Hawaiian Language & Education
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Ke ʻAlohi o ʻEwa (KAʻE)
Ke ʻAlohi o ʻEwa (KAʻE), the parent and community advisory and advocacy nonprofit organization of Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Kapolei (KKoK), uplifts the ancestral brilliance of our keiki through place-based, Hawaiian Immersion Education within the ʻEwa land district of Oʻahu. Through community engagement and steadfast advocacy, KAʻE is successfully mobilizing neighborhood boards, advancing resolutions, and challenging deeply ingrained systems of oppression and racism within the Hawaii Department of Education around Hawaiian language immersion education.
Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy (KVA)
Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy (KVA) is a nonprofit, Hawaii based, 501(c)3 organization whose mission and purpose is to perpetuate the knowledge of traditional Hawaiian navigation and to provide opportunities to Native Hawaiian students to advance in contemporary ocean based careers through academic, college, and career support
Ku-A-Kanaka LLC
Native Hawaiian Language & Culture
KŪ-A-KANAKA is a Native Hawaiian, family-owned and operated social enterprise, based in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island, dedicated to revitalizing Hawaiian language, culture, and traditions. Kū-A-Kanakaʻs mission is to provide quality Hawaiian culture-based products and services, which foster a thriving lāhui (nation) by grounding Native Hawaiians in ancestral values, Hawaiian
language and traditional practices.
KŪ-A-KANAKA offers culturally-driven professional development, educational consulting and a variety of other family-oriented programs and services to learners of all ages, with a special emphasis on accessible, culture-based education and career training opportunities for young Native Hawaiians, which bridge educational gaps and promote economic self-sufficiency. By integrating traditional knowledge with modern tools, KŪ-A-KANAKA strives to advance Hawaiʻiʻs extensive ancestral knowledge and reestablish Hawaiian control over Hawaiian affairs.
EA Ecoversity
Culture-based Education and Career Exploration Training
EA Ecoversity is a Native Hawaiian non-profit organization, based on Hawaiʻi Island, dedicated to providing culturally-driven post-secondary education, career training, credentialing and other long-term societal benefits to ka lāhui Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian nation).
Rooted in a philosophy of Education with Aloha (EA), the program integrates traditional Hawaiian knowledge and land-based practices with modern technology in an effort to empower learners to reach their highest potential.
EA Ecoversity emphasizes the advancement of Hawaiian language and culture, the practice of mālamaʻāina (caring for the land), and the
development of essential life and healthy living skills. By fostering economic interdependence and sustainability, the organization aims to cultivate educated, 21st-century Kanaka (Hawaiians) who are prepared to contribute meaningfully to their communities and a thriving, independent Hawaiʻi.