Education
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PE’A (Pasefika Empowerment & Advancement)
Pasefika Empowerment and Advancement (PE’A) is a non-profit organization recently established by Pacific Islander women to support the increase in representation of Hawaii-Pacific Islanders in post-secondary education, as well as in employment opportunities. Seeking to fill the void, PE’A made a conscious decision to spend this entire year advocating and providing services and resources that…
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Pono For The People
Pono For The People was created in June 2020 in response to the epidemic of confusion associated with mail-in voting being heightened by COVID-19. Founded by two native Hawaiian women at the top of Hawaiʻiʻs marketing and graphic design industry, they have joined forces to help navigate people’s political consciousness in Hawaiʻi. They provide non-partisan, factual…
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Hawai’i Kids CAN
Founded in September 2017, Hawai’iKidsCAN: The Hawai’i Campaign for Achievement Now, is on a journey for the future of public education in Hawai’i — one in which all keiki have access to great schools, regardless of their zip code. Their movement uses research and communications, grassroots organizing, and direct advocacy to make that bright vision…
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Mālama Honua PCS
Mālama Honua Public Charter School Foundation, located in Waimānalo, O’ahu, supports Mālama Honua Public Charter School, which provides education that cultivates the caring, compassionate, and astute “mind of the navigator” in students and teachers alike by the appropriate application of indigenous Hawaiian values, inclusive of 21st century skills. Its values-based and placed-based learning environment emphasizes…
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Hui o Kuapā
Hui o Kuapā educates local and global communities about Native Hawaiian biocultural resource management through the restoration, use, and maintenance of Molokaiʻs loko iʻa (traditional Hawaiian fishponds) and their adjacent lands. huiokuapa.org
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EA Ecoversity
EA Ecoversity provides culturally-driven learning, training, credentialing, and long-term societal benefits to ka lāhui Hawaiʻi. EA hosts an independent Hawaiian culture-based post-secondary education and career training program, headquartered on rural Hawaiʻi Island, providing blended online and offline learning in an atmosphere of aloha. kuakanaka.com/eaecoversity
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Ke Ea Hawai’i
Ke Ea Hawai’i‘s mission is to advance the Hawaiian peoples, cultural practices, and voices of our era by developing excellent youth leadership, advancing collective success, and uplifting one another. instagram.com/keeahawaii
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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…