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Keoni DeFranco

Keoni DeFranco is a Kanaka ʻŌiwi, community organizer, director at Purple Maiʻa Foundation and kalo farmer at Puʻuhonua o Waimānalo.
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AI Data Centers Are The New Plantations Unless We Build Them Differently Getty Images/iStockphoto/KanawatTH

AI Data Centers Are The New Plantations Unless We Build Them Differently

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AI can support livelihoods, prosperity and culture, but only if island communities have a real say in how it is built and governed.

How To Build An Economy That Works For Local Communities Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2019

How To Build An Economy That Works For Local Communities

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Cooperatives are businesses owned and democratically governed by their members.