# I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS.

MAYBE MY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE DO OUR## WORK AND NARRATIVE WE KIND OF FOLLOW.

YOU DON'T# NEED TO BE HAWAIIAN TO KNOW ALOHA AND TO LIVE IT.# AND WE KNOW THAT FOLKS WOULD HAVE THE# LONGEST DEEPEST CONNECTIONS TO THIS PLACE,## PLAY INTEGRAL ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT CONTINUES.

SO WE GOT TEACH IT, WE GOT RECEIVE IT BACK SO WE## CAN THRIVE AND LIVE AND CONTINUE TO TEACH,# BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ADOPT IT IF WE'RE HERE.# AND SO IT REALLY DOES TAKE ALL OF US AND I THINK# IT'S A COMPLEX ANSWER TO A COMPLICATED QUESTION.# BUT YEAH, AND LET'S NOT FORGET# ALOHA IS A HAWAIIAN WORD.# LANGUAGE.

>> CANNOT ONLY ABOUT PEOPLE,## LANGUAGE AND WORLD VIEW THAT COMES WITH.

>> NOT JUST MAKE ANY KIND OF ABOUT## WHAT THIS MEANS.

NO.#THIS IS OF THIS PLACE.# LIFE THAT HAS BEEN BREATHED INTO THIS AINA.# FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS.

>> DOESN'T ONLY HAVE TO BE KANAKA.# BUT WE DO HAVE ONE OF MY MENTORS SAYS,# BLOOD MEMORY TO BRING THAT FORWARD.# SO I THINK IT'S COMPLICATED.

BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE, KAKOU.# IT IS REALLY GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US.

TO KEEP IT HERE.# ALSO TO TEACH IT.

AND TO MAYBE INVITE.# I GOT CONTINENT OR ANYWHERE ELSE AROUND THE WORLD.

>> I'M ALSO CURIOUS.# >> ASK THIS SIMPLE QUESTION.

DELANEY, HOW DO I INTRODUCE## PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE, HOW DO THEY TEACH US# HOW TO BE RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER?# THIS CONCEPT DIFFERENT FORM ALL AROUND THE WORLD# OF HONORING OUR CONNECTION AND HONORING THE WAY WE## NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER AND OUR AINA.

BUT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE CONNECTIONS,## TO SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE.

SOME FOLKS AROUND THE WORLD UNFORTUNATELY## HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM LONG, LONGER# AGO, ESPECIALLY THEIR LANGUAGE AND PRACTICES,## THAT IS WHY HAWAII STILL SO SPECIAL.

CAN STILL TOUCH IT.# AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US HERE.

ALSO AROUND THE WORLD REAWAKEN THE WAY## THAT SPECIAL AND UNIQUE WAYS# WE ARE CONNECTED EVERYWHERE.# AND HONOR THOSE UNIQUE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT# IN EVERY SINGLE PLACE AROUND THE WORLD.# >>Yunji: I MEAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT# REALLY TANGIBLE WAYS OF CONNECTING.# I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.

>> YEAH.# I'M THINKING THAT I HAVE# HOPE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.# I THINK THAT AS NONKUPUNA, I'M A KUPUNA NOW.

I GET ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE IMMERSED,## WE ARE.

RIGHT?# FACT THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE IMMERSED# IN HAWAIIAN CULTURAL VALUES, KILOHANA,## TAKE ON THE KULEANA OF ENSURING THAT.

THIS GETS INFUSED INTO OUR TOURIST INDUSTRY.# HALAU HULA, KUMU HULA GENERATIONS WE ARE TEACHING# GENERATIONS OF HALAU HULA TO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE.# OUR JOB MAKE SURE THAT THAT# CONTINUES AND LIVES ON.# SO I KNOW THAT YOUNG ONES LIKE PUNIHEI CARRY# ON, THESE TEACHINGS FROM MY KUMU, FROM MY KEIKI,## TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF HALAU PRACTITIONERS.

THAT ARE CULTURAL PRACTICES AND SPIRIT OF ALOHA## IS CONTINUALLY BEING TAUGHT.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT.# I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK THE# QUESTION ARE YOU HAWAIIAN.# MANY OF MY STUDENTS ARE NOT HAWAIIAN.

I HAVE A LOT OF HAWAIIAN STUDENTS BUT HAVE## A LOT OF JAPANESE FILIPINO, YOU NAME IT.

THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT RACES.# ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.

