{"id":230183,"date":"2026-02-27T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=230183"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:49:39","slug":"summit-aina-stewardship-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/27\/summit-aina-stewardship-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Free <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> summit on &#699;\u0101ina stewardship, justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/manoa-rainbow-mountain.jpg\" alt=\"rainbow\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-147075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/manoa-rainbow-mountain.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/manoa-rainbow-mountain-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/manoa-rainbow-mountain-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> faces rising sea levels, housing pressures and growing calls for the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/wehe.hilo.hawaii.edu\/?q=aina\">&#699;\u0101ina<\/a> to community stewardship, the University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa will host a day of bold conversations focused on solutions. On March 4, the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piosummit.com\/summits\/pio-summit-2026#summit-schedule\"><span lang=\"haw\">Pi&#699;o<\/span> Summit<\/a> at 8 a.m. at East West Center will gather leaders, scholars and community advocates to examine how land, law and justice intersect and what that means for <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/pio-summit-2026-tickets-1607476799379?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Register now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230199\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-pio-summit-beamer-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Beamer speaking at a podium\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-230199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-pio-summit-beamer-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-pio-summit-beamer-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-pio-summit-beamer.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamanamaikalani Beamer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now in its fifth year, the summit carries the theme <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;&#256;inaho&#699;i<\/span>: Land, Law and Justice. <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;&#256;inaho&#699;i<\/span> means &ldquo;indeed that which feeds us.&rdquo; The phrase is both reminder and call to action that the future of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is tied to how we care for the &#699;\u0101ina that sustains us.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We established the <span lang=\"haw\">Pi&#699;o<\/span> Summits to advance ancestral knowledge and courageous leadership to address the cascading challenges of our times,&rdquo; said Kamanamaikalani Beamer, professor at <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/kamakakuokalani\/\">Kamakak\u016bokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a>. &ldquo;<span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> deserves the best and the <span lang=\"haw\">Pi&#699;o<\/span> Summits bring critical issues to the head of our table and we sit with the community to find ways to carve out a better future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Voices for &#699;\u0101ina<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_230198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230198\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-pio-summit-helm-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Helm singing\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-230198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-pio-summit-helm-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-pio-summit-helm-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manoa-pio-summit-helm.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raiatea Helm will share mele aloha &#699;\u0101ina, honoring love for the land<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s summit begins with music from two-time Grammy nominee Raiatea Helm and a keynote from Justice Joe Williams of Aotearoa, a respected M\u0101ori jurist known for advancing Indigenous rights within modern legal systems.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day, panels will feature leaders from <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s largest landholders serving Native Hawaiian communities, including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Kanaka &#699;\u014ciwi (Native Hawaiian) advocates will join scholars and professors from <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\">Hawaiian studies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/politicalscience.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">political science<\/a> departments, as well as the William S. Richardson School of Law, to explore the future of &#699;\u0101ina stewardship and justice in <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This year\u2019s summit will highlight the collective effort for <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;&#256;inaho&#699;i<\/span> across the <a href=\"https:\/\/wehe.hilo.hawaii.edu\/?q=pae+aina\">pae &#699;\u0101ina<\/a>,&rdquo; Beamer said. &ldquo;We will be exploring how communities are navigating and challenging existing systems through legal methods, land trusts, and grassroots action to restore <a href=\"https:\/\/wehe.hilo.hawaii.edu\/?q=ea\">ea<\/a>, strengthen relationships to &#699;\u0101ina, and advance self-determined governance grounded in ancestral innovation and courageousness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Ancestral innovation<\/h2>\n<p>The summit is organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/14\/ancestral-circular-economy-sustainable-future\/\"><span lang=\"haw\">P&#333;&#699;ai<\/span> Ke Aloha &#699;\u0100ina<\/a>, a <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>-based lab that works to solve modern challenges using &#699;ike <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> (ancestral Hawaiian knowledge). The lab is helping build a new center focused on an ancestral circular economy, a model rooted in regeneration and long-term stewardship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the annual <span lang=\"haw\">Pi&#699;o<\/span> Summit, leaders, scholars and community advocates examine how land, law and justice intersect and what that means for <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":118639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[10,33,1503,154,1465,9,68],"class_list":["post-230183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-east-west-center","tag-hawaiian","tag-kamakakuokalani-center-for-hawaiian-studies","tag-law","tag-manoa-native-hawaiian-place-of-learning","tag-uh-manoa","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/system-rainbow-676.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230183"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230224,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230183\/revisions\/230224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}