Meet our HĀ Design Teams for School Year 17/18!
stay tuned for the Schedule of HĀ Community Days
HĀ Design Teams and HĀ Designers Convening
The Summit will highlight HĀ in action in our communities. During school year 17/18, OHE will bring together 17 HĀ Design Teams from across the state at the HĀ Designers Convening on October 9, 2017 at Waipahu High School. Each Design Team consists of 1) school, complex area or state office representative/s, 2) student/s, and 3) community based organization representative/s. The convening will provide space for the teams to deepen their individual and collective understanding of the HĀ framework; identify conditions and learn strategies to strengthen BREATH; and plan for hosting a HĀ Community Day that will introduce HĀ to their community through ma ka hana ka ʻike experiences that fit their community context. The HĀ Community Days will be held across the state between October 2017 and January 2018. The teams will then present at the Summit and share their experiences in creating HĀ space and support others in designing their own HĀ Community Days.
HĀ Community Days
We believe that the best way to demonstrate HĀ is through direct experience. Throughout the state – schools, complex areas, state offices, and community based organizations (CBOs) are modeling HĀ. HĀ Community Days were developed as a way to build on existing school/community partnerships and provide an opportunity to spread HĀ by having those who are supportive and inspired by the framework introduce HĀ to their community in a way that fits their context. HĀ Community Days embody the concept of “ma ka hana ka ʻike” (in doing one learns) by providing hands-on HĀ activities that strengthen BREATH.
The Summit will highlight HĀ in action in our communities. During school year 17/18, OHE will bring together 17 HĀ Design Teams from across the state at the HĀ Designers Convening on October 9, 2017 at Waipahu High School. Each Design Team consists of 1) school, complex area or state office representative/s, 2) student/s, and 3) community based organization representative/s. The convening will provide space for the teams to deepen their individual and collective understanding of the HĀ framework; identify conditions and learn strategies to strengthen BREATH; and plan for hosting a HĀ Community Day that will introduce HĀ to their community through ma ka hana ka ʻike experiences that fit their community context. The HĀ Community Days will be held across the state between October 2017 and January 2018. The teams will then present at the Summit and share their experiences in creating HĀ space and support others in designing their own HĀ Community Days.
HĀ Community Days
We believe that the best way to demonstrate HĀ is through direct experience. Throughout the state – schools, complex areas, state offices, and community based organizations (CBOs) are modeling HĀ. HĀ Community Days were developed as a way to build on existing school/community partnerships and provide an opportunity to spread HĀ by having those who are supportive and inspired by the framework introduce HĀ to their community in a way that fits their context. HĀ Community Days embody the concept of “ma ka hana ka ʻike” (in doing one learns) by providing hands-on HĀ activities that strengthen BREATH.
- Meet the HĀ Design Teams SY 17/18 and read about their ideas for their HĀ Community Days.
- Learn more about HĀ Community Days hosted by HĀ Design Teams from SY 16/17 here.
- Read the featured story in West Hawaii Today on one of our Big Island Design Teams: Honoring Hawaiʻi's Indigenous Language and Culture: Waimea HĀ Design Team Selected to Connect Community to the ʻĀina
