Our Bound Liberation - Episode 1.02 - Hāwane Rios

Our Bound Liberation

From the creators of Kultivating Kapwa
Our Bound Liberation: Conversations in the time of Decolonization - Episode 1.02 - Hāwane Rios
"I stand
...in the sovereignty of my body
...in the sovereignty of my land
...with you in sacred solidarity"

In this episode of Our Bound Liberation, we are joined by Hāwane Rios. We discuss sovereignty of the body, sovereignty of the land, dissonance that can arise, and more.

Hāwane Rios is a Mauna Kea Protector and award winning singer/songwriter from Puʻukapu, Waimea on the Island of Hawaiʻi. She was raised from an early age in the traditional art forms of chant and dance of her people which created a strong foundation for her passion of music and songwriting. Rios believes that music is a powerful catalyst for change and is moved to write and sing songs with a healing and unifying message that she hopes will carry on to the generations to come.

Being of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), Chamorro, Taino, Portuguese, and English descent, she knows her lineages, cultural traditions, music, advocacy work, and commitment to aloha ʻāina (love for the land), connects her to the world and to the collective responsibility we have to care for and protect Mother Earth. Rios has stood on the frontlines of the Protect Mauna Kea Movement and alongside her family as a petitioner in the court system in resistance to the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope for the past 14 years. Her outreach work has taken her to many places and has connected her to many different justice movements rooted in standing up and speaking up for the rights of the land and water. She continues to support the efforts of the movement through her educational outreach work with the non-profit organization, Mauna Kea Education and Awareness and through her artistry as a musician, dancer, and chanter.

She is the founder of Hale Haumea, a women led collective of cultural and language bearers reclaiming ancestral ways of healing through the traditional oratory art form of chant. Her purpose and intention is to revitalize the traditional Hale o Papa (House of Women) and rites of passage ceremonies for young women and queer people so that their foundation can be grounded in the ways of their people and so that they will be strongly affirmed in who they are.

To learn more about Hāwane and her work please visit ulaaihawane.com

To learn more about the Protect Mauna Kea Movement please like and follow @protectmaunakea on instagram and sign the ʻAʻole TMT Petition in the link in their Bio. Visit mkea.info, puuhuluhulu.com , and kahea.org for more ways to support.

Hosted by Jana Lynne Umipig
Produced by Olivia Sawi
Co-Produced by Annie Aarons-Sawi
Music by The Peace Poets