Na Kevin Jefferson lāua ʻo Eric Arnold, Hoʻokuʻu kūlanakauhale
I kēia makahiki ʻo Kauka Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service (MLK DOS), ua kōkua mākou iā Urban Releaf e kanu i nā kumulāʻau ma G Street ma East Oakland. ʻO kēia kahi a mākou i hana nui ai i nā mahina i hala. Pono ka wahi i ke kōkua nui; ʻo ia kekahi o nā poloka ʻino loa ma ke kūlanakauhale e pili ana i ka palaka a me ka hoʻolei ʻana i ke kānāwai. A e like me kāu e manaʻo ai, he liʻiliʻi loa kona uhi lāʻau. Makemake mākou e hana i kā mākou hanana MLK DOS, a mākou i hana ai i nā makahiki ʻehiku i hala iho nei, ma ʻaneʻi, no ka mea he lā kēia e hoʻopuka mau ai i nā mea manawaleʻa he nui, ʻaʻole wale mākou makemake i nā mea manawaleʻa e lawe mai i ko lākou ikaika maikaʻi i kēia kaiāulu, makemake mākou iā lākou e ʻike hiki ke hoʻololi i kahi wahi i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e kekahi, e lawe mai i ke kākoʻo e kōkua i ke kaiāulu.
ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka MLK DOS: e hoʻolilo i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi ma o ka hana pololei. Ma ʻaneʻi ma Urban Releaf, hana mākou i nā hana kaiapuni ma nā wahi a mākou e makemake ai e lilo i mau kaiāulu maʻemaʻe a mahalo ʻia. ʻO kā mākou mau mea manawaleʻa he ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, ʻAsia, Latino, ʻōpio, ʻelemakule, mai nā ʻano papa like ʻole a me nā ʻoihana waiwai, e hana ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kahi wahi i noho nui ʻia i nā poʻe haʻahaʻa o ke kala. No laila ma laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka moeʻuhane o MLK i ka hana. E like me ka Freedom Riders i huakaʻi i ka Deep South e holomua i ke kumu o nā pono kīvila, ʻo kēia hanana kanu lāʻau e hui pū ai i nā poʻe me ka makemake e kōkua wale i ka pono maʻamau. ʻO ia ka ʻAmelika a Kauka King i manaʻo ai. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hele i laila e ʻike, e like me kā mākou e ʻike nei, akā ke hana nei mākou i kēlā hihiʻo ʻoiaʻiʻo, pākaʻi ma kēlā me kēia lāʻau.
Ma nā ʻano he nui, ʻo ka hoʻoponopono kaiapuni ka neʻe hou o nā pono kīwila. A i ʻole, he hua ia o ka mea i hoʻopili ʻia e ka neʻe ʻana o nā pono kīwila. Pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke loaʻa ke kaulike pilikanaka ke noho nā kānaka i nā kaiāulu haumia? ʻAʻole anei i nā kānaka apau ke kuleana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ea a me ka wai maʻemaʻe? ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma kāu poloka ʻaʻole ia he mea i mālama ʻia no ka poʻe keʻokeʻo a me ka poʻe waiwai.
ʻO ka hoʻoilina a Kauka King ʻo ia ka hui ʻana i nā kānaka a me nā kumuwaiwai a puni ka hana pono. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hakakā wale no ke kaiāulu ʻApelika-ʻAmelika, ua hakakā ʻo ia no ka hoʻopono no nā kaiāulu a pau, no ke ana o ke kaulike. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hakakā no hoʻokahi kumu. Ua hakakā ʻo ia no nā pono kīwila, nā pono hana, nā pilikia o nā wahine, ka nele i ka hana, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā limahana, ka hoʻoikaika waiwai, a me ka pono no nā mea a pau. Inā e ola ana ʻo ia i kēia lā, ʻaʻohe kānalua he poʻokela ikaika ʻo ia no ke kaiapuni, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā wahi i loko o ke kūlanakauhale kahi e hana ai ʻo Urban Releaf i ka hapa nui o kāna hana papahana.
I ka lā o MLK, pono lākou e hakakā me ka hoʻokalakupua, ma o nā kānāwai Jim Crow hoʻokae. ʻO kāna hakakā ka hopena i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā kānāwai koʻikoʻi e like me ka Voting Rights Act a me ka Civil Rights Act. I ka manawa i kau ʻia ai kēlā mau kānāwai ma nā puke, aia ke kauoha ʻaʻole e hoʻokae, e hoʻokumu i kahi hui like. Ua lilo ia i wahi hoʻomaka no ka neʻe ʻana o ka nohona kaulike.
Ma Kaleponi, loaʻa iā mākou ke kauoha like no ka hoʻoponopono kaiapuni, ma o nā bila e like me SB535, ka mea i kuhikuhi i nā kumuwaiwai i nā kaiāulu pilikia e loaʻa ana i ka haumia o ke kaiapuni. Mālama kēia i ka hoʻoilina o ka Mōʻī o ka hoʻoponopono kaiapili a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, no ka mea, me ka ʻole o ia mau kumuwaiwai, e mau ana ka hoʻokae ʻana o ke kaiapuni i nā kaiāulu kala a me ka poʻe haʻahaʻa. He ʻano hoʻokaʻawale de facto ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa loa ia mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi punawai ʻokoʻa, a i ʻole e ʻai i kahi hale ʻaina ʻē aʻe.
Ma Oakland, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i 25 mau palapala helu helu i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea ʻino loa ma ka mokuʻāina no ka hoʻohaumia kaiapuni e ka EPA o Kaleponi. ʻAʻole kūlike kēia mau palapala helu ma ke ʻano o ka lāhui a me ka lāhui—he hōʻailona e pili ana i nā pilikia kaiapuni nā pilikia kīwila.
ʻOi aku ka manaʻo o MLK DOS ma mua o ka haʻiʻōlelo, ʻoi aku ma mua o ke kumu o ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kānaka ma o ka ʻike o ko lākou ʻano. He kūpaʻa ia e nānā i ka hewa a i ʻole like ʻole i loko o ke kaiāulu a hoʻololi i ka maikaʻi. He mea pupule ke noʻonoʻo ʻana he hōʻailona ke kanu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau no ke kaulike a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka nohona maikaʻi, a he hoʻomau i nā hana a kēia kanaka nui, ʻaʻole anei? Akā ʻōlelo nā hopena no lākou iho. Inā mālama maoli ʻoe i nā pono kīwila, e pili ana i nā pono kanaka, mālama ʻoe i nā kūlana kaiapuni e noho ai nā kānaka. ʻO kēia ka piko mauna, ka pāpū a Kauka King i kuhikuhi ai. He wahi ia o ke aloha a me ka hopohopo no kekahi. A hoʻomaka me ke kaiapuni.
E ʻike i nā kiʻi hou aʻe o ka hanana ma ʻO ka ʻaoʻao G+ o Urban ReLeaf.
He lālā ʻo Urban Releaf o ka California ReLeaf Network. Hana lākou ma Oakland, Kaleponi.