Native Hawaiians

Parenthood and Job Loyalty Are Hindering Pay Gap Progress — Payscale’s 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report Shows

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

SEATTLE, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Payscale Inc. , the leading provider of compensation data, software and services, released its 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR) , revealing that the overall gender pay gap remains unchanged despite the strides made in pay transparency legislation this year – but there has been progress on narrowing the racial wage gap.

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  • SEATTLE, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Payscale Inc. , the leading provider of compensation data, software and services, released its 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report (GPGR) , revealing that the overall gender pay gap remains unchanged despite the strides made in pay transparency legislation this year – but there has been progress on narrowing the racial wage gap.
  • Data shows that the controlled gender pay gap has closed in 2024 for American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black, and Hispanic women.
  • The controlled gender pay gap is the amount that women earn for every dollar that a man earns when accounting for job title and compensable factors, while the uncontrolled gender pay gap is the difference in median pay for men and women overall.
  • The controlled gender pay gap has closed in 2024 for American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black, and Hispanic women.

Free Hula Show Returns to Waikīkī After 22 Years

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

The free, one-hour show is held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday at the Waikīkī Shell Amphitheatre.

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  • The free, one-hour show is held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday at the Waikīkī Shell Amphitheatre.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240222516306/en/
    The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) proudly announces the Kilohana Hula Show, which officially launched on Feb. 15.
  • The show will highlight mele that honors Waikīkī, featuring dancers from six award-winning hālau (hula schools) from across Hawai‘i ( hula highlight video ).
  • In addition to bringing back hula to Waikīkī, CNHA is working with a Native Hawaiian plant specialist to reintroduce native plants to the iconic Waikīkī Shell ( plant highlight video ).

Hawai‘i Community Foundation Awards Grant to Restore and Steward Kula Lands Burned by Wildfire

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) has awarded a grant from the Maui Strong Fund to the Kula Community Watershed Alliance (KCWA) to support restoration and stewardship work on Kula lands affected by the August 2023 fires.

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  • Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) has awarded a grant from the Maui Strong Fund to the Kula Community Watershed Alliance (KCWA) to support restoration and stewardship work on Kula lands affected by the August 2023 fires.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240221133034/en/
    The Kula Community Watershed Alliance is working to restore burned land in Kula, Maui with a grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation.
  • “The Kula Community Watershed Alliance is deeply grateful to the Maui Strong Fund for its support of our Kula Fire Restoration Project,” said Sara Tekula, KCWA executive director.
  • For images of the Kula Community Watershed Alliance and its work feeding families on Maui, please visit this Dropbox folder .

Readout of Day Two of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Maui for a Six-Month Assessment of Wildfire Recovery Efforts

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Saturday, February 10, 2024

Administrator Guzman started the day at the local Business Recovery Center, which helps individuals whose businesses suffered property damage or economic losses due to the wildfires.

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  • Administrator Guzman started the day at the local Business Recovery Center, which helps individuals whose businesses suffered property damage or economic losses due to the wildfires.
  • There, she met with staff and discussed how the SBA is assisting economic recovery efforts for the local small business community.
  • Administrator Guzman ended the day with Administrator Criswell and Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen for a meeting with the Mayor’s Advisory Committee.
  • Image Description: Administrator Guzman (L) participates in a recovery meeting with Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen and the Mayor’s Advisory Committee.

Readout of Day One of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Maui for 6-Month Assessment of Wildfire Recovery Efforts

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Friday, February 9, 2024

She also participated in a meeting with federal and local officials to receive status updates and chart a path forward for long-term recovery efforts.

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  • She also participated in a meeting with federal and local officials to receive status updates and chart a path forward for long-term recovery efforts.
  • Later in the day, Administrator Guzman visited a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) with Administrator Criswell to underscore the Biden-Harris Administration's whole-of-government response to the Maui wildfires.
  • Event Photos available upon request at: [email protected]
    Image Description: Administrator Guzman (L) participates in a long-term recovery meeting with federal, state, and local partners.
  • Image Description: Administrator Guzman (L) meets with SBA staff at a Disaster Recovery Center.

