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Cancellation and Reschedule HAC meeting
From: Hawaiian Affairs Caucus <hawaiiancaucus@gmail.com>
Cancellation and Reschedule HAC meeting
Date: November 4, 2019
Subject: Cancellation and Reschedule HAC meeting
Subject: Cancellation and Reschedule HAC meeting
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Hawaiian Affairs Caucus News Bulletin October 31
HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS CAUCUS NEWS BULLETIN
October 31, 2019
Website: www.hawaiianaffairs.org
Hawaiian Affairs Caucus Adopts Platform: The HAC Platform Committee’s recommendation on the platform to “Honor Native Hawaiians” was unanimously adopted by the HAC membership at its recent meeting on October 23. The Platform describes those significant issues of importance to Native Hawaiians including self-governance, housing, education health, and so much more. It has been sent for consideration by the State Central Committee Platform Committee for inclusion in the Party’s platform. Expect to vote on the statewide platform at the DPH convention in May 2020. The HAC Platform has been posted to the Hawaiian Affairs Caucus website.
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Informational Briefing: “Interesting”, “Informative” “learned a lot” were some of the comments made by HAC members about the presentation by William Aila, Jr., acting Director of the DHHL, at our recent membership meeting. We left with a better understanding of the challenges faced by DHHL in their attempt to place more Hawaiians on Hawaiian home lands. Power point slides of Mr. Aila’s presentation can be found at the HAC website: www.hawaiianaffairs.org. The Senate, Committee on Hawaiian Affairs will be holding an informational briefing on November 4, 1:30 p.m., at the State Capitol Auditorium.
Purpose of the briefing is to receive a statewide comprehensive update from Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiary representatives and individual stakeholders. The briefing is open to the public.
HAC General Membership Meeting: Robin Danner, President of the Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Home Lands Assembly (SCHHA)will be the guest speaker at the next HAC general membership meeting, November 6, 6:00 p.m., at the DPH Headquarters. Members encouraged to attend. Dial in: (605) 313 6153, meeting ID 809760# (If you are using a landline, you may incur long distance charges.)
Maui Representative to the Hawaiian Affairs Caucus: The HAC Executive Committee will be acting upon the application of Mr. Walter Ritte to serve as the Maui Representative to the HAC at its Executive Committee meeting on November 6, 5:30 p.m., at the DPH Headquarters. Any comments on this application that you wish considered by the HAC EC should be sent to leimomikhan@gmail.com by not later than November 4, 2019.
Party Run Presidential Primary: The Democratic Party of Hawai‘i will be running a Presidential Primary on April 4, 2020. Registered members of the Party will be able to vote for their top 3 presidential candidates (Ranked Choice Voting). Vote-by-mail paper ballots will be sent out in early March and a second mailing in mid-March. Voters must be registered DPH members. Watch for more information in the coming months.
HAC General Meeting – Questions for DHHL
Subject: Hawaiian Affairs Caucus General Membership Meeting – Questions for DHHLDate: October 23, 2019 at 5:07:06 PM HST
I know this is very late, but here are the slides.I only got them completed nowCedric R. DuarteInformation & Community Relations OfficerDepartment of Hawaiian Home Lands91-5420 Kapolei ParkwayKapolei, HawaiI 96707Phone: 808-620-9591Mobile: 808-342-0873Email: cedric.r.duarte@hawaii.govNOTICE: This information and attachments are intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be punishable under state and federal law. If you have received this communication and/or attachments in error, please notify the sender via email immediately and destroy all electronic and paper copies of the original message.
