Cohort
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'Aha Wāhine Kūhinapapa
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 Kuamo'o
Hui Iwi Kuamo'o 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
Kīpuka Kuleana's mission is to perpetuate kuleana, ahupua'a-based natural resource management, and connection to place through protection of cultural landscapes and family lands on Kaua'i. Through land protection strategies, descendant-led stewardship, youth education, and policy advocacy, they challenge ongoing land dispossession and keep ʻāina in community hands, restoring Hawaiian models of collective caretaking of ʻāina…
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Nā Moku Aupuni o Ko'olau Hui
Nā Moku Aupuni o Ko'olau Hui is dedicated to protecting Mauiʻs natural resources, preserving cultural heritage, and empowering communities, work deeply rooted in Hawaiian values, mālama 'āina, and upholding the traditions of our ancestors. Guided by Hawaiian values and a mauka‑to‑makai stewardship approach, they engage in water advocacy, loʻi and ʻauwai restoration, Makai Watch monitoring,…
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Honua Scholars
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 - Ho'omau Nā Maka o ka 'Āina
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. For over 50 years, they've worked to preserve and uplift Native Hawaiian culture while…
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Kaiāulu o Kahalu'u
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