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KUA’s COVID-19 Response and Update

Aloha hoa aloha and ʻohana,
Life is changing quicky… As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues its reach across the world, we find ourselves in new territory. Like many of you, we are adapting to the current environment and making necessary adjustments to protect our staff, networks and community members…

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E Alu Pū

E ALU PŪ is a network linking more than 32 communities from around Hawai`i to increase their effectiveness in managing local biocultural heritage.

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Hui Mālama Loko I’a

Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa is a growing network of fishpond practitioners and organizations from across Hawaiʻi. The Hui was formed as an opportunity for practitioners to empower each other and leverage their skills, knowledge and resources related to restoration and management of loko iʻa (traditional Hawaiian fishponds).

LIMU HUI

The Limu Hui is a network of elders, educators, and community members from across Hawaiʻi who gather, care for and work to restore native Hawaiian limu (seaweed) around the islands.   In 2014, at the request of elders with traditional limu practitioners, KUA partnered with the ʻEwa Limu Project in an initiative to “gather the gatherers.”

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Double the celebrations for these two BIRTHDAY UNK Double the celebrations for these two BIRTHDAY UNKS, Uncle Solomon Kahoʻohalahala of Lānaʻi & Uncle Presley Wann of Kauaʻi! Wishing these handsome fellas an inbox full of birthday wishes. They are true pillars in our community and make the world a better place to be. #kuahawaii
Oʻahu folks | The Ulu A‘e Learning Center wants Oʻahu folks | The Ulu A‘e Learning Center wants to share its program resources with you during this time of home isolation. Delivery is available to homes in the 96706 and 96707 areas. Contact the info below to schedule delivery of a No‘eau Box. It’s a crate of activities and resources on loan to you for 4-5 days (each box will have a different combination of the games and activities) There is no charge for this service thanks to our generous sponsors: @oha_hawaii and @kamehamehaschools • For more information, email miki@uluae.org or call 722-3036 for more information.
From our partnert/landlord @key_project Aloha KEY From our partnert/landlord @key_project Aloha KEY ‘ohana, in collaboration with @kupuhawaii and @alohaharvest we will be offering a drive-thru free lunch at KEY Project for families starting this Monday March 30 2020 at 11:30am. If you are picking up lunch for your keiki at Kahalu’u Elementary please stop by to pick up lunch for you and your kūpuna. First come, first served. @key_project @ KEY Project
This is us, a bunch of faces from our own spaces w This is us, a bunch of faces from our own spaces wishing a happy birthday to our Alex ~ strength and resilience rolled in one. She’s a wonderful mama, beautiful friend & bestest E Alu Pū coordinator! May all your prune mui wishes come true!
PIKO O WĀKEA • today we gathered over a zoom ca PIKO O WĀKEA • today we gathered over a zoom call, to realign ourselves as a hui. During these trying times, who & where do you gravitate towards when you need a little re-alignment? When your usual systems, habits, & supports are wiped out? How do we begin to mālama each other as well as the space between us? B opened with the following poem. It’s timely & poignant. So as you read it & find solace, you too add another log gently to this fire allowing it to catch. FIRE by Judy Brown What makes a fire burn
is space between the logs,
a breathing space.
Too much of a good thing,
too many logs
packed in too tight
can douse the flames
almost as surely
as a pail of water. 
So building fires
requires attention
to the spaces in between,
as much as to the wood. When we are able to build
open spaces
in the same way
we have learned
to pile on the logs,
then we can come to see how
it is fuel, and absence of the fuel
together, that make fire possible. We only need to lay a log
lightly from time to time.
A fire
grows
simply because the space is there,
with openings
in which the flame
that knows just how it wants to burn
can find its way. #kuahawaii 📷 @kimmymoa
A reflection of Kahoʻolawe by Miwa | Brought some A reflection of Kahoʻolawe by Miwa | Brought some of Kanaloa back with me. On my boots, in my nose. And also in my mind and heart…this Kahoʻolawe access and journey were such a gift. I am so full with gratitude. I commit to continue to activate Kanaloa in my everyday:  words, actions and mindset. Mahalo, mahalo to our kuas:  Brutus, Sid, Pookela, Uncle Emmett, Aunty Kekuhi, and the enduring, mana-full and ever-patient Momi Wheeler. I was without a cellphone for four days and did not miss it. On island, we were asked to “paytention” and pay attention we could. And we did. To the island, to the plants, the clouds, the water, the winds, and to each other. The word that found me and that I have been contemplating is:  maʻalahilahi. Contentment, simplicity, ease; to be easy, simple. (Elbert and Pukui) In a world of wicked problems, in the face of hulihia (upheavals) like climate change, pandemic threats, fire, all