2023
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Kalauokekahuli encourages the healthy growth of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander families by supporting and enhancing the well-being of birthing people, parents, and their infants with holistic, multi-generational, and culturally-rooted care regardless of socioeconomic privilege. kalauokekahuli.org
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Pōhaku Pelemaka‘s mission is to protect, perpetuate, and enhance the intrinsic qualities and heritage of lower Puna, Native Hawaiian wellbeing, and the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and practices in partnership with ʻohana, government, public, and private sectors. pohakupelemaka.org
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Waipahu Safe Haven provides holistic programs and services with language access, and to serve as a beneficial guiding resource to enable individuals to attain success, and empower children and families to be self-sustaining, positive contributors in community. waipahusafehaven.com
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ʻAha Wāhine Kūhinapapa builds capacity among Kanaka Maoli women to strengthen families, community, and the lāhui. Through bi-monthly webinars and in-person convenings, they create strength-based, culturally-rooted safe spaces to provide opportunities for transformation and healing, identify barriers to optimal wellbeing, and build community. Haumea Conversations is a full day gathering that includes experiential learning, ʻai pono nourishment, and
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Hui Iwi Kuamoʻo actively restores and maintains the Native Hawaiian ancestral foundation by assisting families to resume the kuleana (duty, responsibility) to care for the ancestors. huiiwikuamoo.com
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Kīpuka Kuleana‘s mission is to perpetuate kuleana, ahupuaʻa-based natural resource management, and connection to place through protection of cultural landscapes and family lands on Kauaʻi. kipukakuleana.org
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Nā Moku Aupuni o Ko’olau Hui is dedicated to protecting Mauiʻs natural resources, preserving cultural heritage, and empowering communities, their work deeply rooted in Hawaiian values, aiming to mālama ʻāina (care for the land) and uphold the traditions of our ancestors. namoku.net
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Honua Scholars‘ mission is to highlight Native Hawaiian value-based STEM practices, inspiring individuals from any background to facilitate a relationship between their career, their culture, and their community. With many of their Kanaka Maoli membership currently living in diaspora pursuing STEM degrees, the array of programming they host, including mentoring sessions, seminars, essay competitions, and
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Pu‘uhonua Society creates opportunities for Native Hawaiian and Hawai‘i-based artists and cultural practitioners to express themselves and engage with and impact audiences, supporting artists and makers who serve as translators, mediators, and amplifiers of social justice issues in the community. puuhonua-society.org
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Kaiāulu o Kahalu’u commits to mālama (care for) the people, resources, history, wahi pana (significant cultural sites), and community well being of Kahalu’u. kaiauluokahaluu.org