Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea

July 31, 2023

Live stream to begin at 12:45pm HST
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Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) is a national holiday established by King Kamehameha III.

In 1840 British forces, without the authorization from either crown - Hawaiian or British - illegally occupied the kingdom of Hawaiʻi. King Kamehameha III fiercely responded, and the rightful return of sovereignty to Hawaiʻi from the United Kingdom occurred on July 31, 1843, with the reraising of the Hawaiian flag in Honolulu.

Image Courtesy Lyman Museum, Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

To honor this part of our Hawaiian history, Changemakers Hawaiʻi is hosting a live-streaming event with our community partners to take back and reclaim a piece of our communities’ sovereignity – financial wealth building.

Raising Change, part of Changemakers’ Philanthropono program, requires participants to volunteer 90 hours at a Native Hawaiian or underserved organization to help them meet their fundraising goals.

All of the Raising Change program participants, Change Agents, will donate their time to the chosen project, which will be announced on September 2,2023 and equaling a total of 1,000 hours donated.

Apply online for our Pay-It-Forward community service give back here.