Maui's Fire, Oʻahu’s water, and Hawaiʻi’s Overthrow with Dani Espiritu

Our guest today is Dani Espiritu, a native Hawaiian educator, minister, and activist (as well as one of the authors from our anthology). We talk about the wildfires in Maui, her activism around the Oʻahu water crisis, Hawaiʻi’s complicated history with Christianity, and theology about our relationships with land and cultural stories. Dani is a deep, compassionate thinker and a sharp, dedicated advocate. You don’t want to miss this one!

Links mentioned in the episode:

• The Intervarsity Hawaiʻi site on the Maui fires with links to learn, advocate, and donate: https://www.intervarsityhawaii.org/donate-to-maui-families.html

• Intervarsity’s Hawaiʻi Justice programs on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ivhawaii_justice/

• The organization Dani works with on indigenous food systems, Hoʻōla Hou iā Kalauao: https://hoolahouiakalauao.wordpress.com/

• That org’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/hoolahou.ia.kalauao/

• The Oʻahu Water Protectors: https://oahuwaterprotectors.org/

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Hosts

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Sy Hoekstra – follow him on Mastodon.

Our theme song is “Citizens” by Jon Guerra – listen to the whole song on Spotify.

Our podcast art is by Jacqueline Tam – follow her and see her other work on Instagram.

Production and editing by Sy Hoekstra.

Transcript by Joyce Ambale and Sy Hoekstra, with special thanks to Dani Espiritu for helping us out filling in and proofreading Hawaiian words.

Questions about anything you heard on the show? Write to shakethedust@ktfpress.com and we may answer your question on a future episode.