Acido

Date

12:00pm–1:30pm, Fri Oct 3, 2025

Address

Wist Hall
University Avenue
Honolulu, HI

Event Details

Join us for the EDEF Monthly Talk : “Routing Nakem Praxis in the Diaspora: A Nakemista Praxis in Lahaina and Ilokano Heritage Language Learning in the Diaspora” (Wist Hall 131)

Presented by Dr. Jeffrey AcidoInstructor of Philippine Studies at Leeward CC
Join us to learn about Indigenous Ilokano and Amianan (Northern Philippines) epistemologies and pedagogies. Jeff will present work that grew out of Nakem Pedagogy including his work in Kokua Kalihi Valley among Filipino, Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, Teaching Ilokano courses in the San francisco Bay Area, and his continued work among Filipinos in Lahaina with regard to the resiliency and vanguard as a response  to the Lahaina fires.
Pizza will be provided! Please RSVP to help us plan accordingly.
EDEF Talks 2025 lineup

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D. Brent Edwards Jr.

(808) 956-7913