PacYES Conference
Pacific Youth Empowerment For Success
For community safety during the pandemic, PacYES is hosting video messages by Pacific Islander students and community members for our youth.
Welcome to PacYES
Welcome to the community-led Pacific Youth Empowerment for Success (PacYES) annual conference at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo for high school students of Pacific Islander ethnicity on Hawaiʻi Island. Our history is rooted in the belief that it is the kuleana of all of us Hawaiʻi ʻohana to prepare Pacific Islander youth for successful careers, college, and community engagement. We invite you to join or support this grassroots movement.
Because of the pandemic, we have changed the format of our annual conference. We have invited Pacific Islander students and community members to create video messages of support for our communities, especially our youth, in this challenging time.
Major Sponsors
About MU-BI
Micronesians United-Big Island (MU-BI) is a Hilo-based non-profit 501 c3 organization with a mission is “To empower the local Pacific Islanders from the region of Micronesia for greater self-reliance, cultural pride, and to serve as a bridge to educate the larger community about the respective cultures, and our mutual rights and responsibilities.”