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Hawaiʻi Rising84. Community Voices in Film: Documenting Movements and Cultivating FilmmakersIn this multi-grantee episode, Hawaiʻi Rising speaks with three organizations uplifting their communities through filmmaking.
First, we speak with Pua Case from Mauna Kea Education & Awareness and filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee about their feature-length documentary Standing Above the Clouds, which premiered last year. Building on an earlier short film with the same name released in 2020, the feature-length documentary follows three families of Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists standing to protect sacred Mauna Kea from the construction of the massive Thirty Meter Telescope.
Next, we revisit our 2022 conversation with Vera Zambonelli, the founder of Hawaiʻi Women in...2025-07-1253 minHawaiʻi Rising84. Community Voices in Film: Documenting Movements and Cultivating FilmmakersIn this multi-grantee episode, Hawaiʻi Rising speaks with three organizations uplifting their communities through filmmaking.
First, we speak with Pua Case from Mauna Kea Education & Awareness and filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee about their feature-length documentary Standing Above the Clouds, which premiered last year. Building on an earlier short film with the same name released in 2020, the feature-length documentary follows three families of Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists standing to protect sacred Mauna Kea from the construction of the massive Thirty Meter Telescope.
Next, we revisit our 2022 conversation with Vera Zambonelli, the founder of Hawaiʻi Women in...2025-07-1253 min
ALANUI MELE - Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryMaui's DJ Skinny Guy represents for all HawaiʻiRepresenting Maui, Hawai‘i, DJ Skinny Guy was the first Hawai‘i DJ to battle in the ITF and DMC DJ competitions in 1996.Alanui Mele: Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryFollow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2025-06-131h 04Hawaiʻi Rising83. Ahupuaʻa Restoration: Perpetuating ʻĀina Stewardship and ʻIke Kupuna across HawaiʻiIn our fourth multi-grantee episode, we hear from three organizations working to restore ahupuaʻa systems and perpetuate ʻike kupuna about ʻāina stewardship on three different islands.
First, on Molokai, we hear from Hano and Maile Naehu at Hui o Kuapā about their work to restore loko iʻa and grow a new generation of modern konohiki.
Second, we go to East Maui to hear from Jerome Kekiwi, Jr. from Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui, a group representing kalo farmers that restored taro-feeding streams from commercial diversions and continues to steward their waters.
F...2025-05-2441 minHawaiʻi Rising83. Ahupuaʻa Restoration: Perpetuating ʻĀina Stewardship and ʻIke Kupuna across HawaiʻiIn our fourth multi-grantee episode, we hear from three organizations working to restore ahupuaʻa systems and perpetuate ʻike kupuna about ʻāina stewardship on three different islands.
First, on Molokai, we hear from Hano and Maile Naehu at Hui o Kuapā about their work to restore loko iʻa and grow a new generation of modern konohiki.
Second, we go to East Maui to hear from Jerome Kekiwi, Jr. from Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui, a group representing kalo farmers that restored taro-feeding streams from commercial diversions and continues to steward their waters.
F...2025-05-2441 min
ALANUI MELE - Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop History2SHY Hawaiʻi’s first female graffiti writerWe learn about Hawai‘i’s first female street artist growing up in the 1980s and the story of her friend “TRIAD3,” who passed away in high school.Alanui Mele: Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryFollow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2025-04-221h 07
ALANUI MELE - Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryHawai'i's house dance culture | Kaleo TenKnown for his groundbreaking music and culture magazine, Quad Mag, this tech guru and dancer breaks down the history of Hawai‘i’s house dance culture.Alanui Mele: Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryFollow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2025-03-211h 34Hawaiʻi Rising80. Pōhaku Pelemaka and KWILF: Reclaiming Community Spaces in East HawaiʻiMulti-Grantee Episode! A conversation with Leila Kealoha from Pōhaku Pelemaka and ʻĀinaaloha Ioane from the Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation. Leila and ʻĀina share about their work on the Puna coast and in Keaukaha respectively, reclaiming and stewarding spaces in their own communities for their communities, as well as collaboration between their organizations. Check out our previous episodes with these hui: episode 55 with Pōhaku Pelemaka and episode 5 and episode 45 with the Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation.
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2025-03-1545 minHawaiʻi Rising80. Pōhaku Pelemaka and KWILF: Reclaiming Community Spaces in East HawaiʻiMulti-Grantee Episode! A conversation with Leila Kealoha from Pōhaku Pelemaka and ʻĀinaaloha Ioane from the Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation. Leila and ʻĀina share about their work on the Puna coast and in Keaukaha respectively, reclaiming and stewarding spaces in their own communities for their communities, as well as collaboration between their organizations. Check out our previous episodes with these hui: episode 55 with Pōhaku Pelemaka and episode 5 and episode 45 with the Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation.