AND THEY'RE COMING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LEARN## ABOUT HAWAIIAN CULTURAL VALUES HAWAIIAN CULTURAL# PRACTICE AND INFUSING IT INTO THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE.# THAT TO ME IS ALOHA.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE THE## NEXT GENERATION AND CONTINUE TO TEACH THEM THE# PROMISES THAT FOR ME, EXPECTING THIS OF THEM.# YOU CONTINUE THESE TRADITIONS YOU CONTINUE THE# PRACTICE OF ALOHA, PRINCIPLES AND VALUES THAT WE## TEACH PILINA, TEACH KULEANA, LOVE FOR OUR AINA.

ALOHA AINA ALL OF THESE## PRINCIPLES EMBEDDED INTO OUR# CULTURAL PRACTICE WILL CONTINUE.# ALOHA WILL CONTINUE.

>>Yunji: THAT REALLY ALSO TIES IN TO APRIL.# WORK THAT YOU DO.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE LARGE SCALE LESSONS.# BUT ALSO, TO CHILDREN WHEN WHAT YOU TALKED# ABOUT THEM SEEING THEIR CULTURES AND VALUES## REFLECTED IN THE TOYS THAT THEY PLAY WITH.

TALK ABOUT HOW YOU CHOOSE, HOW YOU GO ABOUT## CHOOSING WHAT TOYS ARE REPRESENTED, WHAT CULTURES# ARE REPRESENTED AND WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT WHEN## YOU'RE MAKING DOING THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

>># >> I MEAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS.

I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ILLUSIONS ABOUT THAT## I'M DOING IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WORK OR ANYTHING.

TOTALLY SO HONORED TO BE, HONORED AMONG## ALL OF THESE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK.

>> SURPRISED TO SEE THAT AT LEAST## IN THE TOY WORLD, IT WAS VERY HOMOGENEOUS.

>> MAKE LITTLE THING THAT REFLECT FILIPINO CULTURE## CHINESE CULTURE, JAPANESE CULTURE, KOREAN CULTURE.

VERY SIMPLE ACCESSIBLE CHILD FRIENDLY WAYS.# >> WORLD OF CONSUMER PRODUCTION AND MASS# MEDIA GENERATE STILL LARGELY HOMOGENEOUS.# JUST IN A SMALL WAY, AGAIN, BECAUSE I SAW MY# OWN KIDS DIDN'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM,## JUST KIND OF WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO GROW# ONE THINGS THAT LOOKED AND FELT LIKE HOME,## I THINK IT IS VERY HEARTENING TO SEE THAT SINCE# I WAS A CHILD, TILL NOW, THE YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT## THE CONCERN OF MANY HAWAIIANS LEAVING HAWAII.

BIG CONCERN.# ABOUT ON THE FLIPSIDE, FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN# REALLY PROFUSION OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND COMMON## SPACES, OF ALOHA HAWAII EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY FOR# YOUNG CHILDREN, GIVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HOPE BECAUSE## IT'S TACKLED IN A HEAD-ON WAY BY MANY OF YOU HERE.

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ALL, NEGATIVE AND THERE ARE MANY.# IT'S ALSO GOOD LEARNING TOOL AND OPENS,# OPENS ME UP TO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES## AND I THINK THAT POTENTIAL ALSO TO# EDUCATE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.# AGAIN, ALSO HAS POTENTIAL TO DIVIDE.

BUT I THINK YOU KNOW,## THAT THERE IS HEADWAY BEING MADE.

IN ESPECIALLY HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE## CULTURE AND EDUCATION YOUNG PEOPLE IN HAWAII.

>>Yunji: I DON'T WANT YOU TO UNDERCUT WHAT## YOU'RE DOING.

VERY POWERFUL.# FIVE AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLD, LOOK AT OBJECTS# INTRODUCED TO AT A YOUNG AGE HAS A DEEP IMPACT.# >> TOYS REFLECT FOODS THAT YOU EAT OR THE COLOR# OF YOUR SKIN, OR THE GAMES OF YOUR FAMILY,## I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE MESSAGING# THERE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.# AND AMANDA WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> INAPPROPRIATE.# >> I WILL SAY, WITH MY DAUGHTER# STARTED LEARNING, OUR DAUGHTERS## WENT TO KAWAIAHAO DID HAWAIIAN IMMERSION# PROGRAM THERE FROM THE TIME THEY WERE TWO.# TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS OF THEIR# LIFE, I COULD KEEP UP AT THAT TIME.# WE LABELINGED EVERYTHING IN OUR# HOUSE AND MY HUSBAND WAS IN HALAU.# SO IT WAS REALLY A CHALLENGE FOR ME THAT# I WAS UP FOR IT WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.# WE KNEW THAT PROBABLY WE COULDN'T COMMIT TO THAT# FOR THEIR ENTIRE EDUCATION BECAUSE WE WOULD FAIL## THEM, WE FAIL THE SCHOOL AND OUR CHILDREN JUST# BECAUSE OF THE PACE THAT OUR LIVES CURRENTLY KEEP.# WITH RESPONSIBILITIES.

