Nāʻālehu Anthony
‘O Moananuiākea ke kai hohonu, ‘o Hawai‘i ka pae‘āina, ‘o O‘ahu ka mokupuni, ‘o Ko‘olauloa ka moku, ‘o Ka‘a‘awa ke ahupua‘a. Ke kia‘i nei nā Palikū me Ka‘aakua ia‘u.
‘O Lilikalā Kame‘eleihiwa ka wahine. ‘O James Michael Anthony ke kāne. Noho pū lāua a hānau ‘o Nā‘ālehu Kilohana Kana‘iaupuni Moe‘ula‘ula Palikū Anthony. He makua ha‘aheo wau na Koloikeao Anthony.
Mahalo wau i ke Kula Kamali‘i ‘o Ka‘a‘awa, ke Kula Waena a me ke Kula Ki‘eki‘e ‘o Kamehameha, a me ke Kula Nui ‘o Hawai‘i ma Mānoa no ka hānai mai ‘ana ia‘u. Mahalo pū wau i nā ‘ohana o Hōkūle‘a, ‘Ōiwi TV, a me ka ‘Aha Pūnana Leo no nā ha‘awina palena ‘ole.
Eia nō wau ke kū mākaukau nei e alaka‘i a e lawelawe no ka pono o ka ‘āina. Aloha.
About Nāʻālehu
Nāʻālehu Anthony is a Native Hawaiian activist, changemaker and storyteller from Kaʻaʻawa, O’ahu. Nāʻālehu’s culturally-grounded community work strives to improve the well-being of people and places, locally and globally.
Nāʻālehu is the chair for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply and the Board’s designated lead on remediation policy for the Red Hill contamination crisis. His consultancy, Palikū, helps find policy solutions and cross-sector collaborations to serve community needs. He was a cofounder of ʻŌiwi TV, the first Hawaiian language and culture-focused television network. His work as a film and television producer has helped give voice to Hawaiʻi’s stories through documentaries and oral histories. As director of the Hawaiʻi COVID Collaborative, a hui of private businesses and nonprofit organizations, Anthony oversaw COVID Pau — a statewide education and communications project to support Hawaiʻi’s people through the COVID-19 pandemic.
A lifelong community advocate and supporter of the Hawaiian language revitalization movement, Nāʻālehu collaborates closely with community-serving partners to create new opportunities in policy, media, production and communications for students, teachers, and community members across the islands.