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ALANUI MELE - Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryDJ Leanskee an east coast Hip-hop legend in Hawaiʻi | Lino "Leanskee" DelgadoStarting out in New York City and Boston, DJ Leanskee is a founding member of The Floorlords Hip-Hop crew, which was recently inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame at Berklee College of Music. Living in Hawai‘i for more than a decade, he shares his love and knowledge of Hip-Hop culture.Hosted by Kavet the catalystAlanui Mele: Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryFollow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2025-02-211h 16Hawaiʻi RisingKū Kahakalau me Pōlani Kahakalau: Hoʻomau i ka ʻōlelo makuahineCelebrating Hawaiian Language Month with a special episode in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi featuring Dr. Kū Kahakalau and Pōlani Kahakalau, with guest host Pualiʻi Rossi. Also check out our past English-language episode with Dr. Kū and Pōlani about EA Ecoversity.
Ma kēia hualono, kamaʻilio ʻo ʻAnakē Kū Kahakalau lāua ʻo Pōlani Kahakalau e pili ana i ko lāua hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka hale, ma ke kula, a ma ko lāua ʻoihana i kapa ʻia ʻo EA Ecoversity. ʻO ka mea hoʻokipa no ia kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻo ia ʻo P...2025-02-1442 minHawaiʻi RisingKū Kahakalau me Pōlani Kahakalau: Hoʻomau i ka ʻōlelo makuahineCelebrating Hawaiian Language Month with a special episode in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi featuring Dr. Kū Kahakalau and Pōlani Kahakalau, with guest host Pualiʻi Rossi. Also check out our past English-language episode with Dr. Kū and Pōlani about EA Ecoversity.
Ma kēia hualono, kamaʻilio ʻo ʻAnakē Kū Kahakalau lāua ʻo Pōlani Kahakalau e pili ana i ko lāua hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka hale, ma ke kula, a ma ko lāua ʻoihana i kapa ʻia ʻo EA Ecoversity. ʻO ka mea hoʻokipa no ia kamaʻilio ʻana, ʻo ia ʻo P...2025-02-1442 min
ALANUI MELE - Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryHawaiʻi's first Locker and Popper | Kalani YoungOne of Hawai‘i’s first lockers and poppers, this performer from Waipahu, Central O‘ahu, took the style worldwide. Today, he continues to keep alive the legacy of Don Campbell, the Godfather of Locking.Hosted by: Kavet the catalystAlanui Mele: Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryFollow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2025-02-061h 09Hawaiʻi Rising76. AF3IRM Hawaiʻi: "Land Back, Bodies Back"An interview about transnational feminist organizing with Alani Santana and ʻIhilani Lasconia from the Hawaiʻi chapter of AF3IRM.
AF3IRM stands for the Association of Feminists Fighting Fascism, Imperialism, Refeudalization, and Marginalization. Founded in 1989, AF3IRM is a transnational feminist, anti-imperialist organization of women dedicated to the struggle for women’s liberation and the fight against oppression in all its forms. The Hawaiʻi Chapter was established in 2016 and amplifies the connections between the de-occupation of Hawaiʻi and women’s liberation, organizing under the call for “Land Back, Bodies Back!”
Instagram: @af3irmhawaii2025-01-1836 minHawaiʻi Rising76. AF3IRM Hawaiʻi: "Land Back, Bodies Back"An interview about transnational feminist organizing with Alani Santana and ʻIhilani Lasconia from the Hawaiʻi chapter of AF3IRM.
AF3IRM stands for the Association of Feminists Fighting Fascism, Imperialism, Refeudalization, and Marginalization. Founded in 1989, AF3IRM is a transnational feminist, anti-imperialist organization of women dedicated to the struggle for women’s liberation and the fight against oppression in all its forms. The Hawaiʻi Chapter was established in 2016 and amplifies the connections between the de-occupation of Hawaiʻi and women’s liberation, organizing under the call for “Land Back, Bodies Back!”
