AlohaTrace is a collaborative effort between several public and private organizations in Hawaii to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by crowdsourcing local data on positive cases, pending test results and those simply exhibiting various symptoms. Answer six anonymous, confidential questions once a day to help provide near real-time data to research organizations and Hawaii … Continue reading AlohaTrace: Crowdsourcing COVID-19 Information Daily

In 2020, in many countries across the world, simply standing up for LGBTI+ rights means living with the threat of daily discrimination, attacks or even killings. Every year, Pride celebrations mark progress made on LGBTI+ rights, but also serve as a reminder of how far there is to go. Amnesty International, UK Black Pride, ParaPride, … Continue reading June 28 – July 10: Pride Inside

Many community efforts in Hawai‘i have been launched during the COVID-19 crisis. Hawaii Business offers their regularly updated list of ways You Can Help. • Participate in a Survey about COVID-19’s Impacts on Businesses • Fight COVID-19 By Answering 6 Confidential Questions Online • Donate to Local Food Banks to Feed Families in Need • … Continue reading How You Can Help

Join COVID-19 Care Conversation sponsored by the Hawaii Executive Collaborative, live every day at 10:30 a.m. Yunji de Nies and Ryan Kalei Tsuji discuss the latest news, resources and community concerns about the coronavirus outbreak in Hawaii. Watch and comment on the Star Advertiser's Facebook page.

Join us for Waikiki's Most Outstanding Trivia Night! Our next Trivia Night is Monday, July 13th. The theme will be: YELLOW. Let's see what happens! Teams compete in rounds of general knowledge trivia. There's always a twist and unexpected turn at Bacchus Trivia Night. This event is LIVE and in person and starts at 7PM. … Continue reading Bacchus Monday Night Trivia

The 2020 Census is happening now. You can respond online, by phone, or by mail.  Your response matters! Census results help determine how billions of dollars in federal funding flow into states and communities each year. Health clinics. Fire departments. Schools. Even roads and highways. The census can shape many different aspects of your community. … Continue reading Through September 2020: United States Census 2020

Hawaii Women In Filmmaking is calling for submissions for short videos that capture women and girls’ struggles and dreams for a gender-responsive recovery plan for COVID-19. The videos need to be focused primarily on the needs and perspectives of women, girls, femme-identified and nonbinary people, women of color, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and immigrant women … Continue reading Through August 31: Hawaiʻi Women & Girls Video Storytelling Initiative

Civil Beat welcomes submissions for its IDEAS section on any topics that impact life in Hawaii – from economic recovery and policy reform, to innovations in education, ideas for increased self-sustainability, and approaches to advancing equality, justice and resilience across the islands. "Bring us your best thinking and let’s start a conversation that inspires action, … Continue reading Ongoing: Civil Beat IDEAS Call for Submissions

Honolulu Museum of Art presents the celebrated exhibition 30 Americans, featuring works by 30 contemporary artists connected through their African-American cultural history. The exhibition includes some of the most recognized and influential figures in the art world from the past four decades such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Nick Cave, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, … Continue reading 30 Americans at Honolulu Museum of Art

The Media Fund is PIC's (Pacific Islanders in Communications) standing funding initiative, which provides funds for single non-fiction projects about the indigenous Pacific Islander experience for three critical phases of production: Research and Development (R&D), Production, and Post-production. Projects applying to the Media Fund must be intended for national public television broadcast, and therefore must … Continue reading Through July 24: Applications accepted for PIC Media Fund

For Hawaii’s Aug. 8 Primary Election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions about where they stand on various issues and what their priorities will be if elected. Read Civil Beat's ongoing series of interviews with candidates for Hawaii's 2020 elections. Also, check out their Hawaii Elections Guide for 2020 by clicking here. "Honolulu Civil … Continue reading Ongoing: Civil Beat 2020 Candidate Q&As

Looking for a personal concert in your living room for Friday Pau Hana? A performer will do a takeover of the Hawaii State Art Museum's Instagram account (@HawaiiStateArtMuseum) every other Friday 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. https://www.instagram.com/hawaiistateartmuseum/

Get ready for the 31st Annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival. For the first time ever, the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival is going virtual, with exciting short films from around the world, plus a special talk-story on homeless LGBT youth – all for free! #HRFF31 has an amazing collection of short films to share with you this … Continue reading July 31 – August 12: Honolulu Rainbow [Virtual] Film Festival

The Hawaii International Film Festival's first-ever summer mini-festival will be entirely online, and HIFF has invested in a new streaming platform to ensure the best quality presentation and user experience for their film hungry audiences to watch the latest award-winning films fresh from the film festival circuit. From award-winning films like the senior gay love … Continue reading Aug. 7 – 14: HIFF @ Home Summer Fest presented by Halekulani

iO Tillett Wright shot dozens of images of Hawaii's LGBTQ+ community in 2015 and his book of portraits of 10,000 people from all fifty states will be released on September 15, 2020. Read more from publisher Prestel books: "In the spirit of Richard Avedon, this book contains striking photographic portraits of 10,000 people from across … Continue reading Self-Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America