For The Qultures

The Tongan ILL NANA slid through the podcast to slay this episode. We chop it up with her about her Chiefdom as a Leiti.

Tap in and subscribe to her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/GSTaufa

Tap in to Giosifa & Eni's comedy videos:

Melenaite: The Live-In Nurse: https://youtu.be/myBSZ_xzM_4

Gangsters & Leitis/Faafafine: https://youtu.be/2XEOoEUZP8w

Shit Tongan Parents Say: https://youtu.be/LgCgMPrRwKw

Shit Tongan Girls Say: https://youtu.be/yTyQDF4ek7c

Jidenna interview on The Breakfast Club talking about his inspiration for his tattoo (12:05-13:35): https://youtu.be/J1so1OswmY4?t=725

Celebrating our 1 year anniversary, reflecting on the journey. Here's to another great year of building, creating, and developing For The Qultures.

It's our 50th episode y'all!

The shape shifter, SPULU, all caps, hailing from Oakalani, slid through the studio to talk about fashion, identity, and hoodrat shit.

Tap in to see SPULU's Black vs. Blue performance: https://youtu.be/u1ZJ6upPELA

Bexx speaks out about the negativity regarding her tattoo. Tap in to hear what she has to say!!!

For more about Bexx's tattoo, tap in to these links below.

The Real Tautala by Afro Teine Episode 3 (aired 7/29/2019): https://soundcloud.com/user-753101404/the-real-tautala-3-my-aunt-bexxs-tattoo-and-the-difference-between-contemporary-and-traditional-tattoos

Bexx Got A New Tattoo (aired 5/20/2019): https://soundcloud.com/forthequltures/bexx-got-a-new-tattoo

Lee Kava will begin her work as a tenure-track faculty member in Fall 2020 in the Departments of Race and Resistance and Asian American Studies within the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.

Shout-out to all the students, faculty, and community who fought for this position to exist for Pacific Islanders. What a time to be alive!

Dear Jean,

You have been accepted to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Lights, Camera, Action, we're so proud of you!

We chop it up with Ruta-Lauleva about her experiences as a doula as well as an afatasi. Tap in with her Masina Fou Birth Services at [email protected]

Mauna Kea information below provided by Sheridan Noelani Enomoto:

- Mauna Kea is a mountain located on the Big Island of Hawai'i and it has profound sacred significance to Native Hawaiians.

- The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) would be built on an untouched, pristine northern plateau of Mauna Kea. The building permit the TMT received allows them to build 18 stories high and 5 acres wide.

- Government officials are attempting to erase Native Hawaiians' rights to engage in cultural practices reserved by law.

Investors responsible are: University of California; California Institute of Technology; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Department of Science and Technology, India; National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese academy of sciences; National Institutes of Natural Sciences/Astronomical Observatory of Japan; National Research Council Canada; Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

What you can do:

CALL NOW TO HALT THE TMT CONSTRUCTION!

Regents of the University of CA

President Janet Napolitano

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

(650) 213-3000

Governor of Hawai'i, David Y. Ige

(808) 586-0034

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* Tag on Instagram: @nrc_cnrc; @MooreFound; @AuraAstronomy; @NAOJ_pr; @CDNinnovation; @CDNscience

* Tag on Twitter: @NRC_cnrc; @PRCNAOJ_en; @MooreFound; @askISED; @ISED_CA; @csa_asc; @Caltechipac

* Use hashtags #ProtectMaunaKea #KuKiaiMauna #TMTshutdown #WeAreMaunakea #iStandforMaunaKea #KapuAloha

* Donate to Hawai'i Community Bail Fund to support the Kia'i: http://hawaiicommunitybailfund.org

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Alex put us on about his business, TOA Strength, and many involvements in the community, including dance company, Tifa i Moana.

Join us, Saturday, July 20, 2019 from 1:30pm - 5pm in San Leandro, CA at the Senior Community Center for TIFA I MOANA'S PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY PROGRAM SHOWCASE. This is a family event. All ages welcome. We will be your hosts at the event!

Free Admission x Free Food x Free Entertainment x Free Resources

RSVP online: www.tifahapishowcase.eventbrite.com

Tap in with Alex on IG @toastrength

The Wayfinders Scholarship is a collaboration of The Wayfinders brand and scholars, Levalasi Loi-On & Andrew Vai. As Pacific Islander students in higher education, you have accepted your identity as a Wayfinder in pursuit of a college degree. As former students in higher education, they founded the Wayfinders Scholarship to recognize your work and support you in this journey.

REQUIREMENTS: current full-time undergraduate college student in California x Pacific Islander descent (Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian) x Cumulative 2.0 GPA or Higher x Open to Community College and University students.

Submit application, transcripts, and video submission by August 31, 2019

TO SUPPORT: Purchase gear online or send Venmo donations to @jordan-fihaki to support one of two $1000 scholarship! www.fearlesswayfinders.com

QUESTIONS: [email protected] or IG @fearlesswayfinders

As PRIDE month comes to end, we want to close out this month celebrating Pasifika Queer Lives! We have special guest, David Utuone, with us to share the importance of knowing your status.

Tap in with David on Instagram: @no1zprodigy

Happy PRIDE 365!