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Na Genoa Barrow
Loaʻa i ka Incredible Edible Community Garden kahi hui kaiaulu o Pepeluali 2015.
Hele mai nā lau i ka nui o nā ʻano a me nā aka, akā ʻo nā mea i mālama ʻia me ka pale ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana iā lākou ʻaʻole e hōʻike i ka ʻokoʻa like, e like me kahi noiʻi hou.
"The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Mainstream NGOs, Foundations, Government Agencies" i alakaʻi ʻia e Dorceta E. Taylor, Ph. D. o ke Kulanui o Michigan's School of Natural Resources & Environment (SNRE) i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Iulai 2014. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻoiai ua hana ʻia kekahi mau hana i nā makahiki he 50 i hala iho nei, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kuleana alakaʻi i kēia mau hui e paʻa mau ʻia e nā kāne keʻokeʻo.
Ua aʻo ʻo Kauka Taylor i 191 mau hui mālama a mālama ʻana, 74 mau keʻena kaiapuni aupuni, a me 28 mau kumu hana hāʻawi kaiapuni. Hoʻokomo pū ʻia kāna hōʻike i ka ʻike i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai nā nīnauele huna me 21 mau loea kaiapuni i nīnau ʻia e pili ana i ke kūlana o ka ʻokoʻa i kā lākou mau hui.
Wahi a ka hōʻike, ua ʻike ʻia nā lanakila nui loa e nā wahine keʻokeʻo. Ua ʻike ka haʻawina ua noho nā wāhine ma mua o ka hapalua o nā kūlana alakaʻi he 1,714 i aʻo ʻia ma nā hui mālama a mālama. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā wahine ma mua o 60% o nā mea hoʻolimalima hou a me nā interns i loko o ia mau hui.
Ke hoʻohiki nei nā helu, akā ua ʻike ʻia ka haʻawina e loaʻa mau ana kahi "gap kāne koʻikoʻi" i ka wā e hiki mai ana i nā kūlana ikaika loa i nā hui kaiaulu. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ma mua o 70% o nā pelekikena a me nā noho o ka papa mālama mālama a me nā hui mālama ʻana he kāne. Eia kekahi, ma luna o 76% o nā pelekikena o nā hui hana hāʻawi kaiapuni he kāne.
Ua hōʻoia pū ka hōʻike i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi "ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo," i ka ʻike ʻana he 12-16% wale nō o nā hui kaiapuni i aʻo ʻia me nā mea liʻiliʻi ma kā lākou papa a i ʻole nā limahana nui. Eia hou, ua hōʻike ʻia nā ʻike e pili ana kēia mau limahana i nā pae haʻahaʻa.
KA HOOMAUA ANA I NA MEA OLE
ʻO Ryan Allen, he Luna Hoʻokele Kaiapuni no ka Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) ma Los Angeles, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe kala i hōʻike ʻia ma ka hapa nui o nā keʻena a me nā hui.
"Ma muli o nā pilikia a ka poʻe liʻiliʻi e kū nei ma ʻAmelika, maopopo ka manaʻo ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ke kaiapuni he kumu koʻikoʻi e kū ai," wahi a Allen.
ʻO Edgar Dymally - he lālā o ka papa o ka waiwai ʻole Kahua Laau – ʻae. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe liʻiliʻi i manaʻo nui i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pono kaulike a me ka lanakila ʻana i ka hoʻokae hale a me ka hana ma mua o ke kaulike kaiapuni.
Manaʻo ʻo Dr. Taylor ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka ʻokoʻa ka manaʻo o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka nānā ʻana i nā pilikia a me nā hopohopo e kū nei i ka poʻe kala a me nā hui ʻē aʻe i hōʻike ʻole ʻia.
"Pono ʻoe e loaʻa ka leo o kēlā me kēia ma ka papaʻaina, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo piha i nā pono o kēlā me kēia kaiāulu," ʻae ʻo Allen.
Aloha mai nā mea kanu lāʻau ma kahi KYCC Industrial District Green i Pepeluali 2015.
"He nui nā pūʻulu kaiapuni e hoʻoikaika nui i ka hana ʻana ma nā kaiāulu liʻiliʻi a me nā kaiāulu liʻiliʻi, no ka mea, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau kahi e pono ai ke kaiapuni nui," i hoʻomau ai ʻo Allen. "Manaʻo wau e hiki mai ana ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻike ʻole i ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hana āu e hana nei me ka lehulehu āu e hoʻāʻo nei e lawelawe. Ke kanu nei ʻo KYCC i nā kumulāʻau he nui ma South Los Angeles, kahi hapa nui o ka Hispanic a me ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika, kahi kaiāulu haʻahaʻa. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka ea maʻemaʻe, ka hopu ʻana i ka wai ʻino a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu, akā ʻo ka mea nui i manaʻo nui ʻia e ka poʻe pehea e kōkua ai nā kumulāʻau e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka nui o ka hānō."
