ʻĀina Aloha Economic Futures Declaration
A Call for Unity
Every crisis opens a course to opportunity. Some of the world’s greatest accomplishments were born from adversity by those who were inherently equipped with vision and resolve. The COVID-19 pandemic will leave a saga of sorrow, loss and frustration with an equal and overwhelming amount of sacrifice, heroism and victory. This “new normal” has thrust us into what our kūpuna Hawaiʻi would call a huliau, or a turning point and time of change, for all of us who call Hawaiʻi home.
While we are reeling from this visceral reminder of how vulnerable we are to external impacts on our ʻāina aloha, or beloved homeland, our history as a resilient people is undeniable. The Native Hawaiian community in particular is one that for centuries has fought to overcome obstacles that all of us here in Hawaiʻi are now faced with. Whether rebounding from infectious disease that decimated our population or successfully advocating for equitable remedies from government systems, these challenges are today ones that we confront as a collective.
Now perhaps more than ever, the ancestral values that guided us through these challenges and numerous others provide a pivotal leverage point for all of us as we set a course towards a stronger, sustainable Hawaiʻi and seize this opportunity for huliau.
Guiding Principles:
Future Directions
These principles will calibrate our course not only to recovery but rediscovery of our potential as a unique people and place. Over the past five decades, we have seen local, national and international models of social, educational, agricultural and economic resiliency emerge from our Hawaiian community. This is due in no small part to a grounding in these foundational values. We have been here for millennia and will be for many more. There is nowhere else we could or would choose to be. We are committed to this kuleana of ʻāina aloha and ensuring the sustainability of this place and those who choose to make it home.
As we seek to engage at decision making tables, adding value and insight to Hawaiʻi’s economic path forward post COVID-19, we implore and invite you to support and engage with us (view and comment on the action agenda). From healthcare, education and digital innovation to food security, tourism, and affordable housing strategies, we are mākaukau for this imminent huliau!
Collaborative authors[1]
Amy Kalili
Davis Price
Ikaika Hussey
Joseph Lapilio
Kalani Kaʻanāʻanā
Kamana Beamer, PhD
Kēhaunani Abad, PhD
Keoni Lee
Lanakila Mangauil
Mahinapoepoe Paishon-Duarte
Nāʻālehu Anthony
Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, PhD
Ryan Gonzalez
Ulalia Woodside
Signatories
4 Miles LLC |
Abby Whiffen |
ʻAha Hui Mālama I Ka Lōkahi |
ʻAhahui Siwila ʻo Ke Aloha ʻĀina |
ʻAha Pūnana Leo |
Aimoku McClellan |
ʻĀina Archaeology |
ʻĀina Hou: Native Hawaiian Faculty Council - UHM College of Education |
ʻĀina Momona |
