featured links:
timothy snyder: "Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do."
crimethinc: "If democracy is so fragile that it could be abolished as the consequence of a single election, then it was already bankrupt—it was never a means by which to secure and defend the self-determination that everyone deserves. We need something more ambitious, something capable of facing down fascism as well as forcing out anyone else who tries to hold power. We need a set of values, organizing principles, and strategies that can keep us oriented through the nightmare that is undoubtedly ahead."
writing portfolio
2023** **
"Second SJP event addresses ‘pinkwashing’ of Israel"** **
"Retail concessions workers strike at Ontario International Airport"** **
"Palestine 101 Recap: ahead of campaign, SJP starts the year with a history lesson"** **
stone & flow** **
2022** **
"The Myth of Drug-Laced Halloween Candy"** **
"Exit Interview with Dr. Emily McCarren"** **
"For Rigorous Education, Choose Interdisciplinary Courses"** **
2021** **
"Interview: Is College Admissions Evolving Beyond the College Visit?"** **
"Local Teens Impersonated in Instagram Scam"** **
"“Devious Licks” Raise Questions About Student Wellbeing"** **
"As New School Year Begins, Academy Students Struggle To Adapt"** **
ka wai ola spring 2021:
Bricks, fracture, Summer Camp/Do You Remember?** **
2020** **
"Facial Recognition on Campus, Friend or Foe?"** **
"From Bingham to Wilcox, Telling The Whole Story"** **
"Op-Ed: Time To Do Something Real"** **
for pre-2020 writing, click here** **
not my writing but I'm in it** **
"7C community members continue to organize, release statements regarding violence in Gaza"** **
"5C students mourn, express fear over violence in Gaza and Israel"** **
"Most valuable staffers recognized at Hawaii High School Journalism Awards"** **
"Students Take the Lead in Sustainability"** **
"call to action: community calling"** **
"Schools Use Software That Blocks LGBTQ+ Content, But Not White Supremacists"** **
"Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg"** **
other neat stuff I made
There, Where We Live, a critical graphic reimagination of a 1917 Jewish Bund election poster, intended to provoke thoughts and begin conversations about the relationship between Jewish people and the places we live** **
The Tools to Those Who Can Use Them, an online exhibit of student work related to the theme of responses to colonization, caste, and the construction of race in America** **
Various Wikipedia articles, of which several have been peer reviewed as "good articles" including Flora Kaai Hayes, Frente de Liberación Homosexual, and Gigi Ibrahim