About This Year's Conference Theme
Kupu
Kupu encompasses emergence, growth, and development, emphasizing the continuous cycle of life. It represents the processes of sprouting and opening. It signifies the natural progression and evolution of life that exists in all aspects of nature, with plants, animals, humans, communities, and ideas. It calls for renewal and regeneration, transformation and change, and cultural revival.
As we navigate the aftermath of an unprecedented pandemic, grapple with one of the most devastating fire disasters in U.S. history, and confront the challenges posed by book banning and threats to workers, it is crucial that we prioritize self-care. Maintaining physical, emotional, and mental well-being is essential as we work to rebuild facilities, restore library resources, and foster a positive outlook. Like the ʻaʻaliʻi, we have held fast against the harsh winds of culture wars that challenge our professional values and our commitment to uphold intellectual freedom and access to information.
Together, let’s take a deep, nourishing breath, remember what we cherish most about the work we do, celebrate our profession, and rekindle our passion for the services we provide to our communities.
As we navigate the aftermath of an unprecedented pandemic, grapple with one of the most devastating fire disasters in U.S. history, and confront the challenges posed by book banning and threats to workers, it is crucial that we prioritize self-care. Maintaining physical, emotional, and mental well-being is essential as we work to rebuild facilities, restore library resources, and foster a positive outlook. Like the ʻaʻaliʻi, we have held fast against the harsh winds of culture wars that challenge our professional values and our commitment to uphold intellectual freedom and access to information.
Together, let’s take a deep, nourishing breath, remember what we cherish most about the work we do, celebrate our profession, and rekindle our passion for the services we provide to our communities.
-by Sunny Pai, HLA President
Meet Our Keynotes
Mychal ThreetsMychal Threets is a librarian, and grew up in libraries as a homeschool kid. Mychal loves stories! He enjoys learning something new every day, and that includes learning why people love their local library. He utilizes social media to share the stories of library kids and library grown-ups that he encounters in library land. He is very open about his mental health, and talks about it in hopes that it’ll help others in their mental health journey. He is adamant about encouraging people to believe him when he says he’s happy they are here.
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A. Aukahi Austin SeaburyDr. Aukahi Austin Seabury is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Executive Director and co-founder of I Ola Lāhui, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide culturally-minded, evidence-based behavioral health services that are responsive to the needs of medically underserved, Native Hawaiian, and rural communities. With its team of providers and psychology training program, I Ola Lāhui provides behavioral health services throughout the state of Hawai‘i
Dr. Austin Seabury is a member of Nā Limahana o Lonopūhā Native Hawaiian Health Consortium. She works as a consultant, providing facilitation, strategic planning, team building, professional development, and evaluation services to Native Hawaiian health and education organizations. She is an ‘olapa of Hālau o Ke ‘A‘ali‘i Kū Makani under Kumu Hula Manu Boyd. |
Announcements
Proposals are now BEING ACCEPTED!
View our Call for Proposals packet for full details. More information can be found here.
Neighbor island members: apply for a travel award to join us on oʻahu on saturday
We welcome HLA members from neighbor islands to join us on Saturday, November 16 for the in-person conference activities. To assist several neighbor island members with travel expenses, we are offering several $300 travel awards. To learn more about this and to view the application form, go to the conference Format page. The deadline to apply is July 29.
MAIN CONFERENCE GRAPHIC
The Uluhe fern was chosen to encompass this year's conference theme. The main conference graphic, of the Uluhe fern, is centered around an image from Wikimedia Commons that has a CC-BY license.