Calling all Hawai‘i educators doing locally-based social justice work!
Applications for the Hawai‘i Social Justice Educator Awards are open now through February 1, 2025! Apply today for one of two $2,500 educator awards to use toward your outstanding work in the 2025-2026 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 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.
The Hawai‘i Social Justice Educator Awards are an important component of this project, providing financial awards 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 educator awards will be granted for outstanding project proposals to be implemented in the 2025-2026 school year.
