ʻO nā kiʻi hoʻomāinoino a hoʻonāukiuki i hopu i nā poʻo poʻomanaʻo a hoʻonāukiuki i ka lehulehu a puni ka honua i kēia mahina e koi iā mākou e ʻike, ma ke ʻano he lāhui, ʻaʻole mākou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kēlā me kēia kanaka i nā pono kanaka a me ke kaulike o ka Dream a Dr. King a i hoʻohiki ʻia ma ke Kumukānāwai US. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he hoʻomanaʻo pōʻino kēia ʻaʻole i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ko kākou lāhui i kēia mau pono kanaka a me ke kaulike.
Hana pū ʻo California ReLeaf me nā ʻuʻu a me nā hui hoʻoponopono kaiapuni ma nā kaiāulu marginalized e kūkulu i nā kaiāulu ikaika, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a olakino hoʻi ma o nā kumulāʻau. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka hana kupaianaha a kēia mau hoa hana a me nā pilikia a lākou e hālāwai ai ua kōkua mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu e pono ai mākou e haʻalele i waho o ka mea i kamaʻāina a hāʻawi i ko mākou leo e kākoʻo i nā hana e hoʻoponopono ai a pale i ka pono ʻole o ka lāhui a me ke kaiapuni e kū nei kēia mau kaiāulu i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻOiai ua ʻike nui mākou ʻaʻole e hoʻoponopono i kā mākou mau hana i nā hewa a pau e kū nei i kekahi mau kaiāulu, aia ma lalo kekahi mau mea a California ReLeaf e hana nei e kākoʻo i ke kaulike. Ke kaʻana like nei mākou me ka manaʻolana e hoʻāla i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka makemake like e hele i waho o ko lākou wahi hōʻoluʻolu a hoʻoikaika i ka holomua:
- Kākoʻo iā AB 2054 (Kamlager). E hoʻokumu ʻo AB 2054 i ka papahana hoʻokele Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (CRISES) Act e hāpai i nā pane e pili ana i ke kaiāulu i nā kūlana pilikia kūloko. He pae mua kēia bila no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kūpaʻa, ka palekana, a me ka ʻike moʻomeheu a me nā pane kūpono i nā kūlana ulia pōpilikia a me ka hahai ʻana i kēlā mau pilikia ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā hui kaiaulu me ka ʻike hohonu o ka pilikia. E ʻike i kā mākou leka kākoʻo ma aneʻi.
- Ua kākau pū ʻia a 10-ʻaoʻao papa inoa o nā ʻōlelo paipai no ka pane COVID-19 wale nō a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana e kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu kūpaʻa. ʻAʻole wale mākou e haʻaheo e hui pū me nā hoa hana ma The Greenlining Institute, Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), a me Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education (SCOPE) i ka hana ʻana i kahi ala ākea i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā loli hoʻololi me ka manaʻo nui i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pono koke o kā mākou poʻe nāwaliwali loa, akā he leo ikaika no kēia hoʻololi ma o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo pololei a me ka Administration.
- Loaʻa nā kālā i nā kaiāulu hemahema (DACs). E hāʻawi aku ʻo California ReLeaf i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona kālā ma mua o ʻelua makahiki ma CAL FIRE Urban Forestry pass-through haʻawina i nā hui pōmaikaʻi kaiāulu e hana pololei ana me nā poʻe nāwaliwali e hana i nā wahi palekana a maikaʻi hoʻi e hana, ola, a holomua. E hoʻomohala ʻia kā mākou mau haʻawina ma ka launa pū ʻana me nā hoa hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono kaiapuni lōʻihi a hāʻawi i ke kōkua ʻenehana koʻikoʻi i ka poʻe ʻimi hāʻawi hou e makemake ana e "aʻo i ka ʻōnaehana" no nā haʻawina mokuʻāina e hoʻomaikaʻi i ko lākou mau kaiāulu.
E hoʻomau mākou i ka loiloi i kā mākou mau kulekele a me kā mākou hana ponoʻī e nānā i nā mea e hiki ai iā mākou ke holomua ma California ReLeaf, no ka mea, ʻike mākou he nui nā hana e hana ʻia. E hoʻonui mākou i nā leo POC i ka hana kaiāulu ululāʻau kūlanakauhale e hoʻonui i ka ʻokoʻa, kaulike a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ReLeaf Network. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Pūnaewele e kākoʻo a aʻo mai kekahi i kekahi, a ma kēia pū kekahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke kaʻana like a aʻo i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pono lāhui a me ka nohona ma Kaleponi.
Mai mākou a pau ma Kaleponi ReLeaf,
Cindy Blain, Sarah Dillon, Chuck Mills, Amelia Oliver, a me Mariela Ruacho