OHA Increases Efforts to Get More Names on Native Hawaiian Roll

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With less than a month left before a key deadline, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is boosting its outreach to Native Hawaiians to encourage them to participate in an effort to establish a new Hawaiian government. 

The agency announced Friday plans to canvass communities both in Hawaii and on the mainland and hold town hall-style meetings to help people sign up for the Native Hawaiian Roll. 

More than 120,000 people have added their names to the list, but the deadline of May 1 is fast-approaching. The 2010 U.S. Census found that there are about 1.2 million people who identify as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander in the nation. 

Interested volunteers can contact Kaimo Muhlestein at (808) 594-1811 for more information. 

“Our focus is on helping encourage Native Hawaiians to participate in the process of building a strong nation,” said OHA Ka Pouhana (Chief Executive Officer) Kamana‘opono Crabbe in a press release. “As a facilitator, our commitment to this process is to ensure that input is meaningful and that the outcome reflects the will of the Native Hawaiian people.”

Here are OHA’s planned town hall-style meetings: 

O‘AHU
• 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Waimānalo Homestead Association Hālau
• 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Ka Waihonao Ka Na‘auao Public Charter School in Wai‘anae
• 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at Stevenson Middle School in Papakōlea
• 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 2014 at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hale Pono`i in Kapolei

WEST HAWAI‘I ISLAND
• 6 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2014 at Kahilu Townhall, Waimea
• 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at Maka‘eo Pavillion, Kailua-Kona
• 6 p.m. Monday, April 21, 2014 at Yano Hall, Kealakekua
• 6 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Kohala Intergenerational Center

EAST HAWAI‘I ISLAND 
• 6 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Pahala Community Center 
• 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Keaukaha Elementary Cafeteria
• 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Queen Liliu‘okalani Children’s Center

MAUI
• 1 p.m. & 5 p.m., Friday, April 11, 2014 at Waikapu Community Center
• 1 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Helene Hall in Hāna
• 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Kīhei Community Center
• 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at Lahaina Civic Center

LANA‘I
• 5 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Hale Kupuna

KAUA‘I

• 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the Anahola Clubhouse
• 5 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014 at the Waimea Neighborhood Center.

MOLOKA‘I
• 10 a.m. Friday, April 18, 2014 at the Lanikeha Community Center.

Photo: Screen shot of Native Hawaiian Roll Commission website on April 4.

— Anita Hofschneider

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