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KEKAHU FOUNDATION / KKCR

MISSION STATEMENT

KKCR is Kauaʻi’s independent, non-commercial, listener-supported community radio station.
KKCR seeks to:

  • Stimulate, educate and entertain our audience
  • Preserve, perpetuate and celebrate Hawaiian culture
  • Reflect the diversity of the local and world community
  • Disseminate factual emergency response and disaster preparedness information

KKCR provides a forum for overlooked, suppressed, or under-represented voices and music. The Kekahu Foundation facilitates this broadcasting opportunity.

KE ALA NUʻUKIA

Hawaiian translation by Kellen and Līhau Paik

ʻO KKCR ka hui lekiō kūʻokoʻa no Kauaʻi. He hui lekiō kaiāulu, e paepae ʻia ai e ka lehulehu a e hoʻolele ana me ka hoʻolaha ʻole.

Nā pahu hopu a KKCR:

  • E hoʻoulu i ka hoi, e aʻo aku, a e hoʻohauʻoli hoʻi i nā hoa hoʻolohe
  • E mālama, e hoʻomau a e hoʻolauleʻa pū i nā mea a me ka nohona Hawaiʻi
  • Hōʻike i ka nani ākea o ko kākou kaiāulu a me ke kaiāulu kūwaho

He kahua ʻo KKCR no nā leo a me nā mele laha loa pū nō me ka laha ʻole. ʻO ke Kekahu Foundation ka mea e hoʻoholo ai ia mau papahana lekiō.

VALUES

Consistent with the Kekahu Foundation / KKCR Mission, the Kekahu Foundation, through its Board of Directors, and KKCR, through its staff and Community Advisory Board, are guided by the following values:

Tolerance and Respect for Individuals, Groups and Cultures

  • We respect individual rights, differences, and diversities of opinion.
  • We practice inclusiveness and open-mindedness.
  • We are non-partisan.
  • We treat everyone with dignity and respect, free of discrimination and harassment.
  • We acknowledge the importance of knowledge to be found in the Hawaiian culture and Kaua‘i’s other diverse cultures.
  • Community Empowerment
  • The core purpose of the Kekahu Foundation and KKCR is to benefit the community and the public good.
  • We promote an active, informed citizenry.
  • We provide a forum for people who are trying to make a difference.
  • We support organizations that are committed to community-based action.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

  • KKCR seeks to operate in a way that reflects the diversity of the island of Kaua’i and the world at large. 
  • In this we consistently respect the spectrum of diversity including but not limited to: race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, culture, physicality, gender identity, national origin, marital status, citizenship, education and socio-economic status, as well as other classifications protected by applicable state or local laws. 
  • It is important and valuable that all people feel safe to express and be heard. 
  • We actively promote conversations that will provide for awareness and understanding between cultures and identities. 
  • We seek to be leaders in how we talk to each other cross-culturally and lead with kindness, respect and collaboration, searching for positive solutions to our communication and collective problems. 
  • This applies to our staff, board, volunteers, and who we partner with. 
  • The goal of the radio station is to amplify more diverse voices and have more information on the air waves with the express purpose of normalizing diverse lifestyles and to promote multicultural awareness and understanding.

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