Darker than Blue: Building Black Community in Hawai‘i

Join us for food and fellowship and a series of interactive discussions that will unfurl over the course of an afternoon as we delve into the specific experiences of Blackness in Hawai‘i. Facilitated by thinkers and activists from our community, Darker than Blue discussions will engage everyone to consider what Black community looks like on this land and what our shared dream for it can be.

Together, we'll address topics that shape our lives here, from questioning who is 'really' Black in Hawai‘i, figuring out how it is possible to be simultaneously Black and Local, considering cultural appropriation and anti-Blackness in Local culture, and talking through the complicated situation of Black people in the military, as well as militarism and independence.

While all Black August Honolulu events are intentionally Black-centered spaces, we ask that Darker than Blue be an all-Black space for the afternoon.