Kau ʻia Ianuali 26, 2024
8: 44 am
I ka hoʻopau ʻana o Deborah Michelson i kāna mau haʻawina laepua ma Northwestern University, ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo ia i kāna mea e makemake ai e hana ma hope o ka puka ʻana. ʻOiai ua makemake mau ʻo ia e lilo i loio, i ka wā o kāna aʻo ʻana i ke kula haʻahaʻa, manaʻo ʻo ia e hana ʻo ia i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, e like me ke aʻo ʻana a i ʻole ka hana hana.
Ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke Kulanui o Northwestern ma Evanston, Ill., ua noi ʻo ia i nā papahana puka ma ke aʻo ʻana, ka hana a me ke kānāwai. Ua komo ʻo ia i nā papahana ʻekolu, akā ua hoʻoholo hope e ʻae i ka hāʻawi ʻana mai Case Western Reserve University ma Cleveland e aʻo i ke kānāwai.
"Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manaʻo e pono wau e lilo i mea kākoʻo kālā, no laila ʻaʻole i kūpaʻa ke aʻo ʻana a me ka hana ʻana," wahi āna. "A makemake mau au i ke kānāwai, a makemake wau i ka loio."
Ua neʻe ʻo Michelson i Cleveland e hele i ke kula kānāwai me kāna kāne a me kā lāua keiki hoʻokahi. ʻEkolu kāna mau keiki a pau, ʻo ia ka mea i lilo i mea nui i ke kākoʻo kālā ʻana i kona ʻohana i hiki i kāna mau keiki ke loaʻa i nā mea e like me nā pale a me nā ʻoki lauoho.
Ua hana ʻo Michelson ma ke kahua o ke kānāwai no nā makahiki he 30 a ke hana nei ʻo ia ma Buckley King LPA ma ke ʻano he loio e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ana i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻoihana a me nā hoʻopiʻi kūʻai paʻakikī.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Michelson, i hānau ʻia ma Brooklyn, NY, a ua neʻe mua ʻo ia i Cleveland me kona ʻohana ma 10 mau makahiki, ua manaʻo ʻo ia he ʻāpana o ka lilo ʻana i loio he ʻaiʻē ʻoe i ka lawelawe aupuni i kou kaiāulu.
Hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka manawa ma waho o nā hola hana i ka Ahahui Kokua Kanawai o Cleveland ma ke ʻano he loio manawaleʻa. ʻAʻole hāʻawi ka Legal Aid Society i ke kumu kūʻai kānāwai a me ke kōkua no ka poʻe haʻahaʻa loaʻa kālā a ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i kahi loio.
"He mea nui ke kaiāulu a pono ʻoe e lilo i ʻāpana o ke kaiāulu," wahi āna. "Inā he loio manawaleʻa paha ia, he mea i loko o ka luakini a pili pū paha me nā kula, pono wau e hana i kekahi mea ma waho oʻu iho a me koʻu ʻohana ponoʻī."
ʻO Michelson, he lālā hoʻokumu o The Heights Synagogue ma mua o ka hui ʻana me Beth El, hoʻohana i kāna mau waiwai Iudaio i kona ola mau lā a ma ke ʻano he loio. Ua hoʻokomo kona manaʻoʻiʻo i ka manaʻo nui o nā waiwai o tikkun olam, me ka hoʻopono, ke aloha, ka hoʻomanawanui, ke aʻo ʻana, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka hoʻolohe ʻana i loko ona, wahi āna.
ʻO Tikkun olam, a i ʻole ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka honua, e alakaʻi iā ia i kāna kula a me kāna hana manawaleʻa a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke lana nei ka hopena maikaʻi i ke ola o nā kānaka.
Ua ʻike ʻo Michelson ma o kāna hana manawaleʻa a me ka hana pro bono, i kekahi manawa makemake wale ka poʻe i kahi mea makemake e hoʻolohe iā lākou a ʻaʻole e hoʻokuke aku i kā lākou hopohopo, wahi āna. Makemake lākou i kekahi e noʻonoʻo pono iā lākou a ʻaʻole maopopo paha i ka mea e hele ai no ke kōkua.
Ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka hiki ke kōkua i ka poʻe ma ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou e huli i ka wā e pono ai lākou i ke kōkua kānāwai a ʻaʻohe mea e huli ai.
"He mea kōkua iaʻu ma ke ʻano pilikino a me ka ʻoihana, akā kōkua pū kekahi i kekahi," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ke ʻano o kou hoʻopā ʻana i kēlā ola - ʻaʻole paha nui, nui paha a i ʻole he hopena ripple, akā pono ʻoe e manaʻolana e kōkua ia i kekahi."
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