The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs
Additional Information
The legacy and Objectives:
- Provide scholarship aid for the education of Hawaiian students.
- Preserving the Hawaiian heritage, traditions, language, and culture
- Promoting and supporting organizations interested in improving the conditions of the Hawaiian people and community at large as well as legislation beneficial to the Hawaiian community.
The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs is a confederation of individual and autonomous clubs established across Hawai‘i and the U.S. Continent. Our chartered clubs are organized into five councils: Moku o Keawe (Hawai‘i Council), Nā Hono A‘o Pi‘ilani (Maui Council), Ke One o Kākuhihewa (O‘ahu Council), Moku o Manokalanipō (Kaua‘i Council), and Nā Lei Makalapua (Mainland Council). While each club sets its own objectives and priorities, elects its own leadership, and determines membership criteria, every club is required to meet at least quarterly, provide a roster of its members to the Association and its respective council, and to send at least one delegate to the Association’s annual convention.
To be chartered by the Association, a Hawaiian Civic Club must submit a petition of at least 25 Native Hawaiian members, prepare governing documents aligned with the mission and objectives of the Association, and adopt a name that honors Prince Kuhio, a historic ali‘i, or geographic location.
