Cerene

Welcome, E komo mai, Karuwainene, Mabuhay, Bienvenido Welcome to the Center for Resilient Neighborhoods (CERENE)! We are a community-based applied research center based out of Kapi’olani Community College dedicated to a more resilient O’ahu! CERENE works in collaboration with the City and County of Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience as well as the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Mānoa along with a network of engaged community collaborators such as the Waikīkī Community Center, Ko’olauloa Community Resilience Center, We are Oceania, and many others. The Center has four active research projects ongoing right now focused on food security, micro-grid energy storage, community resilience hubs, and community perceptions of resilience. The vision for the center is to become a helpful hub at the center of community resilience work across the island, supporting community resilience, environmental sustainability, and climate change adaptation by providing a bridge between non-profit community-based organizations, government agencies, and local neighborhoods. All with the help of our students right here at Kapi’olani Community College! Our students are stepping up to help make O‘ahu more resilient to climate change impacts and future disaster scenarios through the CERENE Resilience Corps Leadership Award Program. Through the generous support of Hawaiian Electric and State Farm, we are able to provide students with a stipend to tackle resilience service work with different non-profits and government agencies across O’ahu.