na: Crystal Ross O'Hara
I ka wā i haʻalele mua ai ʻo Kemba Shakur i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻoponopono ma Soledad State Prison 15 mau makahiki i hala aku nei a neʻe ʻo ia i Oakland, ʻike ʻo ia i ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe hou a me ka poʻe malihini i ke kaiāulu kūlanakauhale: kahi kūlanakauhale paʻa ʻole o nā kumulāʻau a me nā manawa kūpono.
Akā ua ʻike pū ʻo Shakur i kahi mea ʻē aʻe - nā mea hiki.
“Aloha au iā Oakland. He nui kona mana a me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e noho nei ma ʻaneʻi ke manaʻo nei, "wahi a Shakur.
Ma 1999, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Shakur i ka Oakland Releaf, kahi hui i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hana no nā ʻōpio pilikia a paʻakikī i ka hana ma o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o Oakland. Ma 2005, hui pū ka hui me Richmond Releaf e hoʻokumu i Urban Releaf.
Ua nui ka pono o ia hui, ʻo ia hoʻi ma nā “ʻāina palahalaha” o ʻOakland, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka hui a Shakur. ʻO kahi kaona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā ala ala a me ka home no nā wahi ʻoihana he nui, me ke awa o Oakland, West Oakland i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka nui o nā kaʻa diesel e holo ana ma ia wahi. He mokupuni wela ke kūlanakauhale, e hoʻopaʻa inoa mau ana i nā degere kiʻekiʻe aʻe ma mua o kona hoalauna piha lāʻau, ʻo Berkeley. He mea koʻikoʻi ka pono o kahi hui hoʻomaʻamaʻa hana. He kiʻekiʻe ka nui o ka poʻe hana ʻole ma Oakland a me Richmond a ʻelua a ʻekolu paha ka nui o ka hewa kolohe i ka awelika aupuni.
Palaunu vs. Brown
ʻO ka hoʻomaka nui ʻana o Urban Releaf i ka pūnāwai o ka makahiki 1999 i ka wā o ka “Great Green Sweep,” he paʻakikī ma waena o nā Mayor Jerry Brown o Oakland a me Willie Brown o Kapalakiko. Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo "Brown vs. Brown," ua kāhea ka hanana i kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea manawaleʻa e ʻike i ka mea hiki ke kanu i nā kumulāʻau nui i ka lā hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hoʻokūkū ma waena o ke kiaʻāina kahiko ʻo Jerry a me Willie puʻupuʻu a ʻōlelo ʻole i lilo i mea huki nui.
"Ua pihoihoi au i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka manaʻolana a me ka hauʻoli i lawe mai ai," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Shakur. “Ua loaʻa iā mākou ma kahi o 300 mau mea manawaleʻa a kanu mākou i nā kumulāʻau 100 i loko o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau hola. Ua holo wikiwiki loa. Nānā au ma hope o kēlā a ʻōlelo wau auē, ʻaʻole lawa nā lāʻau. E makemake hou ana mākou. "
Ua lanakila ʻo Oakland mai ka hoʻokūkū a ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Shakur e hiki ke hana hou aku.
Nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo no nā ʻōpio o Oakland
Me nā haʻawina a me nā haʻawina mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala, kanu ʻo Urban Releaf i kēia manawa ma kahi o 600 mau kumulāʻau i ka makahiki a ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā tausani o nā ʻōpio. ʻO nā mākau e aʻo ai nā keiki ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ke kanu ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kumulāʻau. I ka makahiki 2004, ua hui pū ʻo Urban Releaf me UC Davis ma kahi papahana noiʻi i kākoʻo ʻia e CalFed i hoʻolālā ʻia e aʻo i nā hopena o nā kumulāʻau i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā mea haumia lepo, ka pale ʻana i ka ʻino a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka wai a me ka maikaʻi o ka ea. Ua kāhea ke aʻo ʻana i ka ʻōpio Urban Releaf e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili GIS, lawe i nā ana kahe a hana i ka ʻikepili helu - nā mākau hiki ke unuhi i ka mākeke hana.
ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka poʻe ʻōpio ma kona kaiāulu me ka ʻike e hoʻonui ai i ka hana, ua lilo i mea nui, wahi a Shakur. I nā mahina i hala iho nei, ua hoʻoluliluli ʻia ʻo West Oakland e ka make ʻana o kekahi mau kāne ʻōpio ma muli o ka hana ʻino, ʻo kekahi o lākou i ʻike pilikino ʻo Shakur a ua hana pū me Urban Releaf.
Manaʻo ʻo Shakur i kekahi lā e wehe i kahi "kūwaena hoʻomau," e lilo ia i wahi kikowaena no ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo no ka poʻe ʻōpio ma Oakland, Richmond a me ka nui o Bay Area. Manaʻo ʻo Shakur e hiki i ka poʻe ʻōpio ke hoʻopaʻa i ke au o ka hana ʻino.
"I kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka manaʻo nui o ka mākeke hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hauʻoli wau iā ia, no ka mea, ke kau nei ka manaʻo nui i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā hana no ka poʻe ʻike ʻole ʻia," wahi āna.
