Barbera-Villegas Lecture: How We Went from Ending Violence Against Women to Ending the Build-Up of a Prison Nation in 50 Years
Zoom Lecture
Nov. 19, 2024
4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Zoom Link to shared upon registration
Hybrid Debrief
Nov. 22, 2024
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
McAllan Hall and Zoom
Join Us for an Enlightening Talk with Kalei Kanuha!
Kalei Kanuha, Ph.D., born and raised in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, is an Indigenous feminist, activist-practitioner, and scholar who has spent over five decades addressing gender violence against women and children of color. The daughter of a Kanaka ʻŌiwi father and Nisei mother, Kanuha’s work focuses on the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual identity, with a deep commitment to analyzing and combatting the effects of colonization, racism, and masculinity on intimate violence within Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, LGBTQ, Native, and communities of color.
Kanuha has worked as a social worker, community-based researcher, and consultant with organizations in Hawaiʻi and across the continental U.S., and she lectures widely on violence against women, Indigeneity, and social justice. Her research interests include domestic violence interventions using Hawaiian ancestral traditions, addressing intimate violence in women’s same-sex and queer relationships, and community-based, alternative justice responses to interpersonal and systemic violence.
A founding member of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, Kanuha is also part of the Spirit Aligned Leadership Program Advisory Committee, which honors Native and Indigenous women elders across the U.S. and Canada. She holds a B.A. in social work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MSW from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in social welfare from the University of Washington, where she currently serves as associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Social Work.
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to hear from one of the most influential voices in the fight for gender, racial, and social justice.