The HWF Blog

Aug 5, 2021

End of Summer Reel Camps for Girls - A Reflection

The evenings are colder now. The past two months have felt like pure heat at all hours as if the sun and its rays follow us into the...

Jul 21, 2021

We were always here - day 2 at the LGTBQIA+ camp

Day two saw us opening once more with a gratitude hui. Bringing love and thanks to our ancestors, chosen and blood families, our...

Jul 20, 2021

Thanking the journeys we took and continue to take - LGTBQIA+ day 1

We decided to start off a little differently for day one. A few minutes after 1:00, we all gathered into a circle and gave thanks to the...

Jul 18, 2021

Human - final day @ The Future is Wāhine

Everyone from the school staff to the mentors, documentarian, and the participants had been buried deep in their respective work since...

Jul 7, 2021

Connections - EJ#2 end of camp reflection

In the brainstorming for how to begin this reflection, the one thing I couldn’t seem to get out of my mind is the weather we experienced...

Jul 6, 2021

Nothing deters the artist - EJ#2 day five

In a strange turn of events, we find ourselves with wind AND rain in the second to last session. In this part of the program, it’s mostly...

Jul 2, 2021

Small & mighty team - EJ#2 day three and four

It’s full swing on day three. After a short coming together at the beginning of the session, we go straight into hands-on work again and...

Jun 30, 2021

Things are going swimmingly - EJ#2 day two

Day two had us starting off with a reflection on the Tree of Life exercise from the previous day. As we sat around the table,...