Hawaiʻi Rising

In this episode, hear updates about the restoration of Kahaluʻu Loʻi with Phillip Kapu and Aimee Sato from Kaiāulu ʻo Kahaluʻu. Kaiāulu ʻo Kahaluʻu is a grassroots hui created to serve, organize, and uplift community voices of the Kahalu’u ahupuaʻa on Oʻahuʻs windward side. Currently, their primary focus is the restoration of the Kahalu’u Lo’i, hosting community engagement events, and serving and advocating for the Kahalu’u community. To learn more about the origins of the hui and their vision for the future, listen to our first interview with founders Hiʻiaka Jardine and Jen Nakamura in episode 29: Hawaiian Engineering and ʻĀina Restoration in Kahaluʻu. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

In this interview with Jesse Kekoa Kahoʻonei and Kim Kahoʻonei from Kahaluʻu Kūāhewa, we hear updates on their ʻāina restoration and community education work in the ahupuaʻa of Kahaluʻu in Kona, Hawaiʻi. Kahalu’u Kūāhewa is based in one of Konaʻs largest intact traditional agricultural field systems preserved within a 354-acre area owned by Bishop Estate-Kamehameha Schools. They have documented 3,500 archaeological features, almost all of which are considered traditional agricultural features. To hear about the origins of the hui and moʻolelo of this ʻāina, listen to our first episode with them: episode 33 Kahaluʻu Kūāhewa (Huliauapaʻa): Food Sovereignty and ʻĀina Education in Kona. Website: www.kahaluukuahewa.org/ Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview with Kāhealani Collins on her experience training to be a koʻokua (culturally-based birth worker) in Ka ʻĀmana Mentorship Program at Kalauokekahuli. Kalauokekahuli supports Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people by providing culturally-based perinatal support and education. Through Ka ʻĀmana Mentorship Program, they seek to continue directly addressing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander disparities in birth outcomes by sustainably growing the number of Kalauokekahuli Koʻokua. These new Kalauokekahuli Koʻokua will contribute to the regeneration of a culturally-rooted, extended-ʻohana network by continuing to offer free, high-quality and culturally-competent perinatal care and services accessible for the advancement of the lāhui and Pasifika communities. Website: www.kalauokekahuli.org/ Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

In our third episode with Ke Ea Hawaiʻi, we hear updates and what's on the horizon for this hui, featuring Laʻakea Chun (current student), Hina Kaʻōpua-Canonigo (alum), and Trevor Atkins (kumu and advisor).  Ke Ea Hawai’i is an interscholastic student council composed of elected representatives from 17 Hawaiian-focused charter schools. To learn more about the history of Ke Ea and hear from different student voices, check out our first two episodes: Episode 8: News Media for the Hawaiian Kingdom and Episode 44: Normalizing Hawaiian Culture-based Education. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about political education and building organizational structure with ʻIlima Long, the pelekikena (president) of Ka ʻAhahui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina. Ka ʻAhahui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina, or Hui Aloha ʻĀina, was reactivated in 2016 from its original formation in 1893. HAʻĀ exists for the express purpose of perpetuating Hawaiian national identity, the development of a Hawaiian national consciousness, and the restoration of Hawaiian national independence. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Ma kēia kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻōlelo mai ʻo Mehana Vaughan e pili ana i ka hana o ka ʻahahui ʻo Kīpuka Kuleana ma ka mokupuni ʻo Kauaʻi. Na Kīpuka Kuleana e kākoʻo i nā ʻohana ʻōiwi e mālama a noho mau i ko lākou ʻāina kupuna. ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi special episode with Mehana Vaughan (Kīpuka Kuleana), hosted by Hina Kaʻōpua Canonigo. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A short companion episode to today's interview with Mehana Vaughan in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. In this excerpt from an earlier interview with Mehana in English, she shares about the origin and the work of Kīpuka Kuleana. Listen to the full  episode here: 2. Kīpuka Kuleana: Protecting Ancestral Lands on Kauaʻi (2021). Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Good news from East Maui! In this interview with Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui, Jerome Kekiwi, Jr. and Jessie Kekiwi-Aweau share about a recent win for their community: Nā Moku received a 65-year lease for Keʻanae Uka! Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui perpetuates the Kanaka Maoli traditional and customary lifestyle of Keʻanae-Wailuanui, Maui. Encompassing nearly 400 acres of loʻi, this area was renowned for taro farming until commercial stream diversions completely dewatered the area. In 2018, the community’s 30-year legal struggle resulted in the largest stream restoration in Hawaiʻiʻs history. With their new long-term lease for Keʻanae Uka, Nā Moku can extend their mauka stewardship and implement a long-term plan for their community's ʻāina and wai. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Ma kēia kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻōlelo mai ʻo Nāhōkū Kahana e pili ana i ka hana o ka ʻahahui ʻo Hui Hoʻoleimaluō a me nā wahi pana o Keaukaha ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi. Na lākou e mālama i nā loko iʻa a aʻo aku i ia hana i nā haumāna a me nā ʻohana o ko lākou kaiāulu. ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi special episode with Nāhōkū Kahana (Hui Hoʻoleimaluō), hosted by Hina Kaʻōpua Canonigo. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about feeding community and training the next generation of fishpond stewards with Kamala Anthony and Nāhōkū Kahana from Hui Hoʻoleimaluō. Established in 2013, Hui Hoʻoleimaluō has spent the past decade conducting long-term historical, cultural, physical, natural, and scientific studies of fishponds in Keaukaha, including Honokea Loko, Waiuli, and most recently at Kaumaui Loko. Today, Hui Ho‘oleimaluō is an active community hub that engages and teaches students and families through the brilliant culture of the ancient Hawaiian fishpond. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about education and liberation with Dr. Kū Kahakalau and Pōlanimakamae Kahakalau, the president and executive director of EA Ecoversity. EA Ecoversity is a culture-based, post-secondary education and career training institution grounded in Education with Aloha (EA). Their inaugural Kanaka Culinary Arts Diploma program is being launched in the summer of 2024. Interest form linked below. Kanaka Culinary Arts Diploma links: Student Interest Form, Committee Interest Form Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Later this month, we're celebrating Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month) with episodes in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, guest hosted by Hina Kaʻōpua Canonigo. Each episode will be released alongside a companion episode in English from a previous interview with the same guest. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

