Changing systems that perpetuate inequality.
The Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice is working to build a Hawaiʻi where everyone has genuine opportunities to achieve economic security and fulfill their potential. We change systems that perpetuate inequality through research, policy development, education, coalition building and advocacy.
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Hawaiʻi Budget & Policy Center
The Hawaiʻi Budget & Policy Center provides fact-based, nonpartisan analyses of state budget and tax policies and their implications for all Hawaiʻi residents, with a special focus on their impact on low- and middle-income individuals.
Lawyers for Equal Justice
Since 2004, Lawyers for Equal Justice has been using class action litigation to stand up for the rights of hundreds of thousands of low-income households throughout Hawaiʻi. LEJ’s cases have resulted in deep and lasting changes, improving health and safety, increasing economic and educational opportunities, and saving lives.
PHOCUSED
PHOCUSED (Protect Hawaiʻi's ʻOhana, Children, Under-Served, Elderly, and Disabled) is a nonpartisan member advocacy project working to improve the quality of life for the children and adults of Hawaiʻi who are low-income or under-served, and for whom better access to health and human services, higher wages and housing is critical.
Although pleased the inheritance tax reduction failed, Hawaiʻi Appleseed was unhappy that the reform bill delivers so much relief to people with the highest incomes.