BUT WHEN WE WERE LEARNING## ABOUT ETHNICITIES, IRISH AND 2% NATIVE AMERICAN.

FRENCH I'M A MIX.

TALKING ABOUT AS A FAMILY AND## ELLE MY ELDEST, I'M SO SORRY MOMMY.

THAT YOU'RE WHITE.# I'M SO, YOU'RE NOT LIKE THE OTHER WHITE PEOPLE.

MOMMY.# IT WAS LIKE.

SHE HAD ALREADY HAD THIS IN HER BRAIN.# GREAT CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE.

BECAUSE THEY WANTED SO MUCH IN## THEIR HEARTS TO BE HAWAIIAN.

>> THAT IS WHAT THEY FELT.# CREATED SPACE FOR TO US TALK ABOUT HOW YOU# CAN BE ADVOCATE AND HOW YOU CAN BE PROUD OF## YOUR OWN CULTURE AND MARK AND I WERE ABLE TO# TAKE THE GIRLS WITH OG CHAN TO JAPAN IN MARCH.# SEE THEM CONNECT.

GO TO THE SPACE,## THEY SAW TEN GENERATIONS OF NOBUCHI.

>> MEANT SOMETHING TO THEM.# I WATCHED THEM BECOME PROUD OF# THEIR ETHNICITY AND WHO THEY WERE.# >> CAN ALSO HOLD, THEY ARE KEIKI O KA AINA.

>> LAND THAT RAISES THEM.# SO I THINK THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS# THAT WE INFUSE FOR OUR CHILDREN FROM A## YOUNG AGE, THE WORK ISN'T SO HARD.

IF THEY ALREADY COME FROM THAT.# I DO THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY# BIG WIN IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.# AND NOT JUST EDUCATION SYSTEM BUT# ALL OF THESE AMAZING PROGRAMS AND## BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT EDUCATING OUR KEIKI.

AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THEM SO MANY RESOURCES.# THAT ALLOW THEM TO CONNECT TO THEIR# HOST CULTURE OR THEIR OWN CULTURE AND## TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER IN THOSE KINDS OF WAYS.

>> CAN I JUST ADD, DECISION TO BE A SMALL BUSINESS## OWNER ARE REALLY SERIOUS DECISION AND LIKE# REALLY IMPORTANT WORK BECAUSE YOUR DECISION## TO KEEP JOBS IN HAWAII IS AN ACT OF ALOHA.

DECISIONS TO LIKE REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE## ON IMPORT THE PRODUCTS IS ALOHA.

I'LL SAY IT, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE## DOING IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT,## YUNJI TALKING ABOUT DECISION TO INCORPORATE LOCAL# VALUE AND FLAVORS AND IDENTITY, SUPERIMPORTANT.# SMALL BUSINESS IS THE BEDROCK# OF US STABILIZING OUR ECONOMY.# SO PLEASE DON'T DIMINISH YOUR IMPORTANCE.

>> I WANT TO ECHO THAT TOO.# YOU'RE RAISING YOUNG CHILDREN AND I# SEE THE PRODUCT OF WHEN PARENTS DON'T.# THEY DON'T HELP THEIR CHILDREN EXPERIENCE JOY.

SO, WE DO HELP THEM EXPERIENCE THAT, IS SOMETHING## THAT INFUSES THEM TO BE ABLE TO GROW UP HEALTHY.

DEALING WITH THE FOLKS THAT DIDN'T## GET THAT A LOT OF TIME.

>>Yunji: THANK YOU.# INTERESTING YOU'RE ALL BRINGING IN NOT THE SOLE# RESPONSIBILITY AN PURVIEW OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS.# FOR SO LONG, WE MAY BE FEAR OF BEING# ACCUSED CULTURAL APPROPRIATION.# MAYBE I'M NOT WELCOME IN THIS SPACE.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE.# TALK ABOUT THAT.

