In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS When we were given the responsibility and privilege of carrying this project into a new book, we knew a passionate and creative planning hui would be a crucial first step. Mahalo nui for the guidance of Nancy Aleck, Lehua Ka‘uhane, Dawn Mahi, Brandy Nälani McDougall, Craig Santos Perez, Lyz Soto, Melvin Won Pat-Borja, and Aubrey Morgan Yee. Our gratitude to Craig and Brandy for helping select and edit the beautiful poems that grace this book. Thank you also to Nä‘älehu Anthony, Christine Costales, Jim DiCarlo , Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Kaleikoa Kaeo, Kekuewa Kikiloi, Matthew Lynch, Makana Paris, Höküao Pellegrino, and Jojo Peter for their time and insight into this project. For the stunning cover image and cover design, mahalo nui to Prime, Eric Agarijo, and Mark Guillermo. Prime, we will never forget sitting in 808Urban with you and listening to the depth of stories, emotions, and relationships that produced the images in the mural that is the basis of this cover. Mark, we will never forget how your first design struck us, inspired us to breathe deeper, made the book real for the first time. Mahalo for all these gifts. We are deeply grateful to artist and aloha ‘äina Haley Kailiehu for providing the beautiful images gracing the pages that open each of the six sections of the book. Your thoughtfulness in considering each contributor’s story is not forgotten. We can’t thank you enough for taking on this project on such short notice and still giving it so much care and creative power. Thank you to Claire Gearen and David Goldberg for their unwavering support in imagining and creating curriculum for The Value of Hawai‘i, for inspiring teachers and students to be bold and creative. This second book wouldn’t exist without the passion and love of all the contributors to the first volume. You are our teachers and friends, and we are grateful for that. We would especially like to mahalo Craig Howes and Jon Osorio for their fearless leadership, for their great heart, and for their faith in us. We are so blessed to have taken this journey with the most amazing contributors ! You all are the breath and life of this book. We are grateful for the relationships we’ve built with you and so honored to help carry your stories to more and more people in Hawai‘i and the world. xiii xiv The Value of Hawai‘i 2 Aiko: Mahalo nui to the ‘äina, wind, and rain of Pälolo, Mänoa, and Kalihi for caring for me and sustaining me throughout this project. To the waves at Barber’s Point for teaching me patience and resilience, to the ocean for her powerful generosity. To my amazing co-editor, Noe, I would not have dared something so fantastic without your brave and brilliant spirit. To my family for teaching me love; to my dear friends for late-night poetry and drinks, for long talks, for the grip of strong, loving hands. And to Bryan, my forever home. Noe: My deepest aloha and mahalo to nä kai ‘ewalu and the waters of the great ocean that inspire, carry, and connect. I cannot give enough thanks to the contributors and to my co-editor, Aiko, for opening themselves and their stories to me. This vulnerability and mana has given me great hope for our shared futures. Mahalo nui to ‘Ïmai, Hina, and La‘i for sharing me with this project and letting it have some of our precious moments together. — Aiko Yamashiro and Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘öpua * * * * * We gratefully acknowledge the authors’ permissions to include these previously published works: No‘u Revilla’s “Ceremony” was previously published in Capitalism Nature Socialism 24.3 (2013). Darlene Rodrigues’s “Eve” was previously published in a program for the 2012 “Distinctive Women of Hawai‘i” Conference. Emelihter Kihleng’s “Micronesian Diaspora(s)” was previously published in Xcp: Cross-Cultural Poetics 14 (2004) and in her poetry collection My Urohs (Honolulu: Kahuaomänoa, 2008). Brandy Nälani McDougall’s “The Second Gift” was previously published in Hawai‘i Review 79 (Winter 2013). Jill Yamasawa’s “Sedilia” was previously published in Tinfish 18½ (2008) and in her poetry collection Aftermath (Honolulu: Kahuaomänoa, 2010). Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner’s “Tell Them” was previously published in Kurungabaa 4.1 (2012), and recorded by Studio Revolt at the Poetry Parnassus at Southbank Centre for London, 2012. ...

Share