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ʻO ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Colorado Taps WESTAF Trustee Brandy Reitter ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele New State Broadband

E lawelawe ʻo WESTAF Trustee a me Emerging Leaders of Color (ELC) alumna Brandy Reitter ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokō hou o ka Colorado Broadband Office. Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ka mokuʻāina no ka piʻi nui ʻana o ke kālā no ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hana hoʻohui pūnaewele ākea kiʻekiʻe ma Colorado, e alakaʻi ʻo Reitter i ka hoʻolālā broadband o ka mokuʻāina i ka manawa o ka holomua ikaika a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka hoʻopili pūnaewele—no nā wahi kuaʻāina. "ʻO ka hana ʻana i ke aupuni kūloko ua hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka puka makani i ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka broadband no nā kaiāulu underserved," wahi a Reitter. "ʻOliʻoli wau i ka hui pū ʻana me nā alakaʻi kūloko a me nā ʻāpana āpau e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēlā me kēia home, ʻoihana, kula, hale waihona puke a me nā keʻena olakino i ka pūnaewele wikiwiki loa."

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ʻO nā alakaʻi e puka mai ana o nā Alumni kala e mālama i ka hui kaulike ma ka WESTAF Board Meeting 

Ma ka hui pū me nā hālāwai o ke Kōmike Kaulike a me ka Hoʻohui (EIC) ma mua o nā hālāwai o ka Papa Kahu ma Honolulu Hawaiʻi Feberuari 22-24, ke hoʻolālā nei ka hui Social Responsibility and Inclusion (SRI) i kahi hui kaulike me ka hui pū ʻana me nā lālā o Hawaiʻi. 'Alumi ELC a me nā limahana o ka Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture & the Arts (SFCA). E hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ka hui ʻana i nā mea i kono ʻia mai Hawaiʻi, ke Kōmike Kaulike a me ka Hoʻohui, ka Hui Kaulike a me ka hui SRI no ke kamaʻilio paʻa ʻana e pili ana i ke kūlana lāhui a me nā pilikia kaulike ma Hawaiʻi nei a me ka wā e hiki mai ana. E hoʻokumu ʻia nā kau ma ke kūkulu kaiāulu a e ʻimi e hana i kahi papahana ākea a me nā hana hou e alakaʻi ʻia e ka poʻe kokoke iā lākou. 
 

Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo WESTAF a me South Arts i nā alakaʻi ʻelua o ka ulu ʻana o ka papahana kala
ʻO WESTAF, ma ka hui pū ʻana me South Arts, ua hoʻopau i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka lua ELC cohort ma ka ʻāina Hema, Ianuali 31 - Pepeluali 2 a me Pepeluali 4. ʻO nā lālā kumu kipa ʻo Salvador Acevedo, Margie Reese, a me Madalena Salazar, me nā limahana WESTAF ʻo Jade Elyssa Cariaga, Ua hui ʻo David Holland, ʻo Anika Kwinana lāua ʻo Ashanti McGee a me nā limahana ʻo South Arts ʻo Ethan Messere lāua ʻo Joy Young e hoʻopau i kahi haʻawina kumu i hoʻoponopono ʻia a hoʻolālā i nā ʻano hou o nā kau.
ALLIANCES, ADVOCACY & Policy             
Hāʻawi ʻo WESTAF & WAAN i ka ʻōlelo hōʻike i kākau ʻia i ke komite ʻoihana liʻiliʻi o ka hale no ka pane ʻana i ka lohe ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai.

Ma ka lā 3 Pepeluali, ua waiho ʻo WESTAF a me ka Western Arts Advocacy Network (WAAN) i nā hōʻike i kākau ʻia i ka US Senate House Committee on Small Business e koi ana i ke Kōmike, nāna i kākoʻo i ka Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, e hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kōkua a me ke kākoʻo hoʻōla. hooikaika no ka hookele waiwai. Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike ka hōʻike i ke kākoʻo nui no nā ʻāpana kānāwai ʻehiku ma ka ʻaha kūkā e pili ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka hōʻike e WESTAF ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me ka hui WAAN a me nā mea kuleana nui ʻē aʻe ma nā mokuʻāina 13 o ka ʻāina. Ua kono ʻo WESTAF iā Be An Arts Hero/Arts Workers United e hele i kahi hālāwai WAAN i hala iho nei ma mua o ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo e alakaʻi i kahi kūkākūkā ma ka US Congress House Small Business Committee e hoʻolohe ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, The Power, Peril, and Promise of the Creative Economy, a lākou i alakaʻi ai me ke kākoʻo ākea ākea ma ke kahua. ʻO ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo ma Ianuali 19, 2022 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ʻehiku mau ʻāpana kānāwai e pili ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai e noʻonoʻo ʻia nei e ka ʻaha kūkā: ʻo ka Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce (PLACE) Act, Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA), Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy (CREATE) Act, 21st Century Writers Act, Saving Transit Art Resources (STAR) Act, Performing Artists Tax Parity Act (PATPA), a me Arts Education for All (AEFA) Act. ʻO Rebuilding America's Arts Infrastructure, he pūʻulu o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kulekele Cultural Advocacy Group (CAG) i kūkulu ʻia me ke komo ʻana mai WESTAF, ua hoʻohana ʻia e ke Kōmike Pāʻoihana Liʻiliʻi e hoʻolālā i ka ʻike o ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo. Kākoʻo ʻo WESTAF i nā manaʻo ʻōlelo a ka hui hana no ka hui ʻana o ka hui ʻana o nā hui hui lehulehu o ka US Immigration. 

