Our Future, Our Way: Directions in Oceanic Ethnic Studies
March 13, 7:00pm - 8:00pmMānoa Campus, Hemenway Courtyard

The Ethnic Studies Department in the College of Social Sciences is hosting a conference titled "Our Future, Our Way: Directions in Oceanic Ethnic Studies†from March 12-14, 2015 at the Campus Center Ballroom. The event, which is free and open to the public, focuses on innovative ways in which Ethnic Studies is integral to community organizing, advocacy, scholarship, activism, poetry, and art. Initiating a critical and sustainable conversation about Oceanic Ethnic Studies, the conference offers exciting opportunities to meet community and academic scholars, activists, and artists, and together engage in imagining the future of Hawai‘i and Oceania.
7:00pm: Artist panel featuring Jonah Moananu (aka Big Mox of the Bentos), Jennifer Ong-Cua and Joseph Rosales (aka Miz PaizLee and Seph One of Add+Plus); Poetry by Jenna Robinson (of Urban Aloha)
7:00pm: Artist panel featuring Jonah Moananu (aka Big Mox of the Bentos), Jennifer Ong-Cua and Joseph Rosales (aka Miz PaizLee and Seph One of Add+Plus); Poetry by Jenna Robinson (of Urban Aloha)
Ticket Information
Free and open to the public
Event Sponsor
Ethnic Studies, Mānoa Campus
More Information
(808) 956-8086, http://www.ethnicstudies.hawaii.edu/pages/news&events/conference.html
Monday, November 17 |
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| 11:00am |
Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Info Session Mānoa Campus, Zoom
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| 2:30pm |
Teach for America Ignite Fellowship Info Session Mānoa Campus, QLCSS 208
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| 4:00pm |
$6000 Fellowship -- 2026-2027 Killam Canadian Student Exchange Program Mānoa Campus, Dean Hall 6 & Zoom
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| 4:30pm |
Ideation Workshop for your next Venture with Jeff Hui Mānoa Campus, Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center, Level 2
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Tuesday, November 18 |
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| 11:00am |
Leveraging Lamakū for Data-Driven Rapid Pedagogical Improvement Mānoa Campus, Online
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| 11:45am |
JSPS Japan Fellowships Virtual Info Session Mānoa Campus, Zoom
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| 12:00pm |
Vietnamerica Mānoa Campus, Hamilton 306
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| 3:30pm |
Data Workshop: Using IPUMS Data in R Mānoa Campus, Hamilton Library 306 or Zoom
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| 7:30pm |
UH Mānoa Jazz Ensemble Concert Mānoa Campus, Barbara Smith Amphitheater
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Wednesday, November 19 |
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| 12:00pm |
The Ecotone with Micah Fisher - A Theory of Inheritance Mānoa Campus, Moore Hall 258
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| 12:00pm |
China, Southeast Asia, and Geopolitical Dynamics in 2025 Lived Geopolitics Mānoa Campus, Zoom
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| 3:30pm |
Seminar in Atmospheric Sciences Mānoa Campus, POST 723
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| 4:30pm |
Public Administration Information Session Mānoa Campus, SAUNDERS 541/ZOOM
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Thursday, November 20 |
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| 9:00am |
Political Science Final Oral Mānoa Campus, Saunders 624
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| 10:00am |
Phoenix Police Department Recruiting Table Mānoa Campus, Campus Center Mall
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| 11:00am |
2025 MANOA INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION DAY Mānoa Campus, Campus Center Courtyard
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| 12:00pm |
Brown Bag Biography with Lurana Donnels O'Malley Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 410
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| 2:00pm |
Linguistics Final Oral Mānoa Campus, Moore 575 and ZOOM
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| 2:30pm |
Cross-Cultural Conversations: Music and Peacebuilding Mānoa Campus, Zoom
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| 3:00pm |
Weekly Academic Yoga Wellness Mānoa Campus, Hemenway Hall 208
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| 4:30pm |
PACE Thanksgiving Mixer Mānoa Campus, Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center, Level 2
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Friday, November 21 |
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| 9:30am |
SEOTY Holiday Fair Mānoa Campus, QLCSS 1st Floor
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| 12:30pm |
2026 UROP Mentoring Grant Information Session Mānoa Campus, Zoom
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| 12:30pm |
How to Secure a Solid Recommendation Letter Mānoa Campus, Hamilton Library, Room 301
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| 1:00pm |
ORE Seminar: Slotted Breakwater Integrated with Oscillating Water Columns Mānoa Campus, Holmes Hall 243
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| 7:30pm |
Dancing in the Diaspora Mānoa Campus, 1770 East-West Rd
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| 11:00pm |
友達「Friends」by Abe Kōbō Mānoa Campus, 1770 East-West Rd
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Saturday, November 22 |
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| 7:30pm |
Dancing in the Diaspora Mānoa Campus, 1770 East-West Rd
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| 11:00pm |
友達「Friends」by Abe Kōbō Mānoa Campus, 1770 East-West Rd
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Sunday, November 23 |
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| 2:00pm |
Dancing in the Diaspora Mānoa Campus, 1770 East-West Rd
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| 4:00pm |
Honolulu Chamber Music Series: Trio Bohémo Mānoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium
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Monday, November 24 |
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| 8:00am |
Sociology Final Oral Mānoa Campus, Zoom, Link Below
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| 9:00am |
Sensory Room for Mānoa Faculty Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 106
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| 10:30am |
Oceanography Final Oral Mānoa Campus, POST 723
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| 2:00pm |
ME Seminar: Lung Surfactant Coated Microbubbles and Nanodrops Mānoa Campus, Holmes Hall 287
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| 4:00pm |
$6000 Fellowship -- 2026-2027 Killam Canadian Student Exchange Program Mānoa Campus, Dean Hall 6 & Zoom
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Tuesday, November 25 |
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| 9:00am |
Developmental & Reproductive Biology Final Oral Mānoa Campus, YIBR Conference room and Zoom
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| 11:00am |
Friendsgiving Thanksgiving Meal Mānoa Campus, AgSci 224
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| 1:00pm |
Marine Biology Final Oral Mānoa Campus, Kewalo Marine Laboratory Library
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Thursday, November 27 |
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| 12:00pm |
Brown Bag Biography with River Pruitt Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 410
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| 2:30pm |
Cross-Cultural Conversations: Understanding Human Rights Mānoa Campus, Zoom
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Saturday, November 29 |
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| 2:00pm |
Football Pre-Game: Tailgating Mānoa Campus, Upper Campus, Correa Road
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