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“It’s the most natural path for me to understand the world, to understand my culture, and to understand myself.”

By: Koloikeao Anthony, Native Hawaiian, Generation Indigenous Census Organizer Talking to many of the grown-ups in my life today, I’m always asked “why do you still do art and why haven’t you moved on to a more real-world, money-making trade?” Always, my answer to this question is that I create because I have to; it’s just […]

“Look to your passion, culture, and people for guidance and healing”

I feel like as a society we need to normalize mental health. We need to normalize growing and changing paths. We need to normalize seeing a therapist whether we are in a good place or a tough place. We need to not only normalize checking up on each other but checking in with ourselves. Taking […]

“I started to look into the census and what adequate representation means for our community.”

We All Count: Boosting Indigenous Representation on the Census Han mitakuyepi, To be quite honest, the US Census was not something that I thought much about before this past year, which may be common for young adults my age. We were younger when the past census happened, and I think my biggest worry ten years […]

“To change our communities for the better, it is imperative that we complete the census.”

E ola mau Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi. The Hawaiian Nation lives forever. Despite decades of oppression, we still exist. Despite the attempted erasure of our culture, we still chant. Despite our lack of political representation, we still fight to change the system. Our resiliency traces through each generation: from our seafaring roots, crossing the Pacific to […]