UHCDC RECEIVES ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION PLACE PLANNING HONORABLE MENTION AWARD

We are grateful to share that the UHCDC Breaking Cycles team was recognized with an Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Great Places–Place Planning Honorable Mention Award. EDRA is an international, interdisciplinary organization founded in 1968 that gathers design professionals, social scientists, students, and educators across disciplines.

Mahalo to all of our partners, some of them shown here: DCR, the Hawaiʻi Correctional System Oversight Commission, Correctional Reform Working Group, Governor’s Office, and Makana O Ke Akua, Community Alliance on Prisons, Habilitat, Ke Ola Mamo, Loko Iʻa Paʻaiau, Prison Reform Hawaiʻi, YWCA, Waikīkī Health, TryThink, who worked with us throughout this process to collectively envision alternatives for OCCC and a more robust continuum of care in the community.

For those who missed the final report, please visit our website www.breaking-cycles-symposium.org.

UHCDC Project Team
Co-Principal Investigators: Cathi Ho Schar FAIA, School of Architecture, Dan Milz PhD, Dept of Urban & Regional Planning & Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Lorinda Riley SJD, Office of Public Health Studies & School of Hawaiian Knowledge
Research Associates: Creesha Layaoen, Dean Matsumura, Vernon Ong, Caroline Whitesel, Rebecca Denzer
Students: Ghia Belarmino, Kaylen Daquioag, Julia Florentino, Kees Horn, Riza Lara, Daniel Luna, Lahela Mattos, Michelle McDow, Nevaeh Angel Nacion, Thanh Nguyen, Dylan Pilger, Yada Ponpittayalert, Maleah Reynolds, Haixin Ruan, Anuhea Sridharan, Anamalia Suesue, Hannah Valencia, Jack Veddar
Consultants: Leolinda Iokepa, Jill Misawa, Keoni Kelekolio
Client: Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation