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Transitioning to 2023: Reflections on Ocean Breath, White Space, and Intentional Inaction

For many of us, the pandemic awakened our need to create—and perhaps, even more important, our need to maintain—white space in the fourth dimension: time.

Joyce Lee-IbarraDecember 20, 2022Comment

Native Hawaiian Insights on Leadership: Conversations with Cheryl Kaʻuhane Lupenui and Noelani Lee

When you think of a “leader,” what comes to mind? For many who are accustomed to working and thinking in a Western context, a set of leader archetypes—the strategist, the innovator, the visionary—spring to mind. But these models of leadership have their limitations.

Joyce Lee-IbarraMay 17, 2022Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Leadership, Leadership, Shared Leadership, Mana WahineComment

The Value of a Purpose-Driven Pause

While I’m not a devotee of Brené Brown, I’ve certainly learned a great deal from her talks and writings about concepts such as vulnerability, trust, and leadership. Last week, however, she shared something I hadn’t encountered before: a single-post master class on the value of taking a pause.

Joyce Lee-IbarraFebruary 7, 2022Purpose, Fatigue, Languishing, Pause, Breathing Space, Intention, CareComment

"We Don’t Feel Poor": How Vibrant Hawaii’s Lived Experience Data Is Shaping Community Understanding and Decisions

The Hawaii ALICE report certainly captures an important perspective on financial hardships experienced by households throughout Hawaii, but is that picture complete? How did the story told by the ALICE report square with people’s lived experience across the state, and within communities?

Joyce Lee-IbarraOctober 16, 2020Lived Experience, ALICE, Financial Hardship, Collective Impact, Redefining Poverty, Community, Abundance MindsetComment

How Good Data Can Advance Health Equity

How can Hawaii better serve the health needs of Pacific Islander communities, particularly as the state wrestles with the impacts of COVID-19? Good data can certainly be part of the solution. What might “good data” mean, in this context? We offer a few suggestions.

Joyce Lee-IbarraAugust 31, 2020Health Equity, Data Equity, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, NHPI, Culturally Relevant Data, Inclusive DataComment

The Power and Potential of Disaggregated Data

Among the most accessible and powerful strategies for advancing the equitable use of data is through disaggregation. But why is disaggregated data important, and what does it make possible?

Joyce Lee-IbarraJuly 23, 2020Disaggregated Data, Data Equity, Race, Ethnicity, Asian American, Pacific Islander, AAPIComment

Data Equity: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter?

The term “data equity” captures a complex and multi-faceted set of ideas. It refers to the consideration, through an equity lens, of the ways in which data is collected, analyzed, interpreted, and distributed.

Joyce Lee-IbarraJuly 10, 2020Data Equity, Data Justice, Data Life Cycle, Data, Equity, EvaluationComment

The Privilege of Our Geography: Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Hawaii

I’ve had conversations with friends and colleagues who—like me—call Hawaii home, and are reflecting on their role in this fight. For some, #BlackLivesMatter can feel like a movement that’s happening “over there,” a mainland effort… where do we fit in the mix?

Joyce Lee-IbarraJune 30, 2020#BlackLivesMatter, #PopoloSyllabus, Hawaii, Geographic Privilege, Kuleana, Race, Racism, Equity, Social JusticeComment

Measuring the "Touchy-Feely" Stuff: Takeaways from a Qualitative Methods Workshop

I strongly believe that qualitative data is the yin to quantitative data’s yang; together, they create a more balanced, more complete understanding of an organization, target population, or community. So how can you get started incorporating qualitative data collection into your organization’s practice? Here are six key takeaways…