January 17, 2024 is the 131st anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Each year, Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi Political Action Committee and the Queen's Court convene the ʻOnipaʻa Peace March and Rally to make sure the overthrow is never forgotten. In this podcast short, Healani Sonoda-Pale from Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi shares about the importance of this event. To learn more about how to participate in the 2024 ʻOnipaʻa Peace March from Maunaʻala Royal Mausoleum to ʻIolani Palace, visit kalahuihawaii.net/onipaa. To listen to the full interview with Healani from 2022, see episode 34 in our feed. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview with Aunty Joan Lander (Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina) and Emma Broderick (Puʻuhonua Society) about preserving decades of documentary video footage of the movement for future generations. Pu’uhonua Society is committed to community, the arts, and Native Hawaiian culture through public programming. In their Hoʻomau Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Cataloging & Public Programming Project, Puʻuhonua Society is working with Aunty Joan to catalog and organize the ~6500 video reels of raw footage that she and Puhipau recorded over their decades producing documentaries at Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about developing community stewardship in Puna, Hawaiʻi, with Leila Kealoha from 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. Facebook: facebook.com/pohakupelemakapage Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about ʻāina restoration and hale construction with Ed Gomes and Kukona Lopes from Ke Kahua o Kūaliʻi. Ke Kahua o Kūaliʻi’s mission is to inspire and support cultural and environmental wellness through land stewardship of Palalupe and Pōhakea at Kawainui fishpond in Kailua, Oʻahu. Their Kūkulu Kauhale Program fosters traditional land management and supports cultural practice by training community members in the cultural arts and lifeways of hale construction, care, and maintenance. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A special update on Mākua Valley with Uncle Sparky Rodrigues and Aunty Lynette Cruz from Mālama Mākua. In a joint statement submitted with Mālama Mākua in federal court yesterday, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Army stated that they no longer need to conduct live fire training at Mākua "now or in the future." Uncle Sparky and Aunty Lynette share the significance of this new development in the movement for the return and restoration of military-occupied lands in Hawaiʻi. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about restoring ʻāina and creating a place of refuge for people dispossessed of the their land with Keoki Fukumitsu and Jasmine Slovak from Hoʻi Hoʻi Ea. Hoʻi Hoʻi Eaʻs mission is to (re)establish sovereignty through the reclamation of land, water, and nearshore marine estuaries in mālama ʻāina traditions and responsive campaigns, embodying the concept of aloha ʻāina. They are a multi-generational hui composed of traditional agricultural practitioners, educators, and organizers. Hoʻi Hoʻi Ea is currently focusing its efforts on the restoration of 29 acres of loʻi kalo in the Waikāne Nature Preserve in Waikāne Valley.  Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii Website: hoihoiea.org

An interview about feeding community and training the next generation of fishpond stewards with Kamala Anthony and Nāhōkū Kahana from Hui Hoʻoleimaluō. Established in 2013, Hui Hoʻoleimaluō has spent the past decade conducting long-term historical, cultural, physical, natural, and scientific studies of fishponds in Keaukaha, including Honokea Loko, Waiuli, and most recently at Kaumaui Loko. Today, Hui Ho‘oleimaluō is an active community hub that engages and teaches students and families through the brilliant culture of the ancient Hawaiian fishpond. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview with Sergio Alcubilla and Arcy Imasa from the Hawaiʻi Workers Center. Hawaiʻi Workers Center envisions a Hawaiʻi where all workers are empowered to exercise their rights to organize for their social, economic and political wellbeing. They provide workshops on workers’ rights, safety, health, and protection from wage theft, labor trafficking, abuse and harassment, and other workplace hazards and issues. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

In January 2024, Hawaiʻi People's Fund will embark on our 4th sail of our Giving Project journey to radically transform the way we move money to movements for real change from the roots up. Listen to this special episode originally posted in 2022 to hear what Giving Project is all about. Visit www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org/giving-project/ to learn more. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about the protection of Hawaiian burials with Healani Sonoda-Pale from Puʻuhonua o Wailupe. Puʻuhonua o Wailupe is a living sanctuary for the stewardship and protection of iwi kūpuna, cultural sites, natural resources, and traditional Hawaiian rights and practices. Located in a predominantly settler community on East Oʻahu, they aim to protect the unique history, cultural sites, and iwi kūpuna of Wailupe. Website: www.puuhonuaowailupe.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about food access and resilient futures with Hulali Soza and Megan Fox from Mālama Kauaʻi. Mālama Kauaʻi has been working to increase food production and access for a resilient Kauaʻi since 2006. They do this through a lens of resilience and sustainability, leveraging workforce and economic development efforts, partnerships, and innovative programs to grow community capacity. Their Kaua‘i Food Access Plan 2030 identifies land access and land back movements as a key missing piece to the success of Hawaiʻiʻs future food system. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Announcing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising, coming to all major podcast platforms.

A special episode about community celebrations of Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, or Sovereignty Restoration Day, from last year. Come join this weekend! July 29 at Pōkaʻi Bay and July 30 at Thomas Square. Guests in order of appearance: Imaikalani Winchester, Pōlani Kahakalau-Kalima, Wahinehula Kaeo, Ke‘alohi Quiamno, Kyle Kajihiro, Uʻi and Kalani Puaʻoi, Makaio Villanueva and Nani Peterson, and Lynette Cruz. To learn more about Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, listen to our previous interview in episode 26. Lā Ho'iho'i Ea Honolulu: Visions of a Sovereign Future. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A follow-up interview with Aunty Pua Case about maintaining the momentum behind the movement to protect Mauna Kea. Mauna Kea Education and Awareness educates and raises awareness of communities in Hawai’i and beyond on the spiritual, historical, cultural, environmental, and political significance of Mauna Kea and ALL sacred places, and provide cultural learning opportunities to everyone from keiki to kūpuna, residents, visitors, and others concerned about indigenous rights and responsibilities in order to create a platform for protection of sacred places and for social justice and positive change. MKEA remains pivotal as a pillar and piko for the lāhui, dedicated to keeping the movement grounded in ceremony and ritual by utilizing the ʻAha and the kapu aloha guidelines to ground supporters here and around the world in continued protocol. Website: mkea.info Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about heritage language learning with Catherine Taylan, Janine Mariano, and Rebecca Carino-Agustin from LAING Hawai’i. LAING Hawaiʻi utilizes heritage language learning as a tool for social and political education. Their programming provides opportunities for cultural reclamation of ancestral knowledge as they work towards collective liberation and radical futures. Website: lainghawaii.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

