“HepNET’s Leading with Lived Experience consultants are individuals trained to provide technical assistance and capacity building to the learning communities through the lens of their lived expertise with viral hepatitis.

The goals for the LLE webinar series are for our LLEs to hold conversations with folks working on different initiatives in support of viral hepatitis elimination that lead to increased quality of individual and community life and affirms people who use drugs themselves as the primary agents of reducing the harms of their drug use and seeks to empower them.”

Letʻs ADVOCATE! 

Join our monthly Advocacy workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Advocacy workgroup focuses on projects related to legislation, policy, insurance coverage, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Monday. For more info on joining, email Aaron Ruddick: aruddick@hhhrc.org

Letʻs get AWARE!

Join our monthly Awareness workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Awareness workgroup focuses on projects related to social and traditional media, storytelling, provider and general education, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Anika Martin: amartin@hhhrc.org

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

“Join Us for the 2026 Rock the Red Ribbon Walk!

Kumukahi Health + Wellness is incredibly proud to invite you to partner with us for our 10th Annual Rock the Red Ribbon wellness walk on Saturday, August 15th, 2026, at the beautiful Grand Naniloa Hotel in Hilo, Hawai’i.

If you have partnered with us in the past, you will notice our signature event has evolved!  While deeply rooted in our history as the annual AIDS Walk, we have transitioned to the "Rock the Red Ribbon" to better embrace and serve our Big Island community.

The Red Ribbon is a powerful, unifying symbol for both substance use prevention and HIV awareness. This thoughtful update allows us to fiercely protect the confidentiality of our clients, foster a more comfortable and inclusive environment for our community and donors, and boldly reflect our expanded mission to address the growing opioid use epidemic on Hawai'i Island.

EVENT SCHEDULE

8:00am:  Registration & Kick-Off

9:00am:  Opening Ceremony & Team Acknowledgments

9:15am:  Red Ribbon Walk around Lili'uokalani Gardens

9:30am - 12:00pm:  Entertainment | Food | Health Fair | Acknowledgements | Mimosa Bar”

Letʻs get ACCESS!

Join our monthly Access workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Access workgroup focuses on projects related to immunization, testing, linkage, treatment, and provider education!

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Letʻs get EQUITY!

Join our monthly Equity workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Equity workgroup focuses on projects related to language access, patient leadership, community centering, and people with lived experience.

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Wednesday. For more info on joining, email Keke Walker at keke@pdx.edu.

Join monthly webinars on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 3pm ET/12pm PT. They are open to anyone interested in national viral hepatitis updates. Please email info@nvhr.org for any questions or difficulty registering.

“Learn how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose, how to use nasal naloxone, and how to keep yourself and others safe. This session is great for anyone who wants practical, life-saving skills, whether you are new to harm reduction or looking to strengthen what you know. Free and open to all.”

Letʻs get DATA!

Join our monthly Data workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Data workgroup focuses on projects related to surveillance, electronic reporting, qualitative research, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 1st Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Myriam Saboui: myriam.saboui@doh.hawaii.gov.

“HepNET’s Leading with Lived Experience consultants are individuals trained to provide technical assistance and capacity building to the learning communities through the lens of their lived expertise with viral hepatitis.

The goals for the LLE webinar series are for our LLEs to hold conversations with folks working on different initiatives in support of viral hepatitis elimination that lead to increased quality of individual and community life and affirms people who use drugs themselves as the primary agents of reducing the harms of their drug use and seeks to empower them.”

Letʻs get AWARE!

Join our monthly Awareness workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Awareness workgroup focuses on projects related to social and traditional media, storytelling, provider and general education, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Anika Martin: amartin@hhhrc.org

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Letʻs ADVOCATE! 

Join our monthly Advocacy workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Advocacy workgroup focuses on projects related to legislation, policy, insurance coverage, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Monday. For more info on joining, email Aaron Ruddick: aruddick@hhhrc.org

Letʻs get ACCESS!

