Please send in testimony to the Hawaii State Legislature before 9AM Thursday

[Jim Albertini]

Please send in testimony to the Hawaii State Legislature before 9AM Thursday

Need your help, please! 

 

HCR40 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ALLOW FAITH PODS BASED ON KAPU ALOHA TO BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN EACH CORRECTIONAL CENTER

 

HR32  REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ALLOW FAITH PODS BASED ON KAPU ALOHA TO BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN EACH CORRECTIONAL CENTER

 

Both resolutions will be heard by the  CMV committee at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, March 19^th. Please send in your testimony by 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 18^th (24 hours ahead). Mahalo!

 

CMV = Corrections, Military, Veterans Committee

            Chair: Takashi Ohno, 808-586-9415, email: rep...@Capitol.hawaii.gov

            Vice-Chair: Sonny Ganaden, 808-586-6010, repga...@Capitol.hawaii.gov

            Members:

            Patrick Branco, 586-6480, repb...@Capitol.hawaii.gov

            Dee Morikawa, 586-6280, repmo...@Capitol.hawaii.gov

            Bertrand Kobayashi, 586-8575, repkob...@Capitol.hawaii.gov

            David Tarnas, 586-8510, rept...@Capitol.hawaii.gov

            Sam Kong, 586-8455, rep...@Capitol.hawaii.gov  

            Bob McDermott, 586-9730, repmcd...@Capitol.hawaii.gov

 

We just heard from Representative Sonny Ganaden that these two identical resolutions will be heard on Friday, March 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. by the CMV House Committee.

We need you to send in a written testimony by Thursday, March 19^th by 9:00 a.m.

The testimony may be short but we need this support for these resolutions!

 

Steps on how to send in your testimony:

To testify online, first, register. Go to the “Hawaii State Legislature” website: www.capitol.hawaii.gov. In the top right corner click on “register”. Register with your name, organization (if applicable), phone number, email address and a password.

Once registered, just click on “Sign In” in the top right corner of the website and you can sign-in with your email address. In the upper left-hand corner is a space for “Bill Status/Measure Status”. Type in “HCR40” (or HR32). This will allow testimony online. Click on “Submit Testimony”. Click on “Continue” next to HCR40 and this should allow you to submit testimony.

Ask someone to assist you if possible.

If the resolution is not yet scheduled for a hearing, you cannot submit testimony. The committee may schedule the hearing at the last minute, so it may help to prepare a written testimony ahead of time.

Suggestions on what to write: The Department of Public Safety has expressed openness to experiment with Faith Pods here in Hawai`i. They encouraged Ohana Ho`opakele to reintroduce this resolution that was introduced last year but did not pass due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Main point is to support this resolution to request the Department of Public Safety to allow Faith Pods based on Kapu Aloha to be established within each correction center. Using your own words is most effective. Some of what you can emphasize:

1. Your relationship to a pa`ahao (incarcerated person).

2. Faith Pods are the first step in building Pu`uhonua or wellness centers based on healing.

3. Faith Pods have been allowed in North American correctional centers, like at Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, AZ.

4. Faith Pods allow a “safe place” from the influence of gangs that allow for establishing Hawaiian cultural practices.

5. “Kapu Aloha” as practiced on Mauna Kea models the spirit of the Faith Pods.

6. (Best to use your own ideas and words!)

Mahalo plenty!

 

If you have any questions (and cannot ask someone who knows the process) you can email:

Ronald Fujiyoshi at ronsa...@aol.com or text me at 808-345-9688.

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Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email j...@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org