WHAT WE DO
The Shanti Alliance strives to foster a community of educators and students who are directly engaging with questions of equity in schools, and supports educators and students as they develop the capacity to be agents of change.
OUR GOALS
Provide safe spaces of inquiry, dialogue and reflection in which issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging can be raised, discussed and acted upon by educators and students.
Raise awareness and build knowledge around DEIB within Hawaiʻiʻs historical, political, and cultural context.
Engage in reflective practices to build capacity for sustained DEIB work.
Equip educators and students with skills that promote equity, inclusion, and social justice in their schools through training, opportunities for dialogue at the individual and structural levels.
We foster a community of educators that:
Analyze and recognize structural and institutional inequities in schools.
Share their expertise and experiences to collectively build capacities as DEIB practitioners.
Design and implement curriculum that addresses equity and social justice.
Guide and support their students’ DEIB work.
Directly engage questions of equity with school leadership, colleagues, and students within their school community.
We provide training for students to:
Facilitate dialogue with their peers, mentors, and school leaders around questions of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and social justice.
Design and enact a school action plan.