OHA RENEWING EFFORTS TO BOOST PARTICIPATION IN HAWAIIAN NATION BUILDING In concert with the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission reopening its Official Roll, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is renewing its focus on widening Native Hawaiian participation in the nation-building process. A previous April 2014 drive added an estimated 10,000 participants who signed up for the Official Native Hawaiian Roll after its deadline was extended to May 1. Among the contributing factors to this success were the 20 town hall-style meetings OHA held statewide as well as the volunteers it enlisted to canvass Hawaiian homestead communities. To accommodate as many Native Hawaiians as possible, the Roll Commission will focus on online registrations, and the Hawaiian Registry Program will focus on in-person registrations. OHA’s Hawaiian Registry Program provides ancestry verification required for applicants of OHA resources such as loans and college scholarships. All names on OHA’s Hawaiian Registry Program are allowed by law to be added to the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission’s Official Roll of participants for the nation-building process. The renewed efforts come less than a month after OHA trustees extended by six months the timetable for the nation-building process they previously committed to facilitate, allowing more time for registration and education to ensure meaningful Hawaiian community participation in the nation-building process. Native Hawaiians interested in registering with the Hawaiian Registry Program can do so at any of OHA’s seven offices in Hawai‘i: Oahu 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200 Honolulu, HI 96817 Phone: (808) 594-1888 Fax: (808) 594-1865 Kauai & Niihau 4405 Kukui Grove St. Suite 103 Lihue, HI 96766 Phone: (808) 241-3390 Fax: (808) 241-3508 Maui 33 Lono Avenue, Suite 480 Kahului, HI 96732 Phone: (808) 873-3364 Fax: (808) 873-3361 Lānai P.O. Box 631413 Lānai City, HI 96763 Phone: (808) 565-7930 Fax: (808) 565-7931 Molokai P.O. Box 1717 Kaunakakai, HI 96748 Phone: (808) 560-3611 Fax: (808) 560-3968 West Hawaii (Kona) 75-5706 Hanama Pl., Ste. 107 Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 Phone: (808) 327-9525 Fax: (808) 327-9528 East Hawaii (Hilo) 162-A Baker Avenue Hilo, HI 96720-4869 Phone: (808) 920-6418 Fax: (808) 920-6421
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 02:48:29 +0000
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