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Lee A. Tonouchi – Selected Works
Brandy Nālani McDougall, 2023-2025 Hawaiʻi Poet Laureate
Partnerships
The Tony Quagliano Poetry Award
Tony Quagliano
Lehua M. Taitano – Winner of the 2025-2026 Tony Quagliano Poetry Award
Laurel Nakanishi-Winner of the 2023-2024 Tony Quagliano Poetry Award
Lee Tonouchi—Winner of the 2021-2022 Tony Quagliano Poetry Award
Margarita Serafimova—Winner of the 2019-2020 Tony Quagliano International Poetry Award
Gilder Lehrman Teacher of the Year Award
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COVID-19 – Hawai’i Council for the Humanities CARES Act Grants
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Past Programs
Try Think
Film for Thought, 2010 – 2024
Film For Thought 2023–United We Stand
Film for Thought 2022
Film for Thought 2021—Recovering, Rebuilding, and Reimagining Across Time and Space
Crossings
High Tide Don’t Hide
Karmalink
Night Raiders
The Island in Me
Film for Thought 2020—Change Makers
Film for Thought 2019—Change Makers
Film for Thought 2018-The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Square
Film for Thought 2017—The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Square
Film for Thought 2016—The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Square
Film for Thought 2015—The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Sphere
Film for Thought 2014—Bridging Cultures
Film for Thought 2013—Bridging Cultures
Film for Thought 2012—Bridging Cultures
Film for Thought 2011
Film for Thought 2010
Nā Mana Wai—Telling Our Own Stories
Try Think: Hulihia
An Invitation to Conversation…Virtually
Resources
Why It Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation
Why It Matters Poetry Workshops
Ke Kauā o Ka Lāhui: The Life of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi
Weaving Voices: Connecting Communities through Hawai‘i Life Stories
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Celebrating 50 Years of Exploring the Humanities in Hawaiʻi
A Brief History of Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities
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Update on National Endowment for the Humanities Funding – Feb. 2026
Partnerships: Reflections on Molokaʻi Traditions of Hula and Makahiki
Graphic novel “Hāmākua Hero” sparks self-discovery, belonging, and resilience
Celebrating Janyce Omura, Civics and HHD Educator!
Partnerships: Lei Pua ʻAla’s “The Return of Kapaemahu”
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