Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 6, 1 June 2004 — HE AHA KOU MANAʻO? [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HE AHA KOU MANAʻO?

What did you take away from OHA's visioning conference on nation-building?

I think the conference was useful, because there's a lot of new things we're learning eaeh time we get together. I believe this kinel of forum, or kūkākūkā, is an invitation to more knowledge about building our nation, whieh is what we need to make a total decision for our families. — Umialiloa Sexton, Waikīkī

What I take away is a sense of togetherness with our people as we seek nationhood and what that all means. It's been a very in-depth look into our values, our resources and our solutions for the Hawaiian nation that is manifesting into reality again. — Kanani Aton, Hilo

I think it was very productive. What it's done is bring Hawaiians together from different points of view, so they ean concentrate on setting up the mechanisms to create their own nation, and through that process achieve justice and control over their assets, whieh would allow them to move on as a people. — J. Rodney Ferreira, Kamuela

He mea maika'i no ka mea ua a'o au i kekahi mau mea e pili ana ko mākou 'āina a pēlā wale aku. 'Oi aku ka hana pū 'ana me nā haumāna no ka mea hiki ia'u ke maopopo he aha ko lākou 'ike e pili ana i kēia 'aha. 'Oi aku ka maika'i ka hana 'ana me na kānaka o ko'u wā, 'ano 'opio. (It was good because I got to learn new things about our 'aina and other things. It's better to work with other students because I ean understand their way of thinking. It's better to work with those of my time, the youth.) — Whitney Kau'ilani Martinez, Wahiawā

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