HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
Rep. Della Au Belatti, Chair |
Rep. Jenna Takenouchi, Vice Chair |
Rep. Terez Amato |
Rep. Lisa Marten |
Rep. Greggor Ilagan |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Diamond Garcia |
NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 |
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9:00 AM |
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Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street Via Videoconference |
A live stream link of all House Standing Committee meetings will be available online
shortly before the scheduled start time.
Click here for the live stream of this meeting via YouTube.
A G E N D A
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The purpose of this briefing is to educate the Committee and
the public about the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study. A collaboration between the
University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization (UHERO), the College of
Social Sciences, the John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH Cancer Center, and
numerous community-based organizations such as Roots Reborn, Maui Medic Healers
Hui, and Malama Kula, the three aims of this study are to:
1. Recruit and evaluate the socioeconomic and health conditions of those exposed to the Maui wildfires for a cohort study on community and health resilience;
2. Monitor the health and well-being of the wildfire-exposed cohort participants over the course of recovery; and
3. Develop and execute a data-informed dissemination strategy and toolkit to support current recovery efforts and build resilience against adverse impacts of future disasters.
More information about the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study can be found at www.MAUIWES.info.
The following persons and/or organizations have been invited to participate in this briefing:
1. Dr. Ruben Juarez, HMSA Endowed Professor, UHERO and Economics Department, UH-Manoa;
2. Dr. Alika Maunakea, Professor, John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH-Manoa;
3. Dr. Carl S. Bonham, Executive Director, UHERO
4. Veronica Mendoza Jachowski, Executive Director and/or Genesis Gil, Director of Latino Community Organizing, Roots Reborn;
5. Nikima Glatt, Medical Directro and Noelani Ahia, Maui Medic Healers Hui;
6. Kyle Ellison, Executive Director, Malama Kula; and
7. Dayna Moore, Hawaii Health C.A.R.E.S. Hui & Alliance.
No public testimony will be accepted.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the Committee Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at (808) 586-9425.
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________________________________________ Rep. Della Au Belatti Chair |
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