From: Marilyn Leimomi Khan <leimomikhan@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:47 AM
To: Duarte, Cedric R <cedric.r.duarte@hawaii.gov>
Cc: Kinilau-Cano, Nicole L <nicole.l.kinilau-cano@hawaii.gov>; Aila Jr, William J <william.j.ailajr@hawaii.gov>
Subject: Hawaiian Affairs Caucus General Membership Meeting – Questions for DHHLAloha, CedricOne of our top three legislative priorities for 2020 is Housing, thus we are grateful for Mr. Aila meeting with us to do this presentation.Attached is the updated list of questions. It seems like a lot, but if Mr. Aila will be covering some of the info in the PP slides posted to the DHHL website, many of the questions will be answered during the presentation.There was only one addition to the earlier circulated version of questions: In Mayor Harry Kim’s Way Forward pamphlet, Mr. Aila states, “We will work with Hawaii County and other state agencies to expedite approval of DHHL subdivisions. We will provide innovative homestead opportunities, such as subsistence agricultural awards, tiny homes, and other efforts, to put beneficiaries on DHHL lands.” What is the timing for implementing these opportunities, and does DHHL plan any development on Mauna Kea? If so, where, when, and what kind of development? (I have included this question in the attached list.)One last request, if possible, could you send me the PP slides so that we could post to our website for review of neighbor island residents and others who might not be able to be present in person, thus, dialing in. We are also happy to load it onto the screen at the headquarters if you could save it to a USB. Suggest you arrive early so that we can be sure that all is functioning well.We’ll start our meeting at 6:00 p.m., and after a few preliminary administrative matters, we’ll introduce Mr. Aila. Have set aside a total time of 45 minutes for presentation and Q&A, with possible extension if necessary.As both you and Mr. Aila are members of the HAC, may I encourage you to remain to participate in the discussion and vote on the DPH HAC Platform on Honoring Native Hawaiians?Mahalo, Cedric, for your help. We look forward to learning from Mr. Aila.LeimomiBegin forwarded message:From: Melodie Aduja <legislativepriorities@gmail.com>Subject: Fwd: Meeting on the Democratic Party Platforms Concerning Native HawaiiansDate: October 22, 2019 at 10:44:31 AM HSTTo: Lemomi Khan <leimomikhan@gmail.com
Aloha, HAC Platform CommitteeAs you are aware, we will be drafting our platform on housing this Saturday, at the DPH headquarters, at 3:00 p.m. Also, Mr. William Aila is our guest speaker on DHHL at our general membership meeting on October 23. In preparation for both, I have prepared the attached document that I plan to send to Mr. Aila with questions in it. This might be helpful to our discussions on Saturday. Let me know if there’s anything else we should like him to cover or question to answer. I plan to send to him on Monday in the hopes that his presentation will cover most of the areas of interest.Please note that the Platform being developed will be circulated to the membership and voted upon at our Oct 23 meeting. I have included as addresses on this email other HAC members who have expressed interest in this topic and who may wish to contribute to the discussion on the platform language on housing this Saturday.LeimomiOn Oct 11, 2019, at 3:41 AM, Marilyn Leimomi Khan <leimomikhan@gmail.com> wrote:Another good meeting this past Wednesday conducted by Makana. Just a few more sections to update, thus, we set this Saturday, at 3:00 p.m., at the DPH headquarters for another meeting. All are invited. For an update, go to https://tinyurl.com/yym2yp99. We will be reviewing the sections on health, education, housing, and Citizen Rehabilitation and Reintegration.Leimomi
Slide presentationFinal Draft: 2020 Platform Language – Native Hawaiians
2020 PLATFORM LANGUAGE
NATIVE HAWAIIANS
Self-Determination and Self-Governance
- Native Hawaiians are kanaka maoli, indigenous, aboriginal people of Hawai‘i. We support Native Hawaiian rights to self-determination to freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social, and cultural development. We support their self-governance in the formation of their chosen governmental entity, to include, among others, federal recognition, restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom, independence or the existing state of affairs. We support their government having a just and equitable relationship with any government.
Consultation and Leadership Empowerment
- We support the continued engagement and empowerment of the Native Hawaiian community in decisions related to county, state, federal, and international affairs, and increasing the representation of Native Hawaiians in government leadership positions.
Justice and Reconciliation with the U.S.A.
