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Apelila (April) 2019 | Vol. 36, No. 4 THE LIVING WATER OF OHA A NEW CLIMATE FOR CHANGE page 14 How global warming is affecting our islands, and what the next generation is doing about it 12-year old Mahdi Melliani spoke at the Climate Strike in March at the State Capitol. - INSIDE Special advertiSing Section Photo: Ikaika Hussey $REAMINGOF THEFUTURE Hāloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center is a place where keiki love to go to school. It‘s also a safe place where staff feel good about helping their students to learn and prepare for a bright future. The center is run by Native Hawaiian U‘ilani Corr-Yorkman. U‘ilani wasn‘t always a business owner. She actually taught at DOE for 8 years. A Mālama Loan from OHA helped make her dream of owning her own preschool a reality. The low-interest loan allowed U‘ilani to buy fencing for the property, playground equipment, furniture, books…everything needed to open the doors of her business. U‘ilani and her staff serve the community in ‘Ele‘ele, Kaua‘i, and have become so popular that they have a waiting list. OHA is proud to support Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs in the pursuit of their business dreams. OHA‘s staff provide Native Hawaiian borrowers with personalized support and provide technical assistance to encourage the growth of Native Hawaiian businesses. Experience the OHA Loans difference. Call (808) 594-1924 or visit www.oha.org/ loans to learn how a loan from OHA can help grow your business. -A LAMA,OANS CANMAKEYOURDREAMSCOMETRUE (808) 594-1924 www.oha.org/loans follow us: /oha_hawaii | /oha_hawaii | fan us: /officeofhawaiianaffairs | Watch us: /OHAHawaii apelila2019 3 ‘o¯lelo a ka luna Ho‘okele messAgE from the ceo looking forWard to the next phaSe of our miSSion Aloha mai ka¯kou, Legislature temporarily set that number at $15.1 million annu- ally. More than a decade later, data and research indicate that that elina ke aloha iä käkou a pau e na ‘öiwi, nä mamo o Hawai‘i nei. amount is substantially too low. This year, the Native Hawaiian Your Office of Hawaiian Affairs is embarking on the next phase Legislative Caucus introduced two bills to address this issue, one of of its mission of improving the lives of Native Hawaiians and which (HB402) remains alive at this printing. The initial versions of strengthening all of Hawai‘i. We are launching a new strategic pri- these bills proposed to increase payments to OHA, on behalf of the ority process based around four areas: housing, health, education, Native Hawaiian people, to $35 million annually, with a lump- Weconomic stability. This is part of a move to directly benefit our Oiwi communities sum back payment of $139 million. These additional funds in the areas that we will experience on a day-to-day basis. Over the years OHA has will help the agency provide critical resources and services done important work which I’m very proud of. Now we’re rolling up our sleeves to meet the overwhelming needs of our beneficiaries. and redoubling our focus on the key issues for our people. These are exciting times for the Ke‘ena Kuleana Hawai‘i. Through these four strategic areas, we endeavor to provide greater security for our I hope you’re as excited as I am to see the work of OHA community, both as individuals and as ohana. For example, we’ve worked with the come in to focus, as we endeavor to better malama each Boys and Girls Club of Hilo, and have seen great results from their on-the-ground other. efforts. Their work helps not just the individual keiki, but their entire ‘ohana and Stay tuned over the next few months for opportunities the broader community. to chime in and provide feedback on OHA’s strategic We know that we can only achieve these goals by working in concert with the priorities. Your input will help to shape, mold and inform broad fabric of community stakeholders – the Ali‘i Trusts, the many excellent non- how we work in the community, and help us to do a better profit and non-governmental organizations, schools, health centers, businesses, and job for all of us. Civic Clubs. OHA brings to the table our plethora of resources: community grants; a devotion to data and research, so that we can thoughtfully identify what’s work- ‘O au iho nö me ke aloha a me ka ‘oia‘i‘o, ing, and not working, in the community; advocacy, to bring public policy in line with the needs of the community; and community engagement, helping to bridge communication gaps within the public sphere. OHA is currently working with legislators to increase the Native Hawaiian peo- Kamana‘opono M. Crabbe, Ph.D. ple’s share of annual revenues generated from the Public Land Trust. In 2006, the Ka Pouhana/Chief Executive Officer mea o loko table Of contents Apelila | April 2019 | Vol. 36, No. 4 kamana‘opono M. crabbe, Ph.D. Ka pouhana, MO‘OLELO NUI | COVER FEATURE HO‘ONA‘AUAO | Education Chief executive Officer community engagement New voices take on growing and inspiring young nicole Mehanaokala¯ hind Director climate change PAgE 14 leaders on Hawai‘i Island PAgE 6 ikaika hussey editor-in-Chief By ikaika hussey By kawena Lei carvaLho-Mattos digital and print media Climate change is a clear and present danger, How one non-profit on Hawai‘i Island is alice Malepeai silbanuz and our community is rising to the challenge serving the whole ‘ohana Digital and print Media Manager nelson Gaspar Communications Specialist ‘A¯INA | LANd ANd water CEO Chad Cabral of the Boys and Girls Club kaleena Patcho of the Big Island. - Photo: Jason Lees Communications Specialist kawena carvalho-Mattos Mauna Kea suit Digital Media Specialist EA | governance Jason Lees moves forward PAgE 4 Digital Media Specialist By office of hawaiian affairs Special Election: email/WebSiteS [email protected] Judge rules that the Mauna Kea suit can move www.OHa.org forward; and why it’s time to increase the Native Honolulu City Council IV PAgE 5 www.oha.org/kwo Hawaiian people’s share of annual revenues By ka wai oLa staff @oha_hawaii generated from the Public Land Trust @oha_hawaii KWO readers posed questions to the Honolulu City Council IV /officeofhawaiianaffairs candidates, and we made sure that they responded /ohahawaii Published monthly by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Telephone: 594-1888 or 1-800-468-4644 ext. 41888. Fax: 594-1865. Email: [email protected]. World Wide Web location: www.oha.org. Circulation: 64,000 copies, 55,000 of which are distributed by mail, and 9,000 through island offices, state and county offices, private and community agencies and target groups and individuals. Ka Wai Ola is printed by O‘ahu Publications. Hawaiian fonts are provided by Coconut Info. Advertising in Ka Wai Ola does not constitute an endorsement of products or individuals by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Ka Wai Ola is published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to help inform its Hawaiian beneficiaries and other interested parties about Hawaiian issues and activities and OHA programs and efforts. ©2019 Office of Hawaiian Affairs. All rights reserved. 4 apelila2019 www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] NATIVE HAWAIIAN » NEWs | fEATurEs | EVENTs stated that UH “has not yet met all of [its] obliga- tions to the mountain or the expectations of the Mauna kea suit moves forward community.” by Office of Hawaiian Affairs Given the State’s public admissions about continue the litigation. failing the mauna, OHA viewed this as an oppor- n March, Honolulu Circuit Judge Jeffrey P. In November 2017, OHA filed its lawsuit tunity to facilitate meaningful resolution of this Crabtree issued an order allowing OHA to against UH and the State for their mismanage- ongoing problem. OHA formed its own Ad Hoc continue its lawsuit against the University of ment of Mauna Kea, which is documented in four Committee on Mauna Kea and began negotiating Hawai‘i (UH) and the State for breach of fidu- scathing state audit reports spanning nearly two with the State and UH. After taking the laboring ciary duty and for injunctive relief arising out oar in these negotiations for over two years, and Iof their failed management of Mauna Kea. with no meaningful resolution,, OHA was forced OHA released the following statement after the to file suit. Judge Crabtree’s March ruling: At the time the lawsuit was filed in 2017, OHA Trustee Dan Ahuna, the chair of OHA’s Ad Hoc OHA is pleased to be able to pursue Committee on Mauna Kea, said: “The State and its legitimate breach of fiduciary duty UH have failed to properly mälama Mauna Kea claims against the University and the and have demonstrated their inability to ensure State for their longstanding and well- that the environmental and cultural significance of documented failures as stewards of the mountain is recognized and protected,” “this is Mauna Kea, which will ultimately help not about any one telescope. This lawsuit is about improve the quality of the State’s man- There are currently 13 observatories on the summit of Mauna addressing the state’s failure to manage the entire agement of the mountain as well as its Kea, with one more planned. - Photo: KWO File mountain for nearly half a century.” ceded lands resources. Ahuna continued: “It’s time to abandon any After 50 years of empty promises to hope that UH is capable or even willing to pro- the mauna and our community, the State decades. In a 2010 study, UH conceded that from vide the level of aloha and attention to Mauna Kea must be held accountable.

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