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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

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Much of the non-governmental funding went to the Maui Strong Fund at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF), which received almost $188 million in donations (including earned interest) as of March 22. As far as we know, this is the highest amount ever raised by a single community foundation for a non-terrorism-related disaster.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." We also saw some. Muslim relations.