Join our monthly Access workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Access workgroup focuses on projects related to immunization, testing, linkage, treatment, and provider education!

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Letʻs get EQUITY!

Join our monthly Equity workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Equity workgroup focuses on projects related to language access, patient leadership, community centering, and people with lived experience.

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Wednesday. For more info on joining, email Keke Walker at keke@pdx.edu.

Join monthly webinars on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 3pm ET/12pm PT. They are open to anyone interested in national viral hepatitis updates. Please email info@nvhr.org for any questions or difficulty registering.

“Learn how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose, how to use nasal naloxone, and how to keep yourself and others safe. This session is great for anyone who wants practical, life-saving skills, whether you are new to harm reduction or looking to strengthen what you know. Free and open to all.”

“The Hawaiʻi Immigration and Inclusion Conference convenes leaders, advocates, policymakers, educators, employers, and community members to strengthen Hawaiʻi’s commitment to immigrant inclusion, equity, and belonging.

Through plenary conversations, workshops, and networking opportunities, participants explore policies, programs, and community-driven solutions that support immigrant families, workers, youth, and multilingual communities across the state.”

Letʻs get DATA!

Join our monthly Data workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Data workgroup focuses on projects related to surveillance, electronic reporting, qualitative research, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 1st Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Myriam Saboui: myriam.saboui@doh.hawaii.gov.

Letʻs ADVOCATE! 

Join our monthly Advocacy workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Advocacy workgroup focuses on projects related to legislation, policy, insurance coverage, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Monday. For more info on joining, email Aaron Ruddick: aruddick@hhhrc.org

Letʻs get AWARE!

Join our monthly Awareness workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Awareness workgroup focuses on projects related to social and traditional media, storytelling, provider and general education, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Anika Martin: amartin@hhhrc.org

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Join monthly webinars on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 3pm ET/12pm PT. They are open to anyone interested in national viral hepatitis updates. Please email info@nvhr.org for any questions or difficulty registering.

“Learn how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose, how to use nasal naloxone, and how to keep yourself and others safe. This session is great for anyone who wants practical, life-saving skills, whether you are new to harm reduction or looking to strengthen what you know. Free and open to all.”

Letʻs get ACCESS!

Join our monthly Access workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Access workgroup focuses on projects related to immunization, testing, linkage, treatment, and provider education!

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Letʻs get EQUITY!

Join our monthly Equity workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Equity workgroup focuses on projects related to language access, patient leadership, community centering, and people with lived experience.

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Wednesday. For more info on joining, email Keke Walker at keke@pdx.edu.

Letʻs get DATA!

Join our monthly Data workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Data workgroup focuses on projects related to surveillance, electronic reporting, qualitative research, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 1st Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Myriam Saboui: myriam.saboui@doh.hawaii.gov.

Letʻs ADVOCATE! 

Join our monthly Advocacy workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Advocacy workgroup focuses on projects related to legislation, policy, insurance coverage, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Monday. For more info on joining, email Aaron Ruddick: aruddick@hhhrc.org

Letʻs get AWARE!

Join our monthly Awareness workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Awareness workgroup focuses on projects related to social and traditional media, storytelling, provider and general education, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Anika Martin: amartin@hhhrc.org

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Letʻs get ACCESS!

Join our monthly Access workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Access workgroup focuses on projects related to immunization, testing, linkage, treatment, and provider education!

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Letʻs get EQUITY!

Join our monthly Equity workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Equity workgroup focuses on projects related to language access, patient leadership, community centering, and people with lived experience.

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Wednesday. For more info on joining, email Keke Walker at keke@pdx.edu.

Join monthly webinars on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 3pm ET/12pm PT. They are open to anyone interested in national viral hepatitis updates. Please email info@nvhr.org for any questions or difficulty registering.

“Learn how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose, how to use nasal naloxone, and how to keep yourself and others safe. This session is great for anyone who wants practical, life-saving skills, whether you are new to harm reduction or looking to strengthen what you know. Free and open to all.”