I kona hoʻomau ʻana me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā visa artist a me ka Performing Arts Visa Working Group (PAVWG), ua kākoʻo ʻo WESTAF i kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i hoʻolālā ʻia e ke loio kānāwai o Tamizdat e manaʻo nei e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kaʻina hana visa i ka hiki wawe i loko o ke kahua e kū nei. nā kulekele a me nā hoʻoponopono. E hōʻike ʻia kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e kekahi ʻelele o ka PAVWG ma kahi hui hui hui lehulehu no ka US Citizenship and Immigration Services, US Department of State, a me US Customs and Border Protection ma hope o kēia mahina.
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ʻIke Makahiki ZAPP e hōʻike i nā hoʻomaikaʻi hou aku

Ua paʻakikī ka hui ZAPP i ka hana ʻana i nā noiʻi makahiki no nā luna hoʻomalu a me nā mea pena kiʻi e kālele ana i ka loiloi ʻana i ka pono o kekahi mau makana ZAPP a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ke kumu kūʻai o ka papahana. E lilo ana kēia mau ʻike i mea waiwai nui iā ZAPP ke hoʻomau ʻia ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

ʻO CaFÉ e hōʻike i ka hana noʻeau mai Recharge the Arts Call

I ka ʻike ʻana i ka paʻakikī o ka maʻi maʻi, ka hoʻomau ʻole ʻana o ka lāhui, ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, a me nā mea hou aʻe i lawe mai i ke kaiāulu mea pena, hauʻoli ka hui e hōʻike i ka hana ikaika o nā mea pena CaFÉ i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala! E hōʻike ʻia nā hana noʻeau i kēlā me kēia pule ma kā mākou ʻaoʻao Instagram—e ʻoluʻolu e hahai ma @callforentry!

Hoʻolauleʻa ʻo CaFÉ i ka Milestone Nui

Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo CaFÉ i kahi hanana hoihoi me ka papa inoa o kāna kelepona 10,000th me ka mea kūʻai laki Edmonds Arts Festival. Ua ulu aʻe ka Edmonds Arts Festival mai kahi hale kiʻi kaiaulu liʻiliʻi a hiki i kekahi o nā mea hanohano loa ma ka Pākīpika Northwest, e huki ana i nā mea pena mai ka ʻāina a me Kanada. He kaulana loa ka hōʻikeʻike kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi o ka Festival, me 160+ mau hale kiʻi kiʻi ma kahi wahi waho e nānā ana iā Puget Sound a me ke Kai Salish.

Hauʻoli ka hui Public Art Archive (PAA) i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi hui hou me Sarah Conley Odenkirk, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ArtConverge, kahi hana Art Law, ʻo ia ka hoa hana ma ka hui ʻo CDAS's Entertainment me kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka hana akamai. Ma hope o nā makahiki he nui o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ʻikepili koʻikoʻi o Public Art in Private Development (PAPD), i hoʻohana ʻia e nā loea he nui i ka ʻoihana no ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā palapala kulekele i loaʻa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Odenkirk a me ka hui Public Art Archive e hoʻolālā i kahi hoʻolālā e neʻe i ka waihona. i loko o ka pūnaewele o nā kumuwaiwai o PAA a mālama i kāna mālama ʻana a me nā hoʻohui e hiki mai ana. ʻOiai ʻo ka pahuhopu mua ka neʻe ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai e loaʻa nei, hoʻolālā ka hui ʻoihana a me nā hui ʻenehana o WESTAF e kūkulu ma luna o kēia ʻikepili i loaʻa i ka hope i nā palapala e pili ana i ka pākēneka no nā kulekele noʻeau a me nā palapala ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka noʻonoʻo e hiki ke kākoʻo i nā hana hoʻolālā a me ka moʻomeheu. .
CVSuite ™ e hoʻohui i ka ʻikepili 2020

Hoʻopau ʻo CVSuite i nā mea hou i ka makahiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepili hou mai kā mākou mea hāʻawi ʻikepili, ʻo Emsi. Me ka ʻikepili 2020 i loaʻa hou, e hoʻohou hou ʻo CVSuite i nā makahiki ʻikepili āpau ma ka pūnaewele me ka ʻikepili o kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka pololei i hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā ʻano makahiki o kēlā me kēia makahiki. E ʻimi i nā mea hou i nā code Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) i kēia puna!

Ua hana hou ka hui GO Smart i kekahi mau hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pūnaewele, me ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka Lunahooponopono Program Cycles a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā menus lā hāʻule iho me kahi koho lā hou.
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Hoʻonui ʻia nā Alliances, Advocacy, and Policy Team

Loaʻa iā WESTAF kahi hui Alliances, Advocacy, and Policy (AAP) nui a hoʻoponopono hou ʻia! E alakaʻi ʻia e ka Hope Luna Hoʻokele ʻo David Holland, ʻo ka hui i hoʻonui ʻia e ʻae i kahi hoʻopukapuka hohonu i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa a me ke kākoʻo noʻeau 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 i kēia manawa. p