IT REALLY IS ALL OF OUR## RESPONSIBILITIES TO PERPETUATE ALOHA IF WE'RE# GOING TO SUCCEED IN HAWAII, I THINK ABOUT WE## TALK A LOT ON OUR TEAM ABOUT IF YOU'RE IN HAWAII,# YOU'RE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HAWAII, HAWAII IS YOU## GET TO BREATHE HER AIR, GET TO EAT FROM HER SOIL,# GET TO BATHE IN HER OCEAN DRINK FROM HER WATER.# HOW ARE YOU IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HER?

THAT'S ALL OF US.# WHETHER YOU'RE HERE AT THE# TOURISTS, FOR SHORT TIMES A## STUDENT, COMING FROM, MY FATHER WAS IMMIGRANT.

SO HOWEVER LONG LEARNED MORE ABOUT ALOHA AND DARE## I SAY ALOHA AINA, FROM MY TWO IMMIGRANT PARENTS.

MY STEP MOM AND MY FATHER.# BOTH ONE FROM SAMOA.

ONE FROM FIJI AND BECAUSE THEY ARE IN## CONSTANT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PLACE.

EVERY SINGLE DAY.# THEY ARE BEING FED BY THEIR SOILS.

KAHANA.# THEY ARE RELY ON THAT FOOD# TO FEED THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY.# ONE YEAR THERE WAS A HURRICANE.

>> STEP MOM CALLED US AND SAID YOU HAVE## TO COME COME DOWN RIGHT NOW.

URGENT.# >> HURRICANE WAS COMING DAYS AHEAD.# AND WE GOT THERE AND AVOCADO TREE.# WE WERE ON THE ROOFS.

>> BROTHER WAS ON THE## ROOF THROWING A NET OVER THE AVOCADO TREE.

>> BECAUSE SHE SO MUCH PILINA WITH THAT FOOD,## AINA.

THIS IS PART OF MY FAMILY.

MAKE SURE IT'S PROTECTED IN THE HIGH## WINDS COMING.

THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP,# THEY TEACH THAT TO EVERYBODY AROUND THEM.# WE LEARNED THAT FROM THEM.

HAWAIIAN CHILDREN GREW UP## LIVED APARTMENT BUILDING IN TOWN.

>> GET TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.# >> IT IS ROOTED IN THIS PLACE.

BUT ALSO, TO YOUR POINT,## CELEBRATING KUPUNA WHEREVER WE COME FROM IN# THE WORLD, THAT'S A VERY HAWAIIAN CONCEPT.# IT'S NOT ONLY HAWAIIAN, BUT TO KNOW OUR# STORIES AND BE CONNECTED TO OUR KUPUNA,## HELP US BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS# ALLOWS US TO BREATHE AND LIVE ALOHA.# YEAH.

SO CONNECTED.# NOT JUST ALL OF US.

REALLY IS KAKOU.# GOOD JOB.# >>Yunji: BILL YOU DID SAY THIS# EARLIER, TAKE ALL OF US.

NOT SOLELY## RESPONSIBILITY OF ETHNIC GROUP OR ONE POPULATION.

>> I GO BACK TO DUANE KARISO WHO USES THIS TERM.# US GUYS.

US GUYS.# IT'S US GUYS.

THAT'S WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.# THAT'S WHO IS GOING TO TAKE CHARGE.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU WERE BORN HERE, FLOWN HERE,## NATIVE HAWAIIAN, IF YOU LOT OF THIS PLACE, LIKE# YOU SAID YOU HAVE A CONNECTION TO THIS PLACE,## YOU DESERVE TO THRIVE HERE.

AND WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER## TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

SOME OF IT IS CHANGING.# MIND SET.

A LOT OF IT IS THROUGH INTENTIONALITY AND ACTION.# BUT IT IS US GUYS.

>>Yunji: YOU BROUGHT IN THAT BUMPER STICKER.# WHAT CHANGED IN THE TIME YOU# PUT THAT OUT THERE TILL NOW?# >> MORE OF THIS BUMPER# STICKERS THAN ANY CANDIDATE.# WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, THIS BUMPER STICKER IS# IMPORTANT SORT OF REMINDS YOU AND I'VE SEEN MANY## CARS WITH THIS BUMPER STICKER, CUTTING IN LINE.

