One Year After the Maui Fires: An Update on Disaster Recovery & Capacity Building in Native Hawaiian Communities

Aloha friends,

Mahalo nui loa to everyone. We are thrilled to host this event together to give you an update on the effects and recovery after the 2023 Maui fires, from the lived experience of Native Hawaiians. We hope you can join us: One Year After the Maui Fires: An Update on Disaster Recovery & Capacity Building in Native Hawaiian Communities

When: Sunday, September 1, 2024 |?8 am HST//11 am PST // 2 pm EST?

Where: Virtual (we’ll share the Zoom link and a calendar invite once you RSVP)

RSVP: “MAUI” to?[email protected]

If you're not able to attend and would like to DONATE to Native Hawaiian Philanthropy: https://www.nativehawaiianphilanthropy.org/donate

Native Hawaiian Philanthropy (NHP) is an organization dedicated to improving the socio-economic conditions of Native Hawaiians. NHP?s approaches this through racial and social justice advocacy, bridging Native Hawaiian organizations to the philanthropic sector, and developing long-term funding opportunities for NHO partners.

During the Maui fires in 2023, they were on the ground preparing and delivering food with the World Central Kitchen, distributing cash disbursements to survivors, and creating a culturally grounded disaster recovery mental health training program. They have been working with Native Hawaiian communities to support disaster recovery and well-being daily since.

NHP’s Mission:?

• Empower Native Hawaiian communities with the resources and support to improve the socio-economic conditions of NHO (Native Hawaiian Organizations) and our lāhui.
• Increase active participation, engagement, and understanding of Native Hawaiian and Hawaii BIPOC communities with philanthropic funders and organizations.
• Support culturally grounded projects and organizations that help to promote and perpetuate Hawaiian culture, practices, health and well-being, and inherent rights.

Programs under NHP:

• Mauli Ola:?This disaster recovery project is a partnership with KA?EHU, Aloha House and Maui Behavioral Resources Support, the University of Washington School of Social Work, National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Stanford University, Hummingly, Resiliency Warriors, After the Fire, cultural practitioners and mental health professionals.? The goal is to provide an Indigenous-informed approach to mental health disaster recovery by integrating culturally grounded?training and engagement with Native Hawaiian and BIPOC communities impacted by the Maui wildfires.?
• Na Mahi?ai o Maui (The Farmers of Maui):?partnerships with Maui farmers and farming/agriculture nonprofits to help build capacity and provide support to increase food production and community.
• Mo?olelo: Hawaiian Storytelling:??working with Hollywood Executives to help develop screenwriting & music video productions to empower Native Hawaiians to write their own stories about Hawaiian history, culture and community.

We look forward to seeing you there,?

Mahalo.

Ku?uleinani Maunupau, CEO, Native Hawaiian Philanthropy

Susan Balbas, Executive Director,?Na’ah Illahee Fund

M? Tam H. Nguy?n?CEO, làmdi

Co-Sponsored by the Donors of Color Network?

About NA'AH ILLAHEE FUND :

Na’ah Illahee Fund is an Indigenous women-led organization that serves as a bridge builder, facilitator, and resource partner as we work to catalyze a movement toward positive futures.

We are deeply committed to honoring and revitalizing the wisdom and practices rooted in Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, ensuring a sustainable and vibrant future for future generations.

About làmdi :

We are a future-forward consultancy grounded in heritage and culture. We are on a mission to cultivate generational wealth and opportunities for historically underinvested communities.

We provide management consulting, executive search, speaking, coaching, and strategy services to driven impact-oriented executives looking to launch, transition, or scale their teams, careers, or initiatives.

We advance funds, resources, and ideas at the intersection of human imagination, cultivating community, and supporting healing leadership in the face of increasing digitization and automation.

About the Donors of Color Network:

We’re building a new philanthropic power base committed to cross-class, cross-racial solidarity and racial justice. Every program we develop, event we host, and conversation we facilitate aims to ensure that Black, Indigenous, and all people of color can thrive.

Our member network is a space where wealthy donors of color can connect, learn, and strategize. We aim to build the collective influence of BIPOC funders through content, resources, and events. When wealthy donors of color give in solidarity, they have the power to reallocate resources to communities of color and close the racial wealth gap. We encourage our members to channel their collective influence toward values-aligned BIPOC-led and movement organizations.