Events

Help HOMA prepare for an upcoming exhibition!

We are looking for community members to volunteer this summer at the Honolulu Museum of Art in preparation for Rebecca Louise Law’s exhibition, Awakening, scheduled to open this fall. 
Rebecca Louise Law: 
This artist is known for creating immersive installations with natural materials. Preserved flowers have become the signature of her most recognized works.

Pau hana social event at Dave & Buster's Rooftop Bar.  Heavy pupus and one beverage, $25.

Guest speaker Mahina Paishon-Duarte is based on Hawaii island and we are fortunate that she will be able to attend in person. Not only is she the founder of Waiwai Collective among other startups, but also serves on numerous boards including the Hawaii Tourism Authority, which she just joined last month.  We're especially excited to have her speak as a Native Hawaiian, as a successful businesswoman, and for Waiwai Collective's demonstration of how a for-profit business can be steeped in community-driven values. 

Registration for lunch at Nico's Upstairs will open soon.

EVENT INFORMATION:

Honolulu Walk Date: 09/10/2022
Walk Location: Skygate Park (Capitol Grounds)

Directions: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sky-gate

Walk Start Time: 8:30 am

Please register in advance at www.afsp.org/hawaii. This walk is a suicide awareness and prevention walk. There will be activities and a tent with resources. Come and connect with others that care about preventing suicide. 

To join and/or donate to the Rotary Cares Team, please go to: Rotary Cares - Fundraising For American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Our guest speaker is Michelle Ka'uhane, Senior Vice President & Chief Impact Officer at the Hawaii Community Foundation, an organization dedicated to investing in and strengthening Hawaii’s communities. She previously served as president and chief executive officer of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, where she focused on deploying capital in underserved Native Hawaiian communities across Hawaii. Throughout her career, she has worked to support vulnerable communities in Hawaii and improve economic outcomes among Native Hawaiians. Ka’uhane is currently a commissioner for President Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, a U.S. Health and Human Services Department committee that advises the Biden-Harris administration on issues of equity, justice, and anti-discrimination for the AA and NHPI communities. She also serves on the Community Advisory Council at the Federal Reserve of San Francisco to offer perspectives on the economic and financial-service needs of low- and moderate-income populations in Hawaii. She is a graduate of Gonzaga University and Kamehemeha Schools Kapalama.

Registration for lunch will open soon.

Punchbowl was once used as a lookout for Hawaiian warriors. Now, it’s one of only two national memorial cemeteries in the USA — the other is Arlington, Virginia. It is the final resting place for those that have courageously served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

For the 16th year, the 100th Infantry Battalion Club 100 members invite the public to help decorate 1,000 heroes’ graves with flowers Saturday, Sept. 24, from 8:00am to 1:00pm.

Then on Sunday, Sept. 25, from 9:30 to 10:30 am, the public is invited to a joint memorial service in honor of our Nisei soldiers of World War II, including the 100th Infantry Battalion (Purple Heart Battalion), the 442nd (Go For Broke Battalion), Regimental Combat Team, the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) and the 1399 Engineer and Construction Battalion.

The memorial service, which previously was organized by the O‘ahu AJA Veterans Council, is held annually on the Sunday closest to Sept. 29 — the day in 1943 that Sgt. Shigeo “Joe” Takata of the 100th Infantry Battalion became the first Japanese American soldier killed in action in World War II. Sgt. Shigeo “Joe” Takata was hit by shrapnel and fought death long enough to point out the location of the enemy. Sgt. Takata rests in eternal peace at Punchbowl.