Day 3: KEYNOTE: Aloha, Hello and Goodbye with Kuʻuleinani Maunupau

Day 3: KEYNOTE: Aloha, Hello and Goodbye with Kuʻuleinani Maunupau   “Aloha does not mean hello and goodbye. Aloha has a much deeper meaning of love and respect. Hello to the return of our Indigenous kupuna knowledge and goodbye to the profit-making capitalistic colonization types of thinking that put profit over people.” —Ku’uleinani Maunupau  …

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Day 3: KEYNOTE: Empowering Heirs: Fannie Mae’s Program for Retaining Ownership and Returning Home After Disaster with Tim Carpenter

Day 3: KEYNOTE: Empowering Heirs: Fannie Mae’s Program for Retaining Ownership and Returning Home After Disaster with Tim Carpenter   “Home ownership is about stability. Homeownership is about building wealth. Homeownership is about families. But if you don’t have a clear title, you don’t know if that stability is going to be there.” —Tim Carpenter…

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Day 1: KEYNOTE: Enhancing Survivor Assistance – Adapting to Unprecedented Climate Disasters with Chris Smith

Day 1: KEYNOTE: Enhancing Survivor Assistance – Adapting to Unprecedented Climate Disasters with Chris Smith   “Our mission should be developing communities to better withstand the challenges of our climate, building better and smarter in the first place, not just building back better. Together, we can create a safer, more prepared locality, a more prepared…

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Day 1: TALK STORY with The Little Dozer with Ken Donnell and Nance Presser

Day 1: TALK STORY with The Little Dozer with Ken Donnell and Nance Presser   “The critical resources we used for this were imagination and creativity— things that are always with us, even immediately after a disaster. And by doing this, we have helped ourselves heal ourselves, we’ve helped our community heal.” —Ken Donnell  …

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