Posted on: Sunday, July 8, 2001
Salutes/Grants
Council awards $51,116 for humanities projects
Advertiser Staff
The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities recently awarded $51,116 in grants to nonprofit organizations in support of humanities projects for the public. They are:
• Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library for "Pearl Harbor Remembered: The Bombing and Its Legacy of Change for Hawai'i's Civilians," a living history performance and discussion program based on oral histories of Hawai'i civilians during World War II.
• The Outdoor Circle Archive Preservation Project to inventory and preserve selected materials from its administrative records reflecting the role of women's and environmental groups in the development of the Islands.
• Honolulu Community Media Council for a forum exploring how periodicals, newspapers, television and the Internet affect public awareness, featuring a discussion with James Fallow, author of "Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy."
• Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park for a morning forum for senior citizens and students and an evening forum for the general community focusing on the music of Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean immigrant workers on Waipahu sugar plantations.
• Hawai'i Public Television for a script for a 60-minute television documentary on kumu hula Maiki Aiu Lake and her significance in the history of hula and preservation of traditional Hawaiian culture.
• A research assistance grant to Noel Kent for a project titled "The Globalization of Hawai'i and the Impact of Ethnic Relations," the results of which will provide the focus for a community forum and newspaper article.
• A research assistance grant to Carol Bain for research of historical records and to document, through oral history interviews, the history of the Hanapepe site as a community center and gathering place since the mid-1920s.
• A research grant to Jamie Dela Cruz to work with scholars in literary and cultural studies to examine the "dress to deceive" Hawai'i statute of the 1960s, compliance with the law through the wearing of "I am a boy" pins, mahu stories and social life, and the social problems of homosexuals.
In addition, the AmeriCorps State Competitive Grants Program awarded a $290,980 grant to fund the Access to Justice Program under the Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i and a $529,356 grant to fund the AmeriCorps Center to End Violence under Volunteer Legal Services.
At Legal Aid, AmeriCorps members provide legal services to low-income families and individuals on issues such as divorce, eviction, domestic abuse, welfare terminations and debtors' rights.
At Volunteer Legal Services, members teach conflict resolution and mediation, academic tutoring and mentoring, security and crime prevention awareness, and the legal needs and rights of children, as well as providing legal services for victims of domestic violence.
