The Confabulous summit for 惭ā苍辞补 stakeholder organizations including the University of Hawaiʻi was held virtually on December 5. The summit was designed to help 惭ā苍辞补 organizations to get to know each other better through round robin discussions, scavenger hunts, social network mapping, and collective problem solving and more. The organizations shared their mission statements, needs, wants and suggested types of community service projects for potential collaborations with other stakeholders.
partnered with 东精影业 惭ā苍辞补 (DURP) Professor Dan Milz, also of the , to facilitate the virtual summit via Zoom. Graduate students from Milz’s PACE/PLAN 668 course, entitled Facilitation: Facilitating Community and Organizational Change, worked on a service learning project with leaders from Mālama 惭ā苍辞补.
“We often hear so much about how online meetings have fall short; they’re awkward, they’re not great for public participation, et cetera,” said Milz, “but here we have a group of students who gave serious consideration to the question of ‘can we do it better?’ And, based on the reaction of the people who attended the Confabulous, the answer is a resounding ‘yes!’”
Milz also helped summit organizers to coordinate with Assistant Professor Suwan Shen, whose DURP undergraduate students worked on a service learning project to analyze the data from the 惭ā苍辞补 Community Needs Survey.
“This was a great opportunity for students in my facilitation course to design and facilitate activities in a real-world setting, with actual community leaders,” said Milz. “This has been a great applied learning project for them, and I’m grateful for Helen Nakano and her colleagues at Mālama 惭ā苍辞补 for making this happen.”
The participating Confabulous summit organizations were:
- Mālama 惭ā苍辞补
- Hale Kokua o 惭ā苍辞补 Adventist Community Center
- 惭ā苍辞补 Valley Church Pre-School
- 惭ā苍辞补 Chinese Cemetery
- 惭ā苍辞补 Outdoor Circle
- 惭ā苍辞补 Heritage Center
- MoʻO School
- 惭ā苍辞补 Japanese Language School
- Church of Crossroads
- Streams of Life Fellowship
- Be Ready 惭ā苍辞补
- Living Life Source Foundation
- BSA Troop 33
- 惭ā苍辞补 Public Library
- Lyon Arboretum
- Maryknoll School
- Mid Pacific Institute
- 惭ā苍辞补 Neighborhood Board
- 惭ā苍辞补 Elementary School
- Honolulu Christian Church
- University Avenue Baptist Church
- 惭ā苍辞补 Valley District Park
- 惭ā苍辞补 Lions Club
- Punahou School’s Luke Center for Public Service
- University of Hawaiʻi System