The Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment (BAE) focuses on OHA’s legislative and advocacy efforts, as well as programs that address issues relating to health, human services, economic stability, education, native rights, housing, land use, environment and natural resources.
This Standing Committee typically meets every other Wednesday. Special meetings are called at the discretion of the BAE Committee Chair.
Agendas, board packets (aka meeting folders), and minutes for BAE Committee meetings are posted to the BAE Meeting Calendar (below) as they become available.
Meetings are open to the public, but portions of the meetings may be held in executive session and closed to the public. A minimum of five (5) Trustees is required to hold meetings.
Meeting agendas serve as public notice of the meetings and are posted on an electronic calendar maintained by the State of Hawaiʻi, posted at the OHA main office, and sent to postal and email lists maintained by OHA. To be added to the postal or email list to receive future meeting agendas, please email info@oha.org or contact one of our OHA offices.
Public testimony can be submitted to the BAE Committee as either: (1) written testimony, or (2) as live, oral testimony given during the meeting.
Please click here to view past BAE meeting recordings. To view a BAE meeting currently in progress, click the live stream button below:
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Questions about an agenda and/or minutes? Contact BAE Staff.
Other Board Agenda and Minutes: BOT Agenda and Minutes (BOT) | Committee on Budget and Finance (BF) | Committee on Investment and Land Management (ILM) | Resource Management (RM) Meeting Archives