Hālāwai Proudly Presents
A Master Series Lecture
by Manuwai Peters

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
7:00 PM

Location
American Indian Community House
11 Broadway, NYC

Cost: Free!

Hawaiian Language Revitalization Post-Hawaiian Renaissance

This lecture covers the emergence since 1987 to the present of the State of Hawaiʻi's Hawaiian Language Immersion Program in the Department of Education as a vehicle to revitalize the Hawaiian language for a new generation. The presentation examines the role Hawaiian performance art forms (hula and mele) plays in the preservation of the Hawaiian language and the use of technology in documenting, disseminating, and using Hawaiian language today. Special focus is given to the efforts of urban communities outside of Hawaiʻi to promote Hawaiian language usage and raise awareness and the need for Hawaiian language policy at the state level.

Manuwai Peters is a resident of Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi and has been associated with Molokaʻi's Hawaiian language immersion program since it began in 1992. He has taught Hawaiian language to Pre-K to 12th grade students as well as to adults at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Kapiʻolani Community College, and Maui Community College. While completing his graduate studies at Columbia University, he has been teaching Hawaiian language in New York City and Washington, D.C. He is also the Cultural Advisor to the non-profit organization, Hālāwai.

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