Mai ka mahina hoʻoilina Caribbean-ʻAmelika mua loa ma 2006, ua hāʻawi ke aupuni ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka ʻae kūhelu i nā hāʻawi nui o nā poʻe o ka hoʻoilina Caribbean i ka lole o ka lāhui.
ʻO kēia ʻae ʻana o ke kauoha kiʻekiʻe loa a nā malihini Caribbean, e like me nā mea i hānau ʻia, a i hana ʻia paha e, ka Caribbean, kahi hopena maikaʻi loa i United States. Mai ka Nevis-hānau ʻo Alexander Hamilton, kekahi o nā makuakāne hoʻokumu, a hiki i kēia lā, nā makana o ka poʻe malihini Caribbean a me kā lākou poʻe mamo i ke kānāwai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ka moʻomeheu, ka politika, ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ka hoʻonaʻauao, ka pāpāho a me nā ʻano like ʻole āpau o ke ola.
ʻO ka Caribbean Heritage Heritage Month ka mea e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kēia mau haʻawina i ka wā e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he hoʻomanaʻo e ʻaʻole ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ʻāina nui e like me ka ʻole o kona ʻokoʻa.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke poina a pono ʻole hoʻi e hoʻopoina i ka hāʻawi a Barbara Lee, ka wahine ʻahaʻōlelo mai Kaleponi, nāna i hoʻolauna i ka hoʻoholo i 2005 e hoʻokumu i kahi mahina hoʻoilina Caribbean-American Heritage, e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻike kūhelu i ka hāʻawi o ka ʻāina i ka ulu ʻana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻoholo ka senate i ka hoʻoholo ma Pepeluali 2006 a ua hoʻopuka ʻo Pelekikena George W. Bush i ka hoʻolaha ma ka 6 Iune, 2006.
Ua lilo ka mahina o Iune i manawa i loko o kēlā me kēia malihini Caribbean, a me mākou e noho nei i ka Caribbean, hui pū i loko o kā mākou hōʻike haʻaheo o nā mea āpau e lilo ai iā mākou i waena o ka poʻe hana, hana, ikaika, aloha a hoʻokipa hoʻi i ka honua ʻO ia ka manawa e lawe ai ka Caribbean Tourism Organization i kēia ikehu ikaika a me nā ʻano like ʻole i New York i ka Caribbean Week New York.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻokoʻa kēia makahiki. ʻIke mākou i kēia makahiki Caribbean American Heritage Month ma kahi o kekahi o nā manawa paʻakikī loa i kā mākou moʻolelo a me ko ka honua. ʻO ka Covid-19 ua hoʻokau ka maʻi pandemi i nā ʻoihana waiwai ma lalo o ke kanana nui, ke ola o ka honua e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai i kahi kū mālie, a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua koi ikaika i nā loli i ko mākou ola āpau. A kaumaha, he nui nā ola i lawe ʻia, e like me ka nui o ko mākou mau hoahānau Caribbean.
Kanikau nō mākou i kēia lilo o ke ola a ʻehaʻeha ko mākou naʻau no nā ʻohana i luku ʻia e ka make ʻana o ko lākou mau makuahine, makua kāne, kaikunāne, kaikuahine, ʻohana a me nā hoa aloha.
ka CTO mahalo pū a mahalo hoʻi i nā malihini Caribbean he nui i hui pū me nā hoa ma ka laina mua, me ka hāʻawi ʻole iā lākou iho ma ke ʻano he kahu maʻi, kauka a me nā limahana pono ʻē aʻe i ka hakakā ʻana i ka maʻi. Aia ʻoukou āpau i kā mākou pule.
Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo Caribbean Week New York ma muli o COVID-19, e like me kā mākou Rum a me Rhythm hanana, i ʻae ai i ka Caribbean Diaspora - ko mākou ʻelele mākaʻikaʻi nui a me kahi mea hilinaʻi a kūpaʻa hoʻi o ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi - a me nā lālā lālā o CTO i hoʻolauleʻa i nā mele, nā meaʻai a me nā lama o ka ʻāina, ʻoiai e ʻohi kālā ʻana e kākoʻo i nā haumāna Caribbean e ʻimi nei i nā haʻawina ma ka mākaʻikaʻi a me kāna kumuhana pili.
Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei mākou i nā ʻAmelika me nā aʻa ma ka Caribbean i kēia mahina, ke kakali nei ka CTO i ko mākou kū ʻana mai kēia maʻi ahulau ma ke ʻano he poʻe i ʻoi aku ka ikaika, kūpaʻa a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe i hāʻawi ʻole i ka home a me ka home i hānai ʻia.
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