Shark Week News and the Kahu Manō

View this email in your browserFollowing in the Footsteps of the Hawai’i Kahu Manō   Feeding the “Aumakua by Herb Kawainui Kane, described by Kumu Micah Kamohoali’i in the film Kahu Manō, on Hawaiian spiritual connection to sharks. Copyright granted Herb K. Kane LLC.Learn More Shark Awareness Day This week is Shark Week, Discovery Channels sensationalistic programs on feeding frenzies and shark attacks. On a more serious note, July 14 is International Shark Awareness Day, a day to recognize the importance of sharks to marine ecosystems, and the dire threat of extinction many species face. Shark Stewards lives for sharks everyday, and works to protect them from overfishing and the wildlife trade. See us online, or in person- and join our Contest, test your shark knowledge and win an opportunity to join us on a Sharktober adventure to the Islands of the Great white Shark!Trailer to Kahu Manō FilmLearn MoreSupport Youth Ocean Education and the Kahu Manō For Shark Awareness Day we are giving back to the Kahu Manō in gratitude for sharing the knowledge and in a campaign to regulate retention and bycatch of critically endangered oceanic whitetip sharks. We are hosting a Film Day in Kailua- Kona July 13 at the Elks Theater with our film Kahu Manō, Brittany Biggs stirring animation Manō, and Bryce Groak’s touching, The Last Opeluman. Donations go to support the Kalanihale youth education program with Kumu Ka’imi Kaupiko of Miloli’i HI (featured in our film). Please contribute and share to support the campaign, also benefiting underserved youth in our new Sharks and Ocean Academy from Kona to California. Donate to Support the Kalanihale Saving Endangered SharksOne third of all sharks including the Oceanic Whitetip and Scalloped Hammerhead sharks are imminently threatened with extinction. Join us at a film screening, volunteer, and help us save sharks from overfishing, and protect their habitat.  Learn more, and sign our petition to NOAA to reduce shark retention and bycatch.Sign the Petition To keep sharks swimming, it is urgent we work together with Communities and Conservation. Join the team and help keep sharks and marine ecosystems alive and thriving! Join one of our bi-weekly team meetings and pitch in. We need content writers, grant research and donor development, as well as hands on engagement!

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