
Rebecca Soon (counterclockwise from right) led Pa‘upena Community Development Corporation members in strategic planning 11/13 and 11/14/21 at Waiohuli Hawaiian homestead. Pictured against the backdrop of the Kihei coast were planning participants: Pa‘upena secretary/director Noelani Paresa, director Tete Tahauri, president Norman Abihai, treasurer/director Emma Yap, chairwoman Kekoa Enomoto, and virtual facilitator Kainoa Lei MacDonald (not pictured). Top priority involved fencing, cultivating crops and livestock, and enlisting volunteers for a 127-acre Waiohuli/Keokea homelands parcel. Lawyer Soon is Chief of Staff for Honolulu City Council, and a principal with Solutions Pacific community-planning firm.