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Aloha and welcome to the Cova 19 care conversation brought to you by the Hawaii executive collaborative and Hawaii Pacific health i'm yunji de nies along with Ryan clay soo-ji it's been quite a journey Ryan and today is our final show in this in this series that's right we began all the way back on March 25th it's hard to believe that it has been this long but of course we've enjoyed getting to know some of you we've had some loyal viewers who tuned in every single day and of course bringing you the information that you need today we have a very special guest we have Michael Mike akane from the Hawaii Community Foundation who will be joining us you know Hawaii Community Foundation is an organization that we've been talking a lot about on this show and just their efforts and their support for the community over these past few months dealing with COBIT and so we wanted to talk to him a little bit more about what the organization is doing has done and ways that you can continue to get support and help out as well we thought it was pretty fitting that we talked to them on our final show just because they have been so much part of this conversation absolutely you know we highlight a Hawaii hero of the day every day we've done that from the beginning because there are so many people doing amazing things to help out during the pandemic but inevitably we say so-and-so is doing this in partnership with the Hawaii Community Foundation so we want to go straight to the source today to talk about what are the needs in the community because they more than anyone else really knows what the needs on the ground are they hear from various organizations about whether it's nutrition needs housing assistance health care all of that so we're really excited to talk to Mike Akane also really excited Ryan about yesterday's count that's right just two new cases reported and actually one was removed so the total positive cases since the outbreak here in Hawaii is nine hundred so really in these past three weeks ye has had an uptick and we've seen these numbers kind of go up and down a lot of it related to some of these larger gatherings of course with things sort of opening back up and people being much more social and being out we've seen those numbers go up we've talked to health officials as well as state leaders who have been talking about the state's really overall ability to now address some of these cases now and that they say that the state is in a much better place than it was when this all started and that they weren't really concerned with those numbers because they were able to continue with that contact tracing but good always to hear those single-digit reported as we saw yesterday yeah and it does show you just how much of a roller coaster this is because just the day before we had 27 cases so to go from 27 to 2 we don't know what the case number is yet for today we'll wait for that at noon but it is a reminder of course that we can have such an impact if we continue to do the things that we've been asking for from the beginning which is to wash your hands socially distance and wear a mask these are simple steps but they do require a lot of vigilance you know they're simple on their own but taking day after day every time you go out and I mean even yesterday when I was leaving the house just for a quick errand I realized halfway to the door like oh my goodness I forgot my mess and then you turn around and it just becomes you know part of your routine but it is something that is so important just that simple Act you really can save lives and and do so much good for our community just with your own individual action that's right it's phone keys wallet mask do that when you make sure you leave the door but as we mentioned earlier at the top of the broadcast we are going to be joined today by our special guests and joining us now is mike akane from the Hawaii Community Foundation to talk a little bit more about their efforts in this whole Cove at 19 and I'm it good to see you Micah thank you so much for spending time with us this morning thanks for having me right and it's good to see you as well Yugi thank you thank you so much for being here let's start out with the with the question of asks and need what are you seeing you know you've been responding to the need throughout the pandemic in the beginning it was just getting people masks on the ground it was doing those food distributions what are you hearing now going forward where are the biggest needs in our community where we're seeing it pretty spread across the community across all needs right now unfortunately we haven't seen a drop in in in food needs we're still servicing the food requirements out there we've seen at least three times pre Kovan numbers in terms of food we're out there still providing emergency grants to families that are allowing them to pay for utility or rent payments we're also taking a step into the recovery arena as well though and trying to keep our eye on the horizon and not looking down at our feet we are we launched a program with First Hawaiian Bank a couple weeks ago focused on the class of 2020 giving them the necessary support so that they can bridge into a post-secondary opportunity we launched a Hawaii stronger together fund which dovetails a program under the University of Hawaii that provides counseling and classes they call that the next step program there's about 3,000 kids in that program and so while we're still seeing great need in PPE in food and emergency grants we're trying to step into the recovery phase as well for those needs that are that we are forecasting on the horizon you know one of the of course the biggest contributing factors and all of this has been the resiliency fund that how many commits Pony Fondation has set up and sort of established if you can sort of give us an update on where you folks are at with that fund maybe how it started and how it sort of manifested itself of course through this effort and sort of where you guys are at right now in this effort to the response yeah the front is 105 days old right now we're approaching 12 million dollars in raised and we have about eleven million dollars off the door we're still actively trying to encourage people to contribute to the fund because that means as I just mentioned are still great but we've had we think we've had the impact