Instagram: @af3irmhawaii2025-01-1836 minHawaiʻi RisingSpecial - The 2025 ʻOnipaʻa Peace March and RallyOn Friday, January 17, 2025, thousands will gather in Honolulu for the annual ʻOnipaʻa Peace March and Rally, marching from the Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum to ʻIolani Palace. The 2025 march marks the 132nd anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the beginning of u.s. occupation. The annual event, convened by the Queenʻs Court and Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, raises public awareness about the overthrow and occupation and calls the lāhui and allies to stand firm.
In today’s special episode, Kauwila Sheldon, a committee member of Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, shares abou...2025-01-1025 minHawaiʻi RisingSpecial - The 2025 ʻOnipaʻa Peace March and RallyOn Friday, January 17, 2025, thousands will gather in Honolulu for the annual ʻOnipaʻa Peace March and Rally, marching from the Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum to ʻIolani Palace. The 2025 march marks the 132nd anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the beginning of u.s. occupation. The annual event, convened by the Queenʻs Court and Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, raises public awareness about the overthrow and occupation and calls the lāhui and allies to stand firm.
In today’s special episode, Kauwila Sheldon, a committee member of Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, shares abou...2025-01-1025 min
ALANUI MELE - Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryHawai'i T.V. and Radio Legend | Kamasami KongMeet the host of Breakin’ Hawai‘i (1984), one of the first TV shows that featured local breakers, poppers and lockers. The show, seen statewide, launched Hip-Hop culture into Hawai‘i homes.Alanui Mele: Hawaiʻi Hip-Hop HistoryFollow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2025-01-1029 minHawaiʻi Rising72. Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action: Advocating for Regenerative Food SystemsAn interview about regenerative food systems and progressive leadership development with Anne Frederick, Fern Holland, and Hina Kaʻōpua at the Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA).
HAPA is a dynamic organization with a rich history of advocacy for environmental justice and public health in Hawaiʻi. Their roots lie in the fight for basic pesticide protections, a battle that saw them standing shoulder to shoulder with frontline communities, advocating for their right to a safe and healthy environment. HAPA’s intersectional programming recognizes that food systems issues in Hawaiʻi are interconnected with other social, economi...2024-11-2241 minHawaiʻi Rising72. Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action: Advocating for Regenerative Food SystemsAn interview about regenerative food systems and progressive leadership development with Anne Frederick, Fern Holland, and Hina Kaʻōpua at the Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA).
HAPA is a dynamic organization with a rich history of advocacy for environmental justice and public health in Hawaiʻi. Their roots lie in the fight for basic pesticide protections, a battle that saw them standing shoulder to shoulder with frontline communities, advocating for their right to a safe and healthy environment. HAPA’s intersectional programming recognizes that food systems issues in Hawaiʻi are interconnected with other social, economi...2024-11-2241 min
What School You Went?Hawai‘i FoundHer (with Darien Siguenza)The search is over for an organization that economically empowers culturally driven, ethically conscious, women-led businesses. How Darien Siguenza helps Hawai‘i FoundHer.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2024-11-2023 minHawaiʻi Rising70. Circular Hawaiʻi: Reestablishing Circularity in Maui's EconomyA conversation about circular economic practices on Maui with Nicole Huguenin, Lehua Simon, and Leo Nahe Smith from the Circular Hawaiʻi Collective.
Circular Hawaiʻi is a conduit and connector of dots in Maui’s circular economy, centering the reestablishment of indigenous models of circularity and incubating collaborative efforts to increase participation in circular-based economic practices. Circular Hawaiʻi is a collaborative effort between initiatives that emerged in 2022 to respond to the impact of the Covid pandemic. In the economic aftermath of the 2023 Maui wildfires, Circular Hawaiʻi seeks to support residents by informing them about the fr...2024-11-0143 minHawaiʻi Rising70. Circular Hawaiʻi: Reestablishing Circularity in Maui's EconomyA conversation about circular economic practices on Maui with Nicole Huguenin, Lehua Simon, and Leo Nahe Smith from the Circular Hawaiʻi Collective.
Circular Hawaiʻi is a conduit and connector of dots in Maui’s circular economy, centering the reestablishment of indigenous models of circularity and incubating collaborative efforts to increase participation in circular-based economic practices. Circular Hawaiʻi is a collaborative effort between initiatives that emerged in 2022 to respond to the impact of the Covid pandemic. In the economic aftermath of the 2023 Maui wildfires, Circular Hawaiʻi seeks to support residents by informing them about the fr...2024-11-0143 minHawaiʻi Rising69. Academic Labor United: Organizing Graduate Workers at the University of HawaiʻiA conversation about graduate worker organizing with Dianne Deauna and Ken Reyes, two Executive Committee members of Academic Labor United (ALU).
