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.
Evan Kumasaki2025-01-07T13:02:40-10:00January 7, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: friend of youth award, HCR, HSTA, human and civil rights committee, nomination, pono award, social justice|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Human and Civil Rights Committee is seeking nominations for HSTA’s annual Pono and Friend of Youth awards.
Terri Inefuku2024-05-02T13:05:52-10:00May 2, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaiian history, Hawaiian language, Hawaiian language academy, HCR, human and civil rights committee, Kahuku High and Intermediate, Kaleo Hanohano, piko, pono award|
The HSTA Human and Civil Rights Committee is proud to present Kaleo Hanohano with the 2024 Pono Award, which recognizes an exceptional HSTA member who advocates for social justice issues that impact the lives of students, fellow educators, and the community.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-27T13:52:39-10:00May 27, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: gender and sexuality alliance, Hawaii DOE, ʻIlima Intermediate, Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and Civil Rights Award, menstrual equity, NEA, pono award, Rep. Amy Perruso, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, STACY Award, STEM|
The National Education Association (NEA) honored an ʻIlima Intermediate teacher with the prestigious Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and Civil Rights Award.
Terri Inefuku2021-04-22T00:22:19-10:00April 21, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy, community, Ilima Intermediate, pono award, Rainbow Royales, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, scholarship, STACY Award, teaching, youth|
Our 2021 recipient, Ilima Intermediate teacher Sarah “Mili” Milianta-Laffin, clearly demonstrates each of the five criteria of the S.T.A.C.Y. Award: scholarship, teaching, advocacy, community, and youth.
Terri Inefuku2021-04-21T16:26:21-10:00April 19, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: access, disabilities, Farrington High School, HB 1291, pono award, Sean Witwer, special education, SPEDucator Fellowship, State Scholars program, students, University of Hawaii, youtube|
Sean Witwer, a special education math teacher at Farrington High School, was selected as our 2021 Pono Award winner for his passion and advocacy to expand learning opportunities for special education students.
Evan Kumasaki2020-05-19T11:32:00-10:00May 19, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Corey Rosenlee, event, friend of youth award, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Logan Okita, Osa Tui, pono award, speeches, state of our union, virtual, webinar, Wilbert Holck, Zoom|
More than 1,300 HSTA members logged on to view their first-ever State of Our Union Saturday morning, which featured streamed video reports from committee chairs and motivating remote speeches from national and state association leaders as well as the awarding of two important awards.
Evan Kumasaki2023-05-30T20:47:55-10:00May 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy, culture, equity, friend of youth award, HCR, HSTA, human and civil rights, pono award, social justice, state of our union|
“Aloha! My name is Jodi Kunimitsu, and I’m a math teacher at Maui High School. This was my first year as chair of the Human and Civil Rights Committee. It was a lot of work, but it was also a lot of fun. Throughout the year, we participated in several community events.”
Evan Kumasaki2021-04-21T17:15:42-10:00May 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: HCR, human and civil rights committee, pono award, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, social justice, STEM|
“I tend to say I’m a scrappy Title I public school kid turned scrappy Title I public school teacher. We know hungry kids can’t learn. Let’s feed them. Hot kids can’t learn. Let’s get those ACs going. If kids are embarrassed to wear dirty uniforms on campus, let's get a campus laundry. It’s just the work teachers do.”
Evan Kumasaki2019-11-08T06:28:00-10:00November 8, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: friend of youth award, HCR, HSTA, human and civil rights, NEA, nomination, pono award, social justice, Social Justice Activist Award|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association's Human and Civil Rights Committee is seeking nominations for its Pono and Friend of Youth Awards. Nominations are due Jan. 10, 2020.
