Progress 08/01/21 to 03/15/24
Outputs
Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems:Major change resulted from key project staff, Dr. Bubba (Daniel) Lipe taking a new faculty postion in California. Grant actities needed to be support by the PI, lecturers and eventually a new faculty hire in the UHWO SCFS program, Dr. Mathew K. Lau, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Community Food Systems (Indigenous Knowledge and Practice). What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Goal 2: Strengthen institutional pathways and support structures for students to increase transitions from high school to post-secondary education to graduate programs and careers for agro-ecology and sustainable food system sciences. UHWO SCFS Faculty and support staff organized 3 separate mentoring sesssions entitled "Demistifying Graduate School" to provide an overview of graduate-level education, the graduate school application process, forming an advisory committee, etc. As a result, 3 UHWO SCFS students (graduating during this UPBEAT grant period) applied to the MA program in Urban and Regional Planning at the Univeristy of Hawaii at Manoa to work with Dr. Subhashni Raj in the area of Food System Planning. Additional student mentioring/professinal development was also provided via the Food+ Policy Internship Program where students learn about the state legislative processs affecting food and agriculture policy in the state of Hawaii. Students enrolled in the UHWO SCFS program are mentored outside of the classroom in a range of content and skills: https://www.foodpluspolicy.com/ Hawaii Food+ Policy Internship Learning Objectives: Understand how to track a state bill; Understand how a bill moves through state legislative process; Understand how to write & submit personal testimony; Understand legislative strategy and power mapping; Understand communications strategy + media engagement; Understand how to conduct meetings Hawaii State lawmakers; Understand how key decisions are made, when and why. For more on the impact of the UHWO SCFS program on student learners, please see the following SCFS graduate interviews with project PI, Dr. Albie Miles: https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/scfs/scfs-graduate-interviews/ How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Goal 3: Increase leadership and professional development activities for Native Hawaiian and underrepresented students by connecting them to local, national and international initiatives in food and agricultural sustainability, sciences, and resource management. Hawaii Statewide Food System Summit: https://transforminghawaiifoodsystem.org/summit-recap/december-2023-summit-recap/. With complementary funding by the WK Kellogg Foudation (https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/02/08/1m-to-enhance-sustainability-food-system/), students in the UHWO SCFS program were able to attend the Summit 1 and 2 for free. The 2nd Annual Hawai?i Food System Summit brought together over 150 advocates from across the islands to discuss the critical issues facing our food system and chart a path for progress on December 14, and 15, 2023 at the University of Hawai?i - West Oahu. Food+ Policy Leadership Training (see above): https://www.foodpluspolicy.com/ Jobs and Workforce Development Activities: https://transforminghawaiifoodsystem.org/jobs/. With complementary funding by the WK Kellogg Foudation (https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/02/08/1m-to-enhance-sustainability-food-system/), students in the UHWO SCFS program can now find and apply for food systems jobs and new educaitonal opportunities accross the state and on the continental US: https://transforminghawaiifoodsystem.org/education-opportunities/ What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Goal 1: Enhance educational equity and increase participation of Native Hawaiian and underrepresented students within the SCFS program, through targeted recruitment activities, diversified instructional delivery systems, and new curricula design. Provided mutiple perfomance-based scholarships and travel experiences to national conferences to UHWO SCFS students. Offered 3 upper-divison courses emphasizing experiential and hands-on learning on ITEK each year taught in collaboration with Native Hawaiian practitioners: SCFS 370 Ahupua'a Management (ITEK) SCFS 385 Fishponds and Nearshore Fisheries in Hawaii (ITEK) SCFS 415 Hawaii Taro/Kalo Production (ITEK) Information on the content addressed in each of the above courses may be found here: https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/scfs/. See the following for additional details on curriculum and specific courses and practica experiences: https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/scfs/curriculum/)
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Progress 08/01/22 to 07/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems:The resignation of Dr. Daniel Lipe created a temporary gap in terms of a project co-PI/director. We are actively recruiting for a replacement tenure-track faculty and using lecturers to cover UHWO SCFS ITEK courses in the interim. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Multiple opportunities for participation in student scholarships and travel to national conferenences and graduate school mentoring. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continue with curriculum developent in the areas of ITEK, student experiential learing, public policy internship development and implementation.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Ongoing outreach and recuritment at regional highschools and community colleges serving the UHWO service area.
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Progress 08/01/21 to 07/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience that was reached during this reporting period was Leeward Community College students and current students within the Sustainable Community Food Systems program at UHWO. Changes/Problems:Covid-19 placed some limitations to inside/classroom learning, but all key programatic goals were met via distance education and field-based learning. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A. Activities: The SCFS course taught three courses on land management through hands on experiential learning and hands on activities teaching through indigenous knowledge and practice (SCFS 370 Ahupua'a perspectives and SCFS 385 fishponds and near shore fisheries, SCFS 415 Kalo production). In addition, several students interned at Kuhialoko fishpond restoration site for the 490 senior practicum course. B. Events: The SCFS program delivered its first week long leadership training program with 8 students on the island of Kauai. Along with working together for the event students, participated in multiple community service events including feeding the Waipa community Kalo that they harvested cleaned and ground into kalo. In addition, they worked with multiple malama aina practitioners working on and learning about native Hawaiian based restoration work that included on the ground hands one experiential learning activities at Waipa, Malama 0 Hulei'ia, and Hui o Makaainana o Makana non-profit organizations. The SCFS program hosted a UH system wide United Nations Sustainable goals educational workshop that included three different working days including open discussions with UN workers and staff, and two educational days that taught students about what the sustainable goals are and how they could get involved in making a difference at their university and community levels. C. Services: The program delivered a three-day workshop on UN Sustainability Goals. This program was developed by the Foundation of Environmental Stewardship. The programhelped teach the concepts of sustainable development through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on empowering youth with a holistic understanding of what the SDGs are, and what youth can do to take action. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Final presentations from the courses taught with the community partners was shared with community members and site coordinators in order to share what was learned by studetns throughout the course. Leeward community college retention specialist has a copy of the video recording and interview with the SCFS staff and students and will use the video in the future throughout this project and beyond as a means to recruit students into the SCFS program. In addition, information on the number of students who view the presentation will be sent to the SCFS staff as a means to keep track of how many students view the video. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The SCFS program will continue to work on articulation agreements to help bring together and build stronger pipelines for supporting students moving throughout the UH System. The program will also teach Indigenous knowledge hands-on courses each semester. The program is looking into the development of an educational outreach video to be utilized as an outreach and recruit menttool. In addition to the above. THe program will work with collaboration efforts between CC faculty and will also help bring together students from CC and UHWO SCFS program to work on outreach partnerships.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A. Activities: The SCFS course taught three courses on land management through hands on experiential learning and hands on activities teaching through indigenous knowledge and practice (SCFS 370 Ahupua'a perspectives and SCFS 385 fishponds and near shore fisheries, SCFS 415 Kalo production). In addition, several students interned at Kuhialoko fishpond restoration site for the 490 senior practicum course. B. Events: The SCFS program delivered its first week long leadership training program with 8 students on the island of Kauai. Along with working together for the event students, participated in multiple community service events including feeding the Waipa community Kalo that they harvested cleaned and ground into kalo. In addition, they worked with multiple malama aina practitioners working on and learning about native Hawaiian based restoration work that included on the ground hands one experiential learning activities at Waipa, Malama 0 Hulei'ia, and Hui o Makaainana o Makana non-profit organizations. The SCFS program hosted a UH system wide United Nations Sustainable goals educational workshop that included three different working days including open discussions with UN workers and staff, and two educational days that taught students about what the sustainable goals are and how they could get involved in making a difference at their university and community levels. C. Services: The program delivered a three-day workshop on UN Sustainability Goals. This program was developed by the Foundation of Environmental Stewardship. The programhelped teach the concepts of sustainable development through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on empowering youth with a holistic understanding of what the SDGs are, and what youth can do to take action.
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