Maui Talk Story Events
Maui Talk Story Events
Maui Talk Story Events, October 28-30, 2022
In late October 2022, DAR kicked off the Holomua community planning process with three in-person talk story meetings in Wailuku, Lahaina, and Hāna, where local residents shared their ideas on how we can work together to ensure that our ocean resources that sustain us can thrive today and for generations to come. This process will be rolled out to each island over the next few years.
195 residents attended the Talk Story events where the community became familiar with the Holomua Initiative, shared Maui stories of current management efforts, and offered an opportunity for DAR to gather the larger community’s input on the future of marine resource management for their island’s nearshore waters.
Posters and handouts from the in-person events
Feedback and Input From the Maui Community at 2022 Talk Story Events
Community members who were willing to participate during the three community Talk Story events were provided templates to work on as individuals or as groups as a way of recording their own thoughts and feedback. Below you will see photos and video from the events, as well as these colorful forms. The completed templates are presented without revision (minus the personal phone numbers) in their own handwriting. Each template represents manaʻo from 2-6 Maui community members per form collaborating to provide their ideas for a way forward for Maui.
Shared Stories of Current Management Efforts and Inspiration for the Future
In addition to the templates completed by attendees to help guide the pilot process and marine resource management for Maui, community members actively engaged in management discussions shared stories of their work and processes they have participated in. Notes and sketches highlighting their stories were hand drawn live during the three unique Maui community story-sharing sessions.
Scroll below to see photos and videos from the events, completed templates and notes and sketches from the story-sharing sessions.
Wailuku Talk Story Event – October 28, 2022
Wailuku Talk Story Event Photos
Wailuku Talk Story Event Video
Wailuku Talk Story Event Story Sharing Notes
Lahaina Talk Story Event – October 29, 2022
Lahaina Talk Story Event Photos
Lahaina Talk Story Event Community Feedback and Input
Lahaina Talk Story Event Story Sharing Notes
Hāna Talk Story Event – October 30, 2022
Hāna Talk Story Event Community Feedback and Input
Hāna Talk Story Event Story Sharing Notes
Talk Story Event Community Input From Individuals and Teach Us Boards
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ʻAʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia.
No task is too big when done together by all.
– Mary Kawena Pukui, ʻŌlelo Noʻeau #142
