Grantees
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Kaiāulu Initiatives is more than a project; it's a movement to restore, protect, and empower the Lāhaina community by transforming the landscape and reinvigorating sustainable practices and cultural education. Kaiāulu Initiatives emerged in response to the catastrophic Lāhaina Fire on August 8, 2023, with a clear mission rooted in healing and community restoration. Their goal…
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Kīpuka Kuleana is honored to support the Lāhainā Community Land Trust (LCLT) as they work to mālama a strong foundation and to connect ʻohana with resources to keep and protect family lands in Lāhainā amidst immense pressure to sell and threat of predatory development. Alongside LCLT, they planned and implemented a series of ʻohana ʻāina…
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Lahaina Community Land Trust is networking locally and nationally with other established land trusts to learn best practices and strategies for securing ʻāina in community ownership and developing programs for proper stewardship of that ʻāina. They are building bridges and strengthening relationships with other West Maui community groups and leaders to facilitate development of a…
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I Ola Wailuanui is dedicated to the restoration and stewardship of wahi pana in Wailua, Kaua'i, including Malaeha'akoa Heiau, seeking to preserve, protect, and restore Wailuanuiahoano and its environmental, historical, and cultural foundations. Through weekly mālama 'āina workdays, monthly stakeholder coordination, and culturally grounded programming, they bring together community members, practitioners, and partners to care…
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Academic Labor United fights to organize graduate workers by empowering them with the skills and knowledge necessary to hold their employers, the State of Hawai’i and the University of Hawai’i, accountable. academiclaborunited.org
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ʻEkolu Mea Nui seeks to transform Hawai‘i’s justice system through Native Hawaiian cultural practices and values to manifest a pono justice system that heals and empowers individuals, ‘ohana, and communities, and to innovate alternatives to incarceration, restore the human spirit, build resilient ‘ohana, and change laws and policies. Their work comes from their own families…
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Jewish Voice for Peace Hawai'i works to educate Hawai'i's communities about settler-colonialism and its impacts here in Hawai’i abroad. jewishvoiceforpeace.org
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Hui Ho'oniho's mission is to build a firm foundation to cultivate and strengthen community through the practice of uhau humu pōhaku. They believe that uhau humu pōhaku is a foundational system of 'ike Hawai'i that provides community entry into a deeper sense of stewardship towards 'āina through its connection to the agricultural, ecological, and cultural…
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AF3IRM Hawai‘i’s mission is to liberate womankind, from margin to center. af3irm.org
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Ho'ōla Hou iā Kalauao is a Native Hawaiian-led hui restoring traditional food systems in the ahupua'a of Kalauao in 'Ewa, O'ahu. They create and maintain kīpuka where culture can thrive, food can be cultivated, and ʻāina and kānaka can heal and be restored. Their mission is to restore identity and abundance to Kalauao by caring…