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The MĀPUNA LAB is a place of respite for those experiencing colonial trauma. Our work is naʻau centered and focused on health and healing. Guided by ʻōhiʻa lehua as our teacher, an endemic Hawaiian tree, we work in reciprocity and partnership in healing the chronic and existential pain of historical and intergenerational trauma with our Pacific Islander brothers and sisters.
Webinar 1: Intersections of Health & Technology in Substance Use Care
Webinar 2: Creating Culturally-Safe Spaces for Behavioral Health Programming
Webinar 3: Looking to the Past: Substance Use Curricula Overview with Kanoelani Davis
Webinar 5: Knowing Our Audience: Meeting Our Youth Where They’re At in Hawaiʻi and Abroad with Trevor Atkins
Webinar 7: Train the Trainers: Curriculum Framework & Application
Webinar 8: Patient and Practitioner Empowerment through AI
Webinar 9: Next Steps: Development and Launch
Webinar 10: Ola ka Huakaʻihele o Hiʻiaka: Becoming Hiʻiaka Part 1 with guest speaker: R. Lahela Kruse
Webinar 11: Ola ka Huakaʻihele o Hiʻiaka: Becoming Hiʻiaka Part 2 with guest speaker: Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani
Webinar 12: Trauma Tips and Tools with Christy Werner, LCSW
Kākuhihewa is the 15th aliʻi ‘aimoku (ruling chief) of O‘ahu famously named in the mele “Kaulana Nā Pua.” Kākuhihewa was a kind and friendly chief who was born in Kūkaniloko and raised in the ‘Ewa moku. His primary endeavor was farming, and it is said that his abundant harvests on O‘ahu could be smelled from Kaua‘i.
Today, there is a state office building named after him in Kapolei.