ALU organizes graduate workers of the University of Hawaiʻi system to empower them to hold their employers accountable. Even as graduate worker labor is recognized by the University as fundamental to its success, their work is continually devalued by the State and University administration which refuse to pay them a living wage, have no viable process for addressing grievances, and have failed multiple times to keep graduate workers safe in their working environments. ALU is f...2024-10-2535 minHawaiʻi Rising69. Academic Labor United: Organizing Graduate Workers at the University of HawaiʻiA conversation about graduate worker organizing with Dianne Deauna and Ken Reyes, two Executive Committee members of Academic Labor United (ALU).
ALU organizes graduate workers of the University of Hawaiʻi system to empower them to hold their employers accountable. Even as graduate worker labor is recognized by the University as fundamental to its success, their work is continually devalued by the State and University administration which refuse to pay them a living wage, have no viable process for addressing grievances, and have failed multiple times to keep graduate workers safe in their working environments. ALU is f...2024-10-2535 minHawaiʻi Rising68. Sex Workers Outreach Project Hawaiʻi: Dreams of Safety and LiberationA conversation about community care and shifting the perception of consensual sex work in Hawaiʻi with Doug Upp and Jin Kwak, organizers with the Hawaiʻi chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP).
SWOP Hawaiʻi is a grassroots organization led by sex workers, advocating for the safety, healing, and liberation of marginalized communities engaged in consensual adult labor. Through direct support services, mutual aid, and community empowerment initiatives, they address systemic discrimination at the intersections of race, gender, and class. The hui’s work challenges stigma and advocates for the decriminalization of adult consensual sex w...2024-10-1143 minHawaiʻi Rising68. Sex Workers Outreach Project Hawaiʻi: Dreams of Safety and LiberationA conversation about community care and shifting the perception of consensual sex work in Hawaiʻi with Doug Upp and Jin Kwak, organizers with the Hawaiʻi chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP).
SWOP Hawaiʻi is a grassroots organization led by sex workers, advocating for the safety, healing, and liberation of marginalized communities engaged in consensual adult labor. Through direct support services, mutual aid, and community empowerment initiatives, they address systemic discrimination at the intersections of race, gender, and class. The hui’s work challenges stigma and advocates for the decriminalization of adult consensual sex w...2024-10-1143 minHawaiʻi Rising67. Jewish Voice for Peace Hawaiʻi: Building Anti-zionist Jewish Community in Occupied HawaiʻiA conversation about Palestine solidarity organizing in Hawaiʻi with Cynthia Franklin and Imani Altemus-Williams from the Hawaiʻi chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace.
JVP Hawaiʻi works to educate Hawaiʻi communities about settler-colonialism in Palestine and the links to colonialism and militarism in Hawaiʻi. They organize Jewish and non-Jewish communities towards an end to u.s. funding to Israeli apartheid and the militarized occupation of Palestine. They work to build a loving and intersectional anti-zionist Jewish community in Hawaiʻi where everyone is welcome and feels safe in expressing their solidarity with Palestine, taking...2024-10-0444 minHawaiʻi Rising67. Jewish Voice for Peace Hawaiʻi: Building Anti-zionist Jewish Community in Occupied HawaiʻiA conversation about Palestine solidarity organizing in Hawaiʻi with Cynthia Franklin and Imani Altemus-Williams from the Hawaiʻi chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace.
JVP Hawaiʻi works to educate Hawaiʻi communities about settler-colonialism in Palestine and the links to colonialism and militarism in Hawaiʻi. They organize Jewish and non-Jewish communities towards an end to u.s. funding to Israeli apartheid and the militarized occupation of Palestine. They work to build a loving and intersectional anti-zionist Jewish community in Hawaiʻi where everyone is welcome and feels safe in expressing their solidarity with Palestine, taking...2024-10-0444 minHawaiʻi Rising66. The Pōpolo Project: Redefining What It Means to Be Black in HawaiʻiA conversation about creating spaces of reconnection for Black folks in Hawaiʻi with Dr. Akiemi Glenn and Jamila Jarmon from the Pōpolo Project.
Founded in 2017, the Pōpolo Project is committed to redefining perceptions of Black people in Hawai‘i and creating a deep reconnection to themselves as individuals, to their community, to their ancestors, and to the lands that sustain them. They build community power by strengthening collective memory, practicing cultures together, developing a vocabulary to talk about race in Hawaiʻi, and highlighting intergenerational efforts to connect the Black community in Hawaiʻi to the...2024-09-2739 minHawaiʻi Rising66. The Pōpolo Project: Redefining What It Means to Be Black in HawaiʻiA conversation about creating spaces of reconnection for Black folks in Hawaiʻi with Dr. Akiemi Glenn and Jamila Jarmon from the Pōpolo Project.
