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Dates: November 15-16, 2024
Location: Virtual & In-Person Activities
Planning Committee Chair(s): Joy Oehlers, Carina Chernisky
Theme: Kupu

Keynote Speakers

Mychal Threets
Library Advocate

Mychal Threets is a librarian, and grew up in libraries as a homeschool kid. Mychal loves stories! He enjoys learning something new every day, and that includes learning why people love their local library. He utilizes social media to share the stories of library kids and library grown-ups that he encounters in library land. He is very open about his mental health, and talks about it in hopes that it’ll help others in their mental health journey. He is adamant about encouraging people to believe him when he says he’s happy they are here.

A. Aukahi Austin Seabury
Executive Director, I Ola Lāhui

Dr. Aukahi Austin Seabury is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Executive Director and co-founder of I Ola Lāhui, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide culturally-minded, evidence-based behavioral health services that are responsive to the needs of medically underserved, Native Hawaiian, and rural communities. With its team of providers and psychology training program, I Ola Lāhui provides behavioral health services throughout the state of Hawai‘i 

Dr. Austin Seabury is a member of Nā Limahana o Lonopūhā Native Hawaiian Health Consortium. She works as a consultant, providing facilitation, strategic planning, team building, professional development, and evaluation services to Native Hawaiian health and education organizations. She is an ‘olapa of Hālau o Ke ‘A‘ali‘i Kū Makani under Kumu Hula Manu Boyd. 

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