Kelly Lehuakeaopuna Uyeoka is a cultural heritage preservationist working to save cultural spaces in Hawai’i. She is the founder and executive director of Huliauapa’a, a nonprofit organization meant to grow Hawai’i’s communities through culturally based forms of innovative learning, leadership development, and collaborative networking.
Huliauapa’a focuses on developing the next generation of Hawaiian cultural heritage stewards through internship programs and building community capacity.
Preserving Hawai’i’s historical and cultural places is an important matter to Uyeoka and the people of the island. It is a place full of history and culture, yet little preservation has taken place, and the destruction of these places has been more common.
Original post by Priya Chhaya/National Trust for Historic Preservation
Read more here: https://savingplaces.org/stories/people-saving-places-kelley-uyeoka-and-protecting-cultural-heritage-in-hawaii#.YjuN0zfMIUo