that we had hoped it's been a catalyst towards other giving for us to leverage other activities and partners to come to the table we've been blessed with having really really good and active partners Bank of Hawaii stepped up really big early on with a three million dollar contribution that really allowed us to set the partnership with the City and County of Honolulu without that money we just wouldn't have been there we also would not have been there without first aligned banks major contribution and our stronger together funds so we've been very fortunate with the number of individuals and organizations as well as partners that have stepped up and been there with us you know the legislature right now is making decisions on all that cares act money we heard from the folks at Appleseed yesterday about a hundred million dollars going to help housing and mortgage payments and and mortgage consultation if you will to make sure that people can stay in their homes how is HCF going to be involved in sort of helping to guide where that funding goes when it comes to the legislature handing out that money well one of the things we tried to do early on was share the information we're learning at the grants that were executing and so we've been extremely active in communicating with speaker psyche communicating with glue communicating with Senate President Ron Kochi as well as governor EJ and his team and and there's some spaces that we have some capacity to interface and support government and execution of the cares Act money you mentioned emergency grants we think there's an opportunity for us to participate in some way there we launched a early childhood care grant early early childcare grant program during the Cova crisis it was a small small amount of money about three hundred thousand dollars that targeted a hundred grant caregivers and it looks like the legislature is going to really step up and put about fifteen million dollars into that effort and that's something that we could probably help them with they're also matching our highway stronger together fund so that two million dollars that is dedicated to the class of 2020 kids they're doubling down and so that's going to make a huge impact there as well it looks like we might play a role there and they're really stepping up on on the food side they're dedicating about five million dollars towards extending the food program that we launched with partnership with Bank of Hawaii and a food bank and I think that's gonna kind of really help us to fill those gaps between now and the end of the year so we've tried to just base our recommendations on data that we receive and I think we've developed quite a good partnership you know when you look at sort of the overall scale of where we started from and sort of where we are now and where we're going can you explain to us what may be the future holds for Hawaii Community Foundation we'll help out in these efforts because we know early on it was sort of that rapid response trying to help as many people as possible during this time but as we look sort of down towards the future there obviously are still going to be me it's much different than from when it started how will the Hawaii Community Foundation maybe help out in sort of the later phases of this as we head into the next season if you will have to cope at 19 sure I mean our role really is to fill gaps that government can feel we can never supplant them we can move faster we can be a catalyst for innovative thinking to try things that maybe government doesn't have the nimbleness to do and we're doing that already we launched a partnership with maui county to launch a financial opportunity center that will service 3,000 families with financial literacy training and personal capacity-building you know that will carry for the next six months to a year and and and so that's a move that maybe government can't do alone that we're gonna have to play a role in we're working hard to raise some funds for uhero and carl Bonhams team we saw the role that they played in the early days of kovat and we're going to need them to really step up in the years ahead and so it's important that we play a role in helping to invest in in that platform so that carl has the resources to help us forecast we're always going to be needing to place its bets so that our economy can't come back so right I think our role really is to continue to try to be nimble as possible be smart with our funds be as transparent as we can on what we're learning and to just to help this community in any way we can we don't we don't have a set place in way we want to be we want to be as as helpful to this community as we possibly can you know a lot of people would love to help out as well but they don't necessarily have financial resources to do that absent donating to the resilience fund which I know you're always taking always up for you know taking more donations but absent that how can people help your efforts I think the way you started this program you you started off by reminding people to do what's in their power and what's in their power is to be reminded of the social distancing recommendations that are being made to wash our hands to wear a mask to be conscious of when we gather especially when we're around kupuna who are very you know if they get exposed they're very vulnerable we have to remember of the exponential exposure that we caused each other because of the relationships that we have and the activities we present we can understand under understate the importance of that beyond that is taking care of your neighbor you know it's a little old school back to the old days of Hawaii but that's really what's gonna carry us through it's it's picking up upon those cues when we know a neighbor is in need and and just supporting them yeah well said you know am I gonna hard to believe but just last November the three of us were all together on givingtuesday right here live on the platform of the home ring our advertiser seems like a lifetime ago but so much has happened since then you know but back then we were sort of trying to raise money as well for the Hawaii Foundation and givingtuesday because there was needs in the community my question cider goes to what happens to those other organizations of course that still need support you know that I think that's one of the challenges right now is that coal bid of course is present