I THINK WHAT WE LEARNED AS A GROUP IN 1993,## WAS YOU CAN'T LEGISLATE IT.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE SMALL ACTIONS.# AND INTENTIONAL ACTIONS.

AND REALLY, IT'S ONE'S## OWN SELF-INTEREST TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

>> AND SO FOR ME, ALOHA IS SORT OF THE GOOD## MEANING IS BELONGING.

YOU BELONG.# PARTICULARLY THE NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

WHO BELONG.# BUT ALSO, OTHER PEOPLE LIKE NEW# IMMIGRANTS ALSO BELONG BECAUSE OFTENTIMES,## NEW IMMIGRANTS BY THE WAY, IMMIGRANTS ARE TOLD# TO REJECT THEIR OWN CULTURE, TO REJECT THEIR## CULTURE REJECT THEIR LANGUAGE.

>> DON'T SPEAK IT AT HOME.# DON'T TEACH THE KIDS.

AND SO THEY LOSE A LOT.# IF YOU SAY YOU CAN GOING TO BE IN HAWAII# WITHOUT REJECTING YOUR OWN CULTURE AND YOU## CAN APPRECIATE EACH OTHER'S CULTURE.

ONE OF THE THINGS HERE SAYS,## ATTEND EVENT OF ANOTHER CULTURE.

SO WHAT IT IS TO SAY, LET'S APPRECIATE## EACH ONE.

HAS VALUE.# >>Yunji: TYLER TELL US ABOUT WE'RE TALKING# ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US.# TAKE THE VISITORS TOO.

>> I THINK THERE IS A WILLINGNESS.# JUST SPENT A LOT OF TIME MARKETING WRONG IDEALS.

>> HAVE TO WATCH.

COURSE CORRECTION HAPPEN AS WE## SPEND THAT TIME ENERGY AND EFFORT EDUCATING THEM# YOU'RE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THIS AS WE ARE.# I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT HARD.

>> I THINK WE KNOW FROM THE DATA## SO MANY VISITORS ARE SEEK DEEPER CONNECTIONS# FROM THE PLACE THAT IS THEY'RE TRAVELING TO.# THERE'S A GENUINE CURIOSITY# AND INTEREST IN AUTHENTICITY.# >> WE HAVE THAT.

WE'RE SO GOOD AT IT.# AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE SPENT 50, 60# YEARS MARKETING VERY DIFFERENT VERSION OF THAT.# GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO CORRECT IT.

BUT AS WE DO, THE RIGHT KIND OF## VISITOR WILL FIND THEIR WAY HERE.

NOT TO SAY THERE'S A WRONG KIND OF VISITOR.# BUT IT MAY TAKE THOSE OTHER VISITORS LONGER TO# APPRECIATE WHAT IS TRULY SPECIAL ABOUT THIS PLACE.# AND I KNOW IN OUR WORK WITH THE HAWAII TOURISM# AUTHORITY, THEY ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO CHANGING## THE IMAGE AND PORTRAYAL OF WHAT HAWAII CAN MEAN AS# A DESTINATION FOR THAT MINDFUL THOUGHTFUL CURIOUS## APPRECIATIVE PERSON COMING TO BE OUR GUEST.

>>Yunji: CONNIE STRIKES ME, COUPLE OF TIMES## YOU HAVE SAID, I'VE SEEN THE CONSEQUENCE OF WHAT# IT IS.

BASICALLY ABSENT OF ALOHA, YOUNG PEOPLE OR## TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE JUST WALKING BY OTHERS.

ALOHA IS A GOOD INVESTMENT.# TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> DEFINITELY IS.# THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS HUGE.

WE ARE PAYING FOR THE LACK OF THAT## EXPERIENCE WITH YOUNGER PEOPLE HERE.

IN OUR STATE.# IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REALIZE THAT.

IT'S INVESTMENT IN A DIFFERENT KIND.# BILLY WAS TALKING ABOUT CORPORATE INVESTMENT,# WHAT IS THEY EXPECT IN RETURN HAVE TO HAVE## DIFFERENT KIND OF BOTTOM LINE REALLY ABOUT THE# PEOPLE AND WHETHER WE ARE ABLE TO FEED OUR YOUNG## KEIKI ENOUGH SO THAT THEY WILL COME BACK INTO# NOT COME BACK, BUT THEY WILL BE CONSTANTLY IN## COMMUNITY AND IN OUR OHANA SO THAT THEY WILL GROW# UP TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.# WHAT I SEE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME# FROM FAMILIES WHERE THE FAMILIES## JUST WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT OF THAT.

