🌊✨ We’re excited to launch our PACIFIC TRUTH TELLING Talanoa Series, with the first panel: NAVIGATING PACIFIC ACADEMIA IN AMERICA

🗓️ October 16, 2025 | Online
⏰ 7am AEST | 9am NZT | 11am HT | 2pm PT

🎤 Convenor: Associate Professor Dion Enari – PARC
✨ Guest Speakers:

• Kiana Fuega – PhD Candidate, University of Washington

• Lagipoiva Professor Cherelle Jackson – Portland State University

• Dr ‘Inoke Hafoka – Brigham Young University–Hawai‘i

🔑 We’ll be exploring:
🌺 Navigating Western academia while grounded in Pacific knowledge
🌺 What ‘truth telling’ means for Pacific peoples in higher education
🌺 Advice for emerging Pacific researchers

#PacificTruthTelling #PARC #TalanoaSeries #PacificResearch #PacificVoices #TruthTelling

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