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davis, ca
Ke Aupuni Hawai’i

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HAGS 🫧🌅🩴🥂

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I think I’ll stick around

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love a good view, but would die for that french toast again 🤧#everywherebutdavis

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Introducing this year’s AAPI-SARG Bombshells! Looking forward to the start of the new year with this amazing group of people! Hope to see you all at our first meeting on November 12th, details coming soon 🍁🩷

#aapi #aapisarg #ucdaggies #goags

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ask me how much aggie cash I have left

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hello hawai’i!🌺

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Story 82/300: "He Aliʻi Ka ʻĀina, He Kaua Ke Kanaka. The Land is Chief, Man is its Servant."

I can’t count how many summers I have spent in the kalo patches, weeding out loʻi and planting ʻoha for momona harvests in the coming months. My favorite memories on the farm were spent with my best friends in Koʻolau ʻĀina Momona. I can recall the sound of the tires crashing over the gravel and the laughter coming from the tents on the paepae end of the property. I was a part of the Hui Iwaiwa, which was made up of the kuaʻana in the program; fortunately, that meant spending the whole day with all of my hoapili. We spent the whole summer working in the loʻi, cooking at Hale Kealoha with Aunty Tammy, and catching heʻe out in Kaʻaʻawa with ʻAnakala Aliʻi. We harvested food and learned to live sustainably off the ʻāina. At the end of the summer, Koʻolau ʻĀina Momona hosted a big hoʻolauleʻa to celebrate the keiki and ʻohana by serving the food we harvested and by kuʻi-ing kalo on the back side of the farm near the pig shed. Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi not only instilled in me the knowledge of my kūpuna but also blessed me with memories to last a lifetime and a community that became my ʻohana.

The Chocks, Wongs, and Cubans. Together, we are the CHOWONGANS. Some of the memorable times spent at Kākoʻo are with this crew. During Covid, countless nights were spent out at the farm, planting and harvesting kalo and eating mochiko chicken and fried noodles from Times Coffee Shop as the sun went down. Uncle Kalama, my dad, and Uncle Kekoa would be strategizing the best ways to maintain healthy water flow, while all of the keiki would ride bikes and chase the chickens around the farm. And, of course, our mamas were telling stories under the tent after a day in the loʻi. Working at the farm was so fun that it eventually became my job.

In the past couple of summers, the drive along the bay has become my favorite because the destination was seeing the beautiful Koʻolau’s glowing in the morning light, and the smell of fresh dew in the breeze. Picking the pua and watering all of the new flowering plants was the first task of the morning.

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300 Stories Preview: She is rooted in her kūpuna’s legacy of mālama ʻāina. Now, she hopes to return home to pass that kuleana to her future generations. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

Leinaʻala Wong was raised with her feet in the ʻāina and hands in the loʻi of Kākoʻo ‘Ōiwi. Surrounded by ʻohana, she learned to become a true steward of the ʻāina—cultivating the land, honoring the teachings of her kūpuna, and creating lasting memories with ʻohana. Years later, as she stands at a crossroads between her past and future, Leinaʻala is determined to return home and pass down the kuleana of mālama ʻāina to her own keiki. Even in the face of housing prices, the land, always her teacher, continues to guide her.

🔔 Turn on post notifications for her story of connection to Hawaiʻi through the generations and conviction to continue that legacy--dropping tomorrow. 🌱🤲🏽🏠

#kuleana #legacy #hawaiisfuture #nativehawaiian #rooted #malamaaina #alohaaina #koolaupoko

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basket case 🧺

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Oh yeah nothing too crazy, we’re just over here breaking four pool records this season…😮‍💨😮‍💨

#GoAgs

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Wā ho’omaha ho’oilo ma Hawai’i nei 🤍

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dancing through life this quarter 🕺

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