Are you a pre-accelerator, socially impactful venture looking to take it to the next level? If this sounds like you, check out SIIP, a free 5-month cohort based incubator that provides community building, networking opportunities, capacity building in finance, marketing, law, and access to $8,000 in potential funding. Both for-profit and nonprofit projects can qualify. … Continue reading Applications open: Social Impact Incubator Program (SIIP)

Hawaii Women In Filmmaking is joining the DocuClub family with their partners International Documentary Association (IDA), Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), and Film Independent! #DocuClub is a work-in-progress screening series for documentary filmmakers to share their rough cut in an intimate setting with both fellow creators and the general audience. Program alumni include Minding the Gap, Belly of the Beast, and Stray. Read … Continue reading Now accepting submissions: DocuClub

The new federal eviction ban applies to Oahu because of high rates of community transmission of COVID-19, protecting qualified Oahu renters who are struggling because of the pandemic. However, renters must take action by: Filling out the CDC declaration form to see if they qualify. Download it at www.bit.ly/cdcdeclarationform Qualified renters must give the CDC … Continue reading Federal Eviction Ban on Oahu: What You Need To Know

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

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

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

The NGLCC TGNC Task Force in collaboration with Certified LGBTBE® Punch Card Films will present a moderated webinar in support of the feature documentary, A Trans Story. This event will be moderated by Ashley T. Brundage, Founder and President and author of Certified LGBTBE® Empowering Differences, and will feature legal and healthcare experts specializing in name and gender … Continue reading Navigating the Legal & Healthcare Systems While Transitioning

The New York Times recently highlighted deep canvassing as one of the big ideas to "make the world better." A better world requires the ability to listen to each other and find common ground, and deep canvassing helps build the skills needed to strengthen and build a truly multiracial democracy. People’s Action and the New Conversation Initiative … Continue reading August 1, 9 & 10: Deep Canvass Institute: August Training Series

OutWrite is Washington, D.C.’s annual LGBTQ literary festival presented by the DC Center for the LGBT Community. This year’s festival showcases more than 80 authors and a full weekend featuring 25 readings, panels and workshops covering topics like "Queer & Breaking Form", "Trans & Queer Poets on Gender", "Queer Boys Behaving Badly", "A Decade in Queer … Continue reading OutWrite LGBTQ Literary Festival

Did you know that there are 3 times more out LGBTQ+ athletes competing in Tokyo than there were in Rio 5 years ago? Out Leadership has published Visibility Counts: LGBTQ+ Equality and the Tokyo Olympics 2020; documenting important milestones for LGBTQ+ representation in sports, and exploring how global businesses are supporting LGBTQ+ athletes and LGBTQ+ … Continue reading Visibility Counts: LGBTQ+ Equality and the Tokyo Olympics 2020