ʻO Shakur, he makuahine o ʻelima mau keiki, e kamaʻilio me ke aloha e pili ana i ka poʻe ʻōpio i hele mai i ka hui mai nā kaiāulu paʻakikī o Oakland a me Richmond. Ua piha kona leo i ka haʻaheo i kona hōʻike ʻana ua hālāwai mua ʻo ia me Rukeya Harris, ke haumāna kulanui e pane ana i ke kelepona ma Urban Releaf, ʻewalu makahiki aku nei. Ua ʻike ʻo Harris i kahi hui mai Urban Releaf e kanu ana i kahi kumulāʻau ma kahi kokoke i kona hale ma West Oakland a nīnau iā ia inā hiki iā ia ke komo i ka papahana hana. He 12 wale nō ʻo ia i kēlā manawa, ʻōpiopio loa ʻo ia no ka hui ʻana, akā hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka nīnau ʻana a i ka makahiki 15 ua kākau inoa ʻo ia. I kēia manawa he ʻelua ma ke Kulanui ʻo Clark Atlanta, hoʻomau ʻo Harris e hana no Urban Releaf ke hoʻi mai ʻo ia mai ke kula.
Kanu i ka La laau
Ua hoʻokō ʻo Urban Releaf i ka holomua ʻoiai nā manawa paʻakikī o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma muli o ke kākoʻo mai nā mokuʻāina a me nā keʻena federal a me nā hāʻawi pilikino, wahi a Shakur. No ka laʻana, i loko o ʻApelila, ua hui pū nā lālā o ka hui basketball Golden State Warriors a me nā limahana a me nā luna hoʻokele o Esurance i nā mea manawaleʻa Urban Releaf no "Plant a Tree Day," i kākoʻo ʻia e Esurance, kahi ʻoihana inikua pūnaewele. Ua kanu ʻia nā kumulāʻau he iwakālua ma ka hui ʻana o Martin Luther King Jr. Way a me West MacArthur Boulevard ma Oakland.
"He wahi kēia i hoʻopau ʻia e ka paʻa ʻana," wahi a Noe Noyola, kekahi o nā mea manawaleʻa ma "Plant a Tree Day." “Maikaʻi. Nui ka paʻakai. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kumulāʻau he 20 i hoʻololi maoli ʻia.
Hoʻololi nā mea manawaleʻa Urban ReLeaf i ka "Plant a Tree Day".
Ua pili mua ʻo Noyola me Urban Releaf i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi haʻawina mai ke keʻena hoʻomohala kūloko e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻoponopono ʻāina ma waena o kona kaiāulu. E like me Shakur, ua manaʻo ʻo Noyola ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mea kanu scraggly a me ke kaʻa i ka waena me nā kumulāʻau i hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia, nā pua a me nā mea ulu lāʻau e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻike a me ka manaʻo o ke kaiāulu ma ke kaiāulu. ʻO nā luna kūloko, ʻaʻole hiki ke pane koke i ka papahana, koi iā ia e hana pū me Urban Releaf a mai kēlā hui ʻana ua kanu ʻia nā kumulāʻau 20.
ʻO ka hana mua, wahi a Noyola, ʻo ia ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana i kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina kānalua a me nā mea ʻoihana ʻoihana e hoʻokō ʻia nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kaiāulu. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo nā hui mai loko a ma waho o ke kaiāulu ke kamaʻilio ʻana, me ka ʻole o ka hahai ʻana. Pono ka ʻae ʻana mai ka poʻe nona ka ʻāina no ka mea e ʻoki ʻia nā ala ala no ke kanu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau.
ʻO ka papahana holoʻokoʻa, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua lawe wale ʻia ma kahi o hoʻokahi mahina a me ka hapa wale nō, akā ua wikiwiki a hohonu ka hopena noʻonoʻo.
"He hopena koʻikoʻi ia," wahi āna. “He mea hana maoli nā lāʻau no ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka ʻike o kahi wahi. Ke ʻike ʻoe i nā kumulāʻau a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo he nui, hiki koke ka hopena. "
Ma waho aʻe o ka nani, ua hoʻoikaika nā mea kanu lāʻau i nā kamaʻāina a me nā mea ʻoihana e hana hou aku, wahi a Noyola. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia ʻo ka ʻokoʻa i hana ʻia e ka papahana ua hoʻoulu i kahi kanu like ma ka ʻāpana aʻe ma luna. Ua hoʻolālā kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina i nā hanana "guerrilla gardening", kanu manawaleʻa ʻole i nā kumulāʻau a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma nā wahi i haʻalele ʻia a i ʻole ʻia.
No Noyola lāua ʻo Shakur, ʻo ka hauʻoli nui loa i kā lākou hana mai ka mea a lākou i wehewehe ai i ka hana ʻana i kahi neʻe - ʻike i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hoʻoikaika e kanu i nā kumulāʻau hou aʻe a lanakila i ka mea a lākou i ʻike mua ai he palena i ko lākou kaiapuni.
"I koʻu hoʻomaka mua ʻana i kēia 12 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, nānā mai ka poʻe iaʻu me he pupule wau a i kēia manawa mahalo lākou iaʻu," wahi a Shakur. "Ua ʻōlelo lākou, hey, loaʻa iā mākou nā pilikia o ka hale paʻahao a me ka meaʻai a me ka hana ʻole a ke kamaʻilio nei ʻoe no nā lāʻau. Akā i kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā lākou!"
He kanaka nūpepa kūʻokoʻa ʻo Crystal Ross O'Hara ma Davis, Kaleponi.Kiʻi lālā
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka makahiki: 1999
Pūnaehana hui:
Nā lālā o ka papa: 15
Nā limahana: 2 manawa piha, 7 hapa manawa
Aia nā papahana: Ke kanu lāʻau a me ka mālama ʻana, ka noiʻi ʻana i ka wai, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hana no nā ʻōpio pilikia a me nā poʻe mākua paʻakikī.
Hoʻokaʻaʻike: Kemba Shakur, luna hoʻokele
835 57th Street
Oakland, CA 94608
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