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Hawaiʻi Rising
by Hawaiʻi People‘s Fund
Hawaiʻi Rising is a new podcast series from the Hawaiʻi People‘s Fund featuring its 2021 grantees: 30 grassroots organizations at the forefront of progressive movements in Hawaiʻi. Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fund has helped to support, build capacity, and amplify the impact of grassroots social change movements in Hawaiʻi since 1972. We are dedicated to the most creative, passionate, and radical visions of community, bravely navigating the intersections of indigeneity, environment, race, class, labor, gender, art, technology, mental health, incarceration, food, and other crucial issues we face.Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai‘i, Hawaii
Episodes
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112. Nation of Hawai'i: A Blueprint for Reconciliation
A conversation about ahupuaʻa systems and the Apology Resolution with Brandon Makaʻawaʻawa, Vice President of the Nation of Hawaiʻi. The Nation of Hawaiʻi was officially established on January 16, 1995, through the enactment of a Constitution, ceremoniously signed at ‘Iolani Palace in Honolulu,...
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111. October 2026 Community News: Hurricane Response by RSBA and Kalauokekahuli
Community news for October 2026: after headlines, we hear updates from two organizations doing vital storm response work after Hurricanes Lala and Lowell: Rice Street Business Association's Hale Līhuʻe serves as a hub for food and supply distributions, power, internet, and connection with other...
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110. West Maui Water Report with Lahaina Strong and Kaheāwai Media
This summer, Kaheāwai Media, in partnership with HPF Maui Aloha grantee partner Lahaina Strong, published a series of stories about West Mauiʻs water. The series focuses on proposals for Maui County to purchase water systems from two private corporations, Maui Land & Pineapple and West Maui Land...
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Hawaiʻi Rising - Season 6 Trailer
Announcing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising! Stay tuned for new episodes coming soon featuring HPF's 2026 cohort of 51 grantee partners across the pae ʻāina. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
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Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea 2025: Honoring Liko Martin (2025)
Today, July 31, is Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea! The 2026 celebration at Thomas Square on July 26 was a huge success, and we are excited for the celebration at Pōkaʻi Bay in Waiʻanae on Saturday, August 1. Each year for Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, two aloha ʻāina are honored for their activism and commitment to ea. Last...
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109. Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea 2026: Honoring 50 Years of the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana
Each year, the Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea celebration at Thomas Square in Honolulu honors two aloha ʻāina. This year, uplifting the 50th anniversary of the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO), the two honorees are James Kimo Mitchell and George Jarrett Helm, Jr. In this episode, PKO members Dr. Davianna…
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108. "Why art now?": Uplifting Creative Practice with Hoʻākea Source
At the 2026 hōʻike for the the Hoʻākea Source art regranting program, Puʻuhonua Society executive director Emma Broderick asked each awarded artist the question "Why art now?" as a prompt to share about their practice. In the first part of this episode, we speak with Emma about that question and...
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107. Nā Leo o Papakōlea Firewise x Kaheāwai Media: Creating Fire-Free Homesteads
This week, we're uplifting a community initiative to create fire-free homesteads with Nā Leo o Papakōlea Firewise in partnership with Kaheāwai Media. Together, they produced the Creating Fire-Free Homesteads civic action toolkit, an extensive multimedia web resource with video clips, templates…
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106. Community Wellbeing: Project Koa Yoga and Kalauokekahuli
A conversation with Laura Toyofuku-Aki from Project Koa Yoga and Kāhealani Collins from Kalauokekahuli about how each of their hui works in support of collective wellbeing and liberation. Project Koa Yoga educates, trains, and mentors a generation of resilience-centered health educators, equipped...
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The Pōpolo Project: Redefining What It Means to Be Black in Hawaiʻi (2024)
Happy Juneteenth! In this episode, we’re resharing highlights from an interview from 2024 with Dr. Akiemi Glenn and Jamila Jarmon from the Pōpolo Project. Founded in 2017, the Pōpolo Project is committed to redefining perceptions of Black people in Hawai‘i and creating a deep reconnection to...
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105. Hui o Kuapā: Restoration and Education at ʻŌhalahala Fishpond
A conversation about loko iʻa restoration and transformative ʻāina-based education with Hanohano and Maile Naehu, who are the head kiaʻi loko and the program director respectively at Hui o Kuapā. Based in the ahupuaʻa of Kūmimi on the east end of Molokai, Hui o Kuapā educates local and global...
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104. June 2026 Community News: Fishpond Restoration with Hui Kaloko-Honokōhau and Hui o Kuapā
Community new for June 2026! After headlines, we share exciting updates from two HPF partners working to restore loko iʻa (fishponds) and addressing multiple crucial issues in the process: rebuilding regenerative food systems, protecting water, facilitating community healing, restoring cultural...
