Goals for the ILI Hawaiʻi Intensive
- Continue to articulate the purpose, origin & intercultural approach of ILI as a grounding for the overall cohort experience.
- Offer curriculum across all 4 core topics (Who We Are, Where We Are, How We Work, Why We Matter) and the range of communities that anchor ILI.
- Offer intentional space for relationship-building & connection with the cohort balanced with intellectual & skill-building work.
- Offer a deep-dive experience into the Native Hawaiian sense of place and people.
- Offer opportunities for local community and others to engage with ILI cohort & content.
WEDNESDAY, JAN 23
- Welcome & Orientation
- Community Dinner
- OPENING @ Papahana Kuaola
- REVITALIZING NATIVE HAWAIIAN TRADITIONS @ Papahana Kuaola
–Food Preparation
Photos: Melisa Cardona

- WORKING INTERCULTURALLY @ Papahana Kuaola
–Session with Roberta Uno and the ILI Core Partners
- CEREMONY @ Papahana Kuaola
–Ho’oponopono (healing mediation ceremony)
- DIALOGUE/INTERACTION @ Papahana Kuaola
- CLOSING for Day @ Papahana Kuaola
–Activity / dialogue to process the day together
–Reflections / Check-Out
–Evaluation
FRIDAY, JAN 25
- OPENING @ Shangri La
–Grounding
–Check-In & Connection Activities
–Group Agreements
- TOUR of SHANGRI LA led by Konrad Ng
Photos: Melisa Cardona & Carlton Turner
- LUNCH @ Kōkua Kalihi Valley Farm
- FARM TOUR at Kōkua Kalihi Valley Farm
Photos: Melisa Cardona
- HAWAIIAN POLITICAL HISTORY
–Rowing to island, intro to Hawaiian fishing traditions and session with Kēhaulani Kupihea and Jamaica Osorio
–Mālama Hōnua – Hōkūleʻa (to be confirmed)
- CLOSING for Day @ Mokauea Island
–Activity / dialogue to process the day together
–Reflections / Check-Out
–Evaluation
Photos: Melisa Cardona & Carlton Turner
SATURDAY, JAN 26
- OPENING
–Grounding
–Check-In & Connection Activities
–Group Agreements
- WORKING INTERCULTURALLY @ Hotel
–Session presented by Jeff Chang
- DIALOGUE/INTERACTION
— Facilitators create space for participants to engage on the prior
topics / interculturality.
- CLOSING for Day @ Hotel
–Activity / dialogue to process the day together
–Reflections / Check-Out
–Evaluation
- TOUR of Honolulu Museum of Art
- MOʻOLELO STORYTELLING FESTIVAL at Doris Duke Theatre by PAʻI Foundation artists
- DIALOGUE with Artists
Photos by: Melisa Cardona & Carlton Turner
SUNDAY, JAN 27
- CLOSING / ALOHA
–Grounding
–Connection Activities
–Engaging on Intercultural Throughline / Processing the Week / Space for pod interactions
–Evaluation
–Closing Ceremony & Gratitudes
- ILI COHORT SHOWCASE @ Doris Duke Theatre (open to the public)
- CELEBRATION with light pupu (appetizers)
Photos by: Melisa Cardona & Carlton Turner