Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 6, 1 June 1998 — JUNE NEWSBRIEFS [ARTICLE]

JUNE NEWSBRIEFS

Military medals A team of historians hired by the U.S. Army is looking for Hawaiian, Asian American and Pacific Islander soldiers and air- ; men who received the nation's second highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross. ī The team expects to find them through published materials, public and private archives, ethnie organizations, veterans groups and private individuals. All data collected will be submitted to a review team whieh will identify DSC awardees for a : possible upgrade to the Medal of Honor. Questions may be directed to Shari Lawrence, public affairs officer, U.S. Army Total Person- ; nel Command at (703)325-8856 or fax her at (703)325-3008. Anyone with information on Hawaiians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who received the DSC while serving in the Army of Air Force during j World War II should eall Mr. Scott Weleh at (408)242-7864, e-mail welch@pom-

emhl.army.mil, fax (408)242-7838/242-5414, or write Commandant, DFTFLC & POM, ATTN: ATZP-MH (Mr. Weleh), Presidio of Monterrey, CA 93944-5006. For more information and updates, consult the Comman Historian's web page at http://pomwww.army.mil/w3atzp/mh/. Hawaiians' S.U.C.C:E.S.S. Students Utilizing Collaborative Critical Environment for Self Sufficiency, S.U.C.C.E.S.S, is a collaborative program by TekPlace, Alu Like and the Department of Education, whieh allows high school students to earn credit while leaming eomputer skills. Students receive all assignments via e-mail. They create web pages, multi-media CD-ROMS, color brochures. resumes, business cards and other products using state-of-the-art equipment. According to Elijah White from Roosevelt

; High School, "Most of us live on ; Hawaiian homesteads and were ; not used to being in town. At first we were all a little shy. One ; week later we were proud members of a hui and learning about ; computer graphics, eommunieation and teamwork." For more information, visit TekPlace at 725 Kapi'olani Blvd., the website at www.tekplace.com or eall ; 596-2525. Keiki literature The Ninth Biennial Confer- ; enee on Literature and Hawai'i's Children taking plaee June 1 113 at Neal Blaisdell Center, features two sessions relating to ; Hawaiian stories an legends. : Kalani Akana of Waiau elementary School will speak on using : Hawaiian literature to elicit greater language use. University of Hawai'i instructor Sherilyn Meyer will explore how native and non-native writers and illustrators represent or misrepresent ; Hawaiian culture. Other activi- ; ties include keynote addresses

: by award-winning author Eve : Bunting and illustrator Dennis : Nolan, panels and discussions, : and a Saturday afternoon of : story magic for children under : 12. For registration fee and : other information, eall 956- : 7559. Rapa Nui benefit Amy Hānaiali'i Guillom and Willie K will perform July 1 1 at : the Hawai'i Theatre to benefit Hawai'inuiākea, a hui of Hawai- : ian studies students and their community supporters who will : travel this summer to Rapa Nui : in eonneehon with the Hōkūle'a : sail planned for 1999. Sponsored by the Center for Hawai- : ian Studies of the University of : Hawai'i, the project will recon- : nect these kānaka maoli with the : tangata maohi of Rapa Nui. The : : Hawaiians will offer ho'okupu ; to the Rapa Nui kūpuna, leam : about their island and share oli, : hula and mele as well as their knowledge of Hawaiian history and cultural practices.

Hawaiian singing Richard Towill has announced the sixteenth annual Kā Hīmeni 'Ana to take plaee 8 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Hawai'i Theatre. An organ prelude will begin at 7:30 p.m. The first plaee prize is $1000, second plaee $600, third plaee $400, fourth plaee $200 and fifth plaee $100. Eaeh participating group will receive a video cassette of the performance. To participate, contact Marge at 842-042 1 . Tickets are available to the general pubic beginning July 1 at the box oiliee (5280506). Maxwell chair Hawaiian cultural specialist and civil rights advocate Charles Kauluwehi Maxwell of Maui is the new chairperson of the Hawai'i Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The committee, whieh See NEWSBRIEFS on page 7

advises the commission on matters pertaining to discrimination or denial of equal protection, plans to hold four puhlie meetings this summer on civil rights enforcement, sovereignty issues and the administration of justice by the Hawai'i criminal courts. For additional information about the Hawai'i Advisory Committee, please eall (808) 572-8038 or e-mail kale@maui.net. Entrepreneur class Alu Like will hold its entrepreneurship training program June 16-July 30 in Honolulu. The class meets

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thrusday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. For more information eall 535-6776 on O'ahu; 242-9774 on Maui; 961-2625 on Hawai'i; and 2458545 on Kaua'i. Commumty grant The Wai'anae Coast Coalition has received a threeyear grant from the Hitachi Foundation totaling $200,000. The grant will go toward a communitybased tourism program aimed at eeonomie deve!opment of the Wai'anae Coast through such entities as the community's cultural festival, held this year from June 13 through Aug. 21, and the loeal business center whieh opened May 1. Both the festival and the center are supported by a wide range of collaborators includ-

ing the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center, Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i, University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture, Alu Like ine., and the Hawai'i Community Services Council. 'Ōlelo Play Ka Hālau Hanakeaka will tour its production of Māuiakamalo after the O'ahu premier May 30. The troupe performs at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center on June 4 at 7 p.m. and at the Kapa'a Elementary School cafeteria on June 6 at 6:30 p.m. The play, entirely in 'ōlelo Hawai'i, depicts the adventures of the demi-god Māui. For more information, eall 808-528-5453. ■

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