Justin Gerona

July 11, 2018 admin Participants 0

Aloha my name is Justin Gerona, I was born and raised on the island of O’ahu. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Humanities with a concentration in Creative Media in 2017. I continued my education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where I am currently working on my master’s degree under Communications focusing on digital media.

E kūmaumaua kākou a hoʻomohala ʻia a hoʻoikaika ʻia hoʻi he ʻōnaehana hoʻonaʻauao ʻōiwi i mea e hoʻoikaika ai i ka lāhui. ʻO kā kākou ʻōlelo a me ko kākou ʻike ka ʻāina e ulu ai nei ʻōnaehana. A ʻo ua ʻōnaehana nei, he ʻanoʻano ia e kupu ai a kawowo a lau a muʻo a ʻao a liko a pua nā ulu koa hou o kēia mua aku e alakaʻi ana ma ia mea koʻikoʻi ʻo ke aloha ʻāina.
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Kanaeokana’s mission is to collaboratively develop and strengthen a Native Hawaiian education system—built on a strong ʻōlelo Hawai‘i and ʻike Hawai‘i foundation—to strengthen the lāhui and grow the next generations of aloha ‘āina leaders.

Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace is a research network whose goal is to ensure Indigenous presence in online environments, video games, and virtual worlds. Co-founded by Skawennati and Jason Edward Lewis, AbTeC launched IIF in 2015 in partnership with Concordia University, Kahnawake Education Centre, Kanien’keháka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center, Kontinónhstats Mohawk Language Custodians Association, Dechinta Bush University Centre for Research and Learning, ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Festival, MacKenzie Gallery, Behaviour Interactive, University of British Columbia Okanagan’s Centre for Indigenous Media Arts, and Western Arctic Moving Pictures.