On July 6, 2023, state officials and community stakeholders celebrated funding for the Early Childhood Educator Stipend Program. Local television and radio news outlets attended the event, which received broad coverage.

Read the UH News Story.

Presenters included:

• Yuuko Arikawa-Cross, Director, Executive Office on Early Learning
• Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke
• Alfred Castle, Chief Executive Director, Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation
• Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Chair, Senate Education Committee
• Representative Justin H. Woodson, Chair, House Education Committee
• Nathan Murata, Dean, UH Mānoa College of Education
• Recipients of the Early Childhood Educator Stipend Program