Calling all Hawai‘i educators doing locally-based social justice work!
Applications for the Hawai‘i Social Justice Educator Award are open now through February 1, 2024 for two $2,500 awards to use toward your outstanding work in the 2024-2025 school year.
The Social Justice Education in Hawai‘i Project is a joint initiative of the Hanahauʻoli School Professional Development Center (PDC) and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Education (UHM COE). It is aimed at growing the capacity of local educators to inspire youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy. Made possible by the generosity and forward thinking of Jana and Howard Wolff, The Social Justice Education in Hawai‘i Project works to ensure that more teachers, administrators, counselors, and other school practitioners have access to high-quality professional development programs and resources needed for effectively carrying out social justice education initiatives in Hawai‘i. This includes opportunities to learn more about the Southern Poverty Law Center’s critically acclaimed Learning for Justice materials, resources, and professional development opportunities. Launched in 2022, a new and exciting component of the overall project is the Hawai‘i Social Justice (HSJ) Educator Award – a financial award program that aims to support the growing work of social justice educators in Hawai‘i.
The Hawai‘i Social Justice Educator Award aims to acknowledge, illuminate, sustain and grow local educators who are planning and doing exemplary social justice work in the State of Hawai‘i. Two $2,500 awards per school year are awarded for outstanding project proposals, through the 2026-2027 school year.
