Ho'oikaika Annual Conference 2024: Full Schedule

Learn More Ho’oikaika Partnership’s website conference page.

8:30am HST

Opening Protocol with Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier. E Komo Mai/Welcome with Emcees. Keynote Noelani Ahia

Thursday September 26, 2024 8:30am - 9:45am HST

Zoom: Links will be revealed 10 mins before your session starts

Sign on starting at 8:20 am. Please begin with silence at 8:30.

Opening protocol with Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier at 8:30.
MCs Paul Tonnessen and Michele Navarro-Ishiki will welcome attendees
Keynote speaker Noelani Ahia
Mahalo to conference sponsors and planners
Introduction to Hoʻoikaika Partnership
Technical/logistical info for navigating the conference.

Speakers

Noelani Ahia

Executive Director, Maui Medic Healers Hui

Noelani Ahia is a healer/activist who works to protect what we love: ‘āina, kai, wai, iwi and each other. Trained in Traditional East Asian Medicine, she has been delivering acupuncture and herbal medicine to the Maui community for 15 years. In 2017 she co-founded the Mauna Medic... Read More →

Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier

Hawaiian Culture Based Education Coordinator, Kamehameha Schools Maui

J. Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier is the Hawaiian Culture Based Education Coordinator for Hālau ʻo Kapikohānaiāmālama at Kamehameha Schools Maui. She is also the Hope Kahu of Ekalesia o Kupaianaha in Wailuku and presently resides in Waiehu, Maui. In partnership with Kamehameha Schools... Read More →

Moderators

Bobbie-Jo Moniz-Tadeo

Director/Early Childhood Specialist, Imua Family Services

Emcees

Michele Navarro Ishiki

Founder | Clinical Director, Piha Wellness and Healing

Michele Navarro Ishiki is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who is in private practice on Maui and Oʻahu, and the Founder and Clinical Director of Piha Wellness and Healing, on Maui. Born and raised in Pāʻia Maui, she spent almost 25 years of her professional career in nonprofit... Read More →

Paul Tonnessen

Friends of the Children's Justice Center of Maui

The Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of Maui (FCJC) is a private, non-profit corporation, founded in 1989 by a non-partisan group of community and business leaders concerned with the social welfare of children and families who have been traumatized by abuse and severe neglect... Read More →

Sponsors

Consuelo Foundation

We work to meaningfully impact the lives of children, youth, and families in the Philippines and Hawaii.

Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of Maui

Kamehameha Schools Kaiāulu

KS Kaiāulu is a proud sponsor of the Hoʻoikaika Partnership and its 2024 annual conference, A Journey to Mālama Pono: Sustaining Justice and Harmony. KS Kaiāulu brings together Kamehameha Schools' scholarships, online learning resources, in person community resource centers, and the partner programs KS supports in the community, all in one place. Through these offerings, KS Kaiāulu aims to grow ‘ōiwi leaders—people... Read More →

Thursday September 26, 2024 8:30am - 9:45am HST
Zoom: Links will be revealed 10 mins before your session starts

Plenary Session

10:00am HST

Mālama Room

Thursday September 26, 2024 10:00am - 3:00pm HST

The Mālama room is available for respite and mutual support. A safe space for anyone who needs quiet time, a place to gather your thoughts, to relax and connect. The room will be staffed by Jenna Taylor and Bobbie-Jo Moniz-Tadeo of Imua Family Services. A private Zoom room can be arranged if needed.

Moderators