HAWAIʻI VOICES
A Living Story Experience
October 22, 2026 · Bishop Museum, Honolulu
An experience so resonant that guests leave feeling like they are part of Hawaiʻi's story.
— Anthony Amador, Director of Development
Why This Matters
Every bill we've ever passed started as a person.
Kealohilani Hokoana, counting pedestrians after school until her Waipahu neighborhood finally got a crosswalk. The parents who stood on the floor of the State Capitol and testified for their own kids. The families who learned this year that their food assistance and health coverage were no longer a given. For twenty years, we've carried these stories into hearing rooms and budget meetings — rooms most of Hawaiʻi never gets invited into.
The future of Hawaiʻi is already here. It just needs to be heard.
Hawaiʻi Voices is us doing something we've never done before: opening that room to you. We're asking now because the need is not hypothetical — federal cuts are already reaching into Medicaid and food assistance for neighbors with no cushion left. Your seat in the room is what lets us tell the next twenty years of these stories.
The Evening
An evening you don't watch. One you help write.
Hawaiʻi Voices isn't a stage-and-podium gala. It's an immersive room, built around the real stories of the people housing, food, transportation, and tax policy touch every day. You'll walk through it, respond to it, and leave having added something to it.
Live Storytelling
Four community members, rehearsed and supported, share their own stories across Appleseed's issue areas — intimate, unpolished in the best way, and unforgettable.
Portrait Gallery
Large-format portraits of real neighbors line the room, each paired with a name, a quote, and a QR code that opens into their fuller story.
Story Tree
Throughout the night, guests respond to community prompts and add their own reflections — growing a living archive that fills the space by evening's end.
Resonance Cards
When a story moves you, you place a card in a vessel. The evening closes with a collective reveal of just how much moved through the room together.
Date
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Doors at 5:30 PM
Venue
Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817
Attire
Aloha Attire
Come as yourself, dressed for a warm evening
Tickets
Your seat is the start of the story.
Every ticket helps fund the research, coalitions, and community leaders behind Appleseed's work — from the Earned Income Tax Credit to Safe Routes to School. Bring a friend, bring your team, or sponsor a table for the people you'd like to see in the room.
Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. A portion of your ticket may be tax-deductible.
General Admission
- Reception, program, and dinner
- Full Hawaiʻi Voices storytelling experience
- Access to the Portrait Gallery and Story Tree
- A Resonance Card of your own to place
Tickets are processed securely through Bloomerang. Prefer to pay by check, DAF, or another method? Email Anthony Amador.
Sponsorship
This isn't a logo on a banner.
Your support is woven into the storytelling itself — and puts your name beside the issues that matter most to working families across Hawaiʻi. Our goal is $30,000 across five tiers.
| Benefit | Narrator$7,500 | Storyteller$5,000 | Voice$2,500 | Community$1,000 | Ally$250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logo: event signage & program | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Logo: Appleseed website (2026) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Social media recognition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Verbal recognition at event | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Complimentary tickets | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Named storytelling set sponsor | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Story Chandelier naming recognition | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Year-end annual report recognition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Ready to sponsor?
Choose your tier, then reserve it below.
Prefer to pay by check, DAF, or another method? Please email Anthony Amador, Director of Development, at anthony@hiappleseed.org.
Mahalo nui loa.