Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action

We have four interconnected program areas that serve as a comprehensive plan toward accomplishing our mission: catalyze community empowerment and systemic change towards valuing ‘āina (that which sustains us) and people ahead of corporate profits.

Fair & Sustainable
Food Systems

Community-Based
Resource Stewardship

Reclaiming Democracy

Social & Economic
Justice

The Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA) is deeply committed to championing social, economic, and environmental justice throughout Hawaiʻi. Recognizing the interconnected nature of food systems, we underscore that the challenges plaguing these systems are not isolated from broader social, economic, and environmental concerns. We believe in an integrated approach that addresses these interdependencies to create a just, equitable, and sustainable future for Hawai'i.

Click on each program area to learn more about their respective goals, active campaigns, and programs.

Reclaiming Democracy

Hoʻomaikaʻi to our Kuleana Academy’s Cohort 7! HAPA’s Newest KA Alumni!

Fair & Sustainable Food Systems

2024 Policy Initiatives - State Legislative Session

HAPA supports a broad fair & sustainable food systems policy agenda. We actively track and mobilize support for a variety of bills seeking to create necessary changes in our food system.

We have 6 priority areas:

  1. Food Equity 

  2. Pesticide Protections

  3. Support for Food Producers & Regenerative Practices

  4. Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK)

  5. Food System Planning

  6. Good Food Procurement

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