R&D Cafe
691 Auahi St
Honolulu, HI 96813

Teach For America-Hawai`i and InterIsland Terminal

Teach For America’s mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by developing such leaders.

• We recruit committed recent college graduates of all backgrounds to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools
• We train and develop these corps members so that they have an immediate positive impact on their students
• We foster the leadership of our alumni as they address this problem from all sectors

The work we do is about people – our students, who have the potential to achieve at the highest levels, and their parents, who want the best for them; our corps members, who work relentlessly to put their students on different academic trajectories; our alumni, who work in education and across all sectors to accelerate the pace of change; and our staff members, supporters, and partners, who make our efforts possible. These individuals bring a rich diversity of experiences to our work but are united by a shared vision that one day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.

Since 1990, nearly 33,000 leaders have joined Teach For America to help move us closer to that vision. As corps members and alumni, they have reached more than 3 million students across 43 urban and rural communities, founded dozens of high-performing schools, boldly led school districts and charter management organizations, and helped pass groundbreaking education legislation. In the 2011-12 school year, more than 9,000 corps members will teach 600,000 students while nearly 24,000 alumni will continue to deepen their impact as educational leaders and advocates.

Interisland Terminal was founded in January 2009 out of a vested interest in the cultural and socio-economic life of Honolulu. We believe in our community's creative potential.

Interisland Terminal presents a year-round series of programs in Contemporary Art, Design and Film  that explore the intersections of creativity and innovation, thus paving the way for the creative approaches needed to address the civic and social challenges facing Hawaii. We are unique in our stand for strong curatorial independence, cutting across all media, and with an emphasis on design unfound in existing local organizations. The organization’s creative direction is truly hybrid and international – with our staff based in Honolulu, but with significant footprints in Los Angeles, New York, and the Asia-Pacific and Europe.