Ryan Catalani 7/27/21 Ryan Catalani 7/27/21

Two local nonprofits receive $100,000 grant from Safeway and Safeway Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors

Hawaiʻi Appleseed and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network are teaming up to ensure families with keiki can purchase enough food this summer.

Will Caron 3/23/20 Will Caron 3/23/20

Community partnership serves free meals to keiki during school closure

During this unplanned school closure, three SFSP sponsors—YMCA Honolulu, Parents and Children Together, and Palama Settlement—are opening food sites in low-income areas on Oʻahu for keiki.

Will Caron 11/12/19 Will Caron 11/12/19

Hawaiʻi Appleseed and PHOCUSED join forces

The merger of these social justice organizations is meant to forge a stronger connection between data-driven policy and impacted communities.

Will Caron 9/10/19 Will Caron 9/10/19

Official poverty data obscures reality faced by Hawaiʻi residents

The more accurate Supplemental Poverty Measure ranks Hawaiʻi at 13th highest for poverty in the nation.

Will Caron 9/5/19 Will Caron 9/5/19

Andy Fisher, food justice author, to speak at UH Manoa

Fisher will discuss why wealthy countries like the U.S. continue to struggle with food insecurity.

Will Caron 8/21/19 Will Caron 8/21/19

Hawaiʻi Appleseed announces Victor Geminiani’s retirement

The 50-year advocate for the low-income community and founder of Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice will retire on August 31, 2019.

Gavin Thornton 4/10/16 Gavin Thornton 4/10/16

Report examines the state of poverty in Hawaiʻi since the Great Recession

The state’s high cost of living and low wages has made recovery slow and painful for many families.