ʻO nā mea i hana ʻia e nā pūʻulu liʻiliʻi, mālama ka poʻe loea, hiki ke hana hou ʻia e nā hui nui no ka hopena ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
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"Manaʻo wau e hiki mai ana ka wehe ʻana me ka maopopo ʻole i ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hana āu e hana nei me ka lehulehu āu e hoʻāʻo nei e lawelawe."
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"Ke hana nei ʻo KYCC me nā ʻohana he nui i neʻe mai nei, a me ia e hiki mai ana nā mea pale i ka ʻōlelo a me ka ʻike ʻole i kahi moʻomeheu hou. Ma muli o kēia, hoʻolimalima mākou i nā limahana hiki ke ʻōlelo i ka ʻōlelo a nā mea kūʻai aku a mākou e lawelawe nei - i hoʻomaopopo i ka moʻomeheu a lākou e hele mai ai. Hāʻawi kēia iā mākou e mālama i kā mākou papahana pili i nā kaiāulu a mākou e lawelawe ai, a mālama pū kekahi iā mākou.
"Ma ka ʻae ʻana i ke kaiāulu e haʻi mai iā mākou i kā lākou mea e pono ai, a laila kōkua iā lākou e hoʻokō i kēlā pono, ʻike mākou i nā papahana a mākou e holo nei e hana maikaʻi ana i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Allen.
E apo ana i ke ano hookuonoono
Hāʻawi ʻia kona mau manaʻo e Mary E. Petit, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻokele o The Incredible Edible Community Garden (IECG), i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Kaleponi Hema.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻokoʻa e hōʻoia i ka ikaika a me ka lōʻihi o nā hui kaiapuni wale nō akā nā hui āpau," wahi a Petit.
"E hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana mākou e loiloi i kā mākou mau papahana ma o kahi lens ākea. Mālama ia iā mākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Inā mākou e nānā i ke ʻano, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ke kaulike, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā kaiapuni kūlohelohe i nā ʻano like ʻole.
"Akā, i mea e ʻae ai i ka ʻokoʻa a me ka ikaika e hiki ai ke hāʻawi i kahi hui, pono e wehe nā kānaka a me ka ʻole ʻole, ʻaʻole wale ma nā huaʻōlelo akā i ke ʻano o ke ola ʻana o nā kānaka," i hoʻomau ai ʻo ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Eleanor Torres, Luna Hoʻokele o Incredible Edible Community Garden, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ke kahua kaiapuni i ka makahiki 2003 ma hope o ka pau ʻole ʻana. Ua hoʻi mai ʻo ia i ka makahiki 2013 a ʻoiai ʻo ia e hauʻoli ana i ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi "koko hou" i ka neʻe ʻana, ʻōlelo ʻo ia aia nō nā hana e hana ʻia.
“ʻAʻole i loli nui. Pono e hoʻololi nui i ka ʻike, "hoʻomau ʻo ia. "Ma ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale, pono ʻoe e hana me nā poʻe kala."
Ua komo ʻo Torres, ʻo ia ʻo Latina a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, i ke kahua i ka makahiki 1993 a ua loaʻa iā ia kāna ʻāpana ʻo ke kanaka "mua" a i ʻole "wale nō" o ke kala ma kahi kūlana alakaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia nā pilikia o ka racism, sexism a me classism ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka loli maoli.
Hoʻokipa ka hui ʻo TreePeople i nā ʻelele mai nā ʻano kaiāulu.
He lālā ʻo Dymally no ka Papa TreePeople no ʻewalu makahiki. He ʻenekinia kīwila, ʻo kāna hana i ka lā ma ke ʻano he Senior Environmental Specialist no ka Metropolitan Water District o Southern Kaleponi (MWD). Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua ʻike wale ʻo ia i kekahi poʻe o ke kala i nā kūlana alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe.
"Aia kekahi, akā ʻaʻole nui," wahi āna.
Ua hui pū ʻo Dymally iā TreePeople ma ke noi ʻana o ka lālā ʻē aʻe o ka Papa, ʻo ia ka Hepanika. Ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e lilo i mea ʻoi aku ka ikaika a me ke komo ʻana, no ka mea ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe ʻeleʻele i hōʻike ʻia. ʻO kēlā me kēia, hiki i ka noʻonoʻo hoʻokahi, wahi a Dymally, ua paipai ʻia e ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka Pelekikena Andy Lipkis, he keʻokeʻo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dymally, makemake ʻo ia e ʻike i ka poʻe kālai'āina a me nā poʻe loio e ʻae like i nā hana e hoʻonui i ka ʻokoʻa.
"Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonohonoho i ka leo a lawe i ka ikaika i kēia hakakā."