and a lot of there but there was also just the needs that we had last year that you know the you folks are trying to raise from how do you find that balance between trying to manage the needs of today as well as the needs that were already there yeah as you recall right as you stated going going into kovin we were positioned pretty well in addressing some of Hawaii's major inequities you know we teamed up with the white executive collaborative to initiate partnership with the legislature to focus on three areas affordable housing income inequality and early learning and we have three packages of bills that the governor State Senate and state legislature we're all unified around and then we got hit by Colvin so I think what that told us was that we have the ability to come together with one voice to address the issues of that time you know that's pivoted a little bit and we're gonna offer we're gonna have to remain in solidarity around where those focuses need to be it has it has definitely upset our industry significantly just as it has impacted our economy and our sector a nonprofit community is going to need to adjust in the same way that we're going to be asking our economy to adjust and and again try to be as nimble as possible to help make our way through it's not going to be a easy journey and and and we're gonna have to again lock arms and go for it you know we had some folks on from Aloha United Way last week talking about the new Alice report that of course there are people who are who are limited in assets and are perhaps one car breakdown one medical emergency one miss rent payment away from being in a very difficult financial situation and and the numbers that she presented were pre coded now when we look forward what are your concerns about the most vulnerable in our community and and what you know sort of what what needs do you see right now and going forward when it comes to the Alice families yeah you know and you folks are very aware going into coverage we're highly focused on the Alice needs and what we saw in Cove it is just an exacerbation of those needs and so the the PlayBook really hasn't changed much it just means that we're gonna have to double down on our effort there's no silver bullet to that I think and we're gonna have to get back to those three huge inequities that we were addressing prior to so that we have a much more resilient community but at the same time I think we have typer focused on our economy and we have to to be thoughtful about how we can get enough economic activity going to support you know our needs at the same time do it in a way where we're conscious of all the social distancing and and and and mandates that are that that we should be aware of that balance is gonna be is gonna be tricky but I think those are the three variables we need to pay attention to are the ability for a healthcare system to support our needs the kovin mandates that actually determined kind of our way of life and the impact that it has on economic growth and then thirdly our economic growth you know how do we manage those three variables so that we have the greatest and fastest acceleration of our economy in greatest philanthropic gift we can give away you know Mike you've been sort of around the circle's here in Hawaii for some time now if you can sort of speak to what you have seen in terms of people coming together I think one of the things that we've noticed through this broadcast is the resiliency of the people of Hawaii
and the coming together we're seeing companies and organizations doing some really innovative things give back to the community and things that you know we would have never thought of can you speak to that of how these organizations who were once maybe competitors in some markets are coming together and helping the community and what have you seen in sort of this effort to help kawaiii it's been quite amazing you know and I and I was having a conversation with a friend last week about it you know when you know if you're in Portland you can lean on Seattle you know or if you're in San Diego you can lean on LA you know I you know they're leaning out you know we can't lean out you know we have to lean in and that leaning in really is what you're seeing today a recognition that we have the ability that to care for each other and to look within our community so much of that is happening right now with the - - who is knitting masks and taking them down to the Y so that you know other people have you know the masks they need you know restaurants as tough as it is for them they're still you know out there handing out free meals I mean you're seeing it with Pagoda who is a major contributor in our community right now and others it's amazing right it's not easy for them it's it's it's touching and it's just it's what toys all about so it's nice to see well we have a lot of complimentary messages coming in this one from Monica sankt Mahalo to you and the Hawaii Community Foundation for all that you're doing to support those with the greatest needs for people who are in need what would you tell them you know it feels it can feel pretty overwhelming they may be out of work for a long time now they may be struggling with unemployment benefits and those benefits the plus up is sunsetting at the end of the month where would you advise them to go to get help if they need it well first off I would recommend going to all United Way two on one number they're a good conduit of information to get going I'd also recommend that they go on our website and look at the grantees that were awarding funds to and if there's a need that's qualified under the services that they're providing reach out to those service providers but I'll also say to pay attention to this legislative this end of this legislative session the legislature is looking to make some pretty bold moves that we think is going to be able to extend some of that need through the balance of the year provide our key government leaders an opportunity to get our feet set to bring back our economy and so I think being informed is is a really good point and and appreciate what you folks are all doing right and you gee I know that this is the last show of this series but we sure hope that you folks continue folks have been an incredible resource for the community because if you guys always show up so thank you for what you folks are doing well thank you Micra