Laura Toyofuku-Aki's Fundraiser
We can create the Hawai'i of our dreams for today and tomorrow!
Join Laura's GP23 journey!
UPDATE: ** I personally donated my $2,000 Makana Aloha (pledge) through a corporate matching program, so it will not show up on this page.
Aloha family, friends, and community!
From January through May,
Iʻm participating in Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fundʻs Giving Project.This
is major for me both as a community member of Hawai'i and as the
co-founder of Project Koa Yoga (PKY). Project Koa Yoga, my business, is an 2022 HPF grantee and joined the HPF hui (community). So I decided to give back to this network and my 31 grantee peers across 5 islands by joining The Giving Project. For the month of April, I am trying to raise $7,000.00 for The Giving Project. All funds raised will be shared among all grantees and is tax-deductible.
- Land justice, land back, and keeping Hawaiian families on Hawaiian lands: Kīpuka Kuleana and Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation
- Advocating for Kanaka Maoli self-governance: Ka Lāhui Hawai‘i Political Action Committee and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honolulu
- De-militarization, de-occupation, and anti-imperialism, including youth organizer training to permanently shut down the leaking Red Hill fuel tanks that endanger 93,000 residents' fresh water supply: Koa Futures Initiative of Hawai‘i Peace & Justice
- Reviving traditional farming and fishpond management, which are crucial to food sovereignty: Hui o Kuapā, Mole Kumu, Nā Moku Aupuni o Koʻolau Hui, and Uluhāhāloa
- Protecting sacred Indigenous spaces: Mālama Mākua and Mauna Kea Education & Awareness
- Rematriation of our ancestors' bones from museums around the world, and protecting the interred from desecration by hotel developers: Hui Iwi Kuamo‘o
- Arts activism, yoga, and traditional birthing practices that center and celebrates LGBTQ+ and gender-expansive folks: Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking, Project Koa Yoga, and Kalauokekahuli
I am asking you to join in my fund-shifting goals as a person who loves, enjoys, and rests here in Hawai'i. I love Hawaiʻi, and many of you do too - this is the way to support the `āina and people you aloha! I encourage you to check out my IG and see some highlights of the grantees - the work folks are doing is MAJOR!
me ke Aloha,
Laura