ʻĀina Paikai |
Adin Kawate |
Aila Umiamaka |
Aisake Casimira |
Ala Kukui |
Ala Wai Centennial |
Alapaki Luke |
Alapaki Nahale-a |
Albie Miles, PhD |
Alika Maunakea, PhD |
Alika Desha, Aliʻi Nui |
Aloha ʻĀina Poi Co. |
Aloha Kuamoʻo ʻĀina |
ʻAlohilani Kamaunu |
Ama Joaquin |
Amanda Rieux |
Amber Nāmaka Whitehead, PhD |
Amy Brinker |
Ananda Stone |
Andrea Brower |
Andrei Jacobs |
Anne Frederick |
Annemarie Paikai |
Annette Armitage-Lapilio |
Annie Beck |
Annie Ferreira |
Annie Thomas |
Ānuenue Punua |
Anya Benavides |
Ashley Lukens |
Ashley Mai Demaline |
Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs |
Ati Jeffers-Fabro |
Aubrey Yee |
Aulani Wilhelm |
Auliʻi Dudoit |
Auliʻi Mitchell, Kumu Hula |
Aurora Kagawa-Viviani |
Ava Fedorov |
Ayano Jeffers-Fabro |
Bal Patterson |
B.J. Awa |
Bastel Bekeart |
Becky Umiamaka |
Benson Medina |
Bernardette Holoaumoku Farden Kidder |
Bert Weeks |
Beth Robinson |
Beth-Ann Kozlovich |
Bethany Morrison |
Bianca Isaki |
Bill Denton |
Bill Keoua Nelsen |
Billy Lee |
Bonnie Kahapea-Tanner |
Brad Kaleo Bennett |
Brandee Menino |
Brandon Lee |
Brandon Bumanglag |
Brandon Ledward |
Brant Page |
Brazelton Touchpoints Center |
Brenda Asuncion |
Brent Kakesako |
Brian Murphy |
Brickwood Galuteria |
Bruce Lambert, DPhil |
Bruce Tsuchida |
Bruce Watson |
Brynn Hokulani Foster |
Byron Ho |
C. Keoahunui Uale Warrington |
Candee Ellsworth |
Carol Lovell |
Carol Pelekai |
Cass Ohelo |
Cassius Williams |
Cecilia Piper |
Celesteen Martin |
Chad Shomura |
Chana Makaleʻa Dudoit Ane |
Charlene Hoe |
Chase Huntley |
Chase Livingston |
Chelsey Keohopuanani Dickson |
Cheryl Kaʻuhane-Lupenui |
Chip Fletcher, PhD |
Chris McAdoo |
Christine Andrus |
Christine Sakuda |
Christopher Nakahashi |
Christy Mishina |
Chryssa Jones |
Cindy Melim |
Claire Hughes, PhD |
Claire Sullivan |
Conscious Concepts |
Cory Aluli |
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement |
Cowgirl Coffee Maui |
Cynthia Trullinger |
Cynthia Williams |
Dana-Lynn Koomoa-Lange |
Daniel Bishop |
Danya Hakeem |
Darlene Kehaulani Butts |
Dan K. Thompson, Iku Haʻi |
Daniel Ornellas |
Dash Kuhr |
Davianna McGregor, PhD |
David DeLuca |
David Sing, PhD |
Dawn Kaniaupio |
Dawn Mahi |
Debbie Millikan |
Debbie Neves |
Deborah Umiamaka |
Derek Miller |
Deja Ostrowski |
Denise Oguma |
Dennis Kauka, Jr. |
Desiree Abernathy |
Dewey Clark |
Dexter Kishida |
Diane Chadwick |
Donavan Kealoha |
Dorinna Cortez |
Dottie Kyser |
Doug Genovia |
Dre Kalili |
DTL Hawaiʻi |
Duane Desoto |
Edgy Lee |
Edsel Ralar, Sr. |
Edie Kawai |
Eileen Nalley |
‘Ekela Kauanui |
ʻEkekela Aiona |
ʻEkolu Mea Nui |
Elena Farden |
Elijah Kalā McShane |
Elijah McShane TV |
Eliza Garfield |
Elizabeth Seaton |
Ellen Okuma |
Elsie Ryder |
Emalani Case, PhD |
E-merge Collective |
Emma Broderick |
Emma McGuire |
Eomailani Kukahiko, PhD |
Eric Kapono |
Evan Lam |
Farm to Keiki |
FilmWorks Pacific and Pure Pacific |
First Nations Future Program |
