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A project that aims to end youth incarceration

A project that aims to end youth incarceration

by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Dec 14, 2022 | Hale Kipa, HYCF, Kinai ʻEha, Kupa ʻAina, Olomana School, PIDF, RYSE

Originally shared on Midweek’s Proof Positive series by Annabelle Le Jeune on Dec. 14 2022, click here to read. The Olomana mauna and the Koʻolau’s nestle a 500-acre campus where young people farm kalo, work out, repair an age-old waʻa (canoe), obtain their...
Helping Homeless Youth in Hawaiʻi

Helping Homeless Youth in Hawaiʻi

by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Nov 28, 2022 | HYCF, Kupa ʻAina, PIDF, RYSE

Originally shared on PBS Hawaiʻi’s Home is Here series on Nov. 30 2022, click here to read. Hawaiʻi’s homeless crisis is not new. And while outreach and services are often times focused on adults, there is a growing number of youth who are living on our streets....
Kawailoa youth participate at Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum Grantee Cross-site Convening

Kawailoa youth participate at Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum Grantee Cross-site Convening

by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Nov 20, 2022 | HYCF, Kinai ʻEha, PIDF

From November 8 to November 13, eight representatives from the Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi (OYAH) programs participated in the cross-site convening held at the Hopi Tribe, New Mexico, and the Pueblo of Jemez. They heard from fellow Black, Indigenous People of...
Justice Reform with Mark Kawika Patterson

Justice Reform with Mark Kawika Patterson

by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Sep 20, 2022 | HYCF, Kupa ʻAina

Original story published on CNHA’s Midday Manaʻo podcast on August 10, 2022, click here to view. On this week’s episode, Manu and Mehana are joined by Mark Kawika Patterson, Administrator of the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center and Chair of the Hawaiʻi...
Improving Hawaii’s Health

Improving Hawaii’s Health

by Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi Hui | Aug 10, 2022 | Kinai ʻEha, PIDF

Original story published on Hawaii Business Magazine on August 10, 2022, click here to read. Focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations, Kaiser Permanente provides support to many nonprofit organizations to uplift the community’s overall health and well-being....
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