the things… where do we land and find the ma’alahilahi — in ourselves, in our context, everywhere? How do we manifest ka maʻalahilahi? “Memories are so elusive, they’re so transparent. But what we’re doing with these memories, is we’re building a movement. Not just for the protection of Kahoʻolawe, but for the protection and preservation of all of Hawaiʻi… We gather here to prove and to show that grassroots people together can make a difference. That is a very important thing, grassroots people. So when people say, or when you yourself say, I can’t do that, it’s too hard, it’s impossible, I’m just one person… remember, a movement is based on the commitment of one person, of each person. And once you build that movement within yourself, it becomes easy to find like people who also have that movement built within themselves.” (Aunty Puanani Burgess, 1982) #kuahawaii
In 1994, the Molokaʻi Subsistence Task Force repo In 1994, the Molokaʻi Subsistence Task Force report showed that Molokaʻi relies heavily on subsistence fishing and gathering. Resource health and abundance are critical to allow Molokaʻi's subsistence practices to thrive. On behalf of the Hoʻolehua Hawaiian Homesteaders, the Hui Mālama O Moʻomomi (HMM) has proposed draft rules that reflect the knowledge of past & present lawaiʻa by designating the northwest coast of Molokaʻi, from Kalaeokaʻīlio to Nihoa Flats, as a Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA) to reaffirm & protect fishing practices customarily & traditionally exercised for purposes of Native Hawaiian subsistence, culture, and religion. The state will hold multiple island hearings (March 23-25). As an aspect of governance, we would encourage anyone who supports, has questions/concerns, or opposes such a concept, to please come and practice your civic kuleana. #kuahawaii #lawaiapono #malamamoomomi •Link to the public notice: http://bit.ly/moomomihearings • For more info, check out our CBSFA Highlight reel •and join the Mo'omomi Community-based Subsistence Fishing Management Area Facebook Group
ALOHA FOR A LIFETIME | This picture of Uncle Franc ALOHA FOR A LIFETIME | This picture of Uncle Francis & Aunty Esse was taken in 2014 at Lehoʻula, where they hosted the very first fishpond gathering facilitated by KUA - and ho, the memories! Today we celebrate your fierce & everlasting AL🐟HA…just wanted to say happy anniversary 53 years together and still going strong! #livelongandnioi #kuahawaii
KEEPING UP WITH UNCLE WALLY | Plocamium sandvicens KEEPING UP WITH UNCLE WALLY | Plocamium sandvicense is the fancy name for this limu and it is endemic to Hawaiʻi. This past week, ʻAnakala Wally was invited to talk limu to Kumu Kawehiʻs UH Mānoa- ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi class: E Pū Paʻakai Kākou! We listened to handfuls of his fond memories with some of our Limu Huiʻs kūpuna, Uncle Henry and Uncle Allen. “One of my dreams is that this talk will be done in Hawaiian one day,” says Uncle Wally. Eō to the greats who have come before us, and who have passed on the ʻike to appreciate limu - our foundational species! #kuahawaii #unclewally #mahinaʻōlelohawaiʻi 📷 stunna shot of da limu from @billayylmaoo 🤙🏽
THE TIME IS NIU • summer plans are underway! Mah THE TIME IS NIU • summer plans are underway! Mahalo Manu for seeing the lama in the burn and calling us to this beautiful space ~ and mahalo Indrajit for the homemade roti and sharing your passion for niu! 🥥 #kuahawaii #niunow #youthfoodsovereignty #ainamomona
CLIMATE STRONG | KUA is a founding signatory to th CLIMATE STRONG | KUA is a founding signatory to the Climate Strong Islands Declaration released on February 26, 2020 in Guam and at the Second Climate Strong Islands Dialogue in San Juan, Puerto Rico with other U.S. islands and supporting partners. This declaration is a call to action that supports island leadership on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and local climate resilience solutions.  It complements the Local2030 Islands Network launched at UN General Assembly that works as a global coalition of island leaders towards these objectives. #kuahawaii #climatestrong #local2030 #local2030islandsnetwork TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE, visit our blog www.kuahawaii.org
Ka Laulā o ʻEwa | Yesterday, we spent the day wi Ka Laulā o ʻEwa | Yesterday, we spent the day with some of the kupaʻāina from ʻEwa moku. Together we listened to the moʻolelo of Kupihea’s mural at UH-West Oʻahu Nāulu center, giving us a taste of the ʻono of ʻEwa. We’ve got a lot to look forward to with this group and the many possibilities discussed . Mahalo Tiana Henderson @thenderson14 with PIKO for hosting us in this special place; Kupihea & Kēhaulani for guiding us through the core of our day & giving us images that honors our kulāiwi. And especially Nālani & Ileana for creating supportive opportunities like this that serve to strengthen this community through the values of ma ka hana ka ʻike, huli ka lima i lalo, & aloha ʻāina. #kuahawaii #ainamomona
