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Brandy Nālani McDougall, 2023-2025 Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate
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The Tony Quagliano Poetry Award
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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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Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities Distributes $629,140 to Humanities Organizations and Programs in Hawaiʻi for SHARP
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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
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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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Try Think: About Abolition
Try Think: About Gender – Transition to Self
Try Think: About Aging – Sharing Intergenerational Stories
Try Think: About Disconnecting – The Transition from Physical to Digital
Hawaiʻi History Day Teacher Workshop Women and the American Story
Try Think: About Kapaemahu
Try Think: The End of Voter Apathy?
Try Think: Fighting the Good Fight – Protection & Preservation of Sacred Spaces
Hawaiʻi International Film Festival
Try Think: Lotteries and Leaders – How We Choose Those Who Lead Us
