This council will feature Papali’i Tusi, a cultural practitioner, and guardian of the ocean’s ancestral wisdom—who weaves traditional knowledge with modern science for a sustainable future in an intergenerational dialogue with Whale Dreaming Council Youth Guardian, Kainoa Azama.
The Whale Dreaming Council rises in response to a shared call — to reawaken our care for water, whales, and to tend to the nature of change. Rooted at the intersection of story, science, and sacred activism, the Council is strengthened through community and guided by the collective genius that emerges when we gather across sectors, generations, and traditions.
We are elders, youngers, scientists, artists, youth, activists, and guardians of land and sea — to rebuild the relational capacity required to meet this moment of transition on our planet.
The Whale Dreaming Council creates a sanctuary where dreaming is not an escape from reality, but a disciplined practice of listening for what is ours to do alone and together.
Featured Guests
Papali’i Tusi & Kainoa Azama
Papalii Dr. Tusi Avegalio - navigator, cultural practitioner, and guardian of the ocean’s ancestral wisdom—who weaves traditional knowledge with modern science for a sustainable future.
Under his direction, PBCP received seven national awards for innovation, creativity, and effectiveness. Tusi has consulted throughout the Pacific for the ruling chiefs of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, and for traditional village councils, community organizations, governments, colleges and universities, multinational corporations, and local businesses. His work seeks to reconcile the perspectives of traditional wisdom and Western knowledge.
Tusi is a Polynesian Alii and holds the traditional honorific of Papalii, as he is heir to the Malietoa line of Samoa. His genealogical link to Hawaii can be traced in King Kalakaua’s publications on Hawaiian Legends and Myths, which map the movement of the Pili of Samoa to Hawaii in 1100 A.D.
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B Kainoa Azama is a recognized community leader who has made a global impact through his tireless efforts in community activation. Since high school, Kainoa has served in numerous leadership roles as the former State President of the FFA Hawaiʻi State Association, President of the Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi, Chair of the Honolulu Youth Commission, Director for the Koʻolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, NYCALC Trainer for Fresh Tracks, Cultural Trainer for UN accredited Heirs to Our Oceans, and Member of the first-ever State Department Indigenous Youth Cohort