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 2: KEYNOTE: Ohana Means More Than Family: Maui’s Response Through the Lens of Cultural Values with Kainoa Horcajo

Day 2:  KEYNOTE: Ohana Means More Than Family: Maui’s Response Through the Lens of Cultural Values with Kainoa Horcajo    “Indigenous values can shift how we deal with disasters.” —Kainoa Horcajo   2024 WILDFIRE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT   Disaster recovery isn’t just about rebuilding infrastructure— it’s about honoring the deep connections between people and place. Principles…

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Day 2: TALK STORY: Revolutionizing Wildland Management—Integrating Technology and Wisdom for Better Mitigation

Day 2: TALK STORY: Revolutionizing Wildland Management—Integrating Technology and Wisdom for Better Mitigation   “We’re going to have to come together in order to be climate resilient.” —Elizabeth Christy   “The earth knows how to respond.” —Caitlin Cornwall   “There’s this window of opportunity after a catastrophe.” —Joe Nordlinger   “We learned some lessons the…

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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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