Elevate your leadership skills with Wahine Rising! The Patsy Mink Center for Business and Leadership is now accepting applications for Wahine Rising, its emerging women’s leadership program. Wahine Rising was created to help elevate our future women leaders. The event series focuses on potential women leaders looking to build core competencies. Through facilitated classes and […]

Fast Company Innovation Festival brings together thousands of forward-thinking creators, makers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders from across the country and around the globe who are embracing change, blazing new trails, and moving our world forward. Join this immersive hybrid experience—from the digital stages to the in-person fast tracks—for 4 days of inspiration, connection and meaningful […]

A new data visualization from the U.S. Census Bureau allows users to explore characteristics of same-sex and opposite-sex married and unmarried couple households at the state level in 2019. Since the visualization is based on ACS data, only couples that include the householder are reflected. There were roughly 980,000 same-sex couple households in the United […]

Join Pacific Business News and celebrate the 23rd Annual Women Who Mean Business awards. These women are the news-makers, the leaders, and the ones shaping our future. 2021 Career Achievement Honoree Kathy Raethel, Former President, Adventist Health Castle 2021 Women Who Mean Business Honorees Beverly Ament, President, Island Insurance Companies, Ltd. Kelsey Amos, COO, Purple Maiʻa Foundation Kawena […]

Due to the unpredictable nature of COVID-19 virus and the recent increase of case counts, this year's Honolulu Pride Parade & Festival will not be an in-person event. In its place there will be a series of Virtual Honolulu Pride events, with all the fun, educational and inspiring programs from last year, plus a few […]

Grubhub, a leading U.S. food-ordering and delivery marketplace, and the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), the business voice of the LGBTQ+ community and certifying body for LGBTQ+-owned businesses nationwide, have opened applications for their NGLCC/Grubhub Community Impact Grant Program. The grants are expected to range from $5,000 to $100,000. Over 30 of the more than 50 […]

What does it mean for someone to be both queer and Indigenous, and how do these and other identities intersect? This panel will share perspectives from across Oceania, including Hawai‘i, Palau, and the Cook Islands. These panelists will explore the role of history, colonization, culture and how that has informed their sexual orientation and/or gender […]

The time has arrived to once again recognize the leaders who help power the NGLCC movement! As the umbrella organization for 75 local, state and international LGBT chambers of commerce, […]

Faces Of Pride is a new Instagram project for 2021 Honolulu Pride curated by designer, photographer and creative Joshua Kamei. It explores the awesome diversity within Hawaii’s LGBTQI+ community, sharing […]

HANOCON is Hawaii’s largest annual gathering of nonprofit professionals–as well as sector allies, supporters, and advocates–to network, learn, share ideas, collaborate, and partner. This year’s HANOCON conference theme is Shifting Paradigms, inspired […]

The Aloha Maui Pride Festival is held the second Saturday in October, and the 2021 Festival is scheduled for October 9th 2021, subject to rescheduling. For more information, click here. The mission of […]

The 2nd Annual Honolulu Pride Virtual After Party will premiere online Saturday, October 16. Hosted by Candi Shell with DJ Keala Kennelly, Matt Guevara, Dane Neves and featuring special performances, videos and […]