In this presentation, Professor Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio explores the key roles Williams graduates (Richards, Emerson, and Dole) played in the importation of colonial & carceral systems through the dismantling of Native Hawaiian governing institutions and epistemologies. In response to these colonial erasures, Osorio argues for a return to Indigenous governing practices as a part of a global liberatory project. Following movements from Palestine to Mauna a Wākea, Osorio invites participants to envision a path toward collective liberation by building decolonial futures based on mutual care, collective responsibility, and genuine security.
3:45 to 5:00 PM in Bronfman Auditorium.