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Maenette K. P. Ah Nee-Benham
Maenette K. P. Ah Nee-Benham
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Poʻo Kula Maenette K. P. Ah Nee-Benham ma ke Kulanui ʻo Hawaiʻi ma Oʻahu Komohana ma Ianuali 1, 2017. He ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi ʻo ia i komo i ka ʻimi naʻauao a me ke aʻo ʻana ma mua o kona noho ʻana ʻo ia ke poʻo mua loa o Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa i nā makahiki 2008-2016.
Puka ʻo ia i nā Kula o Kamehameha a lilo i kumu i 1978 no ka mālaaʻo a i ka papa 12 ma Kaleponi, Kekeka, a ma Hawaiʻi nei ma Kaiser a me ko Kamehameha. Paʻa ke kēkelē kauka iā ia i 1992 ma Mānoa a laila komo ʻo ia i ke Kōleke Kālaiʻike ma ke Kulanui ʻo Michigan Mokuʻāina ma 1993 ma ke ʻano he polopeka. I loko o kāna mau hana he nui, ʻO Benham ka mea kākau mua o ka White House Paper ʻo Tribal Colleges and Universities: A Trust Responsibility (2004) no ka U.S. President’s Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities. Ua kākau, kākau pakanā, a hoʻoponopono ʻo ia i 5 mau puke a mau ʻatikala, mokuna puke, a palapala loea.
ʻO kāna hana ma nā ʻano hana alakaʻi maʻa mau ʻole a me nā nīnau kālaiʻike ua mahalo ʻia mai ʻAmelika a i nā ʻāina ʻē. Kono ʻia ʻo ia e haʻiʻōlelo ma ʻEulopa a ʻĀkia Hema a ma ka World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education kekahi. ʻŌlelo ʻo ia no nā kumuhana like ʻole mai ka hoʻolālā polokalamu a me ka loiloi/ana, ka lolina kula, ka hoʻoikaika alakaʻi, ke kūkulu pakanā kula-kaiāulu, a me ka hana kūpono ma ka ʻoihana.
He mea nui iā ia ka pili ma waena o ke kula a me ke kaiāulu: ka hiki iā kekahi ke komo a e hoʻoikaika i kekahi me nā mākau a ʻike kūpono, e like me kāna hana nui me ka W. K. Kellogg Foundation no nā kumuhana i pili i nā ʻōpio, ke kālaiʻike, a me nā papahana i alakaʻi ʻia e ka lehulehu o kekahi kaiāulu e laʻa me ka lākou mau papahana kaumokuʻāina: Native American Higher Education Initiative, Kellogg Leadership for Collective Change, and Collective Leadership for Engaged Communities. E noho ana ʻo ia ma nā papa alakaʻi kaiāulu ʻo ka Waiʻanae Community Redevelopment Corp./MAʻO a me ke Kohala Center. Ke noho nei ʻo ia ma ka Mānoa Heritage Center a me ke Kualiʻi Foundation, The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation, ke Queen’s Health Systems a me ke Queen’s Medical Center, ka North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital, ma Awaiaulu, a me ka Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation.
Ua male ʻo Maenette iā Robert Benham a loaʻa ʻelua keiki iā lāua, ʻo Kaʻimi a me Kiana.
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