At-Large Candidate
- Age | Undisclosed
- Occupation | Principal Broker, Adjunct Professor
- Where did you grow up | Kalihi, Oʻahu
- Schooling | University of Hawaiʻi, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- Current residence | Makiki, Oʻahu
- Website | LinkedIn
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What is your understanding regarding the intent and purpose of Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes Chapters 10 and 10H and how would you, as a trustee, support these state mandates?
Wai and iwi kūpuna are current Board of Trustee priorities. Identify key opportunities OHA can pursue to make a positive impact in addressing those priorities.
If elected, how do you plan to collaborate with other governmental and non-governmental organizations to advance OHA’s mission?
Fiduciary responsibility is an important trustee kuleana. What experience do you have with policy and strategic direction setting?
What strategies should OHA employ to address any potential conflicts of interest (internal or external), maintain accountability with its beneficiaries, and ensure operational transparency?
How do you envision the role of OHA evolving in the next five to ten years?
- Na alakaʻi a me na laʻia o keia Komike o na Kuleana ilikini o ka Ahaʻolelo Nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pu ʻia, aloha mai kakou. He loa ke ala i hele ʻia e makou, na oiwi ʻolino o Hawaiʻi, a he ala i hehi mua ʻia e na aliʻi o makou, e laʻa, o ke Aupuni Moʻi Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia ko makou aliʻi aloha nui ʻia, ʻo Liliʻuokalani. The 15-year MANA I MAULI OLA strategic plan is missing the FOURTH foundation: Self-Determination (Ea)
Ea (As Opposed by the Grassroots Institute: Civil Beat, Aug. 10, 2016, by Ian Lind) and self-governance is cited in HRS Chapter 10. Native Hawaiians, the third Indigenous people in these 50 states, besides Alaskan Natives and Native American Indians seek parity in inclusion. Self-determination and self-governance. Why was this taken out of the original Strategic Plan. Native Hawaiians with no other place to call “home” except here, their ʻāina, that which “feeds and sustains” us…a significant part of Hawaiian culture, a reciprocal and familial relationship.
- Wai is the source that nourishes/feeds our ʻāina…Precious and of great value to sustaining our present and future generations. As described, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 set aside over 200,000 acres of land in our traditional homeland – the Islands of Hawaiʻi – so that we might return to the land, build homes, grow our traditional foods, raise livestock and cattle, and teach our children the values that are so closely tied to our respect for the ʻāina, and our desire to care for the land, mālama ʻāina. The Act by which Hawaiʻi gained its admission into the union of states is, of course, a federal law – a compact between the United States of America and the State of Hawaiʻi – which explicitly recognizes the distinct status of Native Hawaiians under both federal and state law and the state’s constitution, Chapter 10.
- See answer to question one above.
- E hoʻolohe mai a e nānā mai i ka ʻike a me ka maopopo pono o ke kūlana ʻōiwi o ka Hawaiʻi i kona ʻāina kulaiwi mai ke au kahiko loa a ka wā pau ʻole.He pono kēia ʻōlelo i mua o ʻoukou i ʻōlelo ʻia me ka ikaika a me ka mana a me ke aloha o nā kūpuna i hala, nā Hawaiʻi he lehu o kēia au a me nā hanauna e puka aʻe ana nō.
1978 – Amendment to State Constitution – Hawaiians to give expression to their rights.
- He loa ke ala i hele ʻia e makou, na ʻoiwi ʻolina o Hawaiʻi, a he ala i hehi mua ʻia e na aliʻi o makou, e laʻa, o ka Moʻi Kalakaua, ke Kamaliʻiwahine Kaʻiulani a me ka Moʻiwahine hope a ke Aupui Moʻi i Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia ko makou aliʻi I aloha nui ʻia, ʻo Liliʻuokalani. A he nui no hoi na Hawaiʻi kunou mai ai i mua o ʻoukou e nana pono mai i ke kuleana o ka ʻoiwi Hawaiʻi, kona nohona, kona olakino, ka hoʻonaʻauao a pela wale aku. Ua pono ka Helena hou a makou nei a loaʻa ka pono o ka ʻaina ke kulaiwi paʻa mau o ka lahui ʻoiwi o Hawaiʻi paeʻaina, ʻo ia awale no ka Hawaiʻi. No laila, eia hou no ka ʻoiwi Hawaiʻi, he alo a he alo, me ka ʻAhaʻolelo Nui.
- Another manifestation of Native Hawaiians’ desire to maintain a distinct Native Hawaiian role in the evolution of Hawaiʻi’s society, was the establishment of a Hawaiian Civic Club in Honolulu in December of 1917, initiated by Hawaiʻi’s delegate to the U.S. Congress and a Native Hawaiian, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole. This first club was dedicated to the education of Native Hawaiians, the elevation of their social, economic and intellectual status as they promote principles of good government, outstanding citizenship and civic pride in the inherent progress of Hawaiʻi and all of her people. Today, there are more than 52 Hawaiian Civic Clubs across the United States through which Native Hawaiians actively contribute to the civic, economic, health and social welfare of the Native Hawaiian community by supporting programs of benefit to the people of Hawaiian ancestry.