OLA - A HAALELE - HE HOIWI
ʻO Dymally ka moʻopuna a ka Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally kahiko o Kaleponi, ʻo ia ka mea ʻeleʻele mua loa i lawelawe ma ia kūlana. Hōʻike ka ʻōpio ʻo Dymally i ka kūleʻa o kona ʻanakala i hala i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā poʻe liʻiliʻi ma nā Papa Wai o ka mokuʻāina.
"Makemake au e ʻike i ka Pelekikena, a i ʻole kekahi o kāna ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka Wahine Mua paha, e hele ma hope o kēia hana," wahi a Dymally.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo First Lady Michelle Obama, he poʻokela no ka meaʻai a me ka hana ʻana i ka māla a hiki iā ia ke hana like no ka paipai ʻana i ka pono o ka lawe ʻana mai i nā poʻe like ʻole a me nā manaʻo i ka papaʻaina kaiapuni.
ka "Ka Moku'āina o nā ʻokoʻa i loko o nā Hui Kaiapuni" ʻO ka manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa e koi ana ka pilikia i ka "manaʻo nui" a hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no nā "hoʻoikaika ikaika" ma nā wahi ʻekolu - ka nānā ʻana a me ka maopopo, ke kuleana, a me nā kumuwaiwai.
"ʻO nā ʻōlelo like ʻole me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolālā a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻikepili koʻikoʻi he mau huaʻōlelo wale nō ma ka pepa," wahi a ka palapala 187 ʻaoʻao.
"Pono nā hui a me nā hui e hoʻokumu i nā loiloi makahiki like ʻole a me ka hoʻopili ʻana. Pono ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā hoʻolālā no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka manaʻo ʻole a me ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma waho o ka hui ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo, "hoʻomau ia.
Hōʻike pū ka hōʻike i nā kumu, nā NGO a me nā keʻena aupuni e hoʻohui i nā pahuhopu like ʻole i loko o nā loiloi hana a me nā pae hana hāʻawi, e hoʻonui ʻia nā kumuwaiwai no nā ʻano hana like ʻole e hana, a e hāʻawi ʻia ke kālā hoʻomau no ka pūnaewele e hōʻemi i ka noho kaʻawale a kākoʻo i nā alakaʻi o ke kala.
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"Pono ʻoe e loaʻa ka leo o kēlā me kēia ma ka papaʻaina, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo piha i nā pono o kēlā me kēia kaiāulu."
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"ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu he aha ka mea e hiki ai ke lawe koke i ka poʻe liʻiliʻi i nā kuleana alakaʻi, akā ʻo ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻike a me ka hoʻonaʻauao i nā ʻōpio kūloko, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hanauna hou o nā alakaʻi, he hana mua maikaʻi ia," wahi a Allen.
"Pono e hoʻomaka i ke kula," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Dymally, e ʻōlelo ana i ka manaʻo a kuhikuhi i nā hana hoʻolaha a TreePeople.
Hoʻoikaika nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni o ka hui i nā haumāna a me nā kumu kula haʻahaʻa a me ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma Los Angeles e "ʻeli i loko," e aʻo i nā pono o ka ulu ʻana i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale, a lilo i poʻe mālama ola o ke kaiapuni.
"I loko o 10, 15, 20 mau makahiki, e ʻike mākou i kekahi o kēlā poʻe ʻōpio i ka pōʻai (ka hui a me ka neʻe)," wahi a Dymally.
HOOLAHA
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dymally, hiki ke wehewehe ʻia ka hemahema o ka ʻokoʻa, no ka mea, ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe kala i ke kahua kaiapuni e hoʻomaka.
"Hōʻike wale paha ia i nā helu i pili," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia inā ʻike nā ʻōpio liʻiliʻi i ka poʻe loea "e like me lākou" ma kekahi ʻano, ʻoi aku ka nui o ko lākou makemake e lilo i "ke ulu lākou." ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā kauka ʻAmelika ʻAmelika hiki ke hoʻoikaika i nā keiki ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ke kula olakino. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā loio Latino kaulana i ke kaiāulu hiki ke hoʻoikaika i nā ʻōpio Latino e hele i ke kula kānāwai a i ʻole e ʻimi i nā ʻoihana loio. He kī nui ka ʻike a me ke komo ʻana, kaʻana like ʻo Dymally.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dymally, ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe o ka waihoʻoluʻu, ʻo ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika ke nānā aku i ke kahua kaiapuni ma ke ʻano he koho ʻoihana maikaʻi.
ʻO ke kula kaiapuni he "kāhea" no nā mea he nui, wahi āna, a no ia mea, he mea nui ka poʻe o ka waihoʻoluʻu e lawe i nā kuleana alakaʻi "he poʻe makemake," nāna e kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai i nā poʻe hou aʻe a hoʻokele i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o Kaleponi i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
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He kanaka nūpepa kūʻokoʻa ʻo Genoa Barrow i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Sacramento. Ma ka ʻāina, ua ʻike ʻia kāna laina ma ka Sacramento Observer, The Scout, a me Parent's Monthly magazine.