A follow-up conversation about STEM in Hawaiʻi with Kyle Yoshida, one of the founders of Honua Scholars. Honua Scholars empowers students to pursue STEM careers and advanced degrees to be Hawaiʻi’s STEM leaders. A critical aspect of Honua Scholars is the creation of a network of future leaders who aim to empower others and to promote personal and professional development in STEM. Their 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. Website: honuascholars.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A follow-up conversation with ʻĀinaaloha Ioane and Haʻawina Wise about celebrating Makahiki at King's Landing, lease negotiations with Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the re-release of Uncle Skippy's music. Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation was created in 2020 to honor and perpetuate the legacy of Keliʻi William Ioane Jr., the Mālama Ka ‘Āina Hana Ka ‘Āina Association (M.A.H.A), the Keaukaha Makahiki Ceremony, and the promotion of Hawaiian Nationalism through his music. The effort underscores the social inequities of Hawai’iʻs people, and celebrates its resilience through the mo’olelo of King’s Landing and the formation of M.A.H.A. Facebook: www.facebook.com/KeliiWilliamIoaneLegacy Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

A conversation about EAducation and student leadership with student representatives Hema Watson and Leinani Gutierrez-Kelley and advisor Trevor Atkins from Ke Ea Hawaiʻi. Ke Ea Hawaiʻi is an interscholastic student council composed of elected representatives from 17 Hawaiian-focused charter schools. After a two year COVID break, theyʻre relaunching their transformative 5-day immersive summer and winter camps for the newly elected ʻaha (student council). facebook.com/eahawaii Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about reconnecting ʻohana and ʻāina with Kalei Miner and Iokepa Miner from Kuhialoko on Oʻahu. Kuhialoko promotes Native Hawaiian, Indigenous, and culture-based land, species, and natural resource management. As an ʻohana, they encourage the growth and education of family units to reconnect with ʻāina and each other. They do this work in an area riddled with the impacts of displacement, disconnection, misuse, urbanization, and militarization. Their stewardship revitalizes the area’s historic level of cultural importance, abundance of natural resources and native species, and community based subsistence and connections. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about community empowerment and language access with Eola Lokebol, an advocate and interpreter at Waipahu Safe Haven Immigrant and Migrant Resource Center. Waipahu Safe Haven provides holistic programs and services with language access to empower and uplift Hawaii’s immigrant and migrant communities, primarily serving our growing Marshallese and Chuukese communities as well as Samoans and Filipinos. The Center convenes Chuukese and Marshallese steering committees to guide programs and build support for their respective communities. Website: waipahusafehaven.com/ Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about intergenerational community development with Trina Nahm-Mijo, president and founder of the Grassroots Community Development Group, or GCDG, on Hawaiʻi Island. GCDG has been a 501(c)(3) since 2005 and is best known for its award-winning program Keaʻau Youth Business Center (now Hawaiʻi Youth Business Center), which piloted an innovative hands-on skill-building curriculum in music and sound recording, digital arts, and culinary Arts. GCDG’s project Moʻo Pōʻai: Kūpuna Naue ʻŌpio has two parts. The Kūpuna component develops capacity in communities on Hawai’i Island to learn about the practice and application of Hoʻokuʻu ka hewa/Hoʻoponopono ʻike to health and social services in their communities. The ʻŌpio component supports media literacy classes in schools to increase social media proficiency while supporting social justice values in Hawaiʻi Island youth. Website: gcdghawaii.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about ʻāina stewardship and community care with Kuʻulei Keakealani and Monika Frazier, the cultural director and interim executive director of Hui Aloha Kīholo. Hui Aloha Kīholo is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect, perpetuate, and enhance the cultural and natural landscape of the Kīholo Bay area on Hawaiʻi Island through collaborative management and active community stewardship. They work closely with the Division of State Parks through a Curatorship Agreement to steward the Kīholo State Park Reserve. Website: https://www.huialohakiholo.org/ Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about peace-building and intergenerational community care with Laulani Teale, the coordinator of the Hoʻopae Pono Peace Project. Hoʻopae Pono Peace Project builds strength in the Hawaiian community, and in its connections with others, through culture-based support for the prevention and resolution of family and community issues, support for youth as nonviolent warriors, and promotion of nonviolent solution-building and activism. Website: https://www.eapono.org/ Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