FoodCorps Hawaiʻi |
Forest Frizzell |
Foresight/Policy Analysis |
Francine Roby |
Fred Keakaokalani Cachola |
Friends of Kaʻena |
Francis Oda |
Friends of the Future |
Gaellen Quinn |
Gail Makuakāne-Lundin |
Gavin Thornton |
Gay Mathews |
Georgette Stevens |
Georgianna Decosta |
Geri Schwab |
Ginger Gohier |
Ginger Fuata |
Ginny De Fries |
Grayden Ha‘i-Kelly |
Greg Higashi |
Gregory Manintin |
Gwyn Toilolo |
H. K. Blaisdell-Brennan, MD, LLC |
H. Kaleleonalani Blaisdell, MD |
H. Melelani Pang |
Hailama Farden |
Hailiʻōpua Baker, PhD |
Halau Hula o Namamoakeakua |
Hālau Kū Māna |
Hālau ʻo Kahiwahiwa / Hula Kiʻi Collaborative |
Hālau ʻO Kapiʻolani |
Hālau ʻo Liliʻuokalani |
Hālau Unuehu |
Hālau Unuokeahi |
Hale Kealoha - ʻAi Pono |
Hale O Nā Aliʻi O Hawaiʻi, Hālau ʻo Kapiolani, Helu ʻEkolu |
Hale O Nā Aliʻi O Hawaiʻi, Hālau ʻO Liliʻuokalani, Helu ʻEhā |
Hardy Spoehr |
Harmonee Williams |
Harry Betancourt |
Harvey McInerny |
Hawaii Alliance for Community Based Economic Development |
Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action |
Hawaiʻi Center for Food Safety |
Hawaiʻi Council - Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs |
Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture |
Hawaii Integrated Analytics, LLC |
Hawaii Investment Ready |
Hawaiʻi Island Food Alliance |
Hawaiʻi Island Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce |
Hawaiʻi Makoa, LLC |
Hawaiʻi People’s Fund |
Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo |
Hawaiian Historical Society |
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust |
Hawaiian Researchers ʻOhana |
Healani K. Chang, PhD |
Heather Kimball |
Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve |
Herb Coyle |
Hiehie Communications |
Hi'ilani Shibata |
Hiʻilei Kawelo |
Hilarie Alomar |
Hillary Denison |
Hinano De La Cruz |
Hoapili Ane |
Hōkūao Pellegrino |
Hokuao Umiamaka |
Hōkūlani Holt, PhD, Kumu Hula |
Holeka Inaba |
Honokaʻa People’s Theatre |
Honolulu Habitat for Humanity |
Hoʻolehua Hawaiian Civic Club |
Hō‘olu Keone Cravalho |
Hoʻomau |
Hoʻoulu ʻĀina Farms |
Hope Services Hawaii, Inc. |
Hope Woltz |
Hualani Loo |
Hui Aloha Aina o Malu ulu o lele o Lahaina |
Hui Kāne Nui |
Hui Kū Maoli Ola |
Hui o Ho‘ohonua |
Hui o Nā Wai ʻEhā |
Ian Custino |
iHala, LLC |
iHawaii Digital |
Ikuko Kay Kurata |
Ileana Haunani Ruelas |
Ilima DeCosta |
IMAG Academy LAB |
ʻImiloa Astronomy Center |
Indrajit Gunasekara |
Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture |
Irmgard Mihana Aluli Souza |
Israel Silva |
ʻIwa Kūaliʻi Kahoʻohanohano |
J. Kailani Ross |
J. Kalani English, Senator, Majority Leader, Hawaiʻi State Senate |
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, PhD |
J. Keikilani Ako |
Jacob Aki |
Jaimey Hamilton Farias |
Jamaica Osorio, PhD |
Jamee Miller, PhD |
James Simmons-Morningbird |
Janice Ikeda |
Janis Lee |
Jayson Watts |
Jeanne Batallones |
Jeff McKnight |
Jeffrey Bronfman |
