Venue: Hawai‘i Convention Center's Theater 310 at the Jean Charlot Courtyard, Meeting Level 3, located at 1801 Kalākaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
Venue Parking: Convention Center has a daily rate of $5.00 per car. Parking cashiers take CASH PAYMENT ONLY (no credit/debit cards nor checks accepted). Enter from Kalākaua Avenue on the mauka of the Convention Center.
Public Transportation: 5 minute walk from The Bus’s many routes connecting to Ala Moana Center, also located adjacent to bus routes entering Waikīkī neighborhood (www.thebus.org).
Registration Deadline Extended: April 21,* forms postmarked after April 21 will be considered as space available.
Registration Audience: program is for Lifelong Learners; high school students are welcome.
Admission: FREE. Fee for catered food (Non-refundable catered food payment is made with registration).
Registration mail in/Downtown drop off site with Non-refundable Meal Fee: Distinctive Women In Hawaiian History Program, P.O. Box 3166; Honolulu, HI 96802 or Downtown drop off site: Mission Houses Museum’s Store, 553 South King Street, Honolulu 96813, Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10:00am – 4:00pm.
Event Questions: Event Committee’s email: info@distinctivewomenhawaii.org. Event updates will be posted periodically through April 24th at: www.distinctivewomenhawaii.org.
2009 Event Summary: Program examines the lives of women in Hawaiian history in each of its presentations. Cultural practitioners and community history presenters will share these little known history contributions using illustrated lectures, chants, traditional Hawaiian storytelling, dramatic performances, and film. The film screening is Ma Ka Malu Ali‘i: the Legacy of Hawai‘i’s Ali‘i directed by Lisa Altieri Sosa, which examines the Hawaiian leaders of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the charitable institutions they established.
Event Mission: to advance and examine scholarship on distinctive women in Hawaiian history. This forum showcases stories about women who have lived/transited Hawai‘i and impacted its history/culture. It also explores the activities of women over the ages – activities that helped create “community” amongst women and helped them find ways to move their families and communities forward.
Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities Mission: to connect people with ideas that broaden perspectives, enrich lives, and strengthen communities. More about the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities here.
Presentation Sponsorship: This program is made possible through the cooperation of the many O‘ahu-based cultural and educational institutions who have sponsored individual presentations.
About Us: The Event Committee developed the idea for the Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History Program after attending a Bishop Museum Teachers Workshop on January 13, 2007. During the workshop’s final discussion, it was evident from all gathered, that O‘ahu lacked an annual history forum to highlight recent scholarship on women of Hawai‘i. The 1st Annual program was developed in 3-months and debuted April 28, 2007 at the Mission Memorial Auditorium, Honolulu Civic Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
The program serves as an important forum for these under-examined histories and also as a bridge between academia and public history. It’s become a conduit and catalyst to lifelong learning by providing scholars, students, and cultural practitioners the ability to share their research and engage the community on distinctive women in Hawai`i. No one academic discipline/institution dominates the telling of Hawaiian history…we acknowledge and showcase the multitude of organizations that contribute to that body of knowledge and their exploration of the stories of our female ancestors.
| This Year's Schedule of Events Friday, April 24, 2009 |
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| 11:00am - 4:00pm | FREE Mission Houses Museum Open House for all registered event participants and EARLY Check-In for registered event participants with Canned Meats, Cartridge or Cell Phone Recycling at Mission Houses Museum, downtown Honolulu. This FREE Open House includes the Museum's Alphabet Soup: Literacy, Language & Learning exhibition, which provides a foundation for two event presentations: Missionary Women of Words and Hawaiian Women of Words. This EARLY Check-in expedites your entry into the Theater on Saturday morning. |
| Saturday, April 25, 2009 | |
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| 8:15-9:00 | Check in at Hawai‘i Convention Center’s Theater 310 at the Jean Charlot Courtyard, Meeting Level 3 Located at 1801 Kalākaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI Community Responsibility - Recycling of used Cell Phones & Printer/Copier Cartridges and Canned Meat/Tuna Food Drive. Participants are encouraged at check-in, to drop off used ink cartridges and cell phones. The cartridge recycling, in cooperation with Cartridge World - Honolulu, provides a sustainable reuse of these products and keeps them out of O‘ahu landfills. Cell phone recycling is in cooperation with AT&T as a proud partner of Cell Phones for Soldiers, a recycling program that provides pre-paid phone cards to US military members serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. The food drive is for the Honolulu families served by River of Life Mission. |
