Kākau ʻia na Anna Harper-Guerrero

Ua hele ʻo Emerge i kahi hana o ka ulu a me ka hoʻololi no nā makahiki he 6 i hala e kia nui ana i ka lilo ʻana i anti-racist, hui lehulehu. Ke hana nei mākou i kēlā me kēia lā e huki i ka anti-ʻeleʻele a kū i ka lāhui i ka hoʻāʻo e hoʻi i ke kanaka e noho hohonu nei i loko o kākou āpau. Makemake mākou e lilo i hiʻohiʻona o ka hoʻokuʻu, ke aloha, ke aloha a me ka hoʻōla - nā mea like a mākou e makemake ai no nā mea e ʻeha ana i kā mākou kaiāulu. Ke huakaʻi nei ʻo Emerge e ʻōlelo i nā mea ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole e pili ana i kā mākou hana a hōʻike haʻahaʻa i nā ʻāpana i kākau ʻia a me nā wikiō mai nā hoa kaiāulu i kēia mahina. He mau ʻoiaʻiʻo koʻikoʻi kēia e pili ana i nā ʻike maoli a ka poʻe i pakele e hoʻāʻo nei e kiʻi i ke kōkua. Manaʻoʻiʻo mākou i kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo ke kukui no ka mea i mua. 

Lohi kēia hana, a i kēlā me kēia lā e kono ʻia nā kono, nā mea maoli a me nā kiʻi hoʻi, e hoʻi i ka mea i lawelawe ʻole i ko mākou kaiāulu, lawelawe iā mākou ma ke ʻano he poʻe e hana i ka Emerge, a me nā mea i lawelawe ʻole i nā mea ola i nā ala a lākou pono. Ke hana nei mākou e kikowaena i nā ʻike ola nui o nā mea ola āpau. Ke lawe nei mākou i ke kuleana no ke kono ʻana i nā kamaʻilio wiwo ʻole me nā ʻoihana loaʻa kālā ʻē aʻe a kaʻana like ʻana i kā mākou huakaʻi huakaʻi ma o kēia hana i hiki ai iā mākou ke pani i kahi ʻōnaehana i hānau ʻia no ka makemake e hoʻokaʻawale a hōʻino i ka poʻe i ko mākou kaiāulu. ʻAʻole hiki ke nānā ʻole ʻia nā aʻa mōʻaukala o ka ʻōnaehana waiwai ʻole. 

Inā mākou e ʻohi i ke kiko a Michael Brasher i hana ai i kēia mahina i kāna ʻāpana ka moʻomeheu lino a me ka launa ʻana o nā kāne a me nā keikikāne, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka mea like inā mākou e koho. "ʻO ka implicit, pinepine ʻole i nānā ʻia, nā ʻano waiwai i loko o ka code moʻomeheu e" kāne aʻe "kahi ʻāpana o kahi kaiaulu kahi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai nā kāne e hemo a hoʻowahāwahā i nā manaʻo, e hoʻonani i ka ikaika a lanakila, a me nā mākaʻi kolohe kekahi i kekahi. hiki ke hana hou i kēia mau loina. ”

E like me nā aʻa o kahi lāʻau e hāʻawi ai i ke kākoʻo a me ka heleuma, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kā mākou papahana i nā waiwai e nānā ʻole i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka mōʻaukala e pili ana i ka hana kūloko a me ka moekolohe ma ke ʻano he ulu o ka hoʻokalakupua, kauā, classism, homophobia, a me transphobia. Hāʻawi kēia mau ʻōnaehana hoʻokaumaha iā mākou e hōʻole i nā ʻike o ka ʻEleʻele, ʻōiwi, a me ka poʻe o ke kala - me nā mea e ʻike ai i nā kaiāulu LGBTQ - ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka waiwai ma ka maikaʻi a me ka ʻole o ka maikaʻi loa. He mea makaʻu ʻole ia no mākou ke kuhi ʻaʻole mau kēia mau waiwai i loko o nā kihi hohonu o kā mākou hana a hoʻohuli i nā manaʻo o kēlā me kēia lā a me nā pilina.

