DEI: We have Work to Do
Hold Fast The Kālepa Line
Captain and Pwo Navigator Kālepa Baybayan sailing us into Havana, Cuba during the Worldwide Voyage
2021 Windward Oahu Eviction Prevention Program
2021 Windward Oahu Eviction Prevention Program Summary: In November 2020, the HKL Castle Foundation made seven grants totaling $218,000 to address eviction prevention, primarily in Windward Oahu. During this same period, approximately 750 awards totaling $3.8 million were made to Windward households through the State’s Rent Relief and Housing Assistance Program. While significant, we know […]
Facing forward
We believe that all people in Hawaii have unique strengths, inherent self-worth, and deserve equal opportunity to reach their potential. This belief has been challenged in 2020 as never before. Community safety nets are pulled thinner and have become far more frayed. In Spring 2020, our Directors approved $1.2 million in pandemic related basic needs […]
What’s in a title?
What’s in a Title? I’ve recently changed title, from “Program Officer for Marine Conservation” to “Program Officer for Ocean Resiliency.” Why? What’s in a title, anyway? The short answer is, not too much. But enough, I think, to warrant some explanation. The change is an effort to broaden the conversation to be more inclusive around […]