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. Hoʻ...
Nov 25, 2023•42 min
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 ...
Nov 17, 2023•45 min
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
Nov 04, 2023•40 min
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
Oct 27, 2023•21 min
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...
Oct 21, 2023•35 min
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 ...
Oct 13, 2023•41 min
Announcing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising, coming to all major podcast platforms.
Oct 06, 2023•2 min
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 Hono...
Jul 28, 2023•36 min
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 i...
Jul 07, 2023•45 min
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...
Jun 30, 2023•40 min
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 t...
Jun 02, 2023•33 min
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 un...
May 26, 2023•42 min
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...
May 12, 2023•43 min
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...
Apr 28, 2023•44 min
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 a...
Apr 21, 2023•39 min
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 ʻŌpi...
Apr 14, 2023•40 min
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...
Mar 25, 2023•46 min
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, Hawa...
Mar 17, 2023•41 min
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...
Mar 05, 2023•24 min
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, H...
Feb 25, 2023•47 min
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 heali...
Feb 25, 2023•40 min
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 K...
Feb 03, 2023•35 min
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 survi...
Jan 27, 2023•43 min
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 wit...
Jan 21, 2023•39 min
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: ww...
Jan 14, 2023•41 min
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
Dec 16, 2022•21 min
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 Un...
Dec 10, 2022•39 min
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 a...
Nov 18, 2022•42 min
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 uni...
Nov 11, 2022•41 min
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.hawaiipe...
Nov 04, 2022•21 min
