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Kahoʻolawe

Visit the island and assist the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO) and the Kahoʻolawe Preservation Commission document archeological sites and cultural practices as well as clean up and develop plans to revitalize the island. For more information, contact: Professor Davianna McGregor at (808) 956-7068 or davianna@hawaii.edu.

 

Bridging the Digital Divide at KPT

Assist students and community members at the Kuhio Park Terrace (KPT) Housing in Kalihi in acquiring and improving computer and literacy skills. For more information, contact: Dr. Ulla Hasager at (808) 956-4218 or ulla@hawaii.edu; or Professor Noel Kent at (808) 956-6963 or noelk@hawaii.edu.

 

Micronesians United/Micronesian Community Network

Assist Micronesians United in their work to improve education, housing and health for Micronesians immigrants in Hawaiʻi. For more information, contact: Dr. Ulla Hasager at (808) 956-4218 or ulla@hawaii.edu.

 

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Hawaii Plantation Village - Assistance

Assist HPV's docent training program, systematization of collections of historic photos, oral history, and documents, website development, and in organizing special events. For more information, contact: Professor Dean Alegado at (808) 956-6915 or alegado@hawaii.edu.

 

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BIN-I Program

Assist the Office of Multicultural Student Services at UH Mānoa with their tutorial program for immigrant students in DOE schools in Honolulu. For more information, contact: Adrianne Guerero at (808) 956-7348 or guerero@hawaii.edu. BIN-I website: http://opmanong.ssc.hawaii.edu/programs.htm

 

Department of Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Planning Practicum

Assist selected community organizations and agencies with research and data collection needed in development planning efforts/addressing actual and potential conflicts related to development issues. For more information, contact: Dr. Luciano Minerbi at (808) 956-6869 or luciano@hawaii.edu. Department of Urban & Regional Planning website: www.durp.hawaii.edu.

 

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Unite Here! Local 5 Service-Learning Program

This service-learning module is the result of an ongoing collaboration between Local 5 and the Ethnic Studies Department at UHM. Its purpose is to expose students to the issues affecting working families and to incorporate students' community service work with their academic studies to enrich their learning experiences. It provides for varied learning opportunities regarding union organizing as it relates to community-based research and actions that raise awareness and encourage students to become agents of social justice and social change beyond the university. Participating in Local 5's Voter Registration program will serve as the main reference point for this module. Students will work with Local 5's Political Organizer and Political Action Committee to help create a campaign to encourage workers to register to vote. In this process, students will be exposed to the everyday and broader issues that working families currently face both at home and in their communities as well as at work.

Local 5 is a local labor union in Hawaii representing more than 11,000 hotel, health care, and other service industry workers statewide. Since its beginnings in 1937, Local 5 has worked to improve the quality of life for Hawaii's workers.

For more information or to become part of the program, please contact: Student Site Coordinator: Ms. Debby Andres, 264-9017, debralyn@hawaii.edu; UNITE HERE! Local 5 Community/Political Organizer: Cade Watanabe, 941 2141 x 211, cwatanabe@unitehere5.org; or one of the faculty coordinators: Prof. Monisha DasGupta, 956 2914, dasgupta@hawaii.edu, or Dr. Ulla Hasager, 956 4218, ulla@hawaii.edu.

For more information download the Information Sheet.

Local 5 website: http://www.unitehere5.org/

 

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