Following are resources shared by Summit attendees. A shared resource table will also be available at the Summit with information brochures, stickers, and more. Please contact us at advance@hawaii.edu if you have resources you would like to share.
https://www.sacnas.org/conference
Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science
SACNAS is an inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans, from college students to professionals, in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in STEM.
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/manoa-advocate/
If you think you may have experienced sex- or gender-based discrimination, harassment, sex assault, domestic/dating violence, or stalking, reach-out to a confidential advocate today to discuss options, resources, and supports. The confidential advocate is able to provide a safe place where students & employees can seek support without triggering a mandatory Title IX report.
The office provides information on UH Mānoa policies & procedures and guidance for UH Mānoa students and employees.
Kawehena is a federally-funded Native Hawaiian Education Program (NHEP) initiative housed under the Graduate Professional Access (GPA) Program in the Office of Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity (SEED) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM). Kawehena aims to increase awareness of, access to, and engagement in TEACH-related (technology, energy, agriculture, astronomy, climate, health) disciplines and support programming here at UHM for Native Hawaiian high school, undergraduate, and graduate students— particularly those from underserved communities.
https://www.dukeupress.edu/mapping-abundance-for-a-planetary-future
In Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future, Candace Fujikane contends that the practice of mapping abundance is a radical act in the face of settler capital's fear of an abundance that feeds. Cartographies of capital enable the seizure of abundant lands by enclosing "wastelands" claimed to be underdeveloped. By contrast, Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) cartographies map the continuities of abundant worlds. Vital to restoration movements is the art of kilo, intergenerational observation of elemental forms encoded in storied histories, chants, and songs. As a participant in these movements, Fujikane maps the ecological lessons of these elemental forms: reptilian deities who protect the waterways, sharks who swim into the mountains, the navigator Maui who fishes up the islands, the deities of snow and mists on Mauna Kea. The laws of these elements are now being violated by toxic waste dumping, leaking military jet fuel tanks, and astronomical-industrial complexes. As Kanaka Maoli and their allies stand as land and water protectors, Fujikane calls for a profound attunement to the elemental forms in order to transform climate events into renewed possibilities for planetary abundance.
Asian Settler Colonialism is a groundbreaking collection that examines the roles of Asians as settlers in Hawai‘i. Contributors from various fields and disciplines investigate aspects of Asian settler colonialism to illustrate its diverse operations and impact on Native Hawaiians. Essays range from analyses of Japanese, Korean, and Filipino settlement to accounts of Asian settler practices in the legislature, the prison industrial complex, and the U.S. military to critiques of Asian settlers’ claims to Hawai‘i in literature and the visual arts.
Our mission is to support and honor the past, present, and future women scientists of Hawai‘i and the Pacific Region.
We aim to unite all scientific disciplines and diverse backgrounds in celebrating women, girls, non-binary and gender non-conforming folks in their personal and professional endeavors as scientists, individuals, and community members. To this end, we provide a collaborative network of inspired and practicing scientists, professional development to strengthen women’s contributions to science, and a community presence to nurture the leaders of tomorrow.
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/seedideas/
SEED IDEAS represent, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success. These initiatives facilitate diversity through dimensions that address culture, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, religion and disability. It is our intention to facilitate the implementation of diversity initiatives through a variety of projects that make a concerted effort to meet the core value of the University of Hawaii system goal for diversity. This goal states:
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/lgbtq/
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer+ (LGBTQ+) Center works to eliminate systemic barriers to academic excellence and student success, strives to maintain a safe and inclusive campus environment that is free from harassment and discrimination, an seeks to affirm LGBTQ+ and māhū people across our campus community. Our purpose is to empower students to create healthy living-learning communities, enhance interpersonal growth, and celebrate academic achievement.
https://www.hawaii.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Manoa-HPOKA2016.pdf
Ka Hoʻokō Kuleana
Fulfilling Our Responsibility to Establish the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a Hawaiian Place of Learning
An Implementation Report for the Ke Au Hou Recommendations
By the Hawaiian Place of Learning Implementation Task Force
January 2016
https://www.hawaii.edu/hawaiipapaokeao/overview/
The Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao (January 2012) set goals and objectives to address the higher education needs of our indigenous people – Native Hawaiians – by creating a model indigenous serving institution. Characteristics of a model indigenous serving institution in Hawaiʻi is as follows:
Hawaiian enrollment at parity with Hawaiians in the Hawaiʻi state population.
Hawaiian students performing at parity with non-Hawaiians = success.
Number of tenured Hawaiian faculty increase by 25% each year.
Gauges its effectiveness in including Native Hawaiian values in its decision making and practices.
Hawaiians hold leadership roles in the UH administration.
The University of Hawaiʻi is the foremost authority on Native Hawaiian Scholarship.
The university is responsive to the needs of the Hawaiian community and, with community input, implements programs to address these needs.
The University fosters and promotes Hawaiian culture and language at all its campuses.
Women in Engineering Proactive Network
Advancing cultures of inclusion and diversity in engineering
WEPAN connects people, research, and practice to increase participation, retention, and success of women and other underrepresented groups in engineering from college to executive leadership.
The Center on Disability Studies (CDS), College of Education, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa is an Organized Research Unit recognized by the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents. It is also in its 35th year as a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), authorized under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act). As one of the 67 UCEDDs, it continues its commitment to support people with disabilities and their families through research, training, and demonstration activities, and disseminating the results of its work to community members, professionals, students, and policymakers.
40th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
By Us and For Us: Legacy and Future of Our Movement
Tuesday, April 15 – Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Honolulu, Hawai’i
2025 is the 40th anniversary of the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity. Come join us both to honor the past and to consider the future of the global movement we create together. Letʻs all recognize our achievements, share our struggles, and develop strategies for the work that remains.
https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/
The University of Hawaiʻi is committed to maintaining and promoting safe and respectful campus environments that are free from sex discrimination and gender-based violence.