for just taking time of course to join us this morning and of course for everything the Hawaii Community Foundation continues to do for our community and that we appreciate just the time spent talking to you this morning it's future thanks guys Aloha thank you so much well he's right it starts with the simple personal responsibility of doing all the things we talked about at the top wearing the mask socially distancing washing your hands but also you know being aware of the people around you and and identifying the needs in your own community I mean if there's somebody that you know who can't go get groceries or can't you know do do all the things that they need to do right now there are ways that you can help and you know or you can make a call to to one one to help some you know to ask for resources for that person or for yourself yeah and I think as I mentioned one of the great things that we've had the opportunity in doing this program for three months has been seeing how the community has come together through our Hawaii hero segment and just the innovation of things that have come about and ways that people have been able to contribute albeit sometimes in a very small way but still making a significant impact in the community I know that the Hawaii condition continuing to do that through their partnerships and their efforts to support those organizations who feel the needs and the gaps in our community of course we always like to also talk about some of the other headlines that are happening right now in Hawaii and some of the things that are making news today here in Hawaii yeah one of the big things of course is everyone's looking to the weekend we've seen you know unfortunately you know over the weekend we saw all those double digits including 27 new cases reported on Sunday just two yesterday so that's great news but you know people are really attributing a lot of that and it's it's hard to know exactly but to family gatherings to perhaps religious gatherings and and also to Memorial Day celebrations and and just when people are getting together and we are seeing at least in my own life when I when I look around you know we're seeing that people are getting a little kovat fatigue perhaps and maybe getting a little relaxed and it is in our culture to hug each other to give Aloha and so people are looking at policymakers and health officials they're looking to this weekend where we have the July 4th holiday with some trepidation that's right and really they're making it known that they will be sort of out and about you know DLNR also reminding people about activities that are happening on the water reminding people that it is you know illegal to be drinking at the sandbar over the weekend as well as gathering in sort of some of these things that we've seen flotillas that have also happened in the past during this weekend so they are on high alert of course recognizing the dangers that that already presents but when you factor in kovat 19 to the mix they are also reminding people about those social distancing efforts we expect to see a lot of people also on the beaches so they're reminding people about gathering sizes and keeping that social distance I'm sure the parks and beaches will be packed this weekend so they're very mindful of all that things that are happening and trying to remind people to really use common sense when it comes to just trying to make sure that we can continue to control Cove in 19 all of this as a state Suter can continues to wrap up its efforts to provide that option for travelers to take a test prior to coming to Hawaii so they don't have to take that 14-day mandatory quarantine of course we've heard from the governor and other state officials that is going into effect on August 1st and so really the state now trying to find ways and really to communicate that message to travelers that are coming into the state of Hawaii about some of the efforts that they're going to have to undertake and be aware of when coming to the islands yeah I mean they're sort of writing the plan as they go we've heard from lieutenant governor and the governor himself that there is no consensus on the on the child issue you know on what on what we should do when it comes to minors and testing and there is this sort of hiccup that are these tests even available to children some pharmacies don't offer them to minors but you know will they be require really not we're expecting an announcement sometime this week with more details in terms of the families who are coming to the islands and Dave Jimmy says no one can predict the future of travel that is absolutely right the state doing their best of course open this big part of our economy while at the same time protecting all of the gains that we've made because Hawaii has gone through so much economic pain and suffering to have you know really wonderful results when it comes to our mortality rate and our Viral rate but at the same time you know we we obviously need those tourist dollars to come back one of the key things of course is contact tracing another headline in the paper today talking about how there was a bus driver of driver for the bus here in Honolulu who tested positive for kovin and so they have listed in the paper all the routes that that particular driver was on when he came to work they say that he was sick they believed for several days before he actually was tested and confirmed so there is potential exposure there it's very difficult for them obviously to track down every single person who rode the bus but if you can look at those routes figure out if you perhaps were on one of those routes they you are eligible for testing at five health centers here in Honolulu so if you or someone you know was potentially on a city bus in that window please go look at those routes and and see if you need to get tested it's much better to be safe than sorry right the more we can test and figure out where these clusters are the more rapidly we can shut them down that's why and again them all that information of course is in the paper including some of the articles that we talked about you know with Hawaii rebranding itself and the message that they're sending to tourists as well as all the latest headlines make sure you head over to the Honolulu Star Advertiser comm for those headlines we are sort of going to be shifting gears as we move forward as we've mentioned a few times