BREAKOUT

Introducing our Global Eahou Immersion Cohort: 29 resilient leaders from 15 countries who are shaping the future of community sustainability! 🌺 Like the ʻaʻaliʻi plant that bends but never breaks, these changemakers have stood the test of time, challenge, and adversity in their communities. Rooted in service to their people and places, they’re blending ancestral knowledge with emerging technologies to restore land, strengthen local economies, and build systems that last. From 539 applications across 67 countries, these incredible leaders will gather on Oʻahu for Eahou Fest May 1-3, weaving together stories, solutions, and shared learning from around the globe. Stay tuned as we introduce each member of our Cohort in the lead-up to Eahou Fest! Follow along each week as we journey across continents and celebrate the people and places building regenerative futures.🌍 He ’a’ali’i kū makani mai au; ’a’ohe makani nana e kula’i. I am a wind resistant ’a’ali’i; no gale can blow me over. #EahouFest #CommunityLeaders #Sustainability #AaliI

We’re still on a high from the magic that unfolded at Breakout Miami — three days, 11 neighborhoods, and infinite moments of connection, creativity, and community. 🌴🔥 To everyone who shared their stories, opened their spaces, sparked ideas, or simply showed up with heart: thank you. You made this city feel like home. 💛 Stay tuned as we share recaps of what we did — and who we did it with — featuring the incredible programmatic partners who made it all possible. 💫 🎥: @stephmontelongo @stephmontelongostudios #BreakoutMiami #KeepBuilding

🗽Couldn’t make it to all the fun? Here’s a 60 second recap of (some of) what went down at See NYC! 📸: @alexkwoncolby

Desde Hawái, nos llevamos mucho más que aprendizajes. Nos llevamos conversaciones, experiencias y encuentros que nos recordaron la importancia de construir desde la comunidad, el territorio y los saberes que han sostenido culturas durante generaciones. En el Eahou Fest 2026, organizado por @purple_maia y @breakout , líderes y agentes de cambio de distintas partes del mundo se reunieron para compartir nuevas formas de pensar el futuro desde la regeneración, la resiliencia y la conexión con las personas y el entorno. Desde Perú, nuestro Director Ejecutivo, @diego_valdeiglesias , fue parte de este espacio compartiendo cómo desde PUCA y T-INKI entendemos la gastronomía como una herramienta de transformación. Seguimos creyendo en los espacios que conectan conocimiento, cultura y acción colectiva para construir futuros más sostenibles, inclusivos y profundamente conectados con el territorio. 🌱 ¡Sirvamos el cambio juntos! @gemma_pol @hiilanishibata @kehauki @laurasofia_art @tayinaderavile @michaelxfarber @corinnetakara @rebeldiachoco @kawailiula.designs @keoni_difranco @makana_waikiki @shellycrisostomo @thewedc.hi @biobytes_eco @jacqueline.d.jennings @_tanyalozano @misleicee @kalaniaxe @alexia.leclercq @commongroundfirstnations @nikorangaropo @nicholas.kee @edigarciacacao @indigenous_crops @ponohalehi @landjusticecommunityschool @kamahinaproject @siahman12 @jaypositive @kehauki

