One of the most fertile areas for impactful, positive change in Hawai‘i is in better understanding how government works – at all levels. Our goal is to provide the next generation of leaders in Hawai‘i with a platform to learn about and understand how to navigate state and county governments with the hope that if and when they have an issue they are passionate about, they’ll know how to push forward.
We aim to build cross-sector collaborative support to work alongside our appointed leaders and elected government partners to co-create viable, sustainable solutions that benefit all working families in Hawai‘i. Demystifying Government is an educational initiative focused on convening representatives from all different branches of government to lead generative conversations with participants from the private, nonprofit, labor, and government sectors.
People often talk about systems being broken. How often do you hear that “government is broken” or “the housing system is broken?”
One way our systems operate is by keeping us in separate silos. Our systems are currently designed so that private business, nonprofits, government, labor, and more are not inclined to collaborate and work together, even though we all have similar goals.
We want to bring people together from all these sectors to build relationships, hear each other, learn from each other, and find common ground together. We aim to generate trust and break new ground.
We will begin holding convenings in 2023 to help build bridges across sectors and build new coalitions identifying and creating public-private partnerships, multi-stakeholder initiatives and collective impact initiatives that will help all working families be able to afford to live in Hawai‘i.
