The Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Systems Office, Liliʻuokalani Trust, and Kamehameha Schools' Strategy & Transformation Group formed a collaborative Native Hawaiian COVID-19 Research Hui aimed at gathering and providing data on Native Hawaiians. Our efforts explore the ways Native Hawaiians have been impacted by the pandemic, conditions that place communities at risk, and ways of moving forward to create a better normal.
Established by the state Constitutional Convention in 1978, OHA is a semi-autonomous state agency mandated to better the conditions of Native Hawaiians. Guided by a board of nine publicly elected trustees, OHA fulfills its mandate through advocacy, research, community engagement, land management and the funding of community programs. Learn more at www.oha.org.
Liliʻuokalani Trust (LT) was established in 1909 by Hawaiʻi’s last ruling monarch, the beloved Queen Liliʻuokalani. Her Deed of Trust directs that the Queen’s assets be utilized to serve and provide for orphan and destitute Hawaiian children in perpetuity. With its vision of “e nā kamalei lupalupa, thriving Hawaiian children,” LT believes that every child has the inner strength and self determination to discover their path to a thriving life, and strives to transform lives.
Established in 1887, Kamehameha Schools is a private charitable educational trust endowed by the will of Hawaiian princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter and last direct descendant of King Kamehameha I. The mission of Kamehameha Schools is to improve the capability and well-being of Hawaiians through education. Learn more at www.ksbe.edu.