Haku Waiwai. 🌿 Day 3 wasn’t a closing. It was a commitment. We gathered as a working assembly, not to dream about Hawaiʻi 2036 but to build toward it: aligning cooperative institutions, mapping community enterprises, and weaving the long-term infrastructure of a sovereign, self-determined Hawaiʻi. And we closed the way we should: with a kīpāepae. A shared lei. A collective promise to carry what we built here forward, together, long after the gathering ends. This is what abundance looks like when it’s rooted in ʻāina, culture, and each other. Mahalo to every person who showed up, contributed, and stayed til the end. Eahou isn’t over. It’s just beginning. #EahouFest2026 #HakuWaiwai #KīhoʻihoʻiKānāwai #Ea #PurpleMaia Mōiliili SelfDetermined​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Day Two. Kānāwai. 💧 The living law of collective stewardship. Kānāwai is not a rule imposed from above. It is the understanding our kūpuna carried. That wai, like capacity, like knowledge, belongs to the community. You manage it together. You build it together. And this day, we did. In the Labs, hands found soil. Seeds were propagated. Sensors were calibrated. Reels were cut. Policy was mapped from the ground up. Hula was practiced not as performance but as knowing. Every skill grown here flows into the collective. In the Sessions, the room held Oaxaca and Waiʻanae, Jamaica and Maui, Chicago and Pueblo Territory. Cooperative economics, regenerative finance, food sovereignty, governance rooted in collective power. Thirty practitioners. One campus. Water moving where it needs to go. And as the sun set, Mōʻiliʻili filled up. The Nite Mākeke opened its doors at the Church of the Crossroads, local vendors and makers carrying pua, ea, and ʻŌiwi design into the night. A reclamation of May Day and everything it means to bloom here. To every facilitator, every lab participant, every vendor, every maker who showed up and shared their mana, mahalo. Day Two practiced the law. Day Three weaves the abundance. 🎥 @keenanbasug 📸 @mahinahoku.choy + @keolaarakaki #EahouFest2026 #Kānāwai #PurpleMaiʻa #Mōʻiliʻili #NiteMākeke KīhoʻihoʻiKānāwai​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

HAWÁI | Mira las mejores postales del Eahou Fest 2026 📸 En este evento organizado por @purple_maia y @breakout , se compartieron conversaciones, experiencias culturales, aprendizaje colectivo y espacios reales de conexión entre quienes están haciendo que las cosas pasen con proyectos de varios lugares del mundo, como por ejemplo México, Panamá, Australia, Estados Unidos, India, Bolivia, Jamaica, Guam, entre otros. Desde Perú, nuestro Director Ejecutivo, @diego_valdeiglesias , estuvo presente, siendo parte de ese movimiento, en la mesa de Soberanía y Resiliencia en el Sistema Alimentario, compartiendo lo que hacemos desde la Gastronomía en PUCA y T-INKI. Durante estos días, la experiencia incluyó dinámicas disruptivas en el mar y en la tierra, encuentros con líderes locales, visitas a proyectos de restauración y educación, y momentos de conexión desde el arte, la gastronomía y el trabajo colaborativo, todo guiado por prácticas y saberes ancestrales que ponen en el centro a la persona, comunidad y el territorio. Fuimos parte de este encuentro que reunió a líderes, emprendedores y agentes de cambio para construir juntos, nuevas formas de pensar el futuro: más regenerativo, más inclusivo y conectado con el territorio. ¡Síguenos para servir el cambio juntos! 🚀 @gemma_pol @hiilanishibata @kehauki @laurasofia_art @tayinaderavile @michaelxfarber @corinnetakara @rebeldiachoco @kawailiula.designs @keoni_difranco @makana_waikiki @shellycrisostomo @thewedc.hi @biobytes_eco @jacqueline.d.jennings @_tanyalozano @misleicee @kalaniaxe @alexia.leclercq @commongroundfirstnations @nikorangaropo @nicholas.kee @edigarciacacao @indigenous_crops @ponohalehi @landjusticecommunityschool @kamahinaproject @siahman12 @jaypositive

We started with a Waikīkī Sunrise Kapukai Ceremony led by our Eahou cohort steward, Hi’ilani Shibata @kamahinaproject . Our official kick-off was held at Kapiolani Park led by @keoni_difranco @hiilanishibata @kehauki and supported by the @breakout @purple_maia teams and @thegayagenda.co . Then we were off to visit the Puʻuhonua o Waimānalo to learn about the history of the Nation of Hawaiʻi @nationofhawaii . We were honored to talk story with President Dennis “Uncle Bumpy” Kanahele and VP and Deputy Head of State, Brandon Maka‘awa‘awa @hawaiiannational . Our cohort also learned about Aloha ʻĀina through exploring the Nation’s ahupuaʻa restoration efforts. Afterward we traveled to Pāhonu, a traditional Hawaiian fishpond in Waimānalo. We finished off the day at Hau Tree, at @kaimanabeach . Mahalo nui to our friends and community partners that made this all happen. It’s a day we’ll never forget. #EahouCohort #GlobalEahouCohort #NationOfHawaii #Waikīkī #Waimānalo

