Join us in celebrating “Sovereignty Restoration Day,” a national holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

1:00 Mini Hoʻolauleʻa

• • Community Kuʻi
  • Learn about programs offerred at the Molokai Education Center and bring an item to screenprint
  • Information and activity booths

3:00 Hōʻike

• • Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Cultural Camp participants
  • Kalei Roberts, Awaiaulu

4:15 E Mālama Pono, Willy Boy

• • Short film screening (17 minutes) and discussion

Native Hawaiian HPD officer William “Willy Boy” Kupihea and his partner Leonard Akina are sent in to evict the Native Hawaiian residents of a settlement deemed “illegal” by the State of Hawaiʻi, but when Kupihea discovers a little girl hiding in an abandoned truck at the last dwelling is his cousinʻs daughter, he has to choose between what is legally right vs. what is culturally pono. As Native Hawaiian land struggles continue to escalate in Hawaiʻi and in Indigenous communities worldwide, E Mālama Pono, Willy Boy hopes to create a dialogue to question how the current reality might be shifted to create a more positive change for Native Hawaiians and other Indigenous communities. Parental guidance suggested:  profanity and brief violence. Courtesy of filmmaker Scott W. Kekama Amona

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required.
All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events at librarieshawaii.org/events.