Spread the word please. The Moʻomomi community-b Spread the word please. The Moʻomomi community-based subsistence fishing area (CBSFA) rules are set for public hearings in March 2020. The administrative process cited in the notice (see link below) are a part of governance which allows rural and Native Hawaiian communities and fellow citizens to play a stronger role in determining the destiny and abundance of their special places and resources beyond mere elections.  These rules are based on the only law we know of that explicitly seeks to protect Native Hawaiian subsistence fishing and sustainable place-based fishing practices and values. This law allows a community to co-manage and co-govern the resources of their area; a spirit, mindset and activity of traditional and customary cultural practice. In this case, the notice concerns efforts at Moʻomomi, Molokaʻi to develop a community-based subsistence fishing area (CBSFA). Rural Native Hawaiian communities across the state are seeking to better protect their resources and this is one such tool. The efforts on Molokaʻi inspired the law and catalyzed a movement of communities to mālama their places. This led to the first passage of rules at Hāʻena, Kauaʻi. To date, Moʻomomi, Kīpahulu (Maui) and Miloliʻi (Hawaiʻi island) are in the queue. The state will hold multiple island hearings (March 23-25). As an aspect of governance, we would encourage anyone who supports, has questions/concerns, or opposes such a concept, to please come and practice your civic kuleana. • Link to the public notice: http://bit.ly/moomomihearings • For more info, you can also follow us or the Mo'omomi Community-based Subsistence Fishing Management Area #kuahawaii #malamamoomomi #lawaiapono
SATURDAY LIMU SHARE • a small group from @paepae SATURDAY LIMU SHARE • a small group from @paepaeoheeia got a tour by Uncle Wally and lent a hand with his limu tanks this morning. So awesome to share some of the limu for outplantings on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi #kuahawaii #ainamomona
ALOHA • you give some, you get some, so geev’e ALOHA • you give some, you get some, so geev’em! #kuahawaii #everydayaloha 📷 Scottie Kanda #hmli2020 #huimalamalokoia
Another busy week for us at KUA. While some of us Another busy week for us at KUA. While some of us were manning our booth at the Aquaculture America conference at the Hawaii Convention Center, Uncle Wally attended the 1st annual workshop on green turtle diets in Hawaii ~ lots of food for thought. Mahalo for inviting us to listen & participate. #itsahonuworld
Aquaculture America 2020 • two days down, one mo Aquaculture America 2020 • two days down, one more to go. Find our KUA booth in room 316 - we have some network schwag for sale and also a place to cruise & connect in between sessions #kuahawaii #aquacultureamerica2020
Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa | This past weekend, over a Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa | This past weekend, over a hundred folks from coastal communities throughout Hawaiʻi, California, Washington, Canada, Alaska, Aotearoa, Pohnpei, and Venezuela descended upon Heʻeia for the 12th gathering of Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa. From the upper slopes of @papahanakuaola down to the loko iʻa @paepaeoheeia, we gathered in the middle @kakoooiwi where we connected over discussions, reflection, and ʻono food. Participants spent a day visiting different kinds of loko iʻa in locations all over Oʻahu. As always, there are so many people that show up & give their best to create a memorable experience for us all. Mahalo nui 🐟 @lokoeafishpond @waimanalolimuhui @kamoaskitchen @piligroup @vernon_tangaro @keoni73 Waikalua Loko, Paʻaiau, Pāhonu, & ʻohana Pelekai #hmli2020 #huimalamalokoia
We’re not going back in time, we are learning fr We’re not going back in time, we are learning from time. -Uncle Mac Poepoe #huimalamalokoia #hmli2020
IF CAN, CAN • preparing ʻulu and other yummy fo IF CAN, CAN • preparing ʻulu and other yummy foods with the @paepaeoheeia crew for the upcoming loko iʻa gathering - can’t wait to see folks pop them open! #kuahawaii #ainamomona #huimalamalokoia #HMLI2020
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HAWAIʻI RESILIENCY FUND | CNHA

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The purpose of the Hawaiʻi Resilience Fund (HRF) is to provide one-time emergency financial assistance (up to $1000 per household) to Hawaiʻi residents facing hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. HRF is made possible through a partnership between the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement,...
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Look who's putting on a virtual bootcamp tomorrow! Makana Reilly is being featured on Kanaeokana Lei Ānuenue series, so set your alarms for 9am and get the whole family moving.Looking for engaging cultural content? This week, on Lei Ānuenue:

Tues, 3/31/20, 9:00AM
Bootcamp workout as an ‘ohana
Makana Reilly
zoom link: kanaeokana.net/kakahiaka

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NOTICE: All Upcoming Events POSTPONED Due to COVID-19

  1. Loko iʻa workday at Loko Ea (Oʻahu)

    April 18 @ 8:45 am - 12:00 pm

  2. Loko iʻa workday at Kīholo (Kona, Hawaiʻi)

    April 18 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

  3. Loko iʻa workday at Loko Ea (Oʻahu)

    May 16 @ 8:45 am - 12:00 pm

  4. Loko iʻa workday at Kīholo (Kona, Hawaiʻi)

    May 16 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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