{"id":126517,"date":"2020-09-04T13:21:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T23:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=126517"},"modified":"2020-10-02T11:45:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T21:45:11","slug":"uh-hilo-our-kuleana-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/04\/uh-hilo-our-kuleana-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo leaders remind Hawai\u02bbi that it\u2019s #ourkuleana: Wear a mask!"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_50235\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6TlnnqTrlP8?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"#OurKuleana: Wear a Mask!\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>A new social media campaign with the hashtag &#35;ourkuleana (responsibility) launched on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island on September 3 to encourage the community to wear their face masks. Leadership and others from the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> took part to help spread the message.<\/p>\n<p>The &#35;ourkuleana campaign\u2019s signature black and white selfies of people wearing their face masks are seen throughout the hashtag on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/ourkuleana\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/ourkuleana\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ourkuleana\">Twitter<\/a> with the intention of normalizing the wearing of face coverings. The nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityfirsthawaii.org\/\">Community First<\/a> helped kick start the campaign and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ourkuleanahawaii.com\/\">Our Kuleana<\/a> community initiative to foster a social norm of wearing face masks.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo Chancellor <strong>Bonnie Irwin<\/strong> and the three <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo vice chancellors <strong>Farrah-Marie Gomes<\/strong>, <strong>Kris Roney<\/strong> and <strong>Kalei Rapoza<\/strong> participated, posting their selfies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uhhilo\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Facebook page<\/a> with the message: &ldquo;It\u2019s &#35;ourkuleana to keep each other safe! Wear a mask to protect yourself and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/uhhilo\">&#35;<abbr>UH<\/abbr>Hilo<\/a> <span aria-label=\"Ohana\">&#699;Ohana<\/span>!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhhilo\/\">View selfies of other <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo participants on Instagram.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/stories\/2020\/09\/03\/our-kuleana-wear-a-mask\/\">For the full story, visit <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Mask guidelines on <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_126474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126474\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hilo-ourkuleana-instagram-leaders.jpg\" alt=\"black and white photos of u h hilo leaders in face masks\" width=\"676\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hilo-ourkuleana-instagram-leaders.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hilo-ourkuleana-instagram-leaders-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hilo-ourkuleana-instagram-leaders-130x33.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Chancellor Bonnie Irwin, Farrah Marie Gomes, Kris Roney and Kalei Rapoza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everyone who has to come to a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campus is required to wear a face covering indoors and outdoors, especially where six feet of physical distancing is not possible.<\/p>\n<p>Acceptable face coverings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two-ply cloth face masks<\/li>\n<li>Two-ply bandanas<\/li>\n<li>Surgical face masks<\/li>\n<li>Face shields, in combination with an acceptable face mask<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System recognizes that there are certain instances when wearing a face covering may not be feasible or poses a health or safety risk for those with medical conditions or disabilities. Reasonable accommodations will be made in those instances. Children under the age of five are not required to wear face masks.<\/p>\n<p>N95, N99 and N100 masks are not allowed as they should be reserved for healthcare professionals. Face coverings, masks or respirators with exhalation valves are not allowed as they do not protect others from expelled respiratory droplets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/emergency\/important-health-information-novel-coronavirus\/\">For more safety and prevention tips, visit the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> COVID-19 website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Susan Enright<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_126526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126526\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hilo-ourkuleana-instagram-1.jpg\" alt=\"black and white photos of people in face masks\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hilo-ourkuleana-instagram-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hilo-ourkuleana-instagram-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/hilo-ourkuleana-instagram-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Other &#35;ourkuleana participants from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chancellor Bonnie Irwin and the three <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo vice chancellors participated in a new social media campaign encouraging others to continue wearing their face masks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1411,1416,14,907,56],"class_list":["post-126517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126517"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128179,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126517\/revisions\/128179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}