Jen Fordyce |
Jenn Bush |
Jess Sobocinski |
Jesse Yonover |
Jessica Caress Hanamoto |
Jen Sinkler |
Jennifer Higa |
Jessica Yamauchi |
Jennifer McGurn |
Jessica Welch |
Jillian H.K. Luis |
Jim Murphy |
Jill Lucas |
Joannah Bryan |
Jody Mountain |
Joe Wilson |
John Aeto |
John De Fries |
John D. Waiheʻe III |
John “Panaʻewa” Andrade |
John Rowehl |
Jon Evans |
Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, PhD |
Jonette Kiewsow |
Jonathan Scheuer |
Jonathan Sherlock |
Jonathan Staub |
Joshua Sparrow |
Joy Medeiros |
Judith Flanders |
Judy Oliveira EdD |
Julie-Ann Moanike’ala Cachola |
Julia Ann Kaupu |
Junior Achievement of Hawaii |
Just Transition Hawaii Coalition |
K. Holoaumoku Ralar, Kumu Hula |
K. Uʻilani Chow-Rule |
Kaʻānaniʻau, LLC |
Kāʻeo Duarte |
Ka‘imipono Kaiwi |
Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani, Hawaiian Language College |
Kahale Unciano |
KAHEA, The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance |
Kāhealani Wilcox |
Kahealani Winchester |
Kahiau Snyder |
Ka Hoʻokolokolonui Kanaka Maoli |
Ka Hoʻolauna ʻana |
Kāhuli Leo Leʻa |
Kai Holland |
Kaiāunu |
Kaila Ledward |
Kailapa Community Association |
Kaimana Barcarse |
Kaina Makua |
Kainoa Horcajo |
Kaʻiulani Kauihou |
Kaʻiulani Kimura |
Kaʻiulani Laehā |
Kaiulani Lovell |
Kaiulani Pahio |
Kaʻiulani Sodaro |
Kalamakani Francisco |
Kalani Bright |
Kalani Ho-Nikaido |
Kalauʻihilani Robbins |
Kalawaia Moore |
Kalehua Krug, PhD |
Kalei Kailihiwa |
Kalei K-Aloha |
Kalei Nuʻuhiwa |
Kaleiahihi Fermantez |
Ka Lei Pāpahi o Kākuhihewa |
Kalena Charlene Holani |
Kaleo Patterson |
Kaliko Amona |
Kalikolehua Zabala-Moore |
Kamaʻāina Creations |
Kamakanaokealoha Aquino |
Ka Makani O Kohala ʻOhana |
Kamana‘opono Crabbe, PhD |
Kamaoli Kuwada, PhD |
Kamuela Cobb-Adams |
Kamuela Meheula |
Kamuela Yong |
Kanaeokana |
Kanani Wylie |
Kanoe Ahuna |
Kanoe Wilson |
Kanu Hawaiʻi |
Kapā Oliveira, PhD |
Kapalikū Schirman |
Kapono Beamer |
Kaponoʻai Molitau, Kumu Hula |
Kapua Chandler |
Kapuaokalani Kaʻauʻa, Kumu Hula |
Kara Dumaguin |
Kardeen Pilialoha Wong |
Kathleen Notestone |
Kathy Fleming |
Kathy Tibbetts, PhD |
Kauahea, Inc. |
Kauanoe Kamanā, PhD |
Kauanoeanuhea Zabala-Moore |
Kauhane Lee |
Kauhi, LLC |
Kauʻi Kanakaʻole, Kumu Hula |
Kaui Lucas |
Kauʻi Sang |
Kauʻi Young |
Kauʻilani Trainer |
Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo Public Charter School |
Kaulana Vares |
Kaunamano Farm |
Kawahine Kamakea-Ohelo |
Ka Waihona o ka Naʻauao Public Charter School |
Kawaiola Zabala-Moore |
Kawena Komeiji |
Kāwika Eyre |
Kawika Lauriano |
Kawika McKeague |
Kawika Winter, PhD |
Kealalokahi Losch, PhD |
Ke Aliʻi Makaʻāinana Hawaiian Civic Club |
Kealiʻi Cabana |
Kealiʻi Gora |
Kealiʻi Pang, PhD |
Kealiʻi Reichel |
Kealoha Domingo |
Kealoha Fox, PhD, MA |
Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Maui County Council Member |
Keaomālamalama |
Keʻeaumoku Kapu |
Kehau Lucas |
Kehau Meyer |
