This letter discusses establishing a public-private partnership between Alexander & Baldwin, Maui County, and Maui Electric to honor the legacy of Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color elected to Congress, at the site of the Old Maui High School in Hamakuapoko, Maui. It references memorial speeches about Mink delivered in the House and Senate after her death in 2002 that celebrated her championing of fairness, equality, and justice and speaking for the forgotten, disenfranchised, and poor. The letter proposes honoring Mink's early beginnings in Paia, Maui at her old high school site through this partnership.

1. September 24,2017
ALEXANDER & BALDWIN
Mr. Christopher Benjamin, President
Mr. Rick Volner, General Manager for Diversified Agriculture
COUNTY OF MAUI
COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI
The Honorable Mike White, Chairman
The Honorable Robert Carroll, Vice-Chairman
The Honorable Alika Atay
The Honorable Elle Cochran
The Honorable Stacy Crivello
The Honorable Don S. Guzman
The Honorable Riki Hokama
The Honorable Kelly T. King
The Honorable Yuki Lei K. Sugimura
MAUI ELECTRIC COMPANY, LTD.
Ms. Sharon Suzuki, President
Mr. Mat McNeff, Power Supply Manager
Re: A Public Private Partnership – