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Community Group Aims To Cultivate A Culture Of Compassion In Ko‘olaupoko
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ings have helped numerous schools and organizations in its district to develop, im- plement, iterate and enhance social-emotional learning supports for its students.
perspectives to drive the or- ganization’s vision, agenda and action steps. State Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, a member of the advisory council, led a legislative advocacy effort that resulted in a budget ap- propriation of $800,000 over two years to support the im- plementation of trauma-in- formed and restorative prac- tices in Ko‘olaupoko schools.
but also the events it holds for the whole district.
book talks, both of which are free webinars offered to the public.
Forming and hosting “de- sign thinking teams” is just one of the many actions that was brought forth through this effort, and helps to ad- dress the numerous and sig- nificant challenges Ko‘olau- poko faces in its community.
“I really appreciate Com- passionate Ko‘olaupoko for helping us carve out time and giving us a collabora- tive space to do something meaningful not only for our students, but beyond our stu- dents and for generations of students to come,” says Jill LaBoy, principal of Kailua Intermediate School, which partook in a design-thinking cohort.
Compassion in Action, for example, was a virtual com- munity event livestreamed Nov. 30 to celebrate the many everyday heroes in Ko‘olaupoko who are work- ing tirelessly to strengthen a culture of caring in local communities. It will also be rebroadcast throughout the month of December on ‘Ōle- lo channel 53. Furthermore, an upcoming community day will be held Dec. 18 at Hoʻokuaʻāina, during which the public can learn mean- ingful Hawaiian values sur- rounded by nature.
“We envision a thriving community that has healed from the inside out. We en- vision a future where every single school in Ko‘olau- poko has culturally relevant supports that wrap around our students and meet their unique needs,” share mem- bers of Compassionate Ko‘olaupoko. “We envision a future where every student knows they have a place to turn; that they are loved and embraced by their communi- ty for exactly who they are.”
With the aid of Design Thinking Hawai‘i and Edu- cation Incubator, these train-
Compassionate Ko‘olau- poko is a community-wide movement, as shown not only through these trainings,
Additional services this nonprofit provides is its speaker series and virtual
Visit compassionate- koolaupoko.org for more information and a schedule of events.
Julia Eickstead, a second grader at ‘Aikahi Elementary who created friendship benches and donated them to the school, shares her story during Compassionate Ko‘olaupoko’s Nov. 30 livestream titled Compassion in Action. PHOTO COURTESY COMPASSIONATE KO‘OLAUPOKO
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