Challenges

Each year, Kanu challenges its members to join together in group action to build a more compassionate, resilient, sustainable Hawaii.

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Live Aloha In Your Neighborhood 2011

Kanu Hawai’i asks people across the islands to begin the process of building stronger communities, one block at a time, drawing on our culture of aloha. We ask islanders everywhere to start with one action: Reach out to people “3 doors down” in both directions from the place you live, and get together in a backyard, garage, building lobby, local coffee shop, or other place within walking distance. We will:

Be aware of our neighbors
Creating relationships with our neighbors provides a support system and community security that comes from caring about each other's needs.

Take care of our neighborhoods
As we look out for each other, it becomes easier to work together and build sustainable and environmentally friendly communities.

Prepare our community together
Resilient and vibrant, our neighborhoods become the foundations of thriving local economies no longer dependent on trans-Pacific oil and food imports.




We begin with a personal commitment to change in our daily lives, then join together to take collective action through our challenges.