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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