Our third ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi special episode with guest host Krisha Zane.  He kamaʻilio ʻana me Tanya Mailelani Naehu (Hui o Kuapā) e pili ana i ka hana o kona hui i ka loko iʻa ʻo ʻŌhalahala ma ke ahupuaʻa ʻo Kūmimi ma ka mokupuni ʻo Molokai.  For our English-language episode with Maile and Hanohano Naehu, see episode 1. Hui o Kuapā: Restoring Fish Ponds on Molokai. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi special with guest host Krisha Zane. E hoʻolohe mai i ko Kekaiokalani Naone (Uluhāhāloa) lāua ʻo Kalani Puaoi (Mole Kumu) manaʻo e pili ana i ke kalo ma ka ʻaoʻao mahiʻai, ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, a me ka ʻaiaola. For our English-language interview with Kekai and his co-founder Lahela Paresa, see episode 35. Uluhāhāloa: Kalo, Cookbooks, and Community. For our English-language interview with Kalani, see episode 38. Mole Kumu: Kalo and Food Security for the Westside. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about kalo cultivation and food security with Kalani Puaoi from Mole Kumu. Mole Kumu is a culture-based organization in the ahupuaʻa of Waipiʻo on Oʻahu that uses Hawaiian core values to help guide what food security and sustainability looks like. They actively promote food security, community health, and aloha ‘āina through a cultural lens. Their programs include kalo and ‘ulu cultivation, indigenous microorganisms, community education, and lāʻau lapaʻau (traditional Hawaiian healing plants). Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi special with guest host Krisha Zane ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi! Kamaʻilio ʻo Krisha me ʻĀinaaloha Ioane e pili ana i nā mele a ʻAnakala Skippy Ioane a me ka hana o ka hui ʻo Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation. For our English-language interview with ʻĀinaaloha and Haʻawina Ioane, see episode 5. Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation: Growing Up in King's Landing in our feed. For an immersive special episode from KWILF's 2021 Makahiki celebration, see Celebrating Makahiki in Keaukaha. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about yoga and social justice in Hawai‘i with Laura Toyofuku-Aki and Victoria Roland, the founders of Project Koa Yoga. Project Koa Yoga diversifies yoga and wellness in Hawai’i while uplifting Hawai’i’s people, land, and culture. They are expanding what yoga can look like in Hawai‘i through programs that diversify and increase people’s access to yoga, teaching trauma-informed yoga and meditation with NGO partners who serve marginalized communities such as houseless folx and survivors as well as providing scholarship-based Yoga teacher training for BIPOC and QTIA2S+Māhū folx. Website: www.projectkoayoga.com Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about ʻāina-based healing and learning for youth with Ketty Mobed, Todd Yamashita, and Cara Fitzpatrick at Seed of Love. Seed of Love is a community care farm on the island of Molokai that works with the land and community to create healing and educational opportunities with an emphasis on youth and community members with little or no financial means. They believe that the most effective means of engaging our local and Hawaiian youth is by connecting their cultural experiences with a sense of place and purpose. A lot has changed since the pandemic and, as we return to a new normal, Seed of Love is providing an inclusive, outdoor, open-air learning platform that has important relevance for youth including educational opportunities that reflect the values, practices, and homesteading lifestyle on Molokai. Website: seedoflovehawaii.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about kalo (including ʻono recipes!) with Lahela Paresa and Kekaiokalani Naone from Uluhāhāloa. Founded and led by Kānaka Hawaiʻi, Uluhāhāloa envisions Hawaiʻi’s economic, social health, and well-being restored in the next generation through an active connection to traditional Hawaiian practices, values, and lifestyles. Their Hāloa Circle is a twelve-week program that seeks to educate and challenge Native Hawaiians to eat their traditional ancestral food Hāloa, kalo. Instagram: www.instagram.com/uluhahaloa/ Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A special episode with HPF founder John Witeck. As we approach the end of HPF's 50th year, we sit down with Mr. Witeck to hear about how it all began. Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about Hawaiian self-determination with Healani Sonoda-Pale, the public affairs officer for Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi Political Action Committee. Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi Political Action Committee (KPAC) is a national committee of Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi (KLH), an ʻōiwi initiative for Hawaiian self-governance formed by and for Kanaka Maoli without the interference of the State or Federal governments or its agencies in 1987. KPAC advocates for Hawaiian Self-Determination and Human Rights set forth in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and International Human Rights Conventions. Along with the Queenʻs Court, KPAC is once again helping to organize the annual Onipaʻa Peace March and Rally on January 17, 2023, commemorating 130 years since the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy. Website: kalahuihawaii.net Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about ʻāina restoration in the Kona field system with Jesse Kekoa Kahoʻonei and Kim Kahoʻonei, the site director and site coordinator at Kahaluʻu Kūāhewa (currently under Huliauapaʻa). Kahaluʻu Kūāhewa is one of Konaʻs largest intact traditional agricultural field systems preserved within a 354-acre area owned by Bishop Estate-Kamehameha Schools. Over the past 20 years, archaeological surveys have documented at least 3,500 features, almost all of which are considered traditional agricultural features. In 2015, they began working to revitalize and restore this traditional system. Website: https://www.huliauapaa.org/ Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about gender justice in and through filmmaking with Vera Zambonelli, the founder of Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking. Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking advocates for women and girls telling their stories through film with an intersectional lens. To raise awareness and visibility of women and girls’ work in film, HWF engages in discussions around critical issues and amplify marginalized voices shared through film screenings. They host film festivals and screenings to celebrate, share, and unite people in conversation through important stories in film. Website: hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai'i, Hawaii

In this special episode, get a close look at HPF’s Giving Project, how it’s taking “community giving=community doing” to the next level, and how YOU can get involved.  Mahalo nunui to members of our Giving Project family for sharing their reflections (in speaking order): Micky Huihui, Kaulana Ing, Chase Livingston, Mary Tam, Greg Kahn, Sean Aronson, Maxx Ramos, Tyler Sonnemaker, Rachel James, James Maunakea Secritario, and Angel Permito-Kaheaku. Learn more about the Giving Project at www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org/giving-project/. Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai’i, Hawaii

