HCR Committee Archives - Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association

Island educators, students march in Honolulu Pride Parade
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Island educators, students march in Honolulu Pride Parade

Jill Meinecke2025-10-24T11:17:32-10:00October 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: HCR Committee, honolulu pride parade, human and civil rights committee, LGBTQ, pride|

More than 70 teachers from all over the islands joined more than 75 students from five Oʻahu public schools Saturday as part of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s unit in the annual Honolulu Pride Parade to celebrate diversity.

Kaʻū High English teacher honored with HSTA’s Pono Award
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Kaʻū High English teacher honored with HSTA’s Pono Award

Jill Meinecke2025-04-16T11:16:11-10:00April 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Chayanee Brooks, Hawaiʻi Island, HCR Committee, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HSTA Pono Award, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, Ka‘ū High, PBS Hawai‘i’s HIKI NŌ, pono award|

Before nearly 200 of her teacher colleagues, Chayanee Brooks, a Kaʻū High English teacher, accepted the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s 2025 Pono Award for her exemplary work uplifting students in her rural Hawaiʻi Island community.

HSTA presents 2025 Friend of Youth Award to Puna ʻāina-based educator
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HSTA presents 2025 Friend of Youth Award to Puna ʻāina-based educator

Jill Meinecke2025-04-15T15:47:16-10:00April 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Channa Uyetake, FOY, friend of youth award, Hawaiʻi Island, HCR Committee, Hilo, HSTA Convention, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, kalo, Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School, Mahina Oha, Mālama Hāloa Hui Kuʻi Kalo o Puna, Nick Kālāmakani Francisco, Puna, taro|

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association honored Puna educator Nick Kālāmakani Francisco with its 2025 Friend of Youth Award Saturday at HSTA’s 52nd annual State Convention.

HSTA hosts ‘adventure afternoon’ with youth, families at Oʻahu housing community
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HSTA hosts ‘adventure afternoon’ with youth, families at Oʻahu housing community

Jill Meinecke2025-01-21T15:41:43-10:00January 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Daphna Ehrenhalt, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., HCR Committee, HSTA Leeward Chapter, human and civil rights committee, Kahauiki Village, MLK Jr., Oahu housing program, Ray’shaun Reed, Ryan Tong|

During the long weekend and in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., over 80 people gathered at Kahauiki Village for an adventure afternoon sponsored by Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Human and Civil Rights (HCR) Committee.