  {"id":182807,"date":"2023-09-01T16:26:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T02:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=182807"},"modified":"2023-09-22T09:55:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T19:55:50","slug":"kipuni-aloha-no-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/01\/kipuni-aloha-no-maui\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College part of statewide K\u012bpuni Aloha no Maui"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maui_College_vigil_Lahaina_fires_group.jpg\" alt=\"group conducts prayer\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-182839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maui_College_vigil_Lahaina_fires_group.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maui_College_vigil_Lahaina_fires_group-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maui_College_vigil_Lahaina_fires_group-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The community gathered on the University of <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Maui College<\/a>\u2019s Great Lawn on September 1 as part of a statewide, day-long vigil entitled K&#299;puni Aloha no Maui (Embrace beloved Maui) in support of the Valley Isle.<\/p>\n<p>The portion at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College was led by Kumu Hula H&#333;k&#363;lani Holt in partnership with other kumu hula, cultural practitioners and faith leaders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_182840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182840\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/糖心Vlog官方_Maui_College_vigil_Lahaina_fires_crowd-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"vigil for Lahaina at 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-182840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/糖心Vlog官方_Maui_College_vigil_Lahaina_fires_crowd-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/糖心Vlog官方_Maui_College_vigil_Lahaina_fires_crowd-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/糖心Vlog官方_Maui_College_vigil_Lahaina_fires_crowd.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-182840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College campus and the public gather as part of a statewide vigil for the Lahaina tragedy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About 2,500 students started their first day of the fall semester at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College on August 28. Their start was delayed by a week because of the devastating impact of the Maui wildfires. <\/p>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College has already been helping the community there to heal. The campus has turned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/16\/fema-sba-disaster-recovery-center-uh-maui-college\/\">Student Lounge into a Disaster Recovery Center<\/a>, housing a FEMA assistance location, the U.S. Small Business Administration and the American Red Cross, all to help Maui residents. The college\u2019s <span aria-label=\"Paina\">P&#257;&#699;ina<\/span> Building has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/uh-maui-college-food-preparation-hub-amidst-wildfire-tragedy\/\">served as a food preparation hub since August 10<\/a>, feeding thousands of displaced residents every day.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\">More on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/how-to-help-maui-ohana-affected-by-wildfires\/\">help Maui <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/maui-wildfires\/\">Maui wildfires<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/29\/maui-nui-strong-uh-maui-college-strong\/\">August 26 column in The <em>Maui News<\/em><\/a>, Chancellor Lui Hokoana wrote: &ldquo;Like everyone on Maui, I and the entire staff, faculty and administration of 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College are mourning the tragic loss of life, livelihoods, property and the whole of the historic town of Lahaina. We stand firm and ready to support our campus <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> and our community at large as we face the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lui_Hookana_Chancellor_糖心Vlog官方_Maui_vigil-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Chancellor Lui Hookana\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-182838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lui_Hookana_Chancellor_糖心Vlog官方_Maui_vigil-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lui_Hookana_Chancellor_糖心Vlog官方_Maui_vigil-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lui_Hookana_Chancellor_糖心Vlog官方_Maui_vigil.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The statewide vigil was organized by Rediscovering <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Hawai&#699;i\u2019s<\/span> Soul, an initiative of the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Executive Collaboration, and was described as &ldquo;centered on emotional and spiritual healing that is rooted in Native Hawaiian practices with leaders from diverse faiths.&rdquo;  Ceremonies from <span aria-label=\"Oahu,\">O&#699;ahu,<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island, <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> and <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> were also live streamed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College was part of K\u012bpuni Aloha no Maui on September 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[165,1597,60],"class_list":["post-182807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-health","tag-maui-wildfires","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182807"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183987,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182807\/revisions\/183987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}