| 9:00-9:15 | Administrative Announcements, Emcee Raine Arndt Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities Welcome by Dr. Warren S. Nishimoto, Chair of the HCH Board of Directors Opening Chant by Heidi Hayes of Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu and the 35th King Kamehameha Hula Competition-1st in Chant Division |
| 9:15 | Space available patrons seated. |
| 9:15-9:45 | Sponsor: Mission Houses Museum Missionary Women of Words: Hawaiian Language, Learning, and Literacy (1820 – 1863) Presenter: Senior Curator Elizabeth Nosek |
| 9:45-10:15 | Sponsor: Bishop Museum Hawaiian Women of Words: educational and cultural efforts of Mō‘īwahine Keōpūolani [1778-1823], Kuhina Nui Kekāuluohi [1794-1845]; Virginia Kepo‘oloku Po‘omaikelani[1838- 1895], and Emma Metcalf Beckley Nakuina [1847-1929] Presenter: Kau‘i P. Sai-Dudoit, Project Manager, Ho‘olaupa‘i: Hawaiian Newspaper Resource Project |
| 10:15-10:35 | BREAK |
| 10:35-11:05 | Sponsor: Kapi‘olani Community College Yeiko Mizobe So [1865-1932]: Established and managed the Japanese Women’s Home for abused picture brides which served 700 women over its 10 years on Alapai Street, Honolulu (1895-1905) Presenter: Kelli Y. Nakamura, Ph.D. |
| 11:05-11:35 | Sponsor: Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club Equestrian Women: riders of the 1800s and the development of Pā‘ū Riding Units (1800s-1915) Co-Presenters: Toni Lee, BJ Allen, and Shirley Brenner |
| 11:35-12:00 | Sponsor: Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities’ Hawai‘i History Day Program Outstanding projects from the 2009 Hawai‘i State History Day on the topic of Women in Hawaiian History Queen Kapi‘olani Documentary [1834-1899] by Nikki Moran & Rae-Ann Garperio, Highlands Intermediate School in Pearl City, O‘ahu with teacher Natalie Remigio Mother Marianne Cope of Moloka‘i: Servant of the People-dramatic performance by Hannelore Rolfing, Rachael Lallo & Madeline Owens, Sacred Hearts School in Lahaina, Maui with teacher Patricia Wurst Presenters: Youth historians & their teachers with introduction by HCH Executive Director Robert Buss |
| 12:00-12:05 | Raffle drawing & Administrative Announcements, Emcee Raine Arndt |
| 12:05-1:15 pm | Catered Lunch by the Hawai‘i Convention Center [Advance purchase, 12:30 Serving line closes] |
| 1:15 | Space available patrons seated in any open seat. |
| 1:15-1:30 | Sponsor: Event Committee; Presenter: Emcee Noelani Mahoe Remembering the Cultural Treasures of Hawai‘i who’ve passed in the last 12 months:
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| 1:30-2:00 | Sponsor: Bishop Museum - Hawaiian Storytelling Tradition Ha‘i Mo‘olelo Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop [1831-1884]: A legacy for Hawai‘i Presenter: Thomas C. Cummings, Jr., Cultural Educator |
| 2:00-2:20 | Sponsor: Hawaiian Historical Society Mary Mikahala Robinson Foster[1844-1930]: Buddhist, spiritualist, philanthropist, recipient of a cutting from the cherished Bo tree in India, botanical gardens benefactor Co-Presenters: Craig Howes, Ph.D., Director, Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, Playwright and Novelist; Patricia Lee Masters, Ph.D., Academic Dean at U.H. West O‘ahu |
| 2:20-2:40 | Sponsor: Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Dr. Stanley Ann Dunham [1943-1995] University of Hawai‘i trained Anthropologist, artisan micro-lending pioneer in Indonesia, Pakistan & Kenya, and mother to President Barack Obama Presenter: Dr. Alice G. Dewey, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology |
| 2:40-2:45 | Raffle drawing, Emcee Noelani Mahoe |
| 2:45-3:00 | BREAK |
| 3:00-3:10 | Acknowledgments by Jamie Conway, Event Coordinator and Event Founder Presentation Proposals for the 4th Annual event (April 24, 2010) by Claire Steele, Event Committee |
| 3:10-3:45 | Sponsor: Honolulu Academy of Art Georgia O’Keeffe [1887-1986] The Hawaiian Paintings – Hawai‘i encounters & inspiration for the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (Dole Co.) 1939 project, impacting the visual arts and popular culture (Hawai‘i stay Feb. 8- Apr. 14, 1939) Presenter: Erin Mālie Boll, Curatorial Assistant |
| 3:45-4:50 | Sponsor: Movie Museum of Kaimukī, Honolulu Lisa Altieri Sosa: Featured Female Hawai‘i Film Artist Screening of Ma Ka Malu Ali‘i: the Legacy of Hawai‘i’s Ali‘i (2007) Directed by Lisa Altieri Sosa, written by Steve Okino. The Hawaiian leaders of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the charitable institutions they established:
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| 4:50-5:00 | Closing remarks; Closing Chanters: Ka‘ala Estores Pacheco, 11th grader, Kamehameha Schools with chanter-to-be announced. Program Evaluation turn-in at Lobby Exit |