Whose story should we sit with?
There’s probably someone whose stories you’ve heard more than once. A kūpuna. An aunty or uncle. A parent. A teacher, practitioner, neighbor, friend, or someone in your community. Someone who carries stories about a place, a family, a way of doing things, or a time that has already begun to change.
So we want to ask you:
Whose story should we sit with?
As we begin building the KŪ Digital Moʻolelo Preservation Initiative, we don’t want to decide on our own which stories are worth preserving. We want to listen to our community, too. Our first goal is to record and preserve 50 moʻolelo over the next year. And we’d love your help identifying some of the people we should talk story with along the way.
Maybe it’s someone whose knowledge has shaped a community. Maybe it’s someone whose life holds a piece of Hawaiʻi that deserves to be remembered. Or maybe it’s simply someone you wish more people had the opportunity to sit with and listen to.
Who comes to mind?
We may not be able to sit with everyone. But asking the question is part of the work. Because preservation begins with listening. And listening begins by making room for someone else.
Mahalo for helping us make that room.
KŪ Project
Connection matters.