Founded in 2017, the Pōpolo Project is committed to redefining perceptions of Black people in Hawai‘i and creating a deep reconnection to themselves as individuals, to their community, to their ancestors, and to the lands that sustain them. They build community power by strengthening collective memory, practicing cultures together, developing a vocabulary to talk about race in Hawaiʻi, and highlighting intergenerational efforts to connect the Black community in Hawaiʻi to the...2024-09-2739 minHawaiʻi Rising65. ʻOhana Hoʻopakele: Creating Puʻuhonua in Hawaiʻi's PrisonsA conversation about organizing for a rehabilitative justice system with Kaleihau Kamauʻu and Ron Fujiyoshi from ʻOhana Hoʻopakele.
‘Ohana Ho’opakele was founded by kūpuna as an intervention to the disproportionate number of Kānaka Maoli in Hawai’i’s prisons. The hui began this journey by opposing the building of new prisons on Hawai’i Island, and their research illuminated the goal of building pu’uhonua to provide healing for paʻahao (or people who are incarcerated) before they return back into society. ʻOhana Hoʻopakele rejects the punitive model of the current prison system, and th...2024-09-2037 minHawaiʻi Rising65. ʻOhana Hoʻopakele: Creating Puʻuhonua in Hawaiʻi's PrisonsA conversation about organizing for a rehabilitative justice system with Kaleihau Kamauʻu and Ron Fujiyoshi from ʻOhana Hoʻopakele.
‘Ohana Ho’opakele was founded by kūpuna as an intervention to the disproportionate number of Kānaka Maoli in Hawai’i’s prisons. The hui began this journey by opposing the building of new prisons on Hawai’i Island, and their research illuminated the goal of building pu’uhonua to provide healing for paʻahao (or people who are incarcerated) before they return back into society. ʻOhana Hoʻopakele rejects the punitive model of the current prison system, and th...2024-09-2037 minHawaiʻi RisingHawaiʻi Rising - Season 4 TrailerAnnouncing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising featuring our 2024 grantee cohort, coming soon wherever you listen to podcasts.
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2024-09-1301 minHawaiʻi RisingHawaiʻi Rising - Season 4 TrailerAnnouncing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising featuring our 2024 grantee cohort, coming soon wherever you listen to podcasts.
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2024-09-1301 minHawaiʻi Rising60. Ke Ea Hawaiʻi: Student Voice and Kuleana in the Hawaiian-focused Charter SchoolsIn 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.
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2024-03-2339 minHawaiʻi Rising60. Ke Ea Hawaiʻi: Student Voice and Kuleana in the Hawaiian-focused Charter SchoolsIn 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.
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2024-03-2339 minHawaiʻi Rising59. Ka ʻAhahui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina: Building Structure and Building Power in the LāhuiAn 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.
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2024-03-1542 minHawaiʻi Rising59. Ka ʻAhahui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina: Building Structure and Building Power in the LāhuiAn 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.
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2024-03-1542 minHawaiʻi RisingMahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Series - coming soonLater 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.
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2024-02-0901 minHawaiʻi RisingMahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Series - coming soonLater 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.
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2024-02-0901 minHawaiʻi RisingʻOnipaʻa Peace March - Jan. 17, 2024January 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...2024-01-1208 minHawaiʻi Rising51. Hawaiʻi Workers Center: Empowering Workers to OrganizeAn 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.
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2023-11-0440 minHawaiʻi Rising51. Hawaiʻi Workers Center: Empowering Workers to OrganizeAn 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.
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2023-11-0440 minHawaiʻi RisingHawaiʻi Rising - Season 3 TrailerAnnouncing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising, coming to all major podcast platforms.
2023-10-0601 minHawaiʻi RisingHawaiʻi Rising - Season 3 TrailerAnnouncing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising, coming to all major podcast platforms.
2023-10-0601 minHawaiʻi Rising47. LAING Hawaiʻi: Reclaiming and Relearning Heritage LanguagesAn 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
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2023-07-0140 minHawaiʻi Rising47. LAING Hawaiʻi: Reclaiming and Relearning Heritage LanguagesAn 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
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2023-07-0140 minHawaiʻi Rising46. Honua Scholars: Growing STEM Leaders in HawaiʻiA 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
2023-06-0232 minHawaiʻi Rising46. Honua Scholars: Growing STEM Leaders in HawaiʻiA 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
2023-06-0232 minHawaiʻi Rising44. Ke Ea Hawaiʻi: Normalizing Hawaiian Culture-based EducationA 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).