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103. ʻŌpio Voices and Leadership
This multi-grantee episode features two organizations that foster youth voices and leadership through the voices of ʻōpio themselves! First, we hear from the film crew behind the short film "Never Nothing," which premiered at the 2026 Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) ʻŌpio Film Fest in...
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HR Presents KKCR's Talk Story Radio Kauaʻi: Tina Aiu
Hawaiʻi Rising is excited to share an interview with Tina Aiu, executive director of HPF partner Kīpuka Kuleana, from the KKCR show Talk Story Radio Kauaʻi, hosted by Angela Zusman. Mahalo, KKCR, for this collaboration! In this conversation, Tina discusses the land trust model as an exciting...
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102. May 2026 Community News: Kona Low Flood Recovery Updates
Community news for May 2026: in this episode we hear updates on grassroots response and recovery work since the Kona low storms in March. We start with two short status updates sent in by partners: Jessica dos Santos (Kūpaʻa Kuilima) has been active with the Lāhui Foundation community hub in...
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101. Kona Low Community Response
After the back-to-back Kona low storms in March brought catastrophic flooding to multiple islands, our communities immediately leapt into action to support those most impacted. Over the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed grassroots community resource hubs, donation drives, supply deliveries, and...
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100. Mutual Aid Lāhui: Feeding the Lāhui
A conversation with James Auld and Pua Summer from Mutual Aid Lāhui. Mutual Aid Lāhui empowers the lāhui through education, advocacy, and mālama ‘āina and mobilizes to flank community events and relief work. The Mutual Aid Lāhui crew are passionate about feeding the Lāhui and providing support...
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99. March 2026 Community News: PFLAG Oʻahu and HAPA at the Legislature
Community news for March 2026! After headlines, we feature interviews with two HPF partners advocating for their communities during this legislative session: First, Cameron Miyamoto (co-president of PFLAG Oʻahu) shares about PFLAG Oʻahu's participation in the 2nd annual Queer Day at the Capitol…
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98. ʻĪmaikalani Winchester (Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honolulu): "Hāpai i ke kuleana"
A Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi episode featuring ʻĪmaikalani Winchester, lead organizer for the annual celebration of Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea at Thomas Square, with guest host Hina Kaʻōpua Canonigo. Also check out our past English-language episode with the organizers of Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea Honolulu. Ma kēia hualono,...
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Tanya Mailelani Naehu: Hoʻoulu ka ʻāina i Kūmimi (2023)
An ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi special episode from 2023 with guest host Krisha Zane. He kamaʻilio ʻana me Tanya Mailelani Naehu (Hui o Kuapā) e pili ana i ka hana o kona hui i ka loko iʻa ʻo ʻŌhalahala ma ke ahupuaʻa ʻo Kūmimi ma ka mokupuni ʻo Molokai. For our English-language episode with Maile and…
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Kū Kahakalau me Pōlani Kahakalau: Hoʻomau i ka ʻōlelo makuahine (2025)
In addition to fresh episodes in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi this Hawaiian Language Month, we're resharing this special episode in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi featuring Dr. Kū Kahakalau and Pōlani Kahakalau, with guest host Pualiʻi Rossi. Also check out our past English-language episode with Dr. Kū and Pōlani about EA...
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97. Pualiʻi Rossi (I Ola Wailuanui): "He aha ka makemake o ka ʻāina ʻo Wailuanui?"
We kick off Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi with a special episode in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi featuring Pualiʻi Rossi, the president of I Ola Wailuanui, with guest host Brad Watanabe. Also check out our English-language episode about I Ola Wailuanui with Pualiʻi and her fellow board member Mason Chock. Ma kēia...
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96. ʻĀina Kōnea: Establishing a Kīpuka in Wahiawā, Oʻahu
A conversation about ʻāina stewardship with Kekupuloa Kim from ʻĀina Kōnea. ʻĀina Kōnea is a grassroots hui with the mission to restore the reciprocal ea between the kānaka and ʻāina of Wahiawā by way of cultural revitalization. They care for a kīpuka in the forest of Wahiawā Uka along a section…
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95. January 2026 Community News: Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation and the Hawaiʻi Workers Center
Community news for January 2026! After headlines, we feature interviews with updates from two long-time grantee partners: ʻĀinaaloha Ioane, the executive director of the Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation, shares the latest milestones in the efforts of the King's Landing community to secure...
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94. Kūpaʻa Kuilima: Protecting ʻĀina in Kahuku, Oʻahu
A conversation about protecting ʻāina with Jessica Dos Santos and Lillie Makaila from Kūpaʻa Kuilima. Kūpaʻa Kuilima is dedicated to advocating for responsible and pono development on O’ahu’s North Shore from Waialeʻe to Keana, elevating and protecting the ‘āina by holding it sacred, staying…
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Food Sovereignty through Hawaiian Engineering: A Story of Two Kahaluʻu (2025)
How are organizations in Hawaiʻi addressing the need for sustainable and abundant food systems to feed our island communities? In this issue area episode from the spring, we hear from three community partners working toward the restoration of Hawaiian food systems, in particular through the...
