by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Nov 18, 2022 | Hale Kipa, HYCF, PIDF
Originally shared on NBC News by Kimmy Yam on Nov. 18 2022, click here to read. “It happens to native groups. There is a certain invisibility … their issues are not necessarily focused on,” Hirono said in an exclusive interview with NBC News. Mazie Hirono on...
by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Oct 12, 2022 | HYCF, PIDF, RYSE
Originally shared on Hawaii News Now by Lynn Kawano on Oct. 12 2022, click here to read. The Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center will be getting a hefty infusion of cash over the next eight years. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A group of nonprofit agencies at...
by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Oct 11, 2022 | HYCF, PIDF
Originally shared on Office of Hawaiian Affairs on Oct. 11 2022, click here to read. Today’s news that the Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi collaborative at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center has been named one of five...
by Wistawen Morconis | Oct 11, 2022 | HYCF, PIDF
Originally shared on Now This News by Sara Michel on Oct. 11 2022, click here to read. #ad In Hawai’i, young Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system. The Partners in Development Foundation works...
by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Oct 11, 2022 | HYCF, PIDF
Originally shared on The Washington Post on Oct. 11 2022, click here to read. Racial equity is an idea that’s top of mind for many, both in the United States and globally. Rather than simply considering it, in honor of its 90th anniversary, the W.K. Kellogg...
by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Oct 4, 2022 | Hale Kipa, HYCF
The state had two months with no young people in the girls’ unit of its only long-term placement facility. It’s reason to celebrate, but the work isn’t over. Originally shared on the Vera Institute of Justice by Nazish Dholakia, Senior Writer and Lindsay Rosenthal,...