Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 3, 1 March 2011 — E hana ka lima: right reason, right way, right now [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

E hana ka lima: right reason, right way, right now

Aloha mai e nā 'ōiwi 'ōlino, na pulapula a Haloa, mai Hawai'i a Ni'ihau a puni ke ao mālamalama. March closes the

first quarter of 201 1 , and I wish to extend my mahalo a nui for your continued support for OHA's radio program Nā 'Ōiwi Ōliiio heard daily on radio 940AM at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., and by Intemet stream as well as by Oeeanie digital eahle ehannel 856. Extend the OHA reach, inform your 'ohana and hoaloha to tune in and grow listenership.

While legislators in D.C. and Hawai'i are engrossed in their "exceptionally challenging" policy sessions, Native Hawaiian community leaders in Hawai'i and on the continent are putting community words to aehon. The Hawaiian Civic Clubs, in Hawai'i and on the continent, provide two timely examples in this regard. In 2010, the Ko'olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club of the O'ahu Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, with grant support from OHA, embarked on its project guided by three primary activities specitic for the Ko'olaupoko region of O'ahu: 1) to convene consultations toward establishing a registry and referral program for and with cultural practitioners in the moku of Ko'olaupoko; 2) to create and erect ahupua'a boundary markers for eaeh of the 1 1 ahupua'a in the moku and produce information brochures for eaeh; and 3) publish a booklet of distinguished kama'āina of the moku. Living heritage through people seeks to empower residents of Ko'olaupoko to appreciate the nahual and cultural resources of their home and apply the traditional value of the ahupua'a as an eeonomie, cultural, natural and social system in the present time. The first ahupua'a boundary marker of the expected 16 was unveiled Jan. 28, 2011, (at the makai comer by 'Aikahi Shopping Center). This success is the product of strong, robust and right-way partnerships. Congratulations to Ko'olaupoko

and all who carried their kuleana to make it happen. E hana ka lima. On the continent, the Mainland Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, formed

and chartered in 1988, (70 years after Prince Kūhiō's founding of the Hawaiian Civic Club movement), continues its work on behalf of Native Hawaiians into this new decade. From 1988 to the present, the number of Hawaiian Civic Clubs in the Mainland Council spans the West to East coasts and growth will eonhnue. Officers and Kālaimoku of the Main-

land Council start their new year of leadership for their Council members. Mahalo nui to: Theodora "Tee" Furtado, Pelekikena ('Ahahui Kīwila Hawai'i O San Diego); Charlene Lui, Hope Pelekikena Mua (Hui Hawai'i O Utah HCC); Denny Colbert, Hope Pelekikena 'Elua (Hui Hawai'i O Tenesi HCC); Oni Onekea, Pu'ukū (Las Vegas HCC); Lono Kollars, Kākau 'Ōlelo Ho'opa'a (Kaha I Ka Panoa Kaleponi HCC) and Darlene Kehaulani Butts, Kālaimoku (Ke Ali'i Maka'āinana HCC) for taking up the kuleana of leadership for your 15 clubs of the Mainland Council: 'Ahahui O Lili'uokalani (1975), 'Āinahau O Kaleponi (1982), Hui Hawai'i O Utah (1983), Las Vegas (1989), Nā Keiki O Hawai'i (1990), Kauwahi 'Anaina Hawai'i (1992), 'Ahahui Kīwila O Hawai'i O San Diego (1993), Pi'ilani HCC of Colorado (1998), Ke Ali'i Maka'āinana (2004), Ke Ali'i Victoria Ka'iulani (2005), Moku'āina a Wakinekona (2006), Hui Hawai'i O Tenesi (2008), Kai 'Ula Pono'ī (2009), Kaha I Ka Panoa Kaleponi (2010) and Nā Kanaka No Hawai'i (2010). Mahalo to all for your diligence, ensuring the voice of Native Hawaiians resounds across the continent, combining with the strength of Native Hawaiians of the Hawaiian Civic Clubs in Hawai'i to lead the AOHCC and the Hawaiian Civic Club movement, established by Prince Jonah Kūhiō in 1918. E hana ka lima kākou. 27/48 ■

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