Nā lawelawe pūnaewele i hoʻohana ʻia e
Hoʻi i nā Nūhou āpau
Hoʻonui ʻo WESTAF i kāna kuleana pilikanaka a me ka hui hoʻohui
Sepatemaba 2, 2021
NO KA HOOLAHA KOWAI
Sepatemaba 2, 2021
Hoʻokaʻaʻike:
Leah Horn
720.664.2239
leah.horn@westaf.org
DENVER, CO—Ua hauʻoli ka Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ʻelua mau lālā hui hou i kāna mahele Social Responsibility and Inclusion (SRI): Ashanti McGee, ka luna hāʻawi a me ke komo ʻana, a me Jade Elyssa Cariaga, ka luna hāʻawi a me ke kaulike. Me ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻumi makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke kula, ʻo McGee he mea pena kiʻi a me ke kākoʻo noʻeau nāna i hoʻomaka i kāna hana hoʻokele noʻeau e kōkua ana i nā ʻuʻu a me nā waiwai ʻole me ka palapala hāʻawi a me ka hoʻokele. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele apana no Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee, e kālele ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana no nā kaiāulu ʻeleʻele, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a me LGBTQ+ e pili ana i ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu a me ka ʻāina a me nā ʻāina lehulehu. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Cariaga i kā lākou ʻoihana ma 2015 ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi no ke kiaʻi kala o ke kula waena o Cesar Chavez, kahi i hana pū ai lākou me nā haumāna Title I e hoʻokō i nā pae holomua o ka ʻāina. Ua loaʻa iā lāua ke kēkelē laepua ma ka hula mai ke keʻena ʻo World Arts and Cultures/Dance ma UCLA, kahi i hōʻoia ʻia ai lākou e lilo i lālā lae pua o ka American Educational Research Association a ʻo ia kekahi o nā kānaka ʻelua ma ka papa puka o kā lākou kulanui e loaʻa i ka Chancellor's. makana lawelawe.
"No nā makahiki he nui, ua ʻeli ʻo WESTAF i nā luawai e pili ana i ka ʻokoʻa, ka kaulike, a me ka hana hoʻopili ʻana ma ka ʻāina Komohana," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o ke kuleana a me ke komo ʻana ʻo Anika Tené. "ʻO kā mākou manaʻo e hoʻonui i kēlā kūpaʻa ma o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka kaulike moʻomeheu, ka hoʻoponopono kaiāulu, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka racism systemic ma o ka lawelawe ʻana i nā hui i hōʻike ʻole ʻia i loko o ka ʻāpana."
E hana pū nā luna SRI hou i mea e hoʻopili hohonu ʻia ai nā intersection o ke komo a me ke kaulike. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā kūlana ʻelua e hana pū me nā papahana hāʻawi e pili ana i ke kaulike a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā portfolios ikaika i ke komo a me ke kaulike. "He manawa hoihoi kēia," wahi a Tené. "ʻO kā mākou mau luna hou e lawe mai i ka waiwai o ka ʻike a me ka makemake i kēia mau kuleana."
Hoʻokumu ka WESTAF's SRI division i ka hana e hoʻopōmaikaʻi maikaʻi i nā kaiāulu ma lalo nei, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe:
ʻEleʻele, ʻŌiwi a me nā kānaka kala (BIPOC);
Queer a trans BIPOC;
Nā māhele koho LGBTQ+;
Nā kaiāulu haʻahaʻa;
Nā kaiāulu mamao a me nā kaiāulu (nā kaiāulu me ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 50,000 i ka heluna kanaka a kaʻawale mai nā wahi metropolitan);
Nā kānaka me ke kino kīnā;
ʻO nā kānaka i loko o nā hui;
Nā kānaka ma lalo o ka laina ʻilihune;
ʻO nā kānaka me ka mākaukau ʻōlelo Pelekane;
ʻO nā koa kahiko / limahana hana hana; a
ʻOpio ʻōpio.
No WESTAF
ʻO ka Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) he hui lawelawe hana noʻeau ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻoihana kālā, hoʻonohonoho, a me nā kulekele o ka hana noʻeau ma ke Komohana. Kōkua ʻo WESTAF i nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina, nā hui ʻoihana, a me nā mea pena kiʻi i kā lākou ʻimi e lawelawe i nā lehulehu lehulehu, hoʻonui i ke ola o nā kaiāulu kūloko, a hāʻawi i ke komo i ka hoʻonaʻauao noʻeau a me ka noʻeau no nā mea āpau. Ma o ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ka hoʻolaha, ka noiʻi ʻana, ka ʻenehana, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hāʻawi kālā, paipai ʻo WESTAF i ka holomua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā hana noʻeau ma ka ʻāina a ma o ka ʻoihana ʻāina o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā kuʻikahi.