Celebrate Hawaiian History Month Online!

Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition is proud to present the first ever Hawaiian History Month! In celebration of
Queen Liliʻuokalani's 182nd birthday, we are holding 5 (five) weeks of virtual events throughout the month of September. Join us every Wednesday at 9am, Friday at 6pm, and Saturday at 4pm.
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Empower The Palace
As part of the Hawai‘i Pono‘ī Coalition’s first annual Hawaiian History Month, we have launched a special Empower the Palace fundraising effort to support The Friends of Iolani Palace.
Week 5 - Aloha ʻĀina: From Voice to Action
Wednesday, 9/30/20
11:00am HST
Aloha ʻĀina: From Voice to Action
Kū Haʻaheo e Kuʻu Hawaiʻi," the galvanizing mele aloha ʻāina of our time, has reached over one million aloha ʻāina around the world. The iconic music video, featuring some of Hawaiʻi's most celebrated artists in 2019, contributed to a larger kāhea, calling our lāhui to unify in aloha ʻāina. A year later, join us for the premiere of "Kū Haʻaheo: Pae ʻĀina Hawaiʻi", a new music video by Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition and ʻŌiwiTV, commemorating the collective response of our lāhui aloha ʻāina.
11:00am - a panel discussion on the 2019 music video and call to action: “Kū Haʻaheo e Kuʻu Hawaiʻi“, with Hinaleimoana Wong Kalu, Chad Takatsugi, Nāʻālehu Anthony, Zachary Lum, and Del Beazley
12:00pm - the premiere of "Kū Haʻaheo: Pae ʻĀina Hawaiʻi"
Watch Past Programs
Week 1 - Hauʻoli Lā Hānau e Liliʻuokalani
Week 2 - Haʻi Moʻolelo: From Page to Stage
Week 3 - Hoʻōla
This week will highlight Hawaiian well-being by celebrating successes and lessons from our history, demonstrating how we’ve protectively carried our traditions into the present, and underscoring the importance of pilina, inter-connectedness, among body, spirit, na‘au and ‘āina.
Mahalo to our Health partners- Papa Ola Lōkahi, ‘Ahahui o nā Kauka, Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians, and Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine

Community Voices
Week 4 - Mele Lāhui
Aliʻi as well as Makaʻāinana. . . . keiki through kupuna. Our lāhui has always perpetuated their own huakaʻi through mele and have embraced musical influences from abroad. We will include both sacred and secular mele as well as solo, ensemble, choral, opera and oratorio as we tell our stories. What amazing moʻolelo we have to share with you and your ʻohana from our lāhui!
Mahalo to our Mele partner- Hawaiʻi Youth Opera Chorus, Nola Nahulu
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