C4HN May 2018 meeting: Monday, May 21 @ Wai'alae Country Club RSVP BY: May 17. LIMITED SEATING!!!
THE INAUGURAL MONTHLY CULTURAL EDUCATION:
Each month, we open our meetings with a Hawaiian protocol, which is inclusive of all. The hope is to inspire a stronger bond amongst all our members to Hawaii and the place they live in.
This month's cultural education will introduce a brief powerpoint of Pele('s) "cleansing" and Hi'iaka('s) "healing" of the land on Hawaii island aka Moku-o-Keawe. How do we connect to the happenings on another island? A chant and story - mo'olelo - will be shared that shows the wisdom and foresight of our elders to what is happening today. Connecting the cultural learning to the skills of our neonatal nursing will help us to better understand our connection to one another and this place we live in. When the Facebook maps show you on O'ahu with an arrow pointing to Hawaii island - the physical distance is not so far away. We are all connected by the same volcano that created Hawaii. You can have much more to share with your own 'ohana and friends through our organization known originally as "Malama o Na Keiki" - Caring for the children of Hawaii. We are all the children of Hawaii. You'll be glad you attended this meeting! A cultural certificate will be given at the end.
WASSUP? Our Ni'ele News!
Wassup was a common pidgin statement - one word meant so many things...what? what you like? what's happening? whatchu like know? Ni'ele was a term that we had our nose into places we didn't belong, yet, one could learn a great deal by paying attention to what they learned in that moment - as our elders would say "this is where you learn the most - what's not said outside this moment." Well, let's share what's happening for us at Caring for Hawaii Neonates.