Kēhau Shintani |
Kēhaulani Lum |
Kēhaunani Springer |
Kēhaulani Wong |
Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, PhD |
Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu |
Keliʻi Kapali |
Keliiokalani Makua |
Kelley Uyeoka |
Kellie Hines |
Ken Shock |
Kendrick Leong |
Keola Chan |
Keolani Noa |
Keolu Fox |
Keone Kealoha |
Keoni Shizuma |
Kevin Chang |
Kevin Watkins Ii |
Kiana Bright |
Kiʻilani Spencer |
Kilia Purdy-Avelino |
Kilihea Inaba |
Kilohana Hirano |
Kim Coco Iwamoto |
Kim Falinski |
Kim Kuʻulei Birnie |
Kim Leolani Kalama |
Kimi Makaiau |
Kimo Cashman, EdD |
Kingdom Health |
Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation |
Konia Freitas |
Kirstin Kahaloa |
Kohala Institute at ‘Iole |
Kona Roots Farm |
Koohan Paik-Mander |
Kristie Bento |
Kū-A-Kanaka LLC |
KUA, Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo |
Kuamoʻo Foundation |
Kū Kahakalau, PhD |
Kūhiō Lewis |
Kūʻike Kamakea-Ohelo |
Kuini Piolani Hawaiian Civic Club |
Kukui Maunakea-Forth |
Kūlaniākea |
Kuleana Kuikahi LLC |
Kumano i Ke Ala |
Kuʻulei Kanahele |
Kyle Kalani Soller |
Labi Alamnza |
Lahela Igarta |
Lahela Williams |
Lala Nuss |
Lālākea Foundation |
Lama Chang |
Lana Vali |
Larry McElheny |
Laura Kaakua |
Laura Mālia Sanders |
Lauren Roth Venu |
Lauren Ruotolo |
Lauryn Rego |
Lauwaʻe Cazimero |
Lavern Sa |
L.D. Kuuipo Ross |
Lea Hong |
Leah Caldeira |
Leah Santos |
Lehn Huff |
Lehua Ahsam |
Lehua Kaulukukui, Kumu Hula |
Lehuamamo, LLC |
Leihuanani Rojo |
Lei Ishikawa, Kumu Hula |
Lei Wise |
Leila Kepaʻa-Cannella |
Leilani Coelho |
Leilani Kahoano, Kumu Hula |
Leilani Kupaho-Marino |
Leinā‘aka Fruean |
Leivallyn Kaupu |
Lena Laboy |
Leslie Lang |
Liezl Houglum, PhD |
Life Institute of the Pacifc |
Liam Kernell |
Lihla Noori |
Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa, PhD |
Liliʻu Tomasello |
Linda Nye |
Lisa Jeffers-Fabro |
Living Pono Project |
Liz Fujii |
Loea Akiona |
Lois Fonseca |
Lono Ikuwa |
Lori Andersen |
LorMona Meredith |
Lori Walker, D.Arch |
Louisa Lee |
Lu Ann Mahiki Lankford-Faborito |
Luana Busby-Neff |
Lui Hokoana, EdD |
Lydi Bernal |
Made on the Waiʻanae Coast |
Mahealaniokapualehua Kauahi |
Mahina Tuteur |
Mailani Souza |
Maile Keliipio-Acoba |
Maile Meyer |
Makaʻala Rawlins |
Makaha Hawaiian Civic Club |
Makana Cameron |
Makana Garma |
Makani Hou O Kaloko Honokōhau |
Makoa Freitas |
Makaokalani Minihan |
Māla Kaluʻulu Cooperative |
Mālaʻai School Garden |
Mālama Huleia |
Mālama i Nā Wahi Pana o Kohala |
Malia Hulleman |
Mālama Kauaʻi |
Mālama o Nā Keiki / Caring for Hawaiʻi Neonates |
Malama Parent |
Malia Collings |
Malia Kipapa |
Malia Heimuli |
Malia Kaʻaihue |
Malia Kipapa |
Malia Nobrega-Olivera |
Malia Sanders |
Mana I Ka Leo |
Mana Studios |
Manu Kaiama, CPA |
Manulani Aluli-Meyer, PhD |
Mānoa Heritage Center |
Manuwai Peters, EdD |
MAʻO Organic Farms |
Marci Armstrong |
Marcia Mitchell |
Marcy Montgomery |
Mari Matsuda |
Marisa Julian |
