Mauna Kea Education and Awareness (MKEA) was created in April, 2015 by concerned and committed community members in Waimea, predominantly Native Hawaiian and all women who recognized the immediate and urgent need for all communities to have a deeper knowledge of Mauna a Wākea, also known as Mauna Kea. The organization began in response to the proposed building of an eighteen story Thirty Meter Telescope on the upper slopes of a mountain the native Hawaiians view as sacred, as the water source for the island and landscape utilized by practitioners to maintain and sustain the life ways of their ancestors.
Our mission is to educate and raise the awareness of communities in Hawai’i and beyond on the spiritual, historical, cultural, environmental, and political significance of Mauna Kea and provide cultural learning opportunities to everyone from keiki to kupuna, residents, visitors, and others concerned about native and cultural rights and responsibilities in order to create a platform for the protection of sacred places and for social justice and positive change.
our STORY
Mauna Kea Education and Awareness (MKEA) is an organization sponsored by Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Inc.
UPCOMING EVENTS
take action
Sign the petition
Add your signature to the petition No Construction of the TMT Telescope on Mauna Kea on Change.org and share with others to get us to 500,000 signatures by clicking STAND WITH MKEA below.
stay updated
Follow our social media dedicated to providing actions, ideas and ways you can support the protection of Mauna Kea.
STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Follow the journey of Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists standing to protect our sacred mountain Mauna Kea from the building of the Thirty Meter Telescope in the feature film, Standing Above the Clouds. Find out where you can see a screening next or request your own at the link below.
KŪKULU ALBUM
Mauna Kea Education and Awareness presents this first promo release for KŪKULU - A Tribute to the Pillars of Mauna a Wakea compilation album of prayers, chants, spoken word and songs for Mauna Kea to acknowledge, recognize and honor protectors from Hawai'i and around the world.
Mahalo nui loa!
To all who greeted us at the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards with so much aloha, we are so grateful to have been there to share in your nominations and victories. To the HARA Board and all who worked behind the scenes and of course in celebration and in the memory of Janet Maduli, thank you all for a beautiful journey and event experience. Mahalo a nui loa. Eō!
Read more on the experience in our blog here.
SUPPOrT
We canʻt do it without you.
PROJECTS
KŪKULU EXHIBITION
Kūkulu serves as a platform to teach, to share and to inspire the community to stand as pillars for this sacred mountain through visual arts, workshops, presentations, events, and gatherings.
ALL PROJECTS
Learn about and participate in daily actions to support the Mauna Kea movement. Participate in our weekly MaunA Kea Wear Wednesdays until Mauna Kea is protected.
VIDEOS
View mele, documentaries and short films about Mauna Kea by clicking on the link below.
MAUNA MANAʻO
Featured
RESOURCES
EDUCATIONal MATERIALS
Access lesson plans and teachings from “Standing Above the Clouds” including oli, mele, hula.
NEWS
View featured news articles from the movement from 2019 till the present.
Mele, Pule, & Oli
Continue to practice and learn all of the chants, prayers and hula from protocol at the Ala Hulu.