An interview with Dr. Wilfred Alik from the One Stop Center for Micronesians on Hawai‘i Island. The One Stop Center was originally formed after the restoration of Medicaid access to citizens of the Compact of Free Association (COFA) nations to help Micronesians in Hawai‘i sign up for Medicaid coverage. The organization's goal is to empower the diverse Micronesian communities on Hawai‘i island to become their own advocates. In this interview, Dr. Alik shares not only how One Stop Center supports Micronesians in Hawai’i but also the history behind why people from the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia are coming to Hawai’i and the rights they have through the COFA. Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about fishponds, fresh water, and community with Loke Aloua of Hui-Kaloko-Honokōhau. Hui Kaloko-Honokōhau is dedicated to protecting, preserving, and advancing the natural and cultural resources of Kaloko and the customary and traditional practices of Native Hawaiians of the area. Through practice as kia‘i loko (fishpond guardians), they aim to restore, conserve, and manage the area’s water, natural, cultural, scenic, historic and marine resources for the benefit, education, and enjoyment of the community and future generations. The hui offers place based education opportunities at Kaloko Fishpond, and works with community and education groups interested in perpetuating Native Hawaiian cultural practices and fishpond rehabilitation. Facebook: facebook.com/huikalokohonokohau Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation with Hi‘iaka Jardine and Jen Nakamura about Hawaiian engineering, food sovereignty, and vigilant community care for ‘āina in the Kahalu‘u ahupua‘a on the windward side of O‘ahu. Kaiāulu ʻo Kahaluʻu is a grassroots organization created to serve, organize, and uplift Kahaluʻu community voices. It is their mission to mālama the people, resources, history, wahi pana, and community well being of the Kahaluʻu ahupua’a.  The Kahalu‘u Lo‘i, located in the ‘ili of ‘Āhuimanu within the ahupua‘a of Kahalu‘u, is the largest intact terraced lo‘i on O‘ahu and the best example of Kanaka Maoli expertise in this type of engineering. Kaiāulu ‘o Kahalu‘u is working with multiple stakeholders to properly mālama this special wahi pana. Website: https://kaiauluokahaluu.wixsite.com/kahaluu Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about the repatriation and reburial of iwi kūpuna with Halealoha Ayau and Mana Caceres of Hui Iwi Kuamo‘o. Hui Iwi Kuamoʻo has worked for 32 years to provide care for iwi kūpuna (ancestral Hawaiian bones), moepū (funerary possessions) and mea kapu (sacred objects) through repatriation and reburial, formerly as the Hui Mālama i Nā Kūpuna ʻ0 Hawai’i Nei. They have travelled overseas to conduct national and international repatriations from museums, government agencies, and private individuals to identify the iwi, advocate for their return, and physically escort them back to Hawaiʻi. Email: projectiwikuamoo@gmail.com Subscribe to the Hawai‘i Rising Newsletter Tags: Hawai‘i, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about the past, present, and future of demilitarization activism with seasoned organizers Joy Enomoto and Kyle Kajihiro from Hawaiʻi Peace & Justice (HPJ). HPJ is a long-time HPF grantee working to promote peace, social justice, and ea in Hawaiʻi through community organizing, popular education, nonviolent direct action, and art as a tool for social change. HPJ's Koa Futures Initiative aims to develop a strong and dynamic grassroots demilitarization movement that confronts the perilous challenges facing Hawaiʻi and the world, to remove the destructive land use practices of the u.s. military, and grow decolonial futures as kīpuka aloha ʻāina in the midst of military occupation. Website: https://hawaiipeaceandjustice.org/   Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Announcing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising. Coming soon to all major podcast platforms.

Kenji and Tsuyuno join HPR Generation Listen for a Listening Lounge, hosted by Paige Okamura. A look back at the first year of the show as we revisit clips from past episodes and reflect on the creation of Hawaiʻi Rising. Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea event information: Thomas Square (Honolulu): https://lahoihoiea.org/ Pokaʻi Bay (Waiʻanae): https://www.facebook.com/LaHoiWaianae   Featuring clips from:  Ep 1. Hui o Kuapā Ep 4. Na Waʻa Mauō Ep 7. Koʻolaupoko Jr. Civic Club Ep 12. Ka Pā o Lonopūhā Ep 19. Kalauokekahuli Ep 26. Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honolulu   Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

On our recent trip to Molokai, we got to talk story with Uncle Walter Ritte about the movement for Kahoʻolawe, the search for mana in Pelekunu Valley, and the restoration of Molokai's fish ponds. Uncle Walter founded Hui o Kuapā in 1989 to restore fish ponds on Molokai. Check out episode 1 of Hawaiʻi Rising for our interview with the current leaders of Hui o Kuapā, Hanohano and Maile Naehu. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Join us July 15, 7-8pm HST for a live Listening Lounge hosted by HPR's Generation Listen. We'll listen to highlights from the first season of Hawaiʻi Rising and talk story about HPF and the making of the podcast with moderator Paige Okamura, aka DJ Mermaid (host of Hawaiʻi Kulāiwi and Bridging the Gap). Registration link here and on the HPF website.

In our first Urgent Action Grant Spotlight, Elizabeth Okinaka from Save Kōloa shares the latest in the struggle to protect the Kiahuna Burial Cave on Kauaʻi, where a proposed luxury condo project threatens Hawaiian burials, archaeological sites, and two endangered species. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Savekoloa Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation with Imaikalani Winchester, Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻopua, and Mahina Kaomea from Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honolulu. LHE Honoluluʻs mission is to provide safe spaces to celebrate Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea through educational, cultural, and community networking events, focusing on Hawaiian independence, social justice and open dialogue around multi-faceted practices of EA (life, breath, rising, sovereignty). Website: lahoihoiea.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about the restoration of taro-feeding streams in East Maui with Jerome Kekiwi, Jr. and Amanda Martin of Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui. Nā Mokuʻs mission is to perpetuate the Kanaka Maoli traditional and customary lifestyle of Keʻanae-Wailuanui. Encompassing nearly 400 acres of loʻi, it was renowned for taro farming until commercial stream diversions completely dewatered the area. In 2018, the community’s 30-year legal struggle resulted in the largest stream restoration in Hawaiʻiʻs history. This enabled families to return to farming and mālama the watershed and the network of streams, tributaries and springs that are part of a vast ʻauwai system. Website: namoku.net Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

