Co-Author of “If people aren’t locking rocks together, we ain’t got a story”: Pōhaku by Pōhaku, Connecting Stories of Community Building
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Alongside a skilled team in the Kealaiwikuamoʻo Division at Kamehameha Schools, Ryan “Gonzo” Gonzalez (and Kēhaunani Abad) support collaboration among the seventy-plus schools and organizations of Kanaeokana. One of their primary kuleana is to amplify moʻolelo of, by, and for the lāhui through media, design, and technology. In relation to Maunakea, the authors and Kanaeokana are part of a larger Nā Leo Kākoʻo team, whose collective efforts are referred to in this essay.
Value of Hawaiʻi: Hulihia, The Turning 