What up Leeward! Let's Dive Deep Podcast

Continuing celebrating Pride Month, the Love Pono team centers their podcast episode around some controversy happening here in Hawai'i, the mainland, and the world. Join Alex and Jess in their talk with Palehua Lee about the harmful stereotypes surrounding drag queens. This insightful episode dives deep about how the untrue controversy around the LGBTQ and drag queen community is damaging and nece...

Love Pono Student Assistants Alex and Summer had the wonderful opportunity to invite Akiemi Glenn, the founder and executive director of the Pōpolo Project. The Pōpolo Project is a Hawai'i-based nonprofit whose work highlights the vivid, complex diversity of Blackness in Hawai’i and around the world. In this episode, we discuss more about Juneteenth and what it means to be involved in activism...

'Ōlelo O Ka Mahina is Student Government’s short series started by the Student Services Counselors that identify as Native Hawaiian.  The purpose of ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina is to provide an audio library that we can reference that allows us to continue to practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.   Stay safe, stay connected, and continue to gain knowledge! Connect with us! IG: leewardsg YouTube: leewardsg

Happy Summer Leeward! Our Talk Tuesday Series for June is: PRIDE Month, All about LGBTQ+! The whole month we will focus on various topics regarding the LGBTQ+ community and their experiences with unhealthy or toxic relationships. This week our topic is Beyond Labels: Unmasking Bisexual, Pansexual, Gay, and Lesbian Stereotypes.   June is Pride Month! Thank you to our guest speaker Dr. Sara Vogel fo...

'Ōlelo O Ka Mahina is Student Government’s short series started by the Student Services Counselors that identify as Native Hawaiian.  The purpose of ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina is to provide an audio library that we can reference that allows us to continue to practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.   Stay safe, stay connected, and continue to gain knowledge! Connect with us! IG: leewardsg YouTube: leewardsg

'Ōlelo O Ka Mahina is Student Government’s short series started by the Student Services Counselors that identify as Native Hawaiian.  The purpose of ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina is to provide an audio library that we can reference that allows us to continue to practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.   Stay safe, stay connected, and continue to gain knowledge! Connect with us! IG: leewardsg YouTube: leewardsg

'Ōlelo O Ka Mahina is Student Government’s short series started by the Student Services Counselors that identify as Native Hawaiian.  The purpose of ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina is to provide an audio library that we can reference that allows us to continue to practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.   Stay safe, stay connected, and continue to gain knowledge! Connect with us! IG: leewardsg YouTube: leewardsg

*Trigger Warning: The following episode mentions talk of grooming, sexual assault, and other topics which may be triggering. Please take care of yourself and listen at your own pace. Resources are available in our Love Pono Resources link here . April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and today we continue the talk of Sex: Is this normal? with a focus on grooming, views on relationships through ad...

Ōlelo O Ka Mahina is Student Government’s short series started by the Student Services Counselors that identify as Native Hawaiian.  The purpose of ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina is to provide an audio library that we can reference that allows us to continue to practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.   Stay safe, stay connected, and continue to gain knowledge! Connect with us! IG: leewardsg YouTube: leewardsg

'Ōlelo O Ka Mahina is Student Government’s short series started by the Student Services Counselors that identify as Native Hawaiian.  The purpose of ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina is to provide an audio library that we can reference that allows us to continue to practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.   Stay safe, stay connected, and continue to gain knowledge! Connect with us! IG: leewardsg YouTube: leewardsg

'Ōlelo O Ka Mahina is Student Government’s short series started by the Student Services Counselors that identify as Native Hawaiian.  The purpose of ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina is to provide an audio library that we can reference that allows us to continue to practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.   Stay safe, stay connected, and continue to gain knowledge! Connect with us! IG: leewardsg YouTube: leewardsg

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain knowledge, Build relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

Happy Aromantic awareness week! We celebrate with guest speaker Kalei Ruiz who introduces Aromanticism and its umbrella of other romantics and sexualities in this informative talk. Link in our Instagram bio for more resources on Aromanticism and helpful links.

January flew by! Love Pono wants to continue our Love Yourself theme by integrating our February Talk Tuesday series around the same topic. Our February theme is “Take Care of the MVP!” Who’s the MVP? YOU! You are the most valuable player, so for the whole month we are going to share topics that touch upon you, being the most valuable person in your life.  What is the best way to be your own...

Aloha Love Pono Family, to continue our theme of Love Myself we invited Social Work graduate students interning with the UH Advocate program, Kristofer Teves and Ashley Nelson over to talk about the influence social media has. We dive into how not everything you see on the internet is genuine, how people can compare themselves and others, how body image is affected, and how to love yourself past t...

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain Knowledge, Build Relationships podcast series. The purpose of this series is to create a space where Leeward/UH system students and community members can listen to talk stories that highlight a wide variety of topics, including campus/system updates from administrators to personal stories from different individuals. As a way t...

'Ōlelo O Ka Mahina is Student Government’s short series started by the Student Services Counselors that identify as Native Hawaiian.  The purpose of ʻŌlelo O Ka Mahina is to provide an audio library that we can reference that allows us to continue to practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Stay safe, stay connected, and continue to gain knowledge! Connect with us! IG: leewardsg YouTube: leewardsg

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain Knowledge, Build Relationships podcast.  This is our community series where we get in depth with what's happening in the places and events that affect our community. Listen to this discussion about Monkeypox Prevention with Thaddeus from Hawai’i Dept Of Health and Alex Williamson, Student Government President. What should...

Halloween decorations are down and there's already talk of Thanksgiving and Christmas! Though the holidays are wonderful and it draws near, so are incoming times of stress for some. Join Love Pono Assistant Summer in the talk with One Love Foundation's Melanie Sperling in the topic of Domestic Violence and the holidays. In the session they dive into some reasons why domestic violence calls spike i...

Welcome Leeward CC and community members to our Student Government Gain Knowledge, Build Relationships podcast.  This is our community series where we get in depth with what's happening in the places and events that affect our community. Today we speak with the Board of Water Supply on water conservation.  They share why it is important for us to save water and provide simple tips that w...

Disclaimer: Today's topic dives into intergenerational violence and how to prevent it from continuing. There are themes that may be distressing to listen to such as physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, childhood trauma, loss, and continuous abuse. These themes may be difficult to listen to even if you haven't been in a similar situation. Please take care of yourself and visit www.leeward.hawa...

To continue with our conversation about IPV in relationships with keiki we talked with PACT Hawaiʻi, Parents and Children Together. Listen to a conversation about resources available to families who have experienced domestic violence and abuse in their household. Various outlets are discussed from groups for families, children, as well as their unique program for men affected by domestic violence.

Disclaimer: This topic includes themes of violence, Intimate partner violence, physical abuse, emotional/mental abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, shame, guilt, depression, trauma and mention of controversial themes. In light of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we shine light on the topic of IPV (Intimate Partner Violence) in Relationships with Keiki.  From what IPV is, what it looks lik...

Listen to this in depth discussion about suicide and its affect on intimate relationships. Please be aware, this discussion may be triggering for folks, especally those who have dealt with the topic of suicide before. This conversation is hosted by Love Pono assistant Alex Williamson as he interviews Dr. Loretta Chen. Loretta Chen is a professor, author, actress, and philanthropist among many othe...

This week's Talk Tuesday episode guest stars Justin Fienhold, a licensed clinical social worker who works with VA and supervises the Suicide Prevention programs. He joins us in the talk that focuses on how to tell someone you’re in need of assistance with a special focus on the Veteran demographic.