Business Leaders, Including NMSDC, Urge Fortune 500 CEOs to Maintain and Expand Business Diversity Initiatives for the Good of Bottom Lines and the Economy

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

The bottom line is that diversity initiatives are good for the economy, good for workers and good for businesses.”

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  • The bottom line is that diversity initiatives are good for the economy, good for workers and good for businesses.”
    “The small but vocal opposition to business diversity initiatives is bad for business and bad for working people.
  • We cannot cede to the demands of a select few who refuse to accept the overwhelming evidence that business diversity initiatives benefit everyone.
  • Their politically motivated arguments ignore the actual experience of business leaders who see the bottomline benefits of diversity initiatives first hand.
  • With a significant majority of executives acknowledging its importance, the path forward is clear: maintain and deepen our diversity initiatives.

TAAF and Third State Books Release AANHPI History Graphic Novel Fighting to Belong!

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) and Third State Books in association with Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change (LAAUNCH) and The Asian American Education Project today released Fighting to Belong! A History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Vol. 1. Written by bestselling comics writer Amy Chu (Wonder Woman, Deadpool, Ant-Man, Iron Man) and Alexander Chang, and illustrated by award-winning artist Louie Chin, Fighting to Belong! shares an important and dynamic part of American history in an accessible and engaging comic book format aimed at children aged 8-13.

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  • helps new audiences young and old, AANHPI and non-AANHPI, understand how AANHPI stories are truly interwoven within the fabric of American history.
  • shares an important and dynamic part of American history in an accessible and engaging comic book format aimed at children aged 8-13.
  • from TAAF & Third State Books, is a new kids graphic novel about AANHPI history.
  • "Third State Books is the first general interest publisher dedicated exclusively to uplifting AANHPI voices and stories," said Stephanie Lim, Co-Founder and CEO of Third State Books.

Readout of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Las Vegas with Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman Emhoff

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

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    Readout of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Las Vegas with Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman Emhoff
    Visit highlighted the Biden-Harris Administration’s Small Business Boom, celebrated new SBA rule to increase economic opportunity for returning citizens
    LAS VEGAS, NV – On Jan. 27, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman , head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, traveled to Las Vegas with Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to inclusive economic empowerment and opportunity for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
  • Upon arriving in Las Vegas, Administrator Guzman and Vice President Harris joined U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-04) and Eric Morrissette, Interim Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), for a visit to The Chef Jeff Project.
  • As part of that rule change, the SBA will also remove questions about criminal history from its loan applications.
  • For follow-up interview requests for Administrator Guzman, please contact Rebecca Galanti at [email protected] .

TOMORROW: SBA Administrator Guzman to Visit Las Vegas with Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman Emhoff

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Friday, January 26, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, January 27, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman , head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, will join Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff in Las Vegas to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to uplifting small businesses and supporting entrepreneurship.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, January 27, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman , head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, will join Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff in Las Vegas to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to uplifting small businesses and supporting entrepreneurship.
  • There, the leaders will discuss a forthcoming SBA rule that makes it easier for America’s returning citizens to start and run a small business.
  • This event is open to credentialed members of the media who have already RSVPed with the Office of the Vice President.
  • Administrator Guzman will then join Second Gentleman Emhoff in visits to local Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander-owned small businesses to learn about the state of the AAPI-owned small business landscape under this Administration.

New National Report Defines Inequities and Unmet Needs for At-Risk AANHPI Communities

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Change InSight, a first-of-its-kind data platform built to quantify historical challenges facing at-risk communities and identify solutions, today released its second annual report outlining risk factors for the clients of 19 social service organizations across the country. The findings were uncovered and defined through surveying nearly 6,000 in-need individuals representing 30 often-overlooked Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.

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  • Second annual Change InSight report outlines barriers to equity for AANHPI communities across the country.
  • The findings were uncovered and defined through surveying nearly 6,000 in-need individuals representing 30 often-overlooked Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.
  • "Change InSight continues to illuminate the unique challenges faced by the diverse, multi-ethnic Americans in the AANHPI community," said U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
  • I applaud Change Insight's commitment to understanding individual communities and I'll keep working on the federal level to bring awareness and support to AANHPI communities."