now this is our last show here and the cove in nineteen care conversation and it has been a sort of wild ride for both of us to sort of start this as an experiment and really become something that we have been fortunate enough to do to be able to bring you this conversation and to be able to speak to leaders throughout this process but we will be sort of shifting gears beginning on Monday that's right July 6th we are shifting the conversation and is no longer strictly kovat although Kovac touches everything in Hawaii an around the world right now so it is still part of the conversation but we're calling this spotlight Hawaii and we're going to be taking on different you know topics and we're starting out in July with politics and the Honolulu mayor's race you know politics is very different we've talked about this there you know the canvassing the door-to-door even for a while there was no sign waving because they didn't want groups gathering and you can't necessarily go have coffee with a candidate or go to a Rotary Club or a high school and have these interactions so we are bringing the candidates to you along with the editorial board we've settled on six candidates for honolulu mayor and we will be having one-on-one in-depth conversations on mondays and wednesdays in july with those top six of course voting happens August 8th in the primary and Ryan we're really looking forward to talking to these folks our first week and this was decided in random order but I'll give you the full list it's colleen Hanabusa Mufi Hannemann rick bland grd june james keith a Lamia and then we rounded out with kim pine-sol kollene Hanabusa is first she'll be joining us on Monday that's right so we encourage all of you to of course tune in but also we want to know what you want to know we want to know what questions you have for these candidates and where they stand on some of these issues of course Cobin 19 will be a part of this discussion as the next mayor will have to tackle these issues including the the overall city budget how they're going to manage that with the resources that they have and the decrease obviously in tax revenue for the city in providing services while also trying to battle this pandemic but we also want to talk about rail of course is a hot issue we know that there are many other things that are concerning the residents of the City and County of Honolulu so we want to know what questions you want us to ask oh please enter them into the comment sections and of course you can always tune in on these days to hear from the candidates directly we're going to do some different fun things that we hope will be engaging for not only them but for you as well and beyond the candidates we will also be speaking to members of the office of election as Hawaii moves to all mail-in voting so providing you information on that we'll also be hearing from governor egay later in the month in July to sort of get an update where the state is you know he's been gracious in volunteering it's offering his time every Monday to be able to join us and so we'll be joining back with him later in July to sort of get an update right before the state opens up on that August first that date so we encourage all of you to continue to tune in and again thank you for being a part of this conversation so far but luckily we can continue on in this other way that's right and we also want to of course think again our sponsors Hawaii Pacific health and the Hawaii executive collaborative the Hawaii executive collaborative for those of you who don't know is a consortium of business and civic leaders here in Hawaii that are doing amazing things in partnership with groups like Hawaii Community Foundation so we encourage you to check out Hawaii executive collaborative social media whether it's their website their Instagram they're always posting things that they're involved in these are people who are really helping to shape the direction in the future of Hawaii so it's good to be aware of what they're doing and we really we really thank them for making this possible because it has been such a privilege to be part of this conversation with them and with you that's always Pacific we want to thank Linda marble for her help in getting this conversation going she's been a part of this as well as our producer Kyra do know who has also been helping us to get this together each and there's a lot of things that happened behind the scenes it's not just Angie and I there's a lot of people that of course help us to bring you this show every day so we want to give a quick shout-out to those who for all their help and of course we always like to end our show by highlighting a Hawaii hero somebody who we've already highlighted but again we want to highlight the Hawaii Community Foundation of course where their efforts and what they continue to do for our community youngji you've mentioned that earlier on but we continue to always mention Hawaii human cognition in the partnerships with so many of the other organizations but they've really been a key stakeholder in this effort to help those in need they absolutely have and as you heard Mike acai says if you're an individual who is in need and you're looking to get some help a good place to start is Aloha United Way two on one number and also look at the Hawaii Community Foundation's website see what programs that they are sharing their funds with and see what they're amplifying and that can give you an idea of the resources that are out there that's right well again it has been really an honor for all for both yun-gi to be a part of this conversation and that we thank you for allowing us into your homes on your phones wherever he may have watch this broadcast to bring you information it has been really quite an experience and we are so thankful for all of you for all your support and and all our loyal viewers who have continued to watch us over these past few months that's right and we will see you right back here on Monday 10:30 Monday and Wednesday put it in your calendar thanks of course also to the team at the Honolulu Star Advertiser they've done a lot to support us and we appreciate working with them as well so thanks to all of you we will see you on Monday with colleen Hanabusa until then have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend please remember the more than you do the quicker this can all pass until then oh ho
