Grantees
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Hawai’i Workers Center envisions a Hawai’i where all workers are empowered to exercise their rights to organize for their social, economic and political wellbeing. Led by seasoned social change organizers, they serve as a resource of information, education, training, and community organizing. They provide workshops on workers’ rights, safety, health, and protection from wage theft, labor…
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Kalauokekahuli supports Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people by providing culturally-based perinatal support and education. Through Ka ʻĀmana Mentorship Program Cohort ʻElua, they seek to continue directly addressing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander disparities in birth outcomes by sustainably growing a solid foundation of four additional Kalauokekahuli Koʻokua, supplementing their six Cohort…
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Pōhaku Pelemaka aims to protect and preserve cultural and natural resources along the Puna Coast through culture-based education and community-based input to mitigate the impacts of visitor and resident traffic within the wahi pana. Part of a larger effort to strengthen and unify the voices of partnering Hawaiian organizations in Puna, they host convenings, coordinate…
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Waipahu Safe Haven Immigrant and Migrant Resource Center provides holistic programs and services with language access to serve as a guiding resource to enable individuals to attain success and be positive community contributors. Every program offered is done in collaboration with Chuukese and Marshallese steering committees to ensure the preservation of culture is at the core…
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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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Since 1989, Hui Iwi Kuamo’o has provided care for iwi kūpuna (ancestral Hawaiian bones), moepū (funerary possessions) and mea kapu (sacred objects) through repatriation and reburial. Founded as Hui Mālama i Nā Kūpuna ‘0 Hawai’i Nei (Hui Mālama), Hui Iwi Kuamo’o continues this kuleana (duties and responsibilities to care for the ancestors) as volunteers. They’ve…
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Kīpuka Kuleana is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and community land trust that perpetuates kuleana, ahupua’a-based natural resource management and connection to place through protection of cultural landscapes and family lands on Kaua’i. There is no just, sustainable future for Hawaiian communities without ‘āina (lands and waters or that which feeds). Hawaiian identity is rooted in…
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Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui perpetuates the Kanaka Maoli traditional and customary lifestyle of Keʻanae-Wailuanui. Encompassing nearly 400 acres of loʻi, it was renowned for taro farming until commercial stream diversions completely dewatered the area. In 2018, the community’s 30-year legal struggle resulted in the largest stream restoration in Hawaiʻiʻs history. In March, 2022 and…
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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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Founded in 1972, Pu’uhonua Society is committed to community, the arts, and Native Hawaiian culture through public programming. Based in urban Honolulu with artistic and cultural engagement across the Hawaiian Islands, Puʻuhonua Society houses numerous community programs, including Hoʻomau Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Cataloging & Public Programming Project. Puʻuhonua Society addresses issues of cultural…