Hot Shots – 8/14

Funding For HHHRC’s LEAD Program

Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association, Hawai‘i Hotel Industry Foundation, Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and the state of Hawai‘i presented a check for $90,162 to Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center for its Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program. Pictured are (from left) City Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi; HPD deputy chief John McCarthy; Niko Levernez and David Shaku of HHHRC; HPD Chief Susan Ballard; Mufi Hannemann, HLTA president and CEO; Heather Lusk, HHHRC executive director; Lt. Gov. Josh Green; City Councilwoman Carol Fukunaga; Chris Tatum, HTA president and CEO; and state Rep. Daniel Holt. PHOTO COURTESY HLTA

KĀKOU: HI’s Civic Engagement App

Pacific Resource Partnership and local nonprofit organizations celebrated the inaugural year of KĀKOU, a free app that PRP created to increase civic engagement in Hawai‘i. Pictured are (front, from left) Carolyn Golojuch, Rainbow Family 808; Trish La Chica, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute; Aisha Heredia, Hawai‘iKidsCAN; Jaylen Murakami, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute; Deborah Zysman, Hawai‘i Children’s Action Network; Rona Kekauoha, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement; Kyle Chock, Hawai‘i Regional Council of Carpenters; (back) David Miyashiro, Hawai‘iKidsCAN; Michael Golojuch, Rainbow Family 808; Gavin Thornton, Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice; Colin Kippen, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement; Will Caron, Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice; and Laura Nevitt, Hawai‘i Children’s Action Network. PHOTO COURTESY PACIFIC RESOURCE PARTNERSHIP