The Hawaiian Inter-Club Council of Southern California is the host organization of Ho'olaule'a held each year - the third weekend in July - at Alondra Park in the city of Lawndale.

There will be continuous Polynesian Entertainment, Arts & Crafts, Games, Island Style Foods, Drawings, Prizes, Greeting old Friends, Meeting New Ones Don't forget why we come together each year to share in that spirit we call Aloha!

Pelekikena `Elele Waha `Ole
(President's Message)

Well it’s that time again and we are in the midst of planning the 34th Annual Ho’olaule’a at Alondra Park scheduled for July 21 – 22, 2012.  We are excited about all of the things that’s happening in our community here in California and back home in Hawai’i.  We are pleased with the work of the civic club movement and of the Pacific American Community Cultural Center that continues to move forward.
 
At last year’s ho’olaule’a the PACCC introduced its project to the community.  It is a five-year plan to build a new facility or acquire an existing facility that will house the programs and services provided by the PACCC.  The working Board is still recruiting people with expertise in capital fund raising, construction, building and design, facility management, marketing and development, etc. to enhance the talents of the existing design team.  If you are interested in being a part of the effort, please do n ot hesitate to visit the information booth of the PACCC at the ho’olaule’a or visit them at www.pacccenter.org. 
 
Another major project in the works is the Native Hawaiian Registry program, KAKAU INOA that is a collaborative effort of five civic clubs, three of whom are members of the HICCSC; they are “Ahahui Kiwila Hawai’i of San Diego, the ‘Ahahui o Lili’uokalani (Cerritos) and Kaha i ka Panoa Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club (Moreno Valley); and then there is Lau Kanaka o Hawaii from Arizona and Kai ‘Ula Pono’i Texas Hawaiian Civic Club.  The registry is an effort to register Native Hawaiians living outside of Hawai’i; similar to the KAU INOA effort that was spearheaded by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs a few years ago.  The difference between the two is that this registry KAKAU INOA as it is known, will belong to the civic clubs involved instead of an agency back in Hawai’i and its information will be used to benefit Native Hawaiians living outside of Hawai’i.  KAU INOA, is a registry to which we have no access and programming in the state of Hawai’i for Native Hawaiians; providing benefits and services that does not extend to those Native Hawaiians who do not live in Hawai’i; unfortunately.
 
In July of this year, the Governor of the State of Hawai’i signed into law Act 195 which recognizes Native Hawaiians as the only indigenous people of Hawai’i.  He also appointed five commissioners to serve on a Native Hawaiian Roll Commission; to certify and authenticate the ancestry of people claiming to be Native Hawaiian; to create a “roll” of Native Hawaiians.  That process will ultimately identify Native Hawaiians who will meet in a convention to decide the kind of government Native Hawaiians want for the State.  The Commission’s kuleana (responsibility) however, does not extend to those living outside of the state therefore, we as Native Hawaiians living on the continent are left out of the process and will not be able to take part in the decision making of what the government of the state will ultimately become; hence the urgency of KAKAU INOA.
 
So look out for these things that are going on and join in the action.  Help us as we continue to remind the governing agencies that as Native Hawaiians living on the continent, we want equal representation at the table in Hawai’i.  We need your support; we need your voices.  Come talk to us and get involved.
 
 
Aloha pumehana a mau loa,
 
SHARON KU’UIPO PAULO
Pelekikena

Me ke aloha pumehana a mau loa,

Sharon Ku’uipo Kana’e-Paulo
President