Island: Hawai’i
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Ke Ea Hawai’i
Ke Ea Hawai’i is an interscholastic student council composed of elected representatives from 17 Hawaiian-focused charter schools. Each year, the hui hosts two immersive camps to equip students with leadership tools, visit sacred places, speak with constituents on campuses during school hours, hear from community leaders, identify strategic priorities, and develop action plans for the coming…
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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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Pōhaku Pelemaka
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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Hui Iwi Kuamo’o
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…