“Join the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) for this symposium focusing on the practical aspects of implementing innovative interventions for hepatitis C virus (HCV), including point-of-care testing, telehealth, peer support, care navigation and case finding.

This symposium is intended for anyone working with people who use drugs, interested in implementing or scaling up interventions for HCV and harm reduction in their service setting, including doctors, nurses, frontline workers, peer workers, program managers, pharmacists, and policymakers from a variety of settings.

It will showcase best practice models of care, highlighting key research, challenges and learnings in a collaborative environment, with the aim of supporting participants to develop or enhance their own HCV or HIV models of care.

After attending this event, you will be able to:

1. Understand evidence-based interventions demonstrated to enhance the HCV care cascade

2. Understand the HCV care cascade and be able to identify areas for enhancement in service delivery (including case finding and linkage to care)

3. Describe how a range of interventions work and how they can be implemented to enhance models of HCV and integrated HIV care and overcome barriers to case finding, testing, diagnosis and linkage to care

4. Identify suitable interventions to enhance service delivery

5. Analyze barriers of implementing successful interventions and how to overcome them”

• BONUS! Register for the Hawai’i Liver Summit 2026, held the day after (Nov 21) at the same location.

Our annual liver summit is back on November 21, 2026!

This year’s theme is “Pupukahi i holomua” (Unite to move forward). The agenda is still being planned, but it will definitely be engaging and educational. Submit a presentation idea by May 31.

Last year, over 100 people registered for this full day CME/CE event, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, patients, caregivers, and students.

The summit will be held at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).

For more info, please email Amy Trang, PhD at administrator@hepBtaskforce.org.

BONUS! Register for the free INHSU Hepatitis C Intervention Symposium - Hawaiʻi, the day before (Nov 20) at the same location.

Letʻs get DATA!

Join our monthly Data workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Data workgroup focuses on projects related to surveillance, electronic reporting, qualitative research, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 1st Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Myriam Saboui: myriam.saboui@doh.hawaii.gov.

Letʻs get AWARE!

Join our monthly Awareness workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Awareness workgroup focuses on projects related to social and traditional media, storytelling, provider and general education, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Anika Martin: amartin@hhhrc.org

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

We wanna hear from you!

Learn and share at our monthly Zoom meeting on Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i statewide hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Each month has two meeting options every 2nd Tuesday at 12 pm HST and 5 pm HST. For Zoom meeting info, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Letʻs ADVOCATE! 

Join our monthly Advocacy workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Advocacy workgroup focuses on projects related to legislation, policy, insurance coverage, and more!

This workgroup usually meets every 2nd Monday. For more info on joining, email Aaron Ruddick: aruddick@hhhrc.org

Letʻs get ACCESS!

Join our monthly Access workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Access workgroup focuses on projects related to immunization, testing, linkage, treatment, and provider education!

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Tuesday. For more info on joining, email Thaddeus Pham: thaddeus.pham@doh.hawaii.gov

Letʻs get EQUITY!

Join our monthly Equity workgroup meeting for Hep Free 2030, the Hawai’i hepatitis elimination strategy. We are looking for participation at any level from people with lived experience, patients, advocates, family members, people who use drugs, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and more...Everyone's voice matters! 

Our Equity workgroup focuses on projects related to language access, patient leadership, community centering, and people with lived experience.

This workgroup usually meets every 3rd Wednesday. For more info on joining, email Keke Walker at keke@pdx.edu.

Join monthly webinars on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 3pm ET/12pm PT. They are open to anyone interested in national viral hepatitis updates. Please email info@nvhr.org for any questions or difficulty registering.

“Learn how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose, how to use nasal naloxone, and how to keep yourself and others safe. This session is great for anyone who wants practical, life-saving skills, whether you are new to harm reduction or looking to strengthen what you know. Free and open to all.”

The 2027 State Harm Reduction Conference has been scheduled for January 7, 2027 at University of Hawaiʻi Manoa.

Details and registration to come!