Mākaukau mākou e makaʻu i nā mea āpau. A ma nā mea a pau a mākou e manaʻo ai, e haʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i ka hōʻike ʻole ʻana o nā lawelawe kolohe no ka ʻike o nā mea ola āpau. ʻAʻole mākou i noʻonoʻo i kā mākou kuleana i ka kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hoʻokalakiko a me ka anti-ʻeleʻele no nā mea ola Black. He ʻōnaehana waiwai ʻole mākou i hana i kahi kahua ʻoihana mai ka ʻeha ma ko mākou kaiāulu no ka mea ʻo ia ke kumu hoʻohālikelike i kūkulu ʻia no mākou e hana i loko. Ua paʻakikī mākou e ʻike pehea ka hoʻokaumaha like loa e alakaʻi ai i ka hana kolohe ʻole i loko o kēia kaiāulu i hana pū i loko o ka lole o ka ʻōnaehana i hoʻolālā ʻia e pane i ka poʻe i pakele i kēlā hana ʻino. I kona kūlana o kēia manawa, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea ola a pau ke hoʻokō i kā lākou mau pono i loko o kēia ʻōnaehana, a ʻo ka hapa nui o mākou e hana nei i ka ʻōnaehana ua hana i kahi ʻano hana o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā mākou iho mai nā ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke lawelawe ʻia. Akā hiki i kēia, a pono hoʻi ke loli. Pono mākou e hoʻololi i ka ʻōnaehana i mea e ʻike ʻia ai hoʻohanohano ʻia ai ke kanaka piha o KEKAHI mea ola.

E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka loli ʻana ma ke ʻano he keʻena i loko o nā ʻōnaehana paʻakikī, paʻa paʻa i ka wiwo ʻole. Pono ia iā mākou e kū i nā kūlana o ka makaʻu a me ka helu no ka hōʻino a mākou i hana ai. Pono ia iā mākou e nānā pono i ke ala i mua. Pono ia iā mākou e noho hāmau e pili ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Aia nā ʻoiaʻiʻo a mākou āpau e ʻike ai. ʻAʻole mea hou ka hoʻokae. Manaʻo nā mea ola ʻeleʻele e hoʻokuʻu i lalo a ʻike ʻole ʻia he mea hou. ʻAʻole he hou nā helu o nā Wahine ʻōiwi Nele a Pepehi ʻia. Akā, he mea hou kā mākou prioritization o ia. 

Kūpono ke aloha ʻia nā Wahine ʻEleʻele, hoʻolauleʻa ʻia, a hāpai ʻia i luna no ko lākou ʻike, ʻike, a me nā mea i hiki ai. Pono mākou e hōʻoia ʻaʻohe koho a nā Wahine ʻEleʻele akā e ola i kahi kaiāulu i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e mālama iā lākou i mea waiwai. Pono mākou e hoʻolohe i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka loli akā lawe piha i kā mākou kuleana ponoʻī i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hana pono ʻole e hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā.

Pono nā Wahine ʻōiwi e noho manuahi a mahalo ʻia no nā mea a pau a lākou i ulana ai i ka honua a mākou e hele wāwae nei - e hoʻokomo pū i ko lākou kino. ʻO kā mākou hoʻāʻo e hoʻokuʻu i nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi mai ka hana ʻino kūloko pono pū ʻia me kā mākou kuleana o ka ʻeha o ka mōʻaukala a me nā ʻoiaʻiʻo a mākou e hūnā ai e pili ana i ka mea nāna i kanu i kēlā mau ʻanoʻano i ko lākou ʻāina. E hoʻohui i ke kuleana o nā ala a mākou e hoʻāʻo ai e hoʻoinu i kēlā ʻano hua i kēlā me kēia lā ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu.

He maikaʻi ʻole e haʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i kēia mau ʻike. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, koʻikoʻi ia i ke ola like ʻana o nā mea ola a KULA i kēia kaiāulu. Ke kikowaena mākou i ka poʻe i hoʻolohe ʻia i ka mea liʻiliʻi, ʻike mākou i ka hāmama o ka wahi no nā mea āpau.

Hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo hou a hana ikaika i kahi ʻōnaehana i hiki i ka hiki ke kūkulu i ka palekana a paʻa i ke kanaka o kēlā me kēia i ko mākou kaiāulu. Hiki iā mākou ke lilo i mau wahi kahi e hoʻokipa ʻia ai kēlā me kēia kanaka i kā lākou pono maoli, piha, a kahi e waiwai ai ke ola o kēlā me kēia, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai ke aloha me ke ʻano kuleana. He kaiāulu kahi e loaʻa ai iā mākou āpau ka manawa kūpono e kūkulu i kahi ola me ka ʻole o ka hana ʻino.

He hui kākoʻo ka Queens i hana ʻia ma Emerge e kikowaena i nā ʻike o nā Wahine ʻEleʻele i kā mākou hana. Ua hana ʻia e a alakaʻi ʻia e Nā Wāhine ʻEleʻele.

I kēia pule ua hōʻike haʻaheo mākou i nā huaʻōlelo nui a me nā ʻike o ka mōʻī wahine, nā mea i huakaʻi i ke kaʻina i alakaʻi ʻia e Cecelia Ioredane i nā pule he 4 i hala aku nei e paipai i ka mālama ʻole ʻia ʻana, ka maka, a me ka haʻi ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma ke ala o ka hoola. ʻO kēia huaʻōlelo ka mea a nā mōʻī wahine i koho ai e kaʻana like me ke kaiāulu no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka malama ʻike kino kūloko.