Try Think events are opportunities for small groups of diverse voices to speak and be heard. Each conversation will be led by a thoughtful facilitator, to help to create a space where we feel valued as full people. Each conversation topic is inspired by a Value of Hawaiʻi Hulihia essay, which can be read for … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia

LGBTQ Victory Institute’s Out for America report is an annual snapshot of the number of known out LGBTQ elected officials in the United States and their demographics. The Out for America 2021 report — released in July 2021 — reviews LGBTQ elected representation as of June 2021. President and CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Institute, and former Mayor of … Continue reading Out for America 2021: LGBTQ Elected Officials Nationwide

The Native Books ʻOhana and Waiwai Collective are excited to present ʻŌlelo Kaiāulu, a panel discussion surrounding the different pathways for learning ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi within the community, whether it be through free virtual classes, books, or even apps and social media platforms like Instagram. This panel aims to discuss the multitude of options available to … Continue reading ʻŌlelo Kaiāulu: Pathways for Learning ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

The Institute for Human Services, Inc. (IHS) is celebrating its 43rd anniversary of caring for Hawaii’s homeless and at-risk households, and the local nonprofit organization encourages the community to give back by joining a service project on Founder’s Day 2021. Open to individuals, families, and corporate groups/organizations -- Founder’s Day service projects include gardening and … Continue reading IHS Founder’s Day 2021 Service Projects

The WorldPride 2021 Human Rights Conference is open to human rights defenders and activists, elected officials, academics, NGOs, media, Pride organizers and sports leaders in the field of LGBTI+ rights, and anybody else interested in the more in-depth LGBTI+ cause. The organizers' goal is to include all representations under the LGBTI+-acronym in the program and … Continue reading August 17 – 19: WorldPride Human Rights Conference

CHANGE is our shared kuleana throughout all of Hawai‘i. Hawaii Business Magazine's CHANGE Event Series is intended to drive progress on important issues facing Hawaii, featuring change makers from across the Islands. In the upcoming discussion the Mayors of Kaua'i, Honolulu, Mau'i and Hawai'i Counties, will talk about the big issues impacting their jurisdictions: How … Continue reading 2021 CHANGE Event Series: Government & Civics

Battle of the Food Trucks will be a fun and delicious charity event with a portion of proceeds going to benefit Charity Walk, a project by the The Hawai`i Lodging & Tourism Association to benefit local non-profits. Ten of Oahu's Most Popular Food Truck Dishes, Re-Mixed by Ten of Oahu's Best Chefs -with a Surprise … Continue reading Hungry Planet Presents: Battle of the Food Trucks

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 was 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 the … Continue reading Self-Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America

The Parent Line / Child & Family Service is offering virtual workshops during the month of August on a variety of topics including Kamalama Parenting, 'Ohana & Lokahi,  Having Important Conversations With Your Keiki and Peer Pressure / Bullying on August 12 and 24. Funded by the Hawai'i State Department of Health, Maternal and Child … Continue reading Throughout August: The Parent Line Virtual Workshops

The Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Davis seeks applications for a full-time, tenure track, assistant professorship in Transgender Studies to begin July 1, 2022. This position requires a teaching and research focus on transgender studies with an emphasis on at least two subfields. These subfields could include, but … Continue reading Applications open: UC Davis Assistant Professor in Transgender Studies