Cohort
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Chuukmenessor (Chuuk Language and Cultural Association of Hawai'i)
Chuukmenessor (Chuuk Language and Cultural Association of Hawai'i) provides language and culture educational opportunities for Chuukese children that are far from their homeland, and fosters a sense of community to inspire positive contributions and actions. Chuukmenessor offers Chuukese language and culture classes to youth in grades K-12, with outreach sites at Hawai'i's Plantation Village in Waipahu, Evergreen…
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Hui Ho'oleimaluō
Hui Hoʻoleimaluō envisions thriving communities through thriving resources. Established in 2013 in Keaukaha, Hawaiʻi, the hui has spent the past seven years conducting long-term historical, cultural, physical, natural, and scientific studies of fishponds in Keaukaha, including Honokea Loko, Waiuli, and most recently at Kaumaui Loko. Their loving restoration and revitalization of the two sites has grown into…
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Ke Kahua o Kūali'i
Ke Kahua O Kūali'i restores pilina to ʻāina at Kawainui through stewardship, 'ike Hawai'i, and community, and having a place for our people in Hawai'i. kekahua.org
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Ka Lāhui Hawai'i
Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi is a native initiative for self-determination and self-governance formed by and for Kanaka Maoli dedicated to affirming and defending Hawaiian rights. kalahuihawaii.net
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Mālama Kaua'i
Mālama Kaua'i focuses on increasing local food production and access for Kaua‘i through a lens of resilience and sustainability, leveraging workforce and economic development efforts, partnerships, and innovative programs to grow community capacity. Theyʻre strengthening Kaua'i’s communities by supporting local people to identify their own needs and create solutions rooted in place, culture, and collective…
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Kuhialoko
Kuhialoko restores traditionally managed water flow in Waiawa Kai, promoting the return of native, endemic, and endangered species to re-establish traditional ʻohana connections, build relationship with ʻāina (land), and reinstitute traditional practices to the broader community.
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Hawai'i Workers Center
As the first and only workers center in Hawaiʻi, the Hawai'i Workers Center envisions a Hawaiʻi in which all workers are empowered to organize for their social, economic, and political wellbeing. Serving all of the Hawaiian islands, the HWC was created to address the most urgent needs of Hawai'i's low-wage, non-union workers across industries such…
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Kalauokekahuli
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. They offer free, inclusive ko'okua education, care, and support during the perinatal period, breathing ea into the lifeways of ʻohana…
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Pōhaku Pelemaka
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 'ohana, government, public, and private sectors. A Native Hawaiian–led hui stewarding culturally and environmentally significant lands in Puna makai, their programming restores pilina between…
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Waipahu Safe Haven Immigrant & Migrant Resource Center
Waipahu Safe Haven provides holistic programs and language accessible services for Hawai'iʻs growing Micronesian community, enabling individuals to attain success through empowering children and families to be self-sustaining, positive contributors in community. Their work addresses language access barriers, limited knowledge of community rights, and creates pathways to access services by training bilingual community leaders to…