Making an Impact

DTL created Actions of Aloha to encourage connection, compassion, and aloha for ourselves, our ʻohana, our lāhui, and our ʻāina. With the outpouring of support from the community throughout Hawaiʻi and around the world, Actions of Aloha donated $20,000 by the end of 2020.

Join thousands of Hawaiʻi community members, businesses, and organizations as they bring to life a resilient economy through the core value of ʻāina aloha—a deep and abiding love for Hawaiʻi’s communities and natural environments.

Using practices from the principles of Aloha, positive psychology, and socio-emotional learning, the Aloha Journal focuses on positive emotions such as optimism and resiliency. The journal is a tool aimed at helping individuals experience more gratitude, connection, and happiness in their lives.

In March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, and Transform Hawaii Government convened twenty participants to find immediate solutions to providing equitable access to broadband internet and improving digital literacy for all in Hawai‘i. 

Created by Mark and Amanda Noguchi to address the current collapse of our restaurant industry and the growing need to provide nutritious meals to our community, Chef Hui is a statewide program aimed to help local farmers farming and chefs cooking and mitigate food insecurity by delivering nutritious ingredients and meals to communities in need.

The project will develop comprehensive curriculum and cross-sector alliances that leverage the complex and diverse cultural strengths of our people to establish integrated violence prevention as the de facto standard in Hawaiʻi.