Performance: Our Moana Nui; We are Pacific Islander Studies
2020-12-18 02:00 - 03:15 UTC | Virtual Library
Distinguished Pacific Islander poets, storytellers and leaders present an evening of poetry, storytelling and song in honor of the renowned Samoan poet, novelist and playwright Albert Wendt (https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/search). Tongan scholar and poet Dr. Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu, with assistance from poet activists Kevin Aipopo Henderson and Lisiate Vuna, host this celebration of Pacific Islander communities and their unremitting struggles for self-determination. Our Moana Nui; We are Pacific Islander Studies is part of a series of programs advocating for the California Department of Education to reinstate Pacific Islander Studies and Arab American Studies in the Ethnic Studies curriculum.