- We support Native Hawaiians in their efforts to secure justice from the federal and state governments to repair the harms suffered and endured by the Native Hawaiian people and ‘āina. We support proactive actions by the federal and state governments to enhance Native Hawaiian culture, health, language, housing, education, agriculture, and jobs.
Public Land Trust and Stewardship
- We urge the state to fulfill its Public Land Trust responsibilities under AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I INTO THE UNION, ACT OF MARCH 18, 1959, PUB L 86-3, 73 STAT 4 and pursuant to Hawai‘i State Constitution Article XVI, Section 7, and including HRS §10-13.5, which requires that 20% of the revenue be provided annually to Native Hawaiians.
- We believe that we have a moral and profound duty to honor, respect, and enforce the state’s fiduciary obligation to malama (protect and preserve) public lands, waters, air, flora, and fauna.
- We urge the state to use the ‘Aha Moku (generational-cultural practitioners) and implement Native Hawaiian land management practices in preserving, protecting, and sustaining Hawaii’s natural and cultural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
- We support economic policies and practices that preserve and perpetuate Native Hawaiian cultural practices and the protection of Hawaii’s natural resources.
Home lands and Safe and Affordable Housing
- We urge the Legislature to effectuate the Hawai‘i Constitution Article XII, Section 1, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, by appropriating sufficient funds towards Hawaiian home lands for the purpose of (1) development of home, agriculture, farm and ranch lots; (2) home, agriculture, aquaculture, farm and ranch loans; (3) rehabilitation projects to include educational, economic, political, social and cultural processes by which the general welfare and conditions of native Hawaiians are improved; and (4) the administration and operating budget of the department of Hawaiian home lands.
- We support full funding of the Hawaiian Homes Commission budget and other housing programs to ensure that no Native Hawaiian is homeless, here in their homeland. We support the increase of affordable and safe housing and fight to significantly reduce homelessness on and off Hawaiian home lands, especially among Native youth, kupuna, and veterans.
Hawaiian Culture and Traditional & Customary Practices
- We urge the state to protect all rights, including intellectual property rights, and those customarily and traditionally exercised by Native Hawaiians cultural and religious purposes and for subsistence, including fishing and farming.
- We support the rights of Native Hawaiians to practice their culture and religious beliefs on Hawai‘i lands and sacred sites and urge all governmental entities to ensure access to and protection of Native Hawaiian sacred sites and cultural resources.
Health and Environmental Justice
- We support policies that address social determinants of health that adversely impact the well-being of Native Hawaiians. We support Native Hawaiian traditional and customary medicinal treatment programs, practitioners, and practices, especially in rural and Homestead communities and when treating those with drug and substance abuse and mental illness.
- We support Environmental Justice for Native Hawaiians that are disproportionately affected by exposure to environmental hazards, uneven negative impacts from environmental procedures and policies, targeting and zoning of toxic and waste facilities, food deserts, and little access to and insufficient maintenance of natural spaces.
Citizen Rehabilitation and Reintegration
- We support reforming the criminal justice system to address the disparate treatment of Native Hawaiians, including bail reform and restorative justice which includes Hoʻoponopono. We support community programs to reduce recidivism, promote wellness, vocational training, and substance abuse treatment, and to support culturally relevant and appropriate intervention programs and services and reintegration into society.
Education and Immersion Schools
- We urge the state to comply with Hawai‘i State Constitution Article X, Section 4 to provide Hawaiian education programs consisting of language, culture and history in the public schools. We encourage the use of community expertise as a suitable and essential means in furtherance of Hawaiian education programs.
- We support the strengthening of Hawaiian education programs in values, language, culture, and history in the state’s public and private schools.
- We support the full funding of Hawaiian Focused Public Charter Schools and Hawaiian Immersion Schools and courses in the public schools that include Hawaiian values, language, culture, and history. We support educational assessments that recognize culturally based education in measuring student progress.
- We support educational attainment to include applied trades, trade schools, and post-high education.
- We support the reform of the Zero Tolerance policy, that has disparate treatment on Native Hawaiians, to provide culturally responsive approaches to discipline and support services.
