Vibrant Hawaiʻi is convening the 2026 Resilience Conference on June 12–13 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. This two-day, in-person training is designed to strengthen local capacity for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Community first aid, triage, patient support, and coordination with medical systems. Psychological first aid, stress response, and community-based emotional support. Volunteer coordination, spontaneous volunteer management, and donations flow.

All content pulled from Hawaiʻi Community Health Worker Association, April Newsletter. This month, we highlight Genevieve De Rego , a passionate community health worker and mother serving as a Social Service Navigator at Vibrant Hawai’i on Hawai’i Island. Before entering community health work, she spent over twenty years as a professional photographer, an experience that sharpened her ability to listen, read nonverbal cues, and help people feel seen and at ease. Genevieve al

Applications are now open for KōCreate: ʻOAKA—and with the April 17 deadline quickly approaching, now is the time for Hawaiʻi Island students to take the next step in their leadership journey. KōCreate: ʻOAKA is a two-year civic leadership and workforce development pathway designed specifically for current high school sophomores entering their junior year in the Fall of 2026 , creating the opportunity to grow alongside a cohort while building skills, experience, and confidenc

Over the past six months, 28 individuals from across Hawaiʻi Island made a commitment—to step forward, lean in, and take a more active role in shaping the future of their communities. Through KōCreate: Designing Homegrown Futures, a Vibrant Hawaiʻi initiative supported by the Trust for Civic Life, this group—known as KōCreators—spent time building both the skills and relationships needed to move ideas into action. Their work centered on priorities that continue to surface acr