From re-discovering the sad ending of the Hawaiian Kingdom to assisting where we could, this 100-page photo-documentary depicts AHOP’s history year-by-year on a more personal level. We must never forget that wherever we live, we are just stewards of the land until death us parts.

We have learned our lessons the hard way (and have also witnessed it on many other occasions), that the homeless crisis everywhere cannot be resolved if we don’t open our hearts and overcome the Not in Our Neighborhood philosophy. The same is true for the now unstoppable Climate Change Crisis that is devastating our still habitable planet earth while robbing the future of our young people and cannot be mitigated unless we change our mindsets and work together.

While, for example Alohahawaiionipaa org 4^th year (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017) was quite busy and challenges with highlights such as:

a. Supporting the Scholarship Fund and activities of the Waimanalo Civic Club inclusive of its yearly Makahiki festival,

b. Continuing dissemination of factual Hawaiian Kingdom history and support of cultural programs inclusive of teaching Hawaiian Arts and Crafts.,

c. Establishing a data base for the Hawaiian Cultural Center Village signature drive and continuing to support the needs of homeless everywhere,

d. Participation in the World Environmental Congress also known as IUCN or International Union for Conservation of Nature,

e. Supporting the Throwback fundraisers for Hawaiian Musicians. *Supporting projects of environmental organizations such as the Conservation Council for Hawaii and its fund-raisers.

f. Following the exhilarating homecoming of the Hokulea fleet,

g. Supporting the Bishop Museum and encouraging our guests to visit there,

h. Growing Ti-plants throughout the year and providing them to the community along with donating carloads of Ti-leaves for decorating the graves of our soldiers and loved ones on Memorial Day,

the outcome of the 2016 presidential election with its detrimental effects on Climate Change, the Environment and the hopes and aspirations of indigent people and people of all color immediately threatened to undo what we all had come to live for and tried to accomplish all along: Be tolerant, respect, work together, help each other. So, we had to refocus and not lose hope.

Focusing on environmental issues the following year moved to the forefront. Reprinting of the Hawaiian Kingdom T-shirts in additional sizes and colors also became a challenge. Designing and printing, at our cost, a 4-page Queen Lili`uokalani’s remembrance brochure at her Nov. 11^th, 2017, 100th yr. death in the ten languages of countries that had recognized Hawaii as an independent kingdom before its overthrow by largely American business and military interest in 1893 was also accomplished. This still popular brochure can be downloaded from our Web site and is also still being handed out to tourists, friends and Hawaiian Civic Clubs here in Hawaii and on the mainland.

2023 saw AHOP members also strongly supporting the Coalition to Mitigate the Impacts of Sea Level Rise (CMISLR) with testimony, meetings and rallies. This also included opposition to proposed residential high-rise development makai of Ala Moana Blvd., in Kaka`ako. Science before politics!

Before AHOP’s 10^th fiscal year came to an end, on June 30, 2023, it saw its first AHOP org 4-year scholarship recipient graduating, with honors from the University of Hawaii (U.H.). AHOP then also participated in the 6-27, 2023, 30th Annual Hawaii Conservation Conference at the Honolulu Convention Center, highlighting its concerns about the unstoppable Climate Crisis with graphs and televised video connections to the world’s climate centers.

By July 1 the fiscal year then ended with us celebrating the 90^th birthday of long-time AHOP Treasurer, founding member and good friend John Thomas.