Kākoʻo kākoʻo: Sylvester Brooks

Ke hoʻomau nei ke kākoʻo lōʻihi i ke kālele ʻana i ke kōkua Kānāwai

I ka makahiki 1973, ma waho o ke kula kānāwai, ua komo ʻo Sylvester Brooks i ke Kokua Kānāwai ma ke ʻano he Loio limahana. Hoʻomanaʻo aloha ʻo ia i kona lā mua. "Ua hele au ma ka puka, a hiki i ka papa mua, ʻaʻohe mea i manaʻo iaʻu," ʻakaʻaka ʻo Sylvester. “Noho au ma ke keʻena kali me nā mea kūʻai aku, e nānā ana iā lākou e hele mai a hele. Ua ho'āʻo nā limahana e noʻonoʻo i ka mea e hana ai me aʻu. E ʻike au ma hope aku he limahana akamai loa lākou, a hoʻolaʻa loa i ka misionari. "

ʻOi aku ma mua o 50 mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana o kāna hana me Legal Aid, ʻo Sylvester a me kāna wahine ʻo Semanthie e noho mau i nā kākoʻo paʻa, e hāʻawi ana i nā haʻawina me kāna IRA.

Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka hiki ʻana o kekahi i 73 mau makahiki, koi ka IRS iā lākou e lawe i kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa mai kā lākou moʻokāki IRA.

I ka makahiki 2023, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻohana i kēlā mau kālā e hana i kahi hāʻawi manawaleʻa kūpono (QCD) i ke Kokua Kānāwai - kahi koho kahi e hele pololei ai kāu kālā IRA i kahi hui ʻole. ʻAʻole ʻauhau ʻia ka haʻawina, e lilo ana ia i lanakila-lanakila no nā Legal Aid a me ka ʻohana Brooks.

“Ua koho au e hāʻawi i ka Legal Aid no ka mea ke hoʻomau nei au i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ka misionari. A no ka mea, ʻo kēia ka manawa e hoʻopilikia ʻia ai nā kuleana o nā kamaʻāina haʻahaʻa, a ʻoi aku ka poʻe kala, "wahi a Sylvester.

Koi aku ʻo Sylvester i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo i ka hana o Legal Aid. He mea maʻalahi ka hāʻawi ʻana iā IRA – ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e lilo i piliona kālā e like me MacKenzie Scott e hoʻihoʻi (e pili ana i ka makana nui loa i loaʻa i ke Kokua Kānāwai - he makana $2.5 miliona i 2023).

“I koʻu nānā ʻana i hope i koʻu mau makahiki he nui i loko o nā lawelawe kānāwai, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia au i ka ʻōlelo a ka mea haku mele - 'ke neʻe nei mākou i nā mauna, ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana hiki iā mākou.' Eia nō naʻe i kēia lā, mau ka paʻakikī, "wahi a Sylvester. “No laila, ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe e hoʻoneʻe i kēia mau mauna - nā mauna o ka pono ʻole, nā mauna o ka like ʻole, nā mauna o ka ʻilihune a me ke kaumaha. A ma ia ʻuhane, paipai wau iā ʻoukou pākahi a pau e kākoʻo i ke Kokua Kānāwai a me kāna misionari o ka manaʻolana a me ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hoihoi no nā poʻe āpau.

He loio lōʻihi no nā lawelawe kānāwai, ʻike ʻo Sylvester i ke kula kiʻekiʻe e makemake ʻo ia e lilo i loio. "Ua manaʻo wau inā lilo wau i loio, hiki iaʻu ke kōkua i ka hoʻololi nui ʻana," wahi a Sylvester.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, i kāna hana me ke Kokua Kānāwai, kāna ʻoihana me UAW Legal Services, kāna hana manawaleʻa, a me kāna kākoʻo kālā i nā hui hoʻololi, hoʻomau ʻo Sylvester i ka ikaika maikaʻi no ka loli.

Makemake ʻoe e ʻimi i nā ala like ʻole e kākoʻo ai i ke Kokua Kānāwai, e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana ma o kāu IRA a i ʻole kālā aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo? E kelepona i ke Kokua Kānāwai ma 216.861.5217.

Ua paʻi mua ʻia ma ka Legal Aid's "Poetic Justice" newsletter, Volume 21, Issue 1 in Winter/Spring 2024. E nānā i ka pukana piha ma kēia loulou: “Poetic Justice” Volume 21, Puka 1.