- Fellows Spotlight"Hardware for the Holidays" Donation Drive Gives New Life to Your Old ComputerDecember 28, 2020
The Kuauli Digital Opportunities Initiative (KDOI) has launched a computer hardware donation drive on O‘ahu to help families in need. Now through January 31, 2021, KDOI and their partner, Hawaiian Hope will be accepting donations of hardware that is no longer being used.
Read More - Fellows SpotlightPurple Mai‘a is on a Mission to Inspire and EducateNovember 25, 2020
Forest Frizzell, Cohort I, gives back through serving as a board member of Purple Maiʻa, a technology education nonprofit working to educate and empower the next generation of culturally grounded, community-serving technology makers and problem solvers.
Read More - Fellows SpotlightCreating a More Peaceful, Just, and Humane World Through StorytellingOctober 28, 2020
In the classroom, Sulma Gandhi found it difficult to find curricula that taught concepts surrounding violence prevention that also represented the rich diversity in Hawai‘i. She created Conscious Communities as a way to fill that void, developing an innovative curriculum, culturally-appropriate tools, and compelling films that reflect our islands.
Read More - Fellows SpotlightHarnessing the Potential of People and the Power of Collaboration to Build “One Shared Future”June 24, 2020
After serving as director of the State of Hawai‘i Department of Human Services, Rachael Wong, Cohort III, came up with the idea for and launched One Shared Future in 2017. She gathered a team to reimagine support for workers in the nonprofit and public sectors – the people that make community change happen.
Read More - Fellows SpotlightPamela Joe's Secret Mission: Training Heroes at the Superpower AcademySeptember 23, 2019
Always wanting to “push the envelope,” Pamela yearned for a more creative outlet to help change the world. As a mother of two, she became deeply interested in new psychological research that demonstrated a strong link between social and emotional learning (SEL) skills and lifelong success. In 2017, she created her own start-up called the Superpower Academy!
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