Hoʻonui ʻo WESTAF i kāna Hui Kūʻai, Advocacy, a me ka Pūʻulu Kulekele

Hauʻoli ʻo WESTAF i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi hui Alliances, Advocacy, and Policy (AAP) hou i hoʻonui ʻia. E alakaʻi ʻia e WESTAF Hope Luna Hoʻokele ʻo David Holland, ʻo ka hui i hoʻonui ʻia e ʻae i kahi hoʻopukapuka hohonu i ka makahiki āpau a me ke kākoʻo noʻeau federal a me ke kākoʻo ʻana o nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina he 13 ma ke Komohana, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kamaʻilio kūloko a me ke aupuni. nā pilikia kulekele o kēia wā e pili ana i ka hana noʻeau.

Ke alakaʻi nei ka māhele Alliances, Advocacy, and Policy (AAP) i nā ʻano hana like ʻole, me ka mālama ʻana i ka noiʻi kulekele noʻeau, ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā papahana hoʻomohala ʻoihana no nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina, ka holomua a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hana a nā mea kākoʻo noʻeau, a me ka hui ʻana i nā alakaʻi noʻonoʻo ma ke kula. Hoʻohui ka māhele, hoʻonohonoho, a hoʻouluulu i kahi pūnaewele komohana komohana o nā mea pena kiʻi, nā luna hoʻomalu, nā luna aupuni, a me nā mea hoʻoikaika i loko a ma waho o ke kahua hana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pilikia pili i ka hana no ka hoʻokele kānāwai a me nā kulekele. Hoʻomohala ka hui i nā pilina pili like me nā hui a me nā kānaka ma waena o ke kula a mālama i nā pilina o waho o WESTAF, me kā mākou hui pū ʻana me nā keʻena aupuni a me nā philanthropy.

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Holland, "i ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi mokuna hou, e hoʻoikaika kā mākou hui hoihoi, kālena, a me ka manaʻo nui i kā mākou komo ʻana i ke kahua ma o ka ʻōlelo aʻo pololei a me ka hana, ka hana ʻana i nā kulekele, ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā alakaʻi aupuni a me nā alakaʻi aʻoaʻo, a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina hou me nā mea pena kiʻi. a me nā hui noʻeau e pili ana i ka like ʻole, "wahi a Holland. "Ke lawe mai nei ʻo Moana lāua ʻo Cynthia i nā ʻupena koʻikoʻi, ʻike, a me nā ʻano alakaʻi i kā lākou kuleana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ka hopena, a me ke kaulike." Cynthia Chen, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Public Policy and Advocacy
He loea akamai ʻo Cynthia Chen a me ka moʻomeheu me nā ʻike like ʻole i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ke kūʻai aku ʻana, ka palapala hāʻawi, a me ke kākoʻo ma nā pae kūloko, mokuʻāina, a me nā pae honua. ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻekolu ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, Palani, a me Mandarin, ua kōkua ʻo Chen i ka hana ʻana i nā papahana moʻomeheu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Palani, Kina, a me Taiwan. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Chen i ka loaʻa kālā a me ka hoʻomohala honua no nā ʻoihana moʻomeheu i mālama ʻia e ka lehulehu e like me ka Center Pompidou a me Musée d'Orsay. Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Salt Lake City, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Chen i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he loio no ka Utah Cultural Alliance. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ke komo ʻana i nā pilikia pili i ka lehulehu ma ke ʻano he hoa hoʻomohala no ka ʻoihana ʻōpio ʻōpio ʻōpio i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻo Spy Hop Productions, kahi āna i hana ai ma kahi ʻāpana kānāwai ma ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o Utah State no ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hale hoʻonaʻauao noʻeau hou. Ua puka 'o Chen i ka magna cum laude me ke kēkelē laepua ma ke mele (me ka hanohano) mai ke Kulanui o Utah kahi i ho'oki'eki'e ai i ka hana ohe a me ka 'ike 'epekema politika. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma nā kulekele aupuni me ka ʻike kūikawā i ka kulekele moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻokele a me ka ʻokoʻa o ka summa cum laude mai Science Po Paris. He alumna ʻo Chen o ka Harvard Kennedy School's Public Policy and Leadership Conference a me WESTAF's Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC) program.
ʻO Moana Palelei HoChing, Luna Hoʻoponopono Kūlana Nui
Noho ʻo Moana Palelei HoChing ma ke ʻano he loiloi kulekele koʻikoʻi o WESTAF, he kuleana kūkākūkā e mālama ana i nā kulekele lehulehu a me nā papahana kākoʻo, hoʻomohala i nā hana hou, a hāʻawi i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i ka luna hoʻokele a me ka hope luna hoʻokele. Hāʻawi ʻo HoChing i ka noiʻi a me nā kamaʻilio kulekele a ke alakaʻi nei i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o WESTAF e hoʻokomo i nā mana o ka Pākīpika i kā mākou hana. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he curator ʻōiwi ma losteden.gallery a me ka luna hoʻokumu o Pasifika First Fridays. ʻO ia hoʻi ka noho o ka Zoo, Arts, and Park (ZAP) Program Tier 1 Board o Salt Lake County, kahi āna i kōkua ai i ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka $14.3 miliona o nā kālā ʻauhau ʻauhau ʻo Utah i 22 arts a me ka moʻomeheu nonprofits, a me ʻekolu zoo a puni. ke awawa paakai. Ua lawelawe mua ʻo HoChing ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi kōkua o ka hoʻonaʻauao hoʻonaʻauao o ka papahana Honoring Nations ma ka Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. He kanaka hana kiʻi multidisciplinary ʻo ia, ʻenehana, a me ke kākoʻo ikaika no nā hana ʻōiwi a ua kūkākūkā i nā papahana ma Kenya; Waikato, Aotearoa; New Orleans; Nuioka; Las Vegas; Denver; a ma ka ʻāina ʻo India a loaʻa kāna hui hana ponoʻī, ʻo Crazyhorse Productions. He alumna haʻaheo ʻo HoChing o ka National Pacific American Leadership Institute (NAPALI), Harvard University's Administrative Fellowship Program (AFP), a me WESTAF's Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC). e hoʻoikaika ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā hui like ʻana o WESTAF me nā ʻoihana moʻomeheu i nā ʻāina Pākīpika, e hoʻonui ana i ka hoʻopili pololei a me ka poʻe i koho ʻia ma nā papahana kākoʻo mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻupena ākea ākea e ʻimi ana e kūkulu i ka ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai kūpono a kaulike.