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93. December 2025 Community News: Lāhaina Strong and the Lāhaina Community Land Trust
Community news for December 2025! After headlines, we feature interviews with two Maui Aloha grantees organizing in Lāhaina: First, De Andre Makakoa from Lāhaina Strong shares about community organizing after the 2023 wildfire as well as the 2025 documentary Lāhaina Rising, which won the Made in...
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92. The Moʻolelo of Lā Kūʻokoʻa with ʻĪmaikalani Winchester
Today is Lā Kūʻokoʻa, the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Independence Day! On this day in 1843, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was officially recognized as a sovereign nation by Great Britain and France in the Anglo-Franco Proclamation. In this special episode, we speak with ʻĪmaikalani Winchester to hear the…
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91. Live from Hale Līhuʻe: A pop-up radio show featuring our Kauaʻi-based partners!
HPF and our partners are on the radio! In this special episode, we share a recording of a live radio show on KKCR Kauaʻi Community Radio highlighting our Kauaʻi-based grantee partners through a pop-up broadcast from Hale Līhue. Hosted by KKCR's executive director Anni Caporuscio, the broadcast...
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90. Kamāwaelualani: The Missing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women, Girls, and Māhū Movement
A conversation with Nikki Cristobal, Ashley Mahaʻa, and Makanalani Gomes about the Missing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women, Girls, and Māhū (MMNHWGM) movement. The MMNHWGM movement and research work is a focus of Kamāwaelualani, a Kauaʻi-based grassroots organization dedicated to Native…
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89. November 2025 Community News: Holomua Outreach and the Waiʻanae Moku Kūpuna Council
Our first monthly community news episode! In each news episode, you'll get community headlines followed by two interview segments sharing timely updates from our partners from across all our grantmaking programs. Our November 2025 episode features updates from two hui who demonstrate that…
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88. Earth RM: Healing 'Āina through Bioremediation
An interview about building up communities' capacity to heal their own lands with Kauʻi Lopes, Hannah Hartmann, and Kaʻimi Kaleleiki. Earth RM is a Hilo-based nonprofit with a mission to develop, implement, and share accessible bioremediation solutions to heal communities, lands, and waters...
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I Ola Wailuanui: Living ʻĀina and Thriving Community in Wailua, Kauaʻi (Feb 2025)
An interview from early 2025 about community stewardship of ʻāina with Pualiʻi Rossi and Mason Chock from I Ola Wailuanui. I Ola Wailuanui is a grassroots community organization formed and managed by Kauaʻi residents for the purpose of preserving, protecting, and restoring Wailuanuiahoʻāno and…
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87. Rice Street Business Association: Revitalizing Downtown Līhuʻe
A conversation about community restoration of place with Addison Bulosan of the Rice Street Business Association (RSBA). RSBA is dedicated to fostering a thriving, just, and self-sustaining Downtown Līhu‘e by empowering local entrepreneurship, perpetuating Native Hawaiian culture, and…
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86. PFLAG Oʻahu: Love Without Apology
Season 5 of Hawaiʻi Rising is here! The new season kicks off with a conversation about building support and acceptance for LGBTQ+ loved ones with Ryna Yamada and Cameron Miyamoto, the co-presidents of PFLAG Oʻahu. PFLAG Oʻahu is a local chapter of the US’ largest organization dedicated to...
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Hawaiʻi Rising - Season 5 Trailer
Announcing a new season of Hawaiʻi Rising featuring our 2025 grantee cohort, issue-area episodes, and new monthly community news segments, coming soon wherever you listen to podcasts. Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai'i, Hawaii
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85. Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea 2025: Honoring Liko Martin
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea is coming up this weekend! Join us at Thomas Square on Sunday, July 27, 2025. Each year for Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, two aloha ʻāina are honored for their activism and commitment to ea. The two 2025 honorees are Likookalani Martin and the late Abel Simeona Lui. In this episode, Uncle Liko...
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84. Community Voices in Film: Documenting Movements and Cultivating Filmmakers
In this multi-grantee episode, Hawaiʻi Rising speaks with three organizations uplifting their communities through filmmaking. First, we speak with Pua Case from Mauna Kea Education & Awareness and filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee about their feature-length documentary Standing Above the Clouds, which...
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Mālama Kaua'i: A Community Plan for Food Access (2023)
A reposted episode from 2023 about food access and resilient futures with Hulali Soza and Megan Fox from Mālama Kauaʻi. Mālama Kauaʻi has been working to increase food production and access for a resilient Kauaʻi since 2006. They do this through a lens of resilience and sustainability, leveraging...
