Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 6, 1 June 1994 — Terry Shintani and Puanani Burgess honored with Nā Loio award [ARTICLE]

Terry Shintani and Puanani Burgess honored with Nā Loio award

Hawai'i physician Dr. Terry Shintani, proponent of the Wai'anae (Hawaiian) Diet, and longtime Wai'anae Coast community organizer Puanani Burgess were honored recently by the Nā Loio No Nā Kānaka (The Lawyers for the People of Hawai'i), a public interest law firm. Dr. Shintani is a doctor and lawyer and nutritionist. He completed both an M.D. and J.D. degree at the University of Hawai'i, and a master's degree in public health/nutrition at Harvard University. Puanani Burgess is a locally-renowned poet, longtime eommunity activist and a pioneer in community-based eeonomie development. As part of her work, she spearheads the Wai'anae Coast Community Altemative Development Corporation whieh includes the Cultural Learning Center at Ka'ala and the Backyard Aquaculture Program.

Executive director Bill Hoshijo noted in a message to the friends of Nā Loio, "At a time when commentators see the development of two Hawai'i's — the haves and the have-nots — we face our greatest challenges. As we address long-overdue claims of native Hawaiians, documented laek of access to legal services for the poor, popular political attacks on immigrants and other minorities, eeonomie upheavals and plantation closings, and the ongoing struggles for the rights of workers and women, we must always remember that the quality of justice must not be defined by what we ean afford."