[Bonus EP#1] How does RIMPAC affect the Kingdom of Hawai’i?

Kawena, a kanaka maoli activist with the Cancel RIMPAC Coalition shares his view on RIMPAC and militarization of the Pacific. Kalani then discusses militarization in the CNMI, specifically regarding the bombing of Farallon de Medinilla, and mentions some of the steps she takes to support kanaka maoli in their fight to cancel RIMPAC.

Link to most of the full text of episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Saj6KXDa3qQpg0iFhCqQnNPDTfi-Dj5lDprbeZo50bA/

Citations:

1. Stephen H. Smith, Donald E. Marx. “De-facto marine protection from a Navy bombing range: Farallon De Medinilla, Mariana Archipelago, 1997 to 2012.” Marine Pollution Bulletin, 102:1 (2015), p 187-198, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.023. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X15004439)

2. DeLoughrey, Elizabeth. “Towards a Critical Ocean Studies for the Anthropocene.” Hydro-power: Charting the Global South. Regents of the University of Colorado. 57-1 (April 2019) DOI IO.1215/00138282-7309655 https://english.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/DeLoughrey-Towards-a-Critical-Ocean-Studies-for-the-Anthropocene-ELN-2019.pdf

Links to Resources:

• Cancel RIMPAC Coalition Youtube Channel: “A Collective Poem” : https://youtu.be/UGmMOiLXBoI

• Sign Cancel RIMPAC Change.org Petition: https://www.change.org/p/for-people-land-air-sea-stop-rimpac-military-exercises

• Kawena’s Twitter page: https://twitter.com/Kue_Kawena

• D. Keali’i Mackenzie’s Twitter page: https://twitter.com/DMKealii

• Craig Santos-Perez’s Website: http://craigsantosperez.com/ & his books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Craig-Santos-Perez/e/B003F538QU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

• Honolulu Civil Beat’s OFFSHORE Podcast: https://www.offshorepodcast.org/

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[EP3] How do Queer Pasifika people get treated within my culture?

For #PRIDE2020 episode three centers on LGBTQIA+ Pacific Islanders, their representation, how they are treated, how they live with queerness, and how they feel their cultures could change for the better to become more inclusive.

Hear from

• Tēatuahere with roots in Tahiti

• Nenol of the Marshall Islands

• Bryant of the Philippines

• Sha with roots in Belau

• RT with roots in Guåhan and Chuuk

• Roquin ginen Guåhan

Kalani also explores a scientific paper from 2019 on Asian American and Pacific Islander medical research funding by the U.S. National Institutes of Health from the past 26 years between 1992-2018.

Here is a link to the full document of text of the show for accessibility purposes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzWYpb4tCsG53t3bXU1M6rdkJPI2XvUYiQf0v4oPBiw/

Citations:

1. Đoàn, Lan N., et al. "Trends in clinical research including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander participants funded by the US National Institutes of Health, 1992 to 2018." JAMA network open 2.7 (2019): e197432-e197432. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2738623

Links to Resources:

• Terisa Siagatonu’s Website: https://www.terisasiagatonu.com

• Sha Merirei Ongelungel’s Merirei Media Group YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/islanesia as well as her website: https://merirei.com

• Jesse Manibusan’s “Hold Onto Love” YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/iWEimUTCKCQ

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