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Mālama i ka ʻIke

A NHPI-focused Digital Privacy Framework developed through the Youth Privacy Fellowship Program to equip Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities with tools for protecting cultural knowledge in digital spaces.

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Mālama i ka ʻIke
2024 Youth Privacy Fellows

Selected as a 2024 Youth Privacy Fellow through Youth for Privacy, supported by the Rose Foundation. The fellowship combined technical expertise with cultural heritage to promote privacy literacy and safeguard traditional knowledge in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

Mālama i ka ʻIke bridges traditional Hawaiian knowledge protection with contemporary digital privacy requirements — offering Cultural Privacy Assessment Tools, Interactive Digital Security Workshops, a Community Resource Hub, Privacy Quiz incorporating Hawaiian values, and a Framework for Cultural Knowledge Protection.

Built with React.js, Tailwind CSS, mobile-responsive design, and accessibility-focused development. Impact areas include culturally responsive privacy guidelines, digital security education for NHPI communities, traditional knowledge protection framework, and community digital literacy empowerment.

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