Island: O'ahu
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Pū'ā Foundation
Pū'ā Foundation facilitates ʻTrauma to Transformationʻ programming for justice-involved women and their families, especially Hawaiians. Through their Punahoa Heritage Forest efforts, they preserve and protect the natural state of the forest to maintain a gathering space for rejuvenation and cultural expression. puafoundation.org
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Nation of Hawai'i
Nation of Hawai'iʻs mission can be summed up in one word: Education. They are a grassroots, community based, non-profit organization working to improve the quality of life of all people. Thier educational programs & projects are a new approach towards economic, social, and cultural development, perpetuating the Hawaiian cultural way of life by preserving the…
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Kana'aho Kahulimanu
Kana'aho Kahulimanu is a grassroots, Indigenous-led nonprofit dedicated to restoring Kahaluʻu Loʻi through 'āina-based stewardship, education, co-developed research and community engagement. Our work centers on revitalizing a traditional agricultural and water management system while reconnecting community members (keiki to kūpuna) to land, culture, and each other. Through regular mālama 'āina workdays, place-based education programs, co-developed…
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Ka Lei o ka Lāhui
Ka Lei o ka Lāhui empowers survivors of domestic, sexual, and family violence through individual and group support services that utilize Hawaiian cultural healing practices in concert with standard survivor services. Grounded in Hawaiian practices, their aim is to restore balance, promote healing, and strengthen families and communities across Hawaiʻi, while building community and working…
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'Īlio'ulaokalani
'Īlio'ulaokalani, organized by Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners, kumu hula and social change advocates, protects Native Hawaiian gathering rights, and the lands, oceans, and natural and cultural resources of Hawai'i.
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Hawai'i Community Safety Coalition
Hawai'i Community Safety Coalition unites local organizations and residents with lived experience and professional expertise across public safety, justice reform, mental health, economic opportunity, restorative justice, and community services to forward proven, community-based solutions that address root causes and create thriving communities. @communitysafetyhawaii
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Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā
The Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawā (HCCW) seeks to protect, preserve, and perpetuate the privileges of Kūkaniloko as multigenerational stewards of this wahi pana with an unbroken chain of care spanning over a century. Their mission is to inspire, educate, and encourage all things Hawaiian, seen and unseen, and to become responsible for and carry…
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'Āina Kōnea
ʻĀina Kōnea restores the reciprocal ea between the kānaka and ʻāina of Wahiawā by way of cultural revitalization. As Nā Kuene o Kauʻikua, servants of the forests and water that sustains us, they believe that when one loves ʻāina, they will fight to protect it as they would their own family. ainakonea.org
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Kūpa'a Kuilima
Kūpa'a Kuilima is dedicated to advocating for responsible and pono development on O'ahu’s North Shore, from Waiale'e to Keana, elevating and protecting the 'āina by holding it sacred, staying rooted in place, and reviving ancestral traditions. They are a grassroots, majority Native Hawaiian-led organization advancing pono and community-driven stewardship of Kahuku lewa on O'ahu’s North…
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Kulāiwi Land Trust
Kulaiwi Land Trust's mission is to be a catalyst and conduit for the return of Native Hawaiian lands to Native Hawaiians for Native Hawaiian use in the areas of culture, education, health, and wellbeing. Kulaiwi is building a community-rooted vehicle for the return of 'āina to lāhui in ways that restore stewardship, strengthen community stability,…