Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 4, 1 April 2014 — Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly takes initiative to register homesteaders [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly takes initiative to register homesteaders

The Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly will join OHA's Community Outreach Program to educate Hawaiian Homestead communities about Hawaiian nation-building plans. Volunteers from homestead associations will be canvassing in homestead neighborhoods to share

with 'ohana about the anticipated election of delegates who will develop a draft governing document for a restored Hawaiian nation. Homesteaders will be given the opportunity on the spot to sign up, if they so choose, so that they will be able to take part in those eleetions as well as the later referendum where they will either approve or

disapprove of the draft governing document developed by the convention delegates. "This is the kind of initiative that our lāhui needs. We all benefit when community leaders take up the kuleana to get more of our Hawaiian 'ohana involved in rebuilding our nation," said OHA Ka Pouhana Kamana'opono Crabbe. ■

On March 25 members of the Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly (SCHHA) mel wilh OHA leaders to offer their support for nation building. Seated left to right: Nalani Benioni, OHA Chair Colette Machado, Dr. Agnes "Auntie Aggie" Kalaniho'okaha Cope and Kamaki Kanahele, chairman of SCHHA. Second row: Hadoa Benioni; Carol Ho'omanawanui, chief of staff for OHA Chairperson Machado; OHA Community Engagement Director Kehau Abad; OHA Chief Advocate Kawika Riley; OHA Ka Pouhana, CE0 Kamana'opono Crabbe; Miehelle and Al Harrington; Kalena and Uilani Hewlen; and Helen 0'Connor. - Photo: Francine Murray