Marissa Abadir |
Mason Chock |
Mary Cooke |
Mary Ann Cayetano |
Mary Ann Kalei Baricuatro |
Matt Kanealii-Kleinfelder, Hawaiʻi County Council Member |
Matthew Chauvin |
Matthew Ing |
Matthew Kamakani Lynch |
Matthew Kaulana |
Maui Council of Hawaiian Civic Clubs |
Maui Sustainable Solutions |
Meala Bishop |
Meet Need Hawaiʻi |
Megan Fox |
Megan Kanekoa |
Mehana Blaich Vaughan, PhD |
Mehanaokalā Hind |
Meizu Lui |
Mel Valmoja |
Melanie Wilson |
Meleanna Meyer |
Melinda Lloyd |
Melinda Wing |
Melissa Mau |
Melissa Montoya |
Michael Auldridge |
Michael-Dan Clark |
Michael Victorino, Maui County Mayor |
Michele Vierra-Pupunu |
Michelle Galimba |
Michelle Suber |
Micky Huihui |
Mikala Pieper |
Miki Lene |
Mililani Browning |
Mindi Sparks |
Miwa Tamanaha |
Momilani Farm |
Mona Bernardino |
Mondy Jamshidi-Kent |
Mufi Hanneman |
Myko Z. Zarate |
Nā Hoa Aloha o ka Puʻuhonua ʻo Hōnaunau |
Nā Kama Kai |
Nalani Blane Kealaiki |
Nālani Minton |
Nalo Meli Honey |
Nā Mea Hawaiʻi/Native Books |
Nanea Armstrong-Wassel |
Nanea Denison |
Nani Pai |
Naomi Ballesteros |
Naomi Noe Losch |
Naomi Silva |
Naomi Tuʻupoina |
Naomi Yoshida |
Nāpali Souza |
Napuna Casson |
Nā Pua O Kapiʻolani Hula Studio |
Natalie McKinney |
Nate Gyotoku |
Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce |
Native Hawaiian Education Association |
Native Hawaiian Education Council |
Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association |
Native Stories |
Nedi McKnight |
Neil Hannahs |
Nettie Armitage-Lapilio |
Nick Kala Francisco |
Nick Wong |
Nicole Chatterson |
Nicole Galase |
Nicole Naone |
Nigel Rozet |
Niki Konanui |
Noa Lincoln, PhD |
Noʻeau Peralto, PhD |
Noelani Iokepa-Guerrero, EdD |
Noelani Puniwai |
Noe Noe Kekaualua |
Nohea Santimer |
Nohealani Frizzell |
Nohealani Ralar |
Noho‘ana Farm |
Nohopapa Hawaiʻi |
O‘ahu Farm to School Network |
Olu Campbell |
One Island Sustainable Living |
Oriett Siangco |
Pacific Science Advocates |
Paeloko Learning Center |
Paepae o Heʻeia |
Paethon Keeney |
Pahnelopi McKenzie |
PA‘I Foundation |
Pālama Lee, PhD, LCSW |
Papahana Kuaola |
Papa Ola Lōkahi |
Patients Without Time |
Pāʻū O Hiʻiaka |
Pelatron, Inc. |
Pele Kaio, Kumu Hula |
Peleke Flores |
Penny Atcheson |
Penny Levin |
Peter Hanohano |
Philip Garboden |
Piliʻohu Educators |
Plastic Free Maui |
Pōkiʻi Seto |
Project Biome |
Promise to Pae’āina ʻo Hawaiʻi |
Pua Higa, EdD |
Pualani Hockenhull |
Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele, PhD, Kumu Hula |
Pueo Consulting, LLC |
Purple Maiʻa Foundation |
Puʻuhonua Society |
Queen Julia Kapiolani Hawaiian Civic Club |
Rachel James |
Rachel Solemsaas |
Ramsey Taum |
Randee Golden |
Raytan Vares |
Rechung Fujihara |
Renewable Energy Services |
Robbie Ann Kane |
Robert Shibata |
Robin Makapagal |
Roger Epstein |
Roth Ecological Design Intl. |
Royal Order of Kamehameha I |
Royal Order of Kamehameha, Moku o Kohala |
Richard Ha |
Richard Rothschiller |