WHETHER THE PARENTS WERE ALREADY KIND OF## SUCKED IN KIND OF LIFESTYLE BECAUSE OF ECONOMICS,# HOPEFULNESS, TRAUMA THEY EXPERIENCED, KIND OF LAID## ON THEIR KEIKI AND REALLY NOT FAIR TO THEM.

SO I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE I THINK YOU WERE## MENTIONING ABOUT MENTORS.

>> HOW WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE## WILLING TO BE MENTORS TO OTHER PEOPLE.

NOT JUST YOUR OWN FAMILY EITHER.# EVERYBODY NEEDS IT.

AND WHEN WE WERE# ABLE TO DO THAT, WITH OUR NEIGHBORS OTHER## FOLKS WE KNOW, IT'S HUGE.

>> IT'S REALLY IS HUGE.# SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS THAT PERSON'S LIFE.# I'M A CHILD OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS.

THE PARENTS WEREN'T HOME THAT MUCH.# OTHER PEOPLE, TEACHERS, SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS# REALLY TAUGHT ME VALUE AND PRACTICED THAT## AND MADE ME FEEL LOVED.

>> AND YOU NEED THAT.# YOU NEED TO REALLY BE HEALTHY PERSON.

HEALTHY ADULT.# BREAK CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS IS# REALLY ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE TO## FEEL THEY BELONG, THAT THEY MATTER, THEY CARE.

THAT'S TO ME, WHAT ALOHA PROVIDES AND THAT'S## INVESTMENT OF ALOHA.

>>Yunji: YEAH.# I WONDER IF YOU WOULD TELL US, WHEN WE THINK# ABOUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THESE DAILY PRACTICES.# KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS.

>> LOOKING TO LEFT AND RIGHT.# WHAT AMANDA HAD SAID.# HOW WE TRY TO LIVE THIS GOING FORWARD.

HOW WE TAKE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD## HERE TONIGHT OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM.

>> I THINK YOU MAKE IT A PRACTICE.# REALLY, IT HAS TO BE INTENTIONAL.

YOU HAVE TO TRY AND MAKE IT A DAILY PRACTICE.# IT'S LIKE, IF YOU MAKE IT A HABIT, ONE LITTLE# HABIT, WALK OUTSIDE AND SAY HELLO TO THE NEIGHBOR.# NEVER SPOKEN TO FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THEIR NAME.# OR SAY, HI GOOD MORNING.

JUST MAKE A HAPPEN.# AND SO FINDING SOMEONE ALONG YOUR EVERY DAY ROUTE# TO BE KIND TO, BUT TRY AND MAKE THOSE HABITS THAT## YOU DO IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,## HABIT BECOMES REGULAR PRACTICE.

>> IT TO BECOME A PRACTICE AND NOT A HABIT.# THEN IT TO BECOMES NORMAL.

YOU JUST KEEP ADDING TO THAT## ONE LITTLE HABIT AT A TIME.

ONE PRACTICE AT A TIME.# ALOHA TO SOMEBODY.

SAY WALKING DOWN THE STREET.# SHARING SOMETHING WITH HOMELESS PERSON.

THAT YOU SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY.# IF YOU'RE ON THE SAME WALK.

PICK UP# A ANOTHER SANDWICH FOR THAT PERSON.# AND SHARE IT.

SAY ALOHA.# HAVE A GOOD DAY.

>>Yunji: WONDERFUL WAY TO END US TONIGHT.# WONDERFUL ADVICE FOR ALL OF US.

>> MAHALO TO ALL OF OUR GUESTS## AND OF COURSE TO YOU AT HOME FOR# BEING A PART OF TONIGHT'S TOWN HALL.# WE WILL BE BACK WITH ANOTHER KAKOU# IN JANUARY EXPLORING ALZHEIMER'S.# MORE THAN 30,000 KUPUNA IN HAWAII# ARE LIVING WITH THIS DISEASE.# AFFECT IS NOT ONLY THEM BUT ALSO HAS A TREMENDOUS# IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE WOULD LOVE AND CARE FOR THEM.# SO WE'LL EXPLORE THE CHALLENGE OF ALZHEIMER'S.

I'M YUNJI DE NIES.# UNTIL NEXT TIME.

ALOHA.