Our Purpose
To create experiences of belonging and worth, through nurturance and cultural values, so that we cultivate groundedness, accountability, and joy.
Our Plan
We are creating a community, culture, and professional collaboration to build and maintain a thriving ecosystem of wellness to proactively address the high rates, vulnerabilities, and devastating symptoms of anxiety and depression.
“We have a responsibility to be there for our young people”
— Mayor Derek Kawakami
Changes related to the explosion of social media, anxiety-ridden information, screen addiction, AI technology, and local economic insecurity have significantly impacted our families, communities, and child development, often in negative ways:
• Surge in young adults receiving an ADHD diagnosis
• A generation addicted to the dopamine producing effects of text messages, “likes”, Instagram, Tiktok, Snapchat, and many other platforms
• Nationally, youth suicide deaths have nearly doubled in the last few years +alarming rise in school shootings – many due to mental health issues .
• Throughout Hawaii, 68% of suicide victims were attributed to mental illness, most commonly “depressed mood” (54%)