An interview about protecting burials and challenging illegal sand mining with Clare Apana, Cody Nemet Tuivaiti, and Uʻi Hotta of Mālama Kakanilua. Mālama Kakanilua is presently engaged in direct action resistance/protection of ʻiwi kūpuna and aims to stop the Grand Wailea Resort from constructing 151 hotel units, swimming pools, new wings, and injection wells in known Kanaka Maoli burial grounds on Maui. The hui stands with other Kanaka Maoli groups pursuing this case to ensure that ʻiwi kūpuna are protected, safe, and at peace and to halt the Grand Waileaʻs hotel expansion efforts due to numerous environmental violations and dismissal of Kanaka Maoli claims to defend the ʻiwi and traditional and customary practices. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about standing for the Mauna as a family featuring Pua Case, Hāwane Rios, and Kapulei Flores of Mauna Kea Education and Awareness (MKEA). The mission of MKEA is to educate and raise the awareness of communities in Hawai’i and beyond on the spiritual, historical, cultural, environmental, and political significance of Mauna Kea and ALL sacred places, and provide cultural learning opportunities to everyone from keiki to kūpuna, residents, visitors and others concerned about indigenous rights and responsibilities in order to create a platform for protection of sacred places and for social justice and positive change. Website: mkea.info Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview with Setiro Paul, former member of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia and founder of the Chuuk Language and Cultural School on Oʻahu. The Chuuk Language and Cultural Association of Hawaiʻi, Inc.(Chuukmenessor) was founded in January 2016 by parents in the Oʻahu Chuukese community. The group sought to establish a school where their children can learn Chuukese indigenous culture and skills at the Waipahu Safe Haven Immigrant Resource Center, and built an “utteirek,” a meeting place for the community at the Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village. Project partners help to repair the utteirek’s thatched roof, made of woven coconut leaves. Through this process, students learn how to build an utteirek and are immersed in the Chuukese language, values, and skills. Website: chuukmenessor.com Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

On Lā Honua (Earth Day) 2022, kiaʻi from different movements for land and water across Oʻahu gathered in Waialeʻe on the North Shore to build solidarity and connect with the movement to protect the Kahuku community from a proposed military radar. In this short podcast special, we take you on a march to the proposed radar site and spotlight a speech by Kainoa Azama, a young leader who heads the Hui Sivila ʻŌpiopio o Koʻolaupoko (Jr. Koʻolaupoko Civic Club), a 2021 HPF grantee. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

In this special episode, we take you to Kuamoʻo on Hawaiʻi island to hear the mo’olelo of the Battle of Kuamo’o on the ‘āina where it happened and to talk story with Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer about the impacts of uncontrolled real estate development and the promise of an alternative economics rooted in aloha ‘āina. Kamana Beamer is a professor at the University of Hawaiʻi - Mānoa, a founding member of ʻĀina Aloha Economic Futures, and the executive director of HPF community partner Aloha Kuamo’o ‘Āina, an organization that stewards the historic site of the Battle of Kuamo’o in the Kona district of Hawai’i Island. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Ova Saopeng is a theater artist and one of the creators of Masters of the Currents, a collaborative production from TeAda Productions and the Micronesian Health Advisory Coalition. Masters of the Currents addresses the tension and strife that has arisen around the arrival of Micronesians to Hawai’i. As the newest wave of immigrants, many fleeing their island nations due to environmental and economic pressures, Micronesian communities are subject to misconceptions, discrimination, racial profiling, and educational disparities. Micronesian Health Advisory Coalition and TeAda Productions’ intention is that their performances and activities will bring greater insight to the issues behind the story, setting in motion a process of understanding, healing, reconciliation and creating dialogue that results in real solutions. Website: www.teada.org/masters-of-the-current-1 Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

A conversation about learning composting and teaching kuleana with Michelle Uʻilani Pieper, Hawaiian language teacher and founder of Hānai Kaiāulu. Hānai Kaiāulu (HK) is a student-led non-profit organization dedicated to reducing food waste through bokashi composting, food recovery and education. HK’s composting program engages and educates people about food systems and community sustainability, providing solutions for individuals and businesses to capture organic waste and retain it as a community resource. Through community outreach, HK seeks to empower Hawaiʻi communities to hānai kaiāulu (care for the community). The power to manifest global social change lies within. Instagram: www.instagram.com/hanaikaiaulu Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

An interview about childbirth and the regeneration of ancestral knowledge with ʻIolani Brosio, co-founder of Kalauokekahuli. Kalauokekahuli supports Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander birthing people by providing culturally based prenatal, birth, and postpartum support and education. They seek to directly address NHPI disparities in birth outcomes by creating free, accessible, and culturally competent informational resources to the community. By sharing information, videos, and art that center NHPI cultural identities, they hope to educate and empower the birthing community to reclaim traditional practices surrounding birth, and ultimately reclaim birth sovereignty and bodily autonomy. Instagram: @kalauokekahuli Tags: Hawai’i, Hawaiʻi, Hawaii

A conversation about kuleana and community care with Kūlia Tolentino-Potter, co-founder of Pōhāhā I Ka Lani. Pōhāhā i Ka Lani builds upon nearly two decades of the organization’s land stewardship and revitalization efforts in Waipiʻo Valley, helping to ensure that the wahi pana thrives with native plants and deepens the relationship between residents and visitors helping to mālama ʻāina. The hui hosts a culturally-based community stewardship program to address and mālama the culturally rich Mahiki area, where trespassing into fragile ecosystems, illegal dumping, and illicit activities threaten the delicate balance in Waipiʻo. The Liko No Ka Lama Project seeks to connect families, individuals, and other organizations with ‘āina stewardship and cultural education to increase the social and emotional competence of ‘ohana and keiki. Website: pohahaikalani.com Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

A conversation about ʻāina and activism with Lynette Cruz and Sparky Rodrigues, board members of Mālama Mākua. Mālama Mākua is a Kanaka Maoli-led non-profit organization dedicated to bringing about the return of sacred Mākua Valley for culturally appropriate use. They preserve and protect this wahi pana on Oʻahuʻs west side through continuous community access and engagement, establishing constant presence and practice in a place that has been occupied by the U.S. army since World War II. The non-profit organization hosts free cultural accesses to ancient and culturally-vital sites in sacred Mākua twice each month, and address the cultural, social, and legal issues associated with the use of Mākua Valley, especially the environmental and cultural impact to the land and sea and to Native Hawaiians and other people. Website: malamamakua.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

