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OYAH Receives 2025 Grantee Partner Award from Native Voices Rising to Support Native Hawaiian Law Student Interns

OYAH Receives 2025 Grantee Partner Award from Native Voices Rising to Support Native Hawaiian Law Student Interns

by Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaiʻi | Jan 29, 2026 | OYAH Policy

 Native Voices Rising has awarded a $31,384 grant to Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaiʻi (OYAH), a collaboration of nonprofit agencies based at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center that works alongside State partners to advance youth-centered justice reform....
YSEALI Fellows Join Kupa ʻAina for a Day of Service and Connection 

YSEALI Fellows Join Kupa ʻAina for a Day of Service and Connection 

by Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaiʻi | Dec 11, 2025 | Kupa ʻAina

The Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaiʻi (OYAH) Hui recently welcomed the 2025 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) to Kupa ʻAina farm for a day of mālama ʻāina (caring for the land), building pilina (connection), and learning about the various...
Youth Take the Lead: Second Annual Youth JAM Event at Kawailoa Exceeds Expectations

Youth Take the Lead: Second Annual Youth JAM Event at Kawailoa Exceeds Expectations

by Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaiʻi | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized

When youth are given the space to lead, extraordinary things can happen. This truth came alive at Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center (KYFWC) during the second annual Youth JAM event, where young people didn’t just participate—they orchestrated an...
Photo Essay: RYSE Lifts Up Youth

Photo Essay: RYSE Lifts Up Youth

by Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaiʻi | Jul 8, 2025 | HYCF, RYSE

Residential Youth Services & Empowerment (RYSE) helps homeless youth get off the streets with a place to stay, programs and assistance to finish school or earn their GED. Originally published by Kevin Fujii at Honolulu Civil Beat Residential Youth Services &...
Cultivating Healing: How OYAH Weaves Indigenous Culture into Youth Empowerment for All Youth

Cultivating Healing: How OYAH Weaves Indigenous Culture into Youth Empowerment for All Youth

by Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaiʻi | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized

On January 21st, communities across the United States marked the 9th annual National Day of Racial Healing (NDRH). This observance celebrates our shared values, builds common ground, and inspires collective action to heal and to build a more just world. Organizations...
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