Rick Fernandez |
Rights of Nature Hawaii |
Robin Nakanishi Yardley |
Roland Shackelford |
Ronald Cox |
Rose Grace |
Sabrina Stevens |
Sai Aganon, MSW, LSW |
Salvage Public |
Samantha Wright |
Sandra Ward |
Sara Kahanamoku |
Sara Mizban |
Sara Tekula |
Sarah Figueroa |
Sarah Freeman |
Sarah Freistat Pajimola |
Sarah Wiebe |
Savage Kitchen |
Sean Connelly |
Sean Marrs |
Seth Feldman |
Serenity Spa & Spa Breathe Maui |
Shae Kamakaʻala |
Shane Akoni Palacat-Nelsen |
Shannon Toriki |
Sharon Hayden |
Sharon Mahoe |
Sheila Buyukacar |
Sheri Daniels, PhD |
Sid Higa |
Ski Kwiatkowski |
Sonnet Coggins |
Sonya Zabala |
Spoehr Foundation |
Summer Ha‘i-Kelly |
Summer Sylva |
Sunnie Makua |
Sunny Savage |
Susan Kean |
Susan Maddox |
Susie Osborne |
Sustainable Molokai |
Suzanne Skjold |
Stacy Sproat |
Stephany Vaioleti |
Sunny Moritz |
Sweetie Nelson |
Sweetie Sotelo |
Sydney Keli‘ipuleole |
Sylvia Hussey, EdD |
Sylvia Mata |
T. Ilihia Gionson |
Tamara Farnsworth |
Tamara Li |
Tammy Smith |
Tanya Lee Greig |
Tawn Keeney |
Tedlynn Glackin |
Teri Gorman |
Teri Skillman |
Tiare HewLen |
The Aurora Foundation |
The Coalition of Climate Crisis Artists |
The Kālaimoku Group |
The Hawaiian Cultural Center of Hāmākua |
The Hawaiʻi Island School Garden Network |
Tiffanie Kakalia |
Tina Mahina Photography |
Tina Mueller |
Tomiko Conner |
Tiana Pereira |
Tiana Kamen |
Tino Ramirez |
Toni Withington |
Travel2Change |
Travis Gyldstrand |
Trav Olsen |
Trevor Atkins |
Trish La Chica |
Trisha Kēhaulani Watson-Sproat, JD, PhD |
Townscape, Inc. |
Two Peas Farm |
Ty Tengan |
Uʻilani Tanigawa Lum |
Uluniu Project |
Umi Kai |
University of Hawaiʻi Office of Sustainability |
Unulau |
Valerie Lundy Parker |
Verna Landford-Bright |
Victor Olivera |
Vince Dodge |
Voyaging Foods |
Waiʻaleʻale Sarsona, PhD |
Waiʻanae Economic Development Council |
Waiʻanae Protestant Church |
Wailani Robbins |
Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club |
Waipā Foundation |
Waiwai Collective |
Wallace Ito |
Walter Kahumoku, PhD |
Walter Ritte |
Wanda Kabutan |
Waolama |
Whitney Velez |
Will Caron |
William Awa |
William Pieper |
Winona Kaalouahi Lee, MD |
World Indigenous Nations University - Hawaii Pasifika |
Wyatt Musashi Maui Bartlett |
Xoana Soneira |
Young Progressives Demanding Action |
Zachary Lum |
Zelda Keller |
Zero Waste Oʻahu |
[1] This declaration was drafted by a group of Native Hawaiian community members who came together organically after separate discussions brought forth common sentiments regarding the need to have Native Hawaiian voices, values, and experiences influence the economic recovery for our ʻāina aloha. The signatories listed reflect the interconnected and overlapping roles that individuals, ʻohana, organizations, coalitions, and networks play in our communities. This working document serves as a starting point to facilitate broader engagement and collective action in support of our shared principles.