I ka makahiki ʻehā o ka papahana Y's SONYC ma Columbia Secondary School, Ua hui pū mākou i kā mākou papahana e pili ana i ke kumumanaʻo "ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi." Ma ke ʻano he pā kula me nā kula he nui, Lele mākou i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻolōʻihi i kēia manaʻo no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ke kaiāulu ākea. ʻO kahi hui a mākou e haʻaheo nei me Book Mentors, kekahi o kā mākou SONYC electives, a me P.S. 125ʻO ka papahana heluhelu heluhelu no nā kula kindergarteners (kālā pū ʻia a mālama ʻia e ka Y).
Ua piha nā Mentors puke i ka 6 makemake nui, 7th, a me nā haumāna papa 8 e hauʻoli nei e aʻo i nā kula kindergarteners e kaʻana like ana i kā lākou hale ma ke alanui 123rd a kōkua iā lākou e hoʻoulu i ke aloha heluhelu.. Me ke kōkua o kā lākou kumu aʻo SONYC Antoine, e alakaʻi ana nā poʻe i kēia papa i ka heluhelu leo nui a hoʻolālā i nā pāʻani pāʻani a me nā papahana e hui pū me nā koho puke o ka papahana heluhelu.. He phenomenal ka hopena! ʻO ka ʻike o kā mākou poʻe komo i nā mea kākau, haʻi moʻolelo, a hoʻomohala ʻia ke aʻo ʻana me kēlā me kēia kau. Eia ka ʻōlelo a ke keiki papa 6 o James e pili ana i kāna ʻike i kēia manawa:
“Ua kau inoa wau no Book Mentors no ka mea he mea maikaʻi ke kōkua i ka poʻe. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu e hana maikaʻi me nā keiki liʻiliʻi, akā, e hoʻi au i ka home a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kaʻu mau hoʻolālā me koʻu kaikaina. Hiki i nā mea a pau me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Hauʻoli wau e komo i ka Book Mentors AGAIN i kēia kau no ka mea ua kūpaʻa wau a manaʻo wau e hana wau i kumu aʻoaʻo maikaʻi.. Makemake wau e lilo i mea lapaʻau a i ʻole kākāʻōlelo i koʻu wā e ulu ai i hiki iaʻu ke komo i loko o nā manaʻo o ka poʻe a kōkua iā lākou e hoʻomaopopo pono iā lākou iho.
ʻOiai ʻo kēia ka hoʻomaka wale ʻana o ka huakaʻi a James ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Columbia, ka Y's SONYC program ua ʻae iā ia e hana i nā pilina ma waena o nā mea e hana nei ma kāna lumi papa ma hope o ke kula, kona ola ohana, a me kona ala ʻoihana. ʻO kēia ʻike ma Book Mentors kekahi o nā ala he nui a mākou e ʻimi nei e hoʻoikaika i ke aʻo hohonu a hoʻokūkū i nā poʻe komo ma kā mākou papahana e hoʻonui i ko lākou mau manaʻo..
Na Nicole Bryant, Luna Polokalamu SONYC ma Columbia Secondary School