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83. Ahupuaʻa Restoration: Perpetuating ʻĀina Stewardship and ʻIke Kupuna across Hawaiʻi
In our fourth multi-grantee episode, we hear from three organizations working to restore ahupuaʻa systems and perpetuate ʻike kupuna about ʻāina stewardship on three different islands. First, on Molokai, we hear from Hano and Maile Naehu at Hui o Kuapā about their work to restore loko iʻa and…
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Waipahu Safe Haven: Empowering Communities to Be Their Own Advocates (2023)
An interview from 2023 about community empowerment and language access with Eola Lokebol, an advocate and interpreter at Waipahu Safe Haven Immigrant and Migrant Resource Center. Waipahu Safe Haven provides holistic programs and services with language access to empower and uplift Hawaii’s…
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HR Presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" - Episode 5: Piko of Peace and Hoʻihoʻi Ea
Hawaiʻi Rising presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" from the Before Us podcast, an audio-documentary series produced in collaboration with Mālama Mākua. In episode five, Mālama Mākua board members Aunty Lynette Cruz and Uncle Sparky Rodrigues discuss the evolution of Mālama Mākua's mission, and we…
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82. Food Sovereignty through Hawaiian Engineering: A Story of Two Kahaluʻu
In our third multi-grantee episode, we hear from three organizations working towards the restoration of Hawaiian food systems, in particular through the foundational practice of uhau humu pōhaku (Hawaiian drystack masonry). First, we hear from Keʻalohi Wang at Hui Hoʻoniho, an organization…
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Ke Kahua o Kūaliʻi: Building a Kauhale at Kawainui (2023)
An interview from 2023 about ʻāina restoration and hale construction with Ed Gomes and Kukona Lopes from Ke Kahua o Kūaliʻi. Ke Kahua o Kūaliʻi’s mission is to inspire and support cultural and environmental wellness through land stewardship of Palalupe and Pōhakea at Kawainui fishpond in Kailua,...
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HR Presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" - Episode 4: The Lease
Hawaiʻi Rising presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" from the Before Us podcast, an audio-documentary series produced in collaboration with Mālama Mākua. In episode four, scholar and Mālama Mākua board member Kyle Kajihiro shares the story of the Army's 65-year lease in Mākua Valley, which expires in...
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81. Kīpuka: Regenerating Community Connections to ʻĀina
In our second multi-grantee episode, we hear from three organizations who identify their work with kīpuka: regenerative spaces that help reseed and regrow the areas around them. First, we hear from Mehana Vaughan and Jennifer Luck from Kīpuka Kuleana (featured in episode 2), which perpetuates...
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HR Presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" - Episode 3: The Ranch and the Railroad
Hawaiʻi Rising presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" from the Before Us podcast, an audio-documentary series produced in collaboration with Mālama Mākua. In episode three, we hear the last living memory of the pre-WWII Mākua community before the eviction. Born in Mākua in 1925, Ford Ushijima shares...
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HR Presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" - Episode 2: Access
Hawaiʻi Rising presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" from the Before Us podcast, an audio-documentary series produced in collaboration with Mālama Mākua. In episode two, we enter Mākua Valley with Mālama Mākua and hear the story of how Mālama Mākua fought to protect the valley, reconnected with the…
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80. Pōhaku Pelemaka and KWILF: Reclaiming Community Spaces in East Hawaiʻi
Multi-Grantee Episode! A conversation with Leila Kealoha from Pōhaku Pelemaka and ʻĀinaaloha Ioane from the Keliʻi William Ioane Legacy Foundation. Leila and ʻĀina share about their work on the Puna coast and in Keaukaha respectively, reclaiming and stewarding spaces in their own communities for...
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HR Presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" - Episode 1: Eviction
Hawaiʻi Rising presents "Mākua: Piko of Peace" from the Before Us podcast, an audio-documentary series produced in collaboration with Mālama Mākua. In episode one, Mālama Mākua board members Uncle Sparky Rodrigues and Uncle Vince Dodge share the backstory of how Mālama Mākua formed out of the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hawaiʻi Rising is a new podcast series from the Hawaiʻi People‘s Fund featuring its 2021 grantees: 30 grassroots organizations at the forefront of progressive movements in Hawaiʻi. Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fund has helped to support, build capacity, and amplify the impact of grassroots social change movements in Hawaiʻi since 1972. We are dedicated to the most creative, passionate, and radical visions of community, bravely navigating the intersections of indigeneity, environment, race, class, labor, gender, art, technology, mental health, incarceration, food, and other crucial issues we face.Tags: Hawaiʻi, Hawai‘i, Hawaii
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