PO'E, or People Organizing for Education, is mounting an effort to educate students this week. POE's efforts will center around the power structure at the University of Hawai'i and in the state. The group, founded by GSO president C. Mamo Kim and GSO secretary Kalawaia Moore, brings together students, faculty, staff, parents, community members, alumni and some administration members. It seeks to expose problems of policy and to rally students through education.
Education is a key element in activism.
The most powerful way to motivate people to speak out is to inform them about problems and possible solutions. Education can help spawn critical thinking. A student who understands the power structure of his or her school is a student who can help generate productive solutions. In short, an educated student makes a much better activist. Hopefully PO'E will produce such activists.