The Try Think Community Discussions are moderated by staff of the Hawaii Council for the Humanities, and the stimulus for this conversation is the short documentary, The Rogers of Samoa, produced and directed by Dean Hammer and Joe Wilson. Following the 16-minute film screening, attendees will connect with each other in community conversation; to share ideas, questions, … Continue reading Try Think: About Gender – Transition to Self

Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, in partnership with Value of Hawaiʻi: Hulihia, is hosting deep-dive community conversations on our ideas, wonderings, hopes, and challenges for our post-pandemic futures. Small groups of very diverse voices from across our islands will tackle different topics together, and spend time listening, sharing, imagining, and building new connections.   Try Think: … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia

Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, in partnership with Value of Hawaiʻi: Hulihia, is hosting deep-dive community conversations on our ideas, wonderings, hopes, and challenges for our post-pandemic futures. Small groups of very diverse voices from across our islands will tackle different topics together, and spend time listening, sharing, imagining, and building new connections. Wednesday July  14 … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia

Activist Genealogy: Visions and Enactments of Solidarity Across Black and Kanaka Maoli Movements—ʻIlima Long, Facilitator (Virtual Event) “When we do the work of justice together, when we answer one another’s call to join our several separate struggles, we learn justice from one another and we learn that those struggles are one. We discover that we … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia

Try Think events are opportunities for small groups of diverse voices to speak and be heard. Each conversation will be led by a thoughtful facilitator, to help to create a space where we feel valued as full people. Each conversation topic is inspired by a Value of Hawaiʻi Hulihia essay, which can be read for … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia

Since March 2021, Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, in partnership with Value of Hawaiʻi: Hulihia, has been holding space for deep-dive community conversations on ideas, wonderings, hopes, and challenges for our post-pandemic futures. In each session, small groups of very diverse voices from across our islands tackle different topics together, and spend time listening, sharing, … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia