Authors to discuss land use issues
Authors Sydney Iaukea and Will Caron will talk about community-based resistance and land use issues from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lahaina Public Library.
Iaukea and Caron will discuss chapters from the book “Civil Society in West Maui,” a wide-ranging collection of essays piecing together key political controversies that have animated the social and political life of West Maui, according to a news release.
A Native Hawaiian educator, Iaukea will discuss her essay “Shorelines, Ridges and Seawalls: Saving Olowalu,” which recollects attempts to resist planned projects threatening important and sacred spaces of the region, including a successful effort to block the installation of a seawall by the state.
Caron, a community organizer, advocate and director of communications at Hawaii Appleseed Center, will share some of the key conflicts over land use in Kaanapali. His essay “Access Denied! The Struggle for the Future of West Maui,” discusses how local shoreline users have resisted privatizing and the closing off of shoreline space to the community and its needs.
A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow.