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Our mission is to foster a disease-free, regenerative lifestyle through community education, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation and character development. We’re looking for passionate leaders in fields like environmental protection, cultural preservation, finance, law, non-profit management, community outreach, etc. to serve on our Board of Directors. As a Board Member, you’ll:

Shape our impact and strategy

Leverage your insights and networks to further our mission

Champion regenerative practices that restore and sustain Hawaii’s cultural and ecological heritage.

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Hoʻōla Naʻau, meaning “to heal the mind and heart,” is a meditation and mindfulness program developed and facilitated by Hui o Kahawai I Ka Poʻo Poʻo, a community-rooted organization whose mission is to foster a disease-free, regenerative lifestyle through community education, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation and character development. The program will be offered three times per week and is designed to support and enhance the success of participants preparing for or already engaged in Chaminade University of Honolulu's Higher Education in Prison (HEP) program, which offers degrees in the humanities and liberal arts to those who are incarcerated. It aims to empower individuals to reconnect with their deeper sense of purpose, expand their perspectives, and cultivate life-affirming goals—so they may reenter society with renewed clarity, confidence, and contribution.

By integrating meditation & mindfulness into the weekly schedule, the program aims to strengthen focus, reduce emotional stress, and improve learning outcomes in educational programming. Participants will learn meditation & mindfulness techniques, breath work, and gentle movement practices rooted in trauma-informed care integrated with culturally sensitive curriculum.

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HŌʻAUMAKUA MĀIKI: ʻHōʻaumakua’ means to acquire, cultivate and/or contact ʻaumākua (plural of ʻaumakua; family or personal gods. A symbiotic relationship exists between kānaka and ʻaumākua).  ʻMāiki’ means microscopic.  Hōʻaumākua māiki defines the underlying philosophy of cultivating and honoring the sacred synbiotic & favorable symbiotic relationship humans and the planet have with effective and/or indigenous beneficial microorganisms (hoʻoulu meaola māiki ʻōiwi) within our bodies and in the environment.

Project Hōʻaumakua Māiki's design, programs, and policies are firmly rooted in cultural principles, including but not limited to mālama ʻāina (environmental stewardship), ʻike kūpuna(ancestral knowledge), kuleana (traditional & customary rights, responsibilities and privileges), pilina (relationship building), ola (life, well-being, and interconnectedness), and the guiding principles of hoʻākua (deification, divine reverence, and the extraordinary).

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PROJECT SITE: KEWALO NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY CENTER

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PROJECT SITE: KEWALO NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY CENTER

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Click on the link to view a video of the project site.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/193iCqXDl0chfCiP5Jwb7kfIt8tfWwyUp/view?usp=share_link

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If you’d like to learn more, please let me know. I look forward to the possibility of working together.

Warm regards,

Robert Quartero

Executive Director
Hui O Kahawai I Ka Poʻo Poʻo

Phone: (808) 724-0129
Email: kewaloculturalcenter@gmail.com

linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-quartero/