In the wake of the devastation caused by brush fires stoked by the winds of departing storm Dora, that decimated Lāhainā Town on the island of Maui, Hawaii; I wanted to take this week's podcast episode to share some history of this place that was the first capital of the kingdom of Hawaii. I hope to honor this historic place, celebrate the people who are Lāhainā , and bring attention to what will be a long and difficult recovery.
But I hope this episode inspires you to go and read and listen to the stories of the people of Maui that have lost generations of family history, that have seen the land of their ancestors (kapuna) destroyed.
I will be linking to some of these stories on Substack where you can find a transcript of this episode and pictures of the Lāhainā that impacted many of us.
https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/
https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/
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