Hoʻolaha ʻo WESTAF i ka launa pū ʻana me nā ʻĀina Pākīpika

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Hoʻolaha ʻo WESTAF i ka launa pū ʻana me nā ʻĀina Pākīpika

Hoʻokumu ka ʻaelike hou i ke ala no nā mana o ka Pākīpika e hui pū me ka Hui Hoʻonaʻauao ʻĀpana Komohana

Denver, CO, Iune 30, 2022—No ka hōʻike ʻana i kona manaʻo hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hāʻawi kaulike a me nā kaiaola ʻenehana like ʻole ma ka ʻāina komohana, ua hui pū ka Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) me ka ʻāina ʻo Pacific Jurisdiction (PJ) ma o kahi ʻaelike ʻike ʻole ʻia. Ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻo Samoa ʻAmelika, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a me Guam (hui pū ʻia, Pacific Jurisdictions/PJs) i hōʻike ʻole ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana i loko o ka ʻoihana noʻeau US a ma nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻolaha noʻeau. Me kēia hui hou, ʻimi ʻo WESTAF e lawelawe i kēia ʻāina ākea a i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻokipa ʻia nā PJ i loko o ka Hui Luna Hoʻokele (ED) makahiki makahiki o WESTAF, i mālama ʻia ma Spokane, Wakinekona, kahi i komo kino ai nā EDs o ka Pākīpika Jurisdiction ma Zoom—e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā ʻekolu ʻĀpana Pākīpika e hui pū me ka pūnaewele ʻāpana komohana. Ke manaʻo nei ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻopili ʻana i kēia mau pilina i loko o nā pūnaewele a me nā lawelawe e like me kāna Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN).

"Ua hauʻoli ka Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (CAHA) i ka hui pū ʻana me WESTAF a me kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana e hāʻawi i nā kaiāulu o ka Pākīpika ma kahi mamao aku i ke ala like i nā kumuwaiwai a me nā manawa kūpono," wahi a Sandra Flores, Luna Hoʻokele CAHA. "He mea hōʻoluʻolu ke hana pū me kahi hui e ʻike i nā pilikia kālā a me ka loiloi kūʻokoʻa e kū nei i ko mākou kaiāulu, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻano ʻōiwi like ʻole a me nā moʻomeheu o nā mokupuni e pono ai ka nānā ʻana a me ke kākoʻo."

“Ua hauʻoli loa ka CNMI Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture i ka lilo ʻana i lālā hou no WESTAF. Hoʻokumu kēia hui i nā manawa hou a wehe i nā puka hou i kā mākou mau mea pena a me ko mākou kaiāulu. ʻO kēia pūnaewele koʻikoʻi o nā poʻe kupaianaha a me nā mea hana kiʻi e hoʻoikaika i ko mākou kaiāulu ma o ka hoʻolaha ʻana, hoʻomau, a me ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou moʻomeheu ʻōiwi a me nā moʻomeheu like ʻole" wahi a Parker Yobei, Luna Hoʻokele o ka CNMI Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture.

E lawelawe ʻo WESTAF ma ke ʻano he hui kūhelu ma waena o nā PJ a me ka National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), nāna i hoʻokomo i kēia mau pilina no ke kōkua ʻenehana a me ke kākoʻo papahana. "Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻokipa ʻia ʻana o Guam, American Samoa, a me Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands i loko o ka pūnaewele o nā Regional Arts Organizations e WESTAF," wahi a NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson. "ʻO nā moʻomeheu waiwai e noho nei ma nā ʻāina āpau o waho e pono e mahalo piha ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā mākou tapestry ʻAmelika. He ʻanuʻu kēia hui i ke ala kūpono. "

ʻO ka nui o ka manaʻo nui o ka hui ʻana ma ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi pilina ma waena o nā kaiāulu kūloko a me nā hui diaspora ma ka ʻāina nui i nā moʻomeheu kuʻuna, nā papahana hoʻololi ʻōpio, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā lawelawe kūloko.

“Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Fuata M. Tiumalu, ka Papa Kūkākūkā, a me nā limahana o ka American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture, & Humanities, ua hauʻoli wau i ka hōʻike ʻana i koʻu mahalo nui iā WESTAF no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka Territory US ʻAmelika Samoa a ʻO kāna mau hana noʻeau kūikawā," wahi a Tasi Sunia, ka luna papahana o ka American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture, & Humanities. "He nui nā ʻāina a me nā panalāʻau a puni ka honua me ke kākoʻo ʻole i ka ʻoihana, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma ka laulā. ʻO nā mea a pau a WESTAF e hāʻawi mai, ua manaʻo ʻia he mau manawa kūpono—e hoʻoikaika i ka hana ʻōiwi i mua, e hoʻolauna a hoʻokomo hou a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hana no ka ʻāina ʻole o Samoa, a e hoʻonui i ka hopena maoli ma ʻAmelika Samoa.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo WESTAF e hoʻonui i nā pūnaewele i nā mea pena a me nā hui noʻeau o nā panalāʻau Pākīpika a hāʻawi i nā kumuwaiwai i kekahi o nā kaiāulu mamao loa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e hoʻomohala holoʻokoʻa i nā papahana me nā ʻĀina Pākīpika e hoʻokumu i kahi hui e pili ana i nā waiwai, ka moʻomeheu, a me nā mea nui o ka Pākīpika.

ʻO ka Pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o ka National Assembly of State Art Agencies (NASAA) ʻo Pam Breaux, nāna i hoʻoikaika i ke kumu o kēia hui ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: “Ke hāʻawi nei nā keʻena hana noʻeau o ka Pākīpika i nā ʻike noʻeau a me nā moʻomeheu koʻikoʻi no nā kaiāulu a lākou e lawelawe nei. Ua ʻike mua au i ko lākou kūpaʻa ʻana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mea pena kiʻi kahiko a me nā mea hana kuʻuna, e hoʻopili ana iā lākou i ke kaiāulu, nā wahi kūʻai, a me nā manawa hoʻonaʻauao no nā ʻōpio. He mea hoihoi a koʻikoʻi kēia hui hou me WESTAF no ka mea e hāʻawi ana ia i kahi hana e hoʻoikaika a hoʻonui i ka hana a kēia mau keʻena; e hoʻopili iā lākou i nā pūnaewele koʻikoʻi, nā kumuwaiwai, a me nā manawa kūpono o ka ʻāina. Ke mahalo nei au i ke alakaʻi ʻana o WESTAF i kēia hana a ke kakali nei au i kahi hui hua nui e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike nui aʻe i nā hana noʻeau o nā mana o ka Pākīpika.
“Ke hōʻike nei nā ʻoihana i ko mākou ʻano he poʻe. Haʻi mai lākou iā mākou i hea mākou i hele ai a i kahi a mākou e manaʻo ai e hele. Ma ka pae hohonu, loaʻa ka mana o ka noʻeau e hoʻōla a hoʻohui iā mākou. He hanohano ka hana pū ʻana me kēia mau ʻoihana noʻeau i paʻa i ko lākou mau kaiāulu Pākīpika e wehewehe a hāʻawi i ka ʻike kaulike i nā kumuwaiwai noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu," wahi a WESTAF Senior Policy Analyst Moana Palalei HoChing. "Mahalo nui wau i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kahi hui e hoʻomau nei i ka hoʻokumu mua ʻana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana a hoʻokumu i ka ʻike kaiāulu."

Haʻaheo ʻo WESTAF i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka lāhui i kēia mau hana i hana mua ʻole ʻia e hoʻoponopono i ka pono ʻole ma waena o nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina ma o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ke kūkulu pilina a me nā lawelawe. E like me nā mokuʻāina he nui ma ke Komohana, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka Pākīpika Jurisdictions e ka maʻi maʻi, me nā ʻoihana noʻeau e kū nei i nā kūlana kūʻokoʻa a paʻakikī. ʻIke ʻo WESTAF he mea nui ia e hoʻopili i nā PJ i ke kaiāulu komohana a e hoʻopukapuka i ka wā e hiki mai ana o kēia ʻāina e holomua, me kahi hoʻopukapuka $225,000 i nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana.

No WESTAF

ʻO WESTAF (Western States Arts Federation) he hui lawelawe hana noʻeau kūʻokoʻa 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.

Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1974, aia ʻo WESTAF ma Denver a alakaʻi ʻia e kahi papa kahu mālama 22 i haku ʻia e nā alakaʻi noʻeau ma ke Komohana. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo WESTAF i ka ʻāina nui loa o nā hui ʻoihana ʻāpana ʻeono o ʻAmelika a me Alaska, Arizona, Kaleponi, Colorado, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, a me Wyoming—me nā hoʻolālā i kēia manawa. e komo pū me Samoa ʻAmelika, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a me Guam.