Grantees
-
Mālama Mākua facilitates community-led pathways to restore culturally appropriate relationships with the valley and within the valley in staunch solidarity with all other lands impacted by militarism, standing as a a piko of peace and ho'iho'i ea. malamamakua.org
-
SWOP HI advocates for the rights, health, and safety of sex workers (current and former) and trafficking survivors through healing justice, disability inclusion, harm reduction, and BIPOC and lived-experience-led frameworks. Through direct outreach, emergency relief, and advocacy, they counter systemic disenfranchisement by providing essential harm reduction, wellness, and educational programming. By centering the lived experiences…
-
The Pōpolo Project is redefining what it means to be Black in Hawai'i and in the world through cultivating radical reconnection to ourselves, our community, our ancestors, and the land, changing what we commonly think of as Local and highlighting the vivid, complex diversity of Black communities in our region and beyond. thepopoloproject.org
-
Wisdom Circles Oceania provides a creative framework for healing and community justice through trauma-informed artistic expression to cultivate healthy, thriving communities through healing-centered youth programs. Grounded in Aloha 'Āina, our approach empowers community through art, as a tool for transformative justice, healing, and confronting systems that reproduce harm. Through creative resistance, and meaningful collaboration, we…
-
'Ohana Ho'opakele was founded by kūpuna as an intervention to the disproportionate number of Kānaka Maoli in Hawai'i's prisons. The hui began this journey by opposing the building of new prisons on Hawai'i Island, and their research illuminated the goal to build a Pu'uhonua (Wellness Center) to provide healing before they returned back into society.…
-
Circular HI is a conduit and connector of dots in Maui's circular economy, centering the restablishment of indigenous models of circularity and incubate collaborative efforts to increase participation in circular-based practices. Circular Hawaiʻi is a collaborative effort between various initiatives related to circular economic models that emerged in 2022 to respond to the impact of…
-
KAHEA: The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance works to improve the quality of life for Hawai'i's people and future generations through the revitalization and protection of Hawai'i's unique natural and cultural resources. kahea.org
-
Protecting Oceania brings together Pasifika philosophers and grassroots organizers to forge new alliances, formations, strategies, and tactics rooted in their own worldviews, to determine how best to address those issues causing the most harm to Pacific peoples. Their hope is that the Protecting Oceania convening is only the beginning of setting a new agenda of…
-
PBC is a professional community-based collective growing a network of service providers and island families dedicated to education, support, and advocacy for birth and wellness choices across Hawai'i. PBC hit the ground running on August 10 by opening their facility to the community as a donation site for items specific to pregnant and birthing families…
-
Nā Ki'ai o Maui (formerly Da Hui) mobilized under the leadership of Aunty Nettie, who is a resident of Lāhaina that was directly impacted by the fires. Aunty Nettie stepped up in the midst of the chaos to provide much needed leadership at War Memorial immediately following the disaster. She quickly mobilized her core team…