Chaminade Receives $200 K Grant For Racial Healing

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CHAMINADE RECEIVES $200 K GRANT FOR RACIAL HEALING AS PART OF W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION S $75 MILLION EFFORT TO TACKLE STRUCTURAL RACISM AND PROMOTE RACIAL HEALING
--America Healing Initiative will Expand Opportunities for Vulnerable Children--

HONOLULU—May 21, 2010—Chaminade University will receive $200,000 from W.K. Kellogg Foundation over the next two years to help address the issue of racial inequality for Native Hawaiians. The grant is one of 119 awarded nationally by W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support racial equity and healing. Chaminade is the only institution to receive it in Hawaii.

The grant to Chaminade supports the university’s Native Hawaiian History Initiative, which seeks to address two main issues: 1) racial inequality that has led to Native Hawaiians ranking the highest in negative socioeconomic indicators; and 2) inadequate teaching resources in areas with high concentrations of Native Hawaiian students. The Initiative plans to create innovative programs through the Chaminade History Center, such as a ‘traveling history exhibit’ in response to the issues.

“As a Native Hawaiian serving institution, Chaminade is well positioned to execute this grant,” said Frank Bailey, program director for Chaminade’s Native Hawaiian History Initiative. “The vision for the traveling history exhibit is an outreach-type program that will bring expert instruction, lectures and aid with lesson plan development from university professors, community leaders and cultural and educational partners directly into schools. It will provide teachers and students across Hawaii with valuable educational tools and resources.”

Bailey, who is also a professor of history and political science at Chaminade, said, “The Initiative will allow the Chaminade History Center to specifically address the history of the Native Hawaiian people. It will also provide instructional and curriculum resources, seminars and lecture series on campus.”

In an unprecedented effort to address the devastating impact of racial inequities on communities across the country, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation launched recently a five-year, $75 million initiative – America Healing – that aims to improve life outcomes for vulnerable children and their families by promoting racial healing and eliminating barriers to opportunities.

Children of color are over-represented among the 29 million low-income children and families in this country, particularly among families living in concentrated poverty. According to data from the National Center for Children in Poverty, about 61 percent of African American, 62 percent of Latino, 57 percent of Native American, 58 percent of children with immigrant parents, 30 percent of Asian American children and 26 percent of white children live in low-income families.

The goal of the America Healing initiative is to help make that vision a reality by engaging communities and supporting them in the hard work of racial healing and addressing the effects of historic and contemporary structural issues, such as residential segregation and concentrated poverty.

During the first phase of America Healing, 119 organizations will receive grants totaling $14,613,709 specifically to support community-based organizations’ healing efforts among racial and ethnic groups that address historic burdens, disparities and barriers to opportunity. Their efforts will focus within local communities to increase opportunities for children in education, health and economic areas. Grantees represent 29 states and the District of Columbia and all racial and ethnic population groups. To highlight the desire of communities to work together on racial healing, the foundation created a signature video, capturing the spirit of the initiative. The video can be viewed at <http://www.AmericaHealing.org>www.AmericaHealing.org.

Moreover, the America Healing initiative complements the racial equity approach in all of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant-making directed at supporting vulnerable children, their families and communities. The new initiative will continue to focus on issues at the core of structural racism and will align with the foundation’s program areas: Education and Learning; Food, Health and Well-being; and Family Economic Security.

To learn more about America Healing, please visit http://www.americahealing.org .

About Chaminade University
Celebrating 55 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University offers programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. Chaminade aims to make a quality university education accessible to all. Chaminade is federally recognized as a Native Hawaiian-serving institution. The main campus is located in Kaimuki at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, with nine satellite locations around Oahu military bases and Catholic parishes and schools. For more information, visit the Chaminade web site at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.

About the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Established in 1930, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (www.wkkf.org) supports children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Grants are concentrated in the United States, southern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The foundation is based in Battle Creek, Mich.

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