About MeAloha mai kākou, ʻo Jacob Bryan Kaʻōmakaokalā Aki koʻu inoa. He kupa au o ka ahupuaʻa ʻo Kapālama. O au ka hiapo ʻo Christie Aki lāua ʻo Roscoe Swain. Noho mākou ma ka ʻāina hoʻopulapula ʻo Waiʻanae. Ua puka au mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kamehameha Kapālama. I ke kupulau o ka makahiki 2015, ua noho a hana au i Wakinekona DC. Ua aia au ma ke kula nui ʻo George Washington, he haumāna i ka Native American Political Leadership Progam. I kēia manawa he haumāna lae pua au ma ke kula nui ʻo Mānoa i ka ʻIke Hawaiʻi a me ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Makemake au e lilo i alakaʻi no ko kākou lāhui. Inā makemake kākou e holomua me ka pono, pono kākou e hoʻolohe i nā leo o koʻu hanauna, na mākou nā alakaʻi o ka hanauna aʻe.Ka hua o kēia ʻaha e hoʻololi nui ana i nā keiki e hiki mai ana.
Aloha, my name is Jacob Bryan Kaʻōmakaokalā Aki. I am a native from the land of Kapālama. I am the eldest son of Christie Aki and Roscoe Swain. I am a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools. In the spring of 2015, I lived in Washington D.C. where I was a student in the Native American Political Leadership Program at the George Washington University. Currently, I am an undergraduate at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where I am taking up studies in Hawaiian Studies and Language. I want to become a leader for our people. If we are to move forward in a pono way, we must listen to the voices of my generation, the next generation of leaders. The decisions made at this ʻaha will have a big affect on the generations of kānaka to come. |
Education |
Kamehameha Schools Kapālama (2004-2013)
Honolulu, HI High School Diploma University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2013-Present) Honolulu, HI B.A. Candidate: Hawaiian Studies and Language Expected Graduation: 2017 The Geroge Washington University (2015) Washington, D.C. Native American Political Leadership Program Graduate School of Political Management Program in Applied Politics |
Experience
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Peace Child International: Hawaiʻi
(June 2015-Present) Treasurer, Board of Directors -Peace Child International (PCI) is a charitable organization with ECOSOC status at the United Nations based in the United Kingdom (UK). For more than 30 years, it has worked to harness the energy, creativity, skills and idealism of youth to solve the world’s most pressing problems by empowering young people and building and strengthening global youth leadership, action, and networks. This is done through trainings, publications, the World Youth Congress (WYC) series and the Peace Child musical -Central to this process is the WYC series, a biennial gathering of global young leaders and activists, aged 15-25, to address and take action on global issues that are critical to young people. It is also an opportunity for cross-cultural exchange and dialogue and to build a robust youth network. Started in Hawaii in 1999, the Congress has continued through Morocco (2003), Scotland (2005), Canada (2008), Turkey (2010), and Brazil (2012). Congress delegates work with elders, professionals, and politicians to identify and agree to solutions with those who have the power to implement them. -In the fall of 2014, the PCI Board reached out to networks in Hawaii to explore the idea of establishing the WYC headquarters as a 501c3 non-profit in Hawaii to run the WYC series. -Peace Child International: Hawaiʻi, will manage the Congress programming, recruitment of Congress delegates, servicing of the Congress alumni networks, and promoting the World Youth Congress brand so essential to the growth of the movement started by PCI and the good people of Hawaiʻi in 1999. Federal Policy Intern, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Washington D.C. Bureau (Jan 2015-May 2015) Washington, D.C. Responsibilities include: - Maintaining and updating a legislative and federal appropriations tracker, specific to Native Hawaiians. - Finalizing and reviewing a Native Hawaiian legislative library and providing shareable links to make them accessible to the general public. - Creating a library/database for government reports that pertain to Native Hawaiians. - Creating a database of Presidential appointed positions and making that accessible to the general public. - Assisting in day-to-day operations at the DC Bureau |