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Empowering Kalihi’s youth leaders through community organizing and policy advocacy training
While people in power sometimes hand wave the voice of youth in policy conversations, our partnership with KVIBE is a reminder that young people can and should be integral components of the decision-making process.
![Bringing support for Hawaiʻi Appleseed’s mission of justice and equity to a virtual space](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601374ae84e51e430a1829d8/1615954229030-RXXRPERW3YNHV0UUJXKE/Urias+04+-+amanda+in+color.jpg)
Bringing support for Hawaiʻi Appleseed’s mission of justice and equity to a virtual space
Hawaiʻi Appleseed’s 10th annual “Artists for Appleseed” fundraiser will be our first to take place in a virtual space.
![50 years in the fight for equal justice](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601374ae84e51e430a1829d8/1614893891325-Z1BP3BPQJU7VXRT5I3WQ/Victor.jpg)
50 years in the fight for equal justice
Victor Geminiani, founding director of Hawaiʻi Appleseed and career advocate for low-income and underserved communities, will retire on August 31, 2019.
![School breakfast: building a solid foundation for learning](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601374ae84e51e430a1829d8/1623453476515-JW9V6FTLY86C1XDCAE11/Fern_KaloBowl_Breakfast_web.jpg)
School breakfast: building a solid foundation for learning
When you checkout at Safeway in September, you’ll have the option to donate to this important fundraiser to expand participation in school breakfast programs.
![Governor Ige signs HB209, a win for working families and children](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601374ae84e51e430a1829d8/1620185112244-PLUAJB0ZZGYQICMWWCEN/HB209+signing.jpeg)
Governor Ige signs HB209, a win for working families and children
With this new law, Hawaiʻi joins 28 other states and Washington D.C. in offering a state-level EITC to help working families keep more of their earnings.
![Lahaina low-income housing at risk of losing its affordability](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601374ae84e51e430a1829d8/1620186031297-EL9QJCXOUR4UQDDT9GJD/FSA+2_edit+copy.jpg)
Lahaina low-income housing at risk of losing its affordability
Over the past several months, Hawaiʻi Appleseed has been working with the tenants of Front Street Apartments, a 142-unit complex in Lahaina that houses 300 low-income residents, to preserve the development’s affordability.
![Report emphasizes need for Hawaiʻi working family tax credit](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601374ae84e51e430a1829d8/1620188792168-L8RJC818J5UX9J9QS67R/mother-99744_1280-horizontalcrop.jpg)
Report emphasizes need for Hawaiʻi working family tax credit
Report highlights the financial situation of Hawaiʻi residents and their opinion of tax credits that would let low-income workers keep more of what they earn.