Dr. Kamana Beamer, executive director of Aloha Kuamoʻo ʻĀina (AKA), tells the story of the historic Battle of Kuamoʻo in this interview alongside AKA program director Kelsy Jorgensen. AKA offers a critical and special place in Kona for ʻŌiwi youth and all families across their island to deepen their cultural and spiritual ties to the land. Since 2016, AKA has connected over 2,000 community members and Native youth to Kuamoʻo’s landscape and history through managed access, community restoration projects, and place-based cultural education. Website: kuamoo.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation about the future of STEM in Hawaiʻi with Kyle Yoshida and Maveric Abella, founding members of Honua Scholars. Honua Scholars empowers local students to pursue STEM careers and advanced degrees to be Hawaiʻi’s STEM leaders. Formed in 2020 in response to the COVID pandemic and the perceived dissonance between culture and science, Honua Scholars supports STEM development alongside culture through an ecological social framework. Honua Scholars encourages civic engagement in the STEM community and advocates for reclaiming Hawaiʻi’s technology sector to be run by Hawaiians for Hawaiians. Website: honuascholars.org

Meet Anthony Arce and Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt from Language Acquisition and Immersion for the New Generation (LAING). LAING Hawaiʻi utilizes heritage language learning as a tool for social and political education. Their programming provides opportunities for cultural reclamation of ancestral knowledge as they work towards collective liberation and radical futures. LAINGʻs current programming includes Ilokano and Visayan-Cebuano language courses; Wellbeing Workshops to support health and wellness in our community during the COVID crisis; Tungtungan Sessions language partner exchange in collaboration with Unite Here! Local 5; and Pakasaritaan Storyteller’s Corner, where skills and stories are shared by collaborators in their native language. Website: lainghawaii.org/ Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

A conversation with Todd Yamashita, the president of the Ho’āhu Energy Cooperative Molokai (HECM).  HECM was born out of a grassroots community effort to shape Molokai’s energy future through community-developed and -owned renewable energy projects. Their mission is to produce locally owned, affordable, renewable energy for the benefit of their members, the community, and the environment in Molokai. HECM's objectives are sustainability, affordability, resiliency, and energy independence/sovereignty through community-based renewable energy projects, workforce development programs, and community organizing. Website: hoahuenergy.coop Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

An interview about health and healing in the home with Keola Chan, the kumu at the traditional Hawaiian healing school Ka Pā o Lonopūhā. Ka Pā o Lonopūhā was founded in 2009 to train the next generation of lomilomi practitioners. They are dedicated to reviving the practice of Lomi Ae by taking a holistic approach to health. Rooted in Mauli Ola, their goal is to raise the consciousness of traditional Hawaiian healing practices. Facebook: www.facebook.com/Lonopuha Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

Meet Krisha Zane, the EA Ecoversity Administrator at Kū-A-Kanaka, LLC. Kū-A-Kanaka is a native Hawaiian women-owned and -operated social enterprise headquartered in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island that founded EA Ecoversity, a Hawaiian culture-based higher education and career training program that provides blended online and offline learning in an atmosphere of aloha. EA Ecoversity offers a tuition-free, personalized program designed for Native Hawaiians ages 15-30 with a flexible micro-credential model. Website: www.kuakanaka.com Tags: Hawaii, Hawai'i, Hawaiʻi

Since families living in military housing first found fuel in their tap water in November, the Red Hill water crisis has mobilized a broad movement demanding the shutdown of the 80-year-old facility and the protection of Oʻahu’s water. In today’s special episode, we join organizer and scholar Kyle Kajihiro for a DeTour, or demilitarization tour, and learn about U.S. militarism and grassroots activism in Hawaiʻi. We visit the Red Hill fuel storage facility, drive through the residential area affected by the latest spill, and pay our respects to the koʻa constructed by Hawaiian cultural practitioners outside Pacific Fleet Command. Kyle is an organizer with Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice, the Oʻahu Water Protectors, and Mālama Mākua, and he teaches in the Ethnic Studies and Geography Departments at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.   Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Jaerick Medeiros-Garcia and Blake McNaughton are the president and vice president of Makahanaloa Fishing Association on Hawaiʻi Island. Makahanaloa Fishing Association seeks to grow and protect their community’s rights to provide food for their families and maintain the generational bonds to the treasured shoreline areas of Hilo Palikū. The Association is currently trying to establish permanent and protected access to the shoreline of Pepeʻekeo on Hawaiʻi Island through the Public Open Lands and Natural Resources Conservation Commission. Education, outreach, and activation of this community-focused stewardship effort is the primary goal of the Association as they fight to stop the continual degradation of access to the ʻāina that nourishes their bodies and spirit. To see photos from our visit to Pepeʻekeo in November, visit the HPF blog at www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org/blog/. Tags: Hawaii, Hawai'i, Hawaiʻi

An interview with sisters Nikki-Ann Yee and Brandy-Lee Yee, the founders of Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi. Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi is a locally grown organization committed to ending period poverty in Hawai’i through service, advocacy, and education. Their mission is to provide and distribute free menstrual products to menstruators in need, while advocating for systemic change in the government, schools, and community, and bringing down the barriers of stigma and access. Their program and services serve all islands and people of Hawai’i regardless of age, race, background, or identity, and they envision a reality where women and people who menstruate live full, productive lives and menstruation is accepted as completely normal. Link to report "Understanding Period Poverty in Hawaiʻi" (Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women and Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi). Website: maimovement.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

In today’s special episode, HPF takes you to Keaukaha on Hawai’i Island, where we joined the Ioane ‘Ohana and the King’s Landing community for their Makahiki ceremony in November. Featuring live music and an interview with Keli’i “Skippy” Ioane. To learn more about King's Landing, check out our interview with ʻĀinaaloha and Haʻawina Ioane in episode 5 "Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation: Growing Up in King‘s Landing." Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Meet Hema Watson and Anuhea McDougall, the two student hosts of the Hawaiian Kingdom Weekly, along with their teacher Trevor Atkins, a founding organizer of Ke Ea Hawaiʻi. Ke Ea Hawaiʻi is an inter-scholastic student council composed of elected student leaders from Hawaiian-focused charter schools. Their project, the Hawaiian Kingdom Weekly, amplifies student and community voices by developing a channel for new minds to choose what news is amplified and whose voices amplify it, and by developing a new generation of leaders who have experience in mass media production and critical literacy. Find Ke Ea Hawaiʻi on Facebook (Ke Ea Hawaii) or Instagram (@keeahawaii) to watch the latest newscast. Tags: Hawaii, Hawai'i, Hawaiʻi

