Ka Wai Ola Loa - Iune 2009

		Iune 2009 Mid- Month Extra Edition

Habitat for Humanity helping Hawaiians get into homes

Two years ago, the Silva family of Waimānalo, O'ahu, was living in a termite-eaten home in such dire shape a contractor deemed the house irreparable. Today, thanks to hundreds of volunteers and the Honolulu Habitat for Humanity, the Silvas are preparing move into a newly built home. - READ MORE >

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Ma loko nō o ka makana 'ia 'ana aku o nā makana he iwakāluakūmāhia lā ma ka 'aha Nā Hōkū Hanohano o ka lā 9 o Iune, 'o ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i ka lanakila nui. - READ MORE >

Native Hawaiian leads promising
new native arts organization

Even as Hawai'i arts organizations struggle to retain enough funding and endowment to stay alive amid an unprecedented economic downturn, a new national group is being formed to sponsor indigenous arts with an initial $10 million from the Ford Foundation and a Native Hawaiian at its helm. Tara Lulani Arquette is the new President and CEO of the Native Arts and Culture Foundation. - READ MORE >

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Kāne: That's a whole lotta money!

READ MORE > The OHA Board of Trustees presented a giant $3 million check to Hawaiian Homelands Commission Chairman Micah Kāne to kick-off of a far-reaching plan for the two public trusts to work together in providing more homes for native Hawaiians.

D.C. Kamehameha statue relocated, celebrated
		On June 7, just days before Hawai'i celebrated Kamehameha Day, the annual Washington, D.C. lei draping celebration took place in a new location: Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. - READ MORE >

Coming in the July Ka Wai Ola:

The state of Hawaiian health
Examines disparities in Native Hawaiian health, the barriers Native Hawaiians face in a health insurance system targeted for national reform, and how three nonconventional medicine programs are helping to address the issue.

Striving for food sovereignty
At Hō'ea Ea, a conference held in June in Keaukaha, Hawai'i, folks of all ages learned how to empower themselves and their community through food sovereignty.

Meet Jonah Ka'auwai
The new chairman of the Hawai'i Republican Party traces his desire for the chairmanship to what he learned in an OHA youth legislative program. And he's setting his sights high: From now until the 2010 election, the Kamehameha Schools graduate aims to increase GOP membership 100 percent — to 40,000 — and to get Republicans to run in every Hawai'i race from city councils to the U.S. Congress.

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