Mission Statement
The mission of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Social Work is to contribute to the advancement of social work practice in its many forms for the purpose of preventing or resolving the most critical social problems. Within this general purpose, the school reaffirms social work's historic commitment to increase social justice and availability of opportunity for underrepresented and oppressed groups.
The principal responsibility of the school is the generation, transmission, and application of knowledge that will benefit the state of Hawaiʻi. In addition, it is the school's responsibility to contribute to knowledge for use by the profession as a whole. In particular, it is the goal of this School to increase comprehension of the ways in which social policy, social work practice, and research can be improved through understanding of Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander and Asian cultures of our communities, state and the Pacific Region.