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2023-05-1343 minHawaiʻi Rising44. Ke Ea Hawaiʻi: Normalizing Hawaiian Culture-based EducationA 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).
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2023-05-1343 minWhat School You Went?RE-LISTEN: Teen Depression in Hawaiʻi (with Dr. Mestisa Gass)In recognition of Mental Health Awareness month, we revisit our conversation about teen depression in the islands with Dr. Mestisa Gass from Mental Health America of Hawaiʻi.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2023-05-0325 minHawaiʻi Rising41. Grassroots Community Development Group: Uplifting Kūpuna and ʻŌpio on Hawaiʻi IslandA 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...2023-04-1539 minHawaiʻi Rising41. Grassroots Community Development Group: Uplifting Kūpuna and ʻŌpio on Hawaiʻi IslandA 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...2023-04-1539 minHawaiʻi RisingʻĀinaaloha Ioane: ”Mai poina a hoʻomau”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.
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2023-02-0334 minWhat School You Went?Hollywood Loves Hawaiʻi (with Donne Dawson)Hawaiʻi State Film Commissioner Donne Dawson talks about Hollywood's longtime love affair with the Islands and how cultural sensitivity and respect play a leading role in productions.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2023-02-0131 minHawaiʻi Rising37. Project Koa Yoga: Creating Space for BelongingA 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.
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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...2023-01-2742 minWhat School You Went?Hawaiʻi's Missing Children (with Amanda Leonard)There are dozens of active missing children cases in Hawaiʻi. Amanda Leonard, coordinator for the State Department of the Attorney General’s Missing Child Center, tells us how we can work to protect our community.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2023-01-1826 minHawaiʻi Rising35. Uluhāhāloa: Kalo, Cookbooks, and CommunityA 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.
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2023-01-1441 minHawaiʻi Rising34. Ka Lāhui Hawai‘i Political Action Committee: Advocating for Hawaiian Self-DeterminationAn 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...2022-12-1038 minHawaiʻi Rising34. Ka Lāhui Hawai‘i Political Action Committee: Advocating for Hawaiian Self-DeterminationAn 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...2022-12-1038 minWhat School You Went?Teen Depression in Hawaiʻi (with Dr. Mestisa Gass)Dr. Mestisa Gass returns to the show to discuss the importance of mental health, and the growing problem of teen depression in Hawaiʻi.Send us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2022-11-1625 minHawaiʻi Rising32. Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking: Getting Reel about Social ChangeA 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.
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2022-11-1141 minHawaiʻi Rising32. Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking: Getting Reel about Social ChangeA 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
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2022-11-1141 minHawaiʻi Rising31. One Stop Center for Micronesians on Hawai‘i Island: ”We Become Our Own Advocates”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...2022-10-2941 minHawaiʻi Rising31. One Stop Center for Micronesians on Hawai‘i Island: ”We Become Our Own Advocates”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...2022-10-2941 minHawaiʻi Rising28. Hui Iwi Kuamo‘o: Restoring the Ancestral FoundationA 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 ʻO 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....2022-10-0145 minHawaiʻi Rising28. Hui Iwi Kuamo‘o: Restoring the Ancestral FoundationA 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 ʻO 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....2022-10-0145 minHawaiʻi Rising27. Hawaiʻi Peace & Justice: A Demilitarized Future for HawaiʻiA 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 dec...2022-09-2442 minHawaiʻi Rising27. Hawaiʻi Peace & Justice: A Demilitarized Future for HawaiʻiA 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 dec...2022-09-2442 minHawaiʻi RisingHawaiʻi Rising - Season 2 TrailerAnnouncing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising. Coming soon to all major podcast platforms.
2022-09-1701 minHawaiʻi RisingHawaiʻi Rising - Season 2 TrailerAnnouncing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising. Coming soon to all major podcast platforms.
2022-09-1701 minWhat School You Went?Hawaiʻi's Foodie Scene (with Mari Taketa)The foodie scene in Hawaiʻi is ever popular, and always growing. Mari Taketa from Frolic explains why.From Music to Mac-n-CheeseSend us a textSupport the showWHAT SCHOOL YOU WENT? is available anywhere you get your podcasts.Follow us on: YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook 2022-09-0727 min