This past weekend at the #EahouFest was like a dream for me to be surrounded by some of the smartest, bravest most loving people I know who are in communities all over the world trying to solve some of humanity’s most dire problems. But for one weekend they were all gathered in one place and we got to share stories, share tears and share dreams with each other to motivate and inspire each other to keep going because we are not alone. Mahalo to @keoni_difranco for daring to do the impossible, always inspired by you bra and the work you put in to bring these dreams to reality. Mahalo to everyone in the Eahou Global Cohort for leaving your important kuleana to come and share so freely with our people the great things you all are working on. Mahalo to @laurasofia_art and the @breakout team for all the support. And mahalo to the staff of @purple_maia for hosting this powerful convening of beautiful souls.

Day 1 has been incredible so far 🔥 Mahalo mahalo mahalo for bringing the Wai and making this the event of the year for us @purple_maia . Stay tuned for tomorrow and film fest tonight! 📸 THE @mahinahoku.choy

Meet the final round of incredible leaders in our 2025–2026 Global Eahou Immersion Cohort — Part 9! 🌍 From Keaʻau to Nairobi, this cohort is rooted in aloha ʻāina, Indigenous rights, and community-led futures. And the best part? You can meet them all in person at Eahou Fest, May 1–3 in Mōʻiliʻili, Oʻahu! 🎉 Swipe to meet them! 🤙 ➡️ Viliami Tukuafu Keaʻau & Hāna, HI Solutions Consultant at GFT Worx and a kahu ʻāina, mahi ʻai, haumana, and mea kālai. Viliami carries the kuleana of Kāne, Mākuakāne, Keiki, and Moʻopuna — walking the path of ea, hoʻola ʻohana, and ʻāina mōmona no ka lāhui. I kekahi wā, e heʻe nalu pū. 🤙 ➡️ Winny Chepkemoi Nairobi, Kenya Development finance and gender specialist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with nearly a decade of experience advancing rural transformation, financial inclusion, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Winny’s journey spans grassroots organizing with Indigenous women to national advocacy to multilateral development, all rooted in lived experience from an Indigenous community in Kenya. This cohort has been one for the books. We are so honored to have learned and grown alongside each and every one of these incredible leaders, and we cannot wait for you to meet them. Grab your tickets at eahoufest.com and come experience the magic for yourself. 🌺 Linkinbio🔗 #EaHou #EahouFest2026 #GlobalImmersionCohort #PurpleMaia #IndigenousLeadership AlohaAina MalamaAina IndigenousRights RuralTransformation CommunityBuilders IslandLeadership Sovereignty GlobalLeaders​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Introducing our 2025–2026 Global EAHOU Immersion Cohort Part 7 🌀 From regenerative capital that translates ecological knowledge into economic intelligence, to built environments designed for the benefit of society, to faith-rooted organizing grounded in liberation theology. Meet the leaders reimagining systems through culture, design, and biotech innovation. 🌍 Léonie Weerakoon @biobytes_eco (Austin, Luxembourg, Sri Lanka, and New York) Human ecologist, investor, and Managing Director of Kinetik, identifying new markets and investment opportunities in overlooked regions by translating ecological and cultural knowledge into economic intelligence across 60+ nations 🏗️ Rafa Robles (Chicago) Co-Founder of Duo, transforming how design, innovation, and strategy intersect to shape the built environment and enrich human experiences, creating built environment innovations for the benefit of society ✊🏾 Rev. Tanya Lozano Washington @_tanyalozano (Pilsen, Chicago) Faith-rooted organizer, cultural strategist, and abolitionist leader. Founder and CEO of Healthy Hood Chicago and Pastor of Holy Ground Chicago, a nontraditional spiritual community grounded in liberation theology, healing justice, and cultural reclamation 🧬 Rolando Perez (Rumsen Ohlone, California) Director of Technology at Open Fung, learning about biology as a general-purpose technology and its potential to enable a more sustainable world through a critical view of World History and Ethnic Studies 14 more leaders still to come. Stay tuned. ✨ #EahouFest #CommunityLeaders #RegenerativeFutures #IndigenousInnovation #Sustainability