E Mau Ke Ea: Sovereignty, Sanctuary, and Collective Liberation with Professor Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio

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.