Meet Kainoa Azama and ʻElia Akaka, two young leaders from the Windward side of Oʻahu who are founding members of the Hui Sivila ʻŌpiopio o Koʻolaupoko (Koʻolaupoko Jr. Civic Club). The Hui Sivila ʻŌpiopio o Koʻolaupoko is a civic youth organization centered in the Moku of Koʻolaupoko. Their project brings the names of kūpuna from Koʻolaupoko who signed the kūʻē petitions home, honoring their bravery and recognizing them as heroes. They intend to supplement their efforts by creating educational programming to inspire and remind ʻōpio and community members of these kūpunaʻs actions, and promote the legacy of kūʻē no ka ʻāina. Website: koolaupoko-hcc.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Sixteen-year-old Pāhonu Coleman leads the Koʻolele program at Ke Kula Nui O Waimānalo.  Ke Kula Nui O Waimānalo strives to inspire youth to look to our past to build a vibrant future and a thriving community to take pride in. Koʻolele, a 12-month film and cultural exploration program, focuses on connecting youth to their culture, wahi pana, self-identity and overall well-being, pushing back on colonial injustice, and reigniting cultural pride through film. Utilizing video production, directing, and editing skills learned through the program, participants are tasked with documenting the manaʻo, moʻolelo, and mele (perspectives, stories, and songs) from esteemed leaders and kūpuna in the Waimānalo community. kekulanuiowaimanalo.org   Tags: Hawai'i, Hawaiʻi, Hawaii

ʻĀinaaloha and Haʻawina Ioane introduce the Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation and share about their childhood growing up in the village of Kingʻs Landing with their father Keliʻi “Skippy” Ioane. Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation was created in 2020 to honor and perpetuate the legacy of Keliʻi William Ioane Jr., the Mālama Ka ‘Āina Hana Ka ‘Āina Association (M.A.H.A), the Keaukaha Makahiki Ceremony, and the promotion of Hawaiian Nationalism through his music. The effort underscores the social inequities of Hawai’iʻs people, and celebrates its resilience through the mo’olelo of King’s Landing and the formation of M.A.H.A. Facebook: www.facebook.com/KeliiWilliamIoaneLegacy   Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

Meet Hōkūokahalelani Pihana at Nā Waʻa Mauō Marine Stewardship Program. Nā Waʻa Mauōʻs Honuaiākea Voyaging Program (HVP) immerses at-risk high school students from East Hawaiʻi Island in an experience that strengthens their academics, STEM skills, and personal well being as they transition into adulthood. During the Honuaiākea program experience, students learn how to conduct marine stewardship research using an integrated methodology that blends institutional and indigenous sciences. Their research projects focus on the effects of climate change on the marine environment and ways to increase community resilience to climate change. The open ocean readiness piece trains students in ocean safety to attain their lifeguard certifications, and the college to career success component prepares students for college through undergraduate mentorships and STEM research experiences. Collectively, the Honuaiākea Voyaging Program aims to perpetuate the practice of our kūpuna, strengthen the next generation of marine stewards, and sustain the cultural identity of Hawaiʻi Nei. Website: www.kahalemauo.com/nawaamauo   Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

An interview with Dr. Noe Noe Wong-Wilson and Kumu Hula Snowbird Puananiopaoakalani Bento of Lālākea Foundation. Lālākea Foundation is committed to protecting natural resources including Mauna Kea and other wahi pana throughout the pae ʻāina. Their mission is to perpetuate the ancient art form of hula and other traditional cultural practices, including the inherent right to practice traditional spirituality and life ways, and also to ensure that decisions affecting Hawaiʻi’s future is based on foundational principles of ʻĀina Aloha, ʻŌpū Aliʻi, Imi Oi Kelakela, and Hoʻokipa. Website: lalakea.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

Meet Mehana Vaughan and Jennifer Luck of Kīpuka Kuleana. Kīpuka Kuleana believes that keeping Hawaiian and long time local families in their communities, whether through sustained land ownership or other pathways that allow them to continue to serve as caretakers, is vital to the social and ecological health of Hawaiʻi ahupuaʻa, to perpetuating their character across generations, and to community survival and resilience. Dedicated to helping ʻohana keep their ancestral lands, they provide workshops for Kauaʻi ʻohana, conduct community classes, work on policies and legislation to reduce tax burdens and protect kuleana lands, hold work days that bring Kauaʻi community hui together, and create videos and other educational materials to reach potential investors and ʻāina purchasers to encourage protection of ʻāīna on Kauaʻi and discourage predatory sales. Website: www.kipukakuleana.org Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

An interview with Guy Hanohano Naehu and Tanya Mailelani Naehu of Hui o Kuapā, featuring a special musical performance. Founded in 1989, Hui o Kuapā educates local and global communities about Native Hawaiian biocultural resource management through the restoration, use and maintenance of Molokai’s loko iʻa (traditional Hawaiian fishponds) and their adjacent lands. Their Nā Hulu Kūpuna Project seeks to hoʻohanohano (uplift and honor) Molokai’s kūpuna to ensure the moʻolelo (the stories), knowledge, and values they hold are passed on and perpetuated by future generations.   Website: www.huiokuapa.org Contact: alohahaloa@gmail.com   Tags:  Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i, Hawaii

Meet Micky Huihui and Matthew Kaulana Ing at the Hawaiʻi People’s Fund. HPF has helped to support, build capacity, and amplify the impact of grassroots social change movements in Hawaiʻi since 1972. In this introductory episode of Hawaiʻi Rising, you’ll hear about HPF’s roots in the social movements of the 1970s, about year-round funding opportunities, and about how this podcast fits into HPF’s mission.   Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii

Conversations with grassroots community organizers at the forefront of progressive movements for change and justice in Hawai’i, featuring the 2021 grantees of Hawaiʻi People's Fund. Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fund has helped to support, build capacity, and amplify the impact of grassroots social change movements in Hawaiʻi since 1972. We are dedicated to the most creative, passionate, and radical visions of community, bravely navigating the intersections of indigeneity, environment, race, class, labor, gender, art, technology, mental health, incarceration, food, and other crucial issues we face.   Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii