Kūkulu Kumuhana Collaboration for Hawaiʻi’s Community Orgs
The Kūkulu Kumuhana Working Group recently awarded Jo Qina`au a collaboration award to engage the community in the Kūkulu Kumuhana framework of wellbeing.
The working group members are from Liliʻuokalani Trust, Kamehameha Schools, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Consuelo Foundation, Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Hawaiʻi, the Department of Native Hawaiian Health-John A. Burns School of Medicine, and the Kualoa-Heʻeia Ecumenical Youth (KEY) Project.
Jo is currently delivering a pilot version of a program which offers wellbeing support for organizations uplifting Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) and Hawai`i’s communities. The sessions are based on Kūkulu Kumuhana, a Kanaka Maoli framework for wellbeing with 6 dimensions, and 4 levels. Building on this foundation, each session offers gentle movement (similar to yoga asana), breathing exercises, and meditation which are designed to engage participants in embodying the values and vision of Kūkulu Kumuhana.
Participating Organizations
Hawai‘i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi, Child & Family Service, Children’s Law Project of Hawaiʻi, Domestic Violence Action Center, Family Promise of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Health & Harm Reduction Center, Hawaiʻi Rise Foundation, Island of Hawaiʻi YMCA Family Visitation Center, Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi, Lо̄kahi Treatment Centers, Neighborhood Place of Kona, Parents and Children Together, PAU Violence, Salvation Army of Hawaiʻi Family Treatment Services, Victim/Witness Kо̄kua Services, Women Helping Women, Women in Need, YWCA Kauaʻi
‘Ewalu Industries with host partners, County of Hawai'i Planning/Research & Development
Reimagining Public Safety Coalition: Representatives from the ACLU Policy Team, Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Ceeds of Peace, Faith Action Hawaii, Parents And Children Together (PACT), 'Ekolu Mea Nui, Chinn Strategies
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office: Institute for Hawaiian Language Research and Translation; UH Mānoa Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center
Learn More About Kūkulu Kumuhana
The 6 dimensions of wellbeing at four levels: ‘Ohana, community, organization, and policy
Ea - Self-determination
‘Ᾱina Momona - Healthy and productive land and people
Pilina - Mutually sustaining relationships
Waiwai - Ancestral abundance, collective wealth
‘Ōiwi - Cultural identity and native intelligence
Ke Akua Mana - spirituality and the sacredness of mana
