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Hawai’i Rising Podcast
Tune in to Hawai’i Rising, a podcast produced by Hawai’i People’s Fund profiling the incredible work of our community partners! Each week will feature an in-depth thirty minute episode, inviting listeners to feel the pulse of social change work in Hawai’i and hear directly from the huis we support and amplify. Listen and subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Hawai’i Rising is HPF’s podcast profiling the incredible work of our community partners! Each week will feature an in-depth thirty minute episode, inviting listeners to feel the pulse of social change work in Hawai’i and hear directly from the huis we support and amplify.
Hawai’i Rising Hosts and Producers
Mahalo nui loa to Kenji Cataldo for bringing this project to life! They participated in HPF’s 2021 Giving Project cohort, and the Hawai‘i Rising podcast is a beautiful development of the work they shared during the inaugural Giving Project sail.
Kenji Cataldo
Host & Producer
Kenji Cataldo (they/them) serves on the amplification team as Alakaʻi Hoʻopaʻa Leo, hosting and producing HPF’s podcast Hawaiʻi Rising. As a living archive of community action, Hawaiʻi Rising amplifies grassroots voices in the present and documents stories of courage, resilience, and hope for future generations. Kenji is honored to steward the stories of HPF’s ʻohana of changemakers and has been deeply moved by the opportunity to build pilina with HPF’s grantees across Hawaiʻi.
Kenji was born in Japan, raised in the U.S., and has lived on Oʻahu since 2020. Kenji first became involved at HPF as part of the first Giving Project cohort in 2021, which inspired the development of Hawaiʻi Rising. Kenji graduated from the Pacific Islands Studies MA program at UH Mānoa, where their creative masters project was an audio-documentary podcast series about the movement for Mākua. Kenji is thrilled to be part of HPF and to hold space for reflection, connection, and storytelling in this moment of collective action.
