Maui Nui Canoe Race

While we miss seeing everyone and gathering together for our regatta’s, MCHCA has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 regatta season. Stay safe everyone. We hope to see you all in the water again soon! Imua MCHCA

Maui Health presents the Community Stroke Awareness Fair of May 19, 2021

A native of Pohnpei, Carol Ann Carl reflects on the importance of connectionwithin our community, on ina, and beyond horizons of new beginnings. #WhyItMattersHi kahulileolea.org

#WhyItMattersHI

Kneohe native, Brandon Ing is a champion of Okinawan rootsnot only his own roots, but those of many, discovered and rediscovered. With his music aimed at language revitalization, these roots are nourished. They are firmly planted, not only in his ancestral homeland, but in the fertile ina aloha that he calls home. In Hawaii, civic engagement means more. When we understand civic engagement as a collective initiative that strives to define and better our community, we ...realize that the civic space goes beyond the town hall meetings, the legislative bodies, and the voting booth. To define and better our Hawaii, we engage in a sense of place. We engage in aloha ina. When we call Hawaii our home, we are charged with a duty to aloha ina. Ignoring this callattempting to live passively in Hawaiirenders one extraneous in this unique system of existence by which community and ina thrive. Our goal is to show what civic engagement can be when guided by the humanities and arts and unique cultural traditions and values of Hawaii. We cannot strive to define and better our community without engaging ina. Aloha ina remains a guiding beacona fire we strive to maintain eloquently in the humanities and artsand thus, in us all. The Why It Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation initiative is administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Why It Matters programs in Hawaii are created in partnership with the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, the Civic Education Council, Khuli Leo Lea, Chaminade History Center, the Center for Oral History at UH Mnoa, and others. Why It Matters aims to create spaces for true exchange and listening across our different viewpoints that will lead to continued productive discussion. The opinions expressed here do not represent those of Hawaii Council for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, or the National Endowment for the Humanities. #WhyItMattersHI

Eugene Tunac Marquez bridges Hawaiian music and his Ilokano roots as a celebration of Hawaiian enduring community of people and ina.

Celebrating Prince Jonah Khi Kalanianaole Day here on Maui, we’ll explore the moolelo of Kalanianaole alongside contemporary expressions, right here on Mau...i, of the thriving ina, culture, and people that Kalanianaole envisioned for Hawaii nei. We’ll visit a Maui farm that is establishing their own legacy for the generations to come through organic farming rooted in Hawaiian tradition. Check out Polipoli Farms and the work of farming couple Brad and Lehia. Here they are talking story with Pomai Weigert of GoFarm Hawaii. Next we'll be in the kitchen at @Sugar Beach Events Hawai‘i with Chef Lyndon Honda of Chef Market Hawaii. He’s got a delicious cookie recipe for us, made from one of our favorite Hawaiian canoe crops: uala. Then we have the multi-talented Cody Pueo Pata here to share with us the art of lauhala weaving, while skillfully weaving in a story or two that’ll deepen your appreciation for our moolelo. And wrapping up our show, we have the nahenahe music stylings of Jason Kaleo Phillips and we’ll hear from one of Maui’s newest musical groups, Hoaka (Kason K. Gomes, Kalani Miles and Wailau Ryder) Hosted by Prince Khi Hawaiian Civic Club member @Keoni Kuoha. Mahalo to the @County of Maui and the The County of Maui Office of Economic Development - OED, Montage Kapalua Bay

2020 Canceled. Safety first - Take care!