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2 KAUA‘I MIDWEEK MAY 3, 2023
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was “home.”
By sharing their stories, the
patience.
Roused, the group stood,
women were investing in pre- venting these young people from making the same mistakes they had made. Ka Moaʻe, the gentle trade wind, rifled their papers, and then they began.
Choosing What ‘Home’ Will Mean
“This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a mo- ment on the yesterdays.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
T hey waited quietly un- der a wooden pavilion, a shelter from passing showers. The dozen at-risk teenagers had traveled over the Koʻolau Range to reach the Women’s Community Correc- tional Center. For the first time, they would meet the women prisoners, their writing buddies. The theme for their gathering
“Home” in the housing project where he lived, said one boy, was an unsafe place where the scent of pakalolo wafted through the air, gangs roamed and kūpuna, patrolled the streets nightly.
ALOHA:
Akahai, to be expressed with
With that road map, inmates and teens alike pledged to grow beyond past experiences, to redirect their pathways and to make their future homes places of safety, comfort and light.
as she quietly sobbed.
The teens also spoke.
only in memories and dreams. At some point, two boys and a girl shared what their counselor, Coach Silva, had taught them about Pilahi Paki’s
held hands and joined in an impassioned rendition of Ha- waiʻi Aloha, echoing Pilahi’s philosophy.
A thin, shy girl with sad eyes and no more than 14 years old, had a recurring theme in her piece — home alone. She wept, saying the only comfort and safety she remembered was her grand- mother’s house, now visited
modesty.
Lōkahi, to be expressed with
unity.
‘Oluʻolu, to be expressed
with kindness.
Ha‘aha‘a, to be expressed
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with humbleness.
Ahonui, to be expressed with
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With trepidation, some hesi- tantly, some boldly, spoke into a microphone, sharing passages they had written. An inmate in a red shirt choked back tears as she read her story about leaving home and children far behind.
“If I were your age and I had to do it over again, I’d make better choices,” she said
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