We Are Not Americans w/ Healani Sonoda-Pale (Ka Lahui Hawai'i)
My guest on this episode is Healani Sonoda-Pale, a Kanaka Maoli Human Rights advocate for Self-Determination and a Water Protector who has been organizing at the intersection of the indigenous struggle for liberation and environmental protection in Hawai'i. She is a member of the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative and the spokesperson of the Ka Lahui Hawaii Political Action Committee. Healani was born and raised on the island of O'ahu where she resides with her family.
Show Notes
The Beauty of the Pandemic Shutdown in Hawai’i
The Fallout of the Lahaina Fires in West Maui
No Controls
Manufacturing the Authentic
Reopening for Tourism in the Midst of Catastrophe
Local Schism: Those in Favour and Those Against
The Tourism at the Heart of the Housing Crisis
Ka Lahui Hawai'i Political Action Committee
The Water Crisis in Oahu
Decolonizing Tourism is an Oxymoron
Solidarity with Kanaka Maoli
Homework
Transcript
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