The Examined Path Through Pacific Islander community values

In many Pacific Islander traditions, the individual self is understood as fundamentally communal — identity is carried in the group, and obligation flows in every direction as naturally as breath. The concepts of fa'alavelave in Samoa or kākou in Hawai'i name this mutual obligation with a specificity the English word 'community' lacks. These values survive diaspora with remarkable tenacity, carried in families and churches and gatherings far from the original islands.

The course sequence, in order.

Each step builds on the last.