Works
Here are a list of recent publications and presentations. If you are interested in learning more about past project and or thing in the works. Please request more information via email.
LDAH 8th Annual Oahu Conference
Learning Disabilities Association of Hawaii 2015, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Keynote speaker Micah Hirokawa visits with parents and educators. Hirokawa works to deconstruct the sterotypical term "Special" in Special Education and helps to estabish a support system for students who are struggling in school. Hirokawa concludes that, "Every Superhero needs a Sidekick!"
MISO Educators Conference
Maui Independent Schools Organization 2013, Seabury Hall, Maui
Keynote speaker Micah Hirokawa redefines the word "inclusion" within the classroom. By creating a better understanding in relation to student perspective. Hirokawa empowers teachers to create a genuine relationship creating a safe learning environment for ALL students.
TEDxHonoluluED 2013
Beyond Four Walls - The Organic Classroom
Micah Hirokawa is a Co-chair with the Le Jardin Academy Learning Gardens and 4H Malama Farms. He hopes to reconnect, motivate, and ground students through: Redefining The Learning Environment Through Organic Classrooms.
Schools of The Future Conference
2012 Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu
I've Got Rhythm... Can you teach me?
Presenter M. Hirokawa helps educators to redefine learning disabilities primarily ADHD and Dyslexia as abilities. Within this workshop Hirokawa provides an array of strategies that teachers, parents, and mentors can use when working with these gifted students. Through weekly research, analysis, and personal experience attendees come away with renewed motivation and perspective allowing them to better instruct and assist their students.
Mele
The Voices of Yesterday
A critical reflection on Hawaiian Music between the years of 1965 and 1975 in contrast with present day. Within his analysis Hirokawa claims that Hawaiian Music has evolved since the First Renaissance and is currently in a Second Hawaiian Renaissance.
Special Featured Artist: The Brothers Cazimero
Narrator: Lina Girl Langi
Other Artists: Jr. Kekuewa Jr., Kapala, Iwalani Ho'o Apo, George Poliahu
Specialist and Scholars: Jon de Mello (Mountain Apple Company), Jay Junker PHD, Theo Gonzaleves PHD, Gwen Anderson PHD, R. A'i A'i Bello
Photo Archives: Hawaii State Archives, UH Manoa Digital Archives, Sons of Lehi, BVO Enterprises Archives
Music In The Home Workshop
Teachers, Parents, & Students Training Kindergarden to Third Grade
Most parents would love to have more musical interaction with their children in the home. The sad reality is that many parents claim to have no rhythm, to be tone deaf, or music was something they were forced to do when they were younger; now feeling very inadequate. In this workshop Micah Hirokawa takes parents and students through a series of methods and exercises that can be easily implemented in the home. This course also can support music in the classroom for teachers who want to incorporate music in their yearly instruction.
Out In The Open
A short story embracing ones insecurities and finding acceptance and empowerment
Out In The Open is a fictional short story published in the Rain Bird Literary and Art Journal (Issue #31 page 127). In this story Hirokawa graphically takes his characters, that being the neglected wife and the deadbeat husband through the physiological process of breaking the daily routine and taking control of ones life. The moral of the story is drawn from the age old saying that "no one can make you do anything." The author clearly draws the point that self change can only come when individuals take responsibility and accept accountability for their actions.