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Aloha Aina!

Transformation always begins in our hearts and our minds, moving and creating a greater vision and path forward for Pono (righteous) action!!! Let us stand in Aloha with One Heart, One Mind and for One Ocean and One Planet 

…let us make this our path and purpose.

E Lu’u mai — Come Ride the Swell and Dive in with us in cultivating a beautiful, just, abundant and healthy Planet and World!!!

Traditional Knowledge Keeper and Cultural Practitioner

Kealoha Pisciotta is a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) traditional knowledge keeper, cultural practitioner, activist and artist. For more than 20 years she has been a grass roots community leader and a leading voice of the movement to protect the summit of Mauna Kea from further development by the astronomy industry. Her advocacy on behalf of the land, the ocean and the people has meant interventions on the frontlines and in the courts. She has been a key participant in state, federal, and international consultations regarding human rights, environmental protections, and Native Hawaiian burials and cultural customs. She has submitted interventions before United Nations Councils and Commissions on behalf of Native Hawaiian civil and human rights, including Hawaiian rights to self- determination. She also presented to the UN Human Rights Commission and participated in the drafting of international legal standards for the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She has been featured in several award-winning documentary films, the most notable being the PBS documentary Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege. She has also been interviewed for newspaper and broadcast reporting in more than 500 featured stories including The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The Washington Post, on CNN, NBC, PBS and most other major western news outlets.

Image by Elyse Butler of “Kamaui”, a blainville’s beaked whale, at the Hawaiʻi cetacean rehabilitation facility in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

MAUKA

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MAKAI

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KIAʻI MOANANUIAKEA

Aloha to my Kupuna and Kumu

While I am a primary source of the ʻike contained herein, none of it would be possible however without the ‘ike of my Kupuna and Kumu. I wish to acknowledge their unwavering love and teachings; they are the origin of my House of Knowledge and Learning.