General Membership Meeting-Oct 23, 2019 at 6 pm
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General Membership Meeting-Oct 23, 2019 at 6 pm
Date: October 18, 2019 at 3:28:17 PM HST
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Meeting on the Democratic Party Platforms Today
Aloha,
In preparation for todayʻs meeting, Iʻm providing the google doc link. The platform is shaping up nicely.
NEW CALL IN NUMBER for the platform committee meeting.
605-313-6163
PIN: 809760
Meeting is from 12-30 – 2:30.
Aloha,
Benton Kealii Pang, HAC recording secretary
RESCHEDULED: Meeting on the Democratic Party Platforms
From: Marilyn Leimomi Khan <leimomikhan@gmail.com>
Date: October 11, 2019 at 3:56:57 PM HST
Subject: Re: Meeting on the Democratic Party Platforms Concerning Native Hawaiians
Aloha,
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have to cancel the meeting tomorrow and reschedule it for Monday, October 14, 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the DPH headquarters. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If unable to attend in person, dial in number is (712) 451-0200, access code 938390.
Blaine, please correct meeting date and time on the HAC website for the Platform Committee meeting to October 14, 12:30 p.m., at the DPH headquarters, 627 South Street.
Leimomi
On Oct 11, 2019, at 8:26 AM, Marilyn Leimomi Khan <leimomikhan@gmail.com> wrote:
Aloha, HAC Platform Committee
As you are aware, we will be drafting our platform on housing this Saturday, at the DPH headquarters, at 3:00 p.m. Also, Mr. William Aila is our guest speaker on DHHL at our general membership meeting on October 23. In preparation for both, I have prepared the attached document that I plan to send to Mr. Aila with questions in it. This might be helpful to our discussions on Saturday. Let me know if there’s anything else we should like him to cover or question to answer. I plan to send to him on Monday in the hopes that his presentation will cover most of the areas of interest.Please note that the Platform being developed will be circulated to the membership and voted upon at our Oct 23 meeting. I have included as addresses on this email other HAC members who have expressed interest in this topic and who may wish to contribute to the discussion on the platform language on housing this Saturday.Leimomi<span id=”cid:EE5A23BD-0B57-4877-BFF3-045D9BB08805@hawaii.rr.com“><Housing Questions.docx>
On Oct 11, 2019, at 3:41 AM, Marilyn Leimomi Khan <leimomikhan@gmail.com> wrote:
Another good meeting this past Wednesday conducted by Makana. Just a few more sections to update, thus, we set this Saturday, at 3:00 p.m., at the DPH headquarters for another meeting. All are invited. For an update, go to https://tinyurl.com/yym2yp99. We will be reviewing the sections on health, education, housing, and Citizen Rehabilitation and Reintegration.
Leimomi
Platform Committee Meeting
From: Marilyn Leimomi Khan <leimomikhan@gmail.com>
Date: October 11, 2019 at 8:30:AM
Subject: Meeting Announcement
Subject: Meeting Announcement
HAC Platform Committee Meeting, Saturday, 3:00 p.m., DPH headquarters, 627 South Street. Purpose: To continue update of the section of the Democratic Party of Hawaii Platform, Honoring Native Hawaiians. Specific topics to be covered: Housing, Education, Health, and Citizen Rehabilitation and Reintegration.
Leimomi
Leimomi
Platform Committee Meeting, Oct 9
Hawaiian Affairs Caucus Platform Committee Meeting, Oct 9, Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.
Purpose of meeting: To continue to update the Democratic Party of Hawaii Platform on Honoring Native Hawaiians, and to update the Party National Platform on Native Hawaiians.
All HAC members invited to attend.
If unable to attend in person, dial in number is: (712) 451-0200, access code 938390. (Note: While, suggested language changes will be announced during the meeting, those who dial in will not be able to see the info posted on the screen.) Questions or recommendations? Send to makana.paris@gmail.com, cc: leimomikhan@gmail.com.