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Zachary Alakaʻi LumEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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A native of ʻĀhuimanu, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu, Zachary is a lifetime student and practitioner of mele Hawaiʻi. As a graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, earning concurrent bachelor’s degrees in music and Hawaiian language, and a master’s degree in ethnomusicology, Zachary finds his passion in both the scholarship, composition, and performance of mele. He is the director of choral music at Kamehameha Schools–Kapālama, where he leads the school’s premier choir, the Concert Glee Club, as well as the annual Kamehameha Schools song contest. As a cultural practitioner, Zachary belongs to Hālau Nā Kamalei o Līlīlehua, a hula school under the direction of Kumu Hula Robert Uluwehionāpuaikawēkiuokalani Cazimero. A three-time haku mele award winner, he is also a member of the seventeen-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning group Keauhou, a trio that specializes in traditional Hawaiian music. Zachary is the co-editor of “Lei Nāhonoapiʻilani,” a recently published songbook of mele related to West Maui, complete with lyrics, translations, and musical notations. He is also a producer of “Kūhaʻo Maunakea,” a compilation album of 18 newly-composed songs, featuring established mele practitioners, in support of aloha ʻāina for the conflict on Maunakea. The camaraderie and knowledge he is afforded as a teacher, student, and practitioner nourishes his passion to promote mele as a tool that enriches aloha ʻāina.
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Uʻilani Tanigawa LumDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
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Originally from Makawao, Maui, U‘ilani is a licensed attorney and graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law with certificates in Native Hawaiian Law and Environmental Law. She is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools Maui and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge where she earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Hawaiian Studies. Her thesis examined hula’s role in society and in particular, its performance in Japan as a cultural, social, economic, and political mechanism. Uʻi first began law school as an Evening Part-Time student while working as a Trustee Aide at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. During her time as a law student, she was a Research Assistant for the Environmental Law Program, a Staff Editor for the Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal, and an extern with the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Native Hawaiian Relations. She is currently a Post-Juris Doctor Fellow at Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law and the President of the West Maui Preservation Association. Uʻi now resides in ʻĀhuimanu, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu, with her husband, Zachary. As a hula practitioner, Uʻi ensures space for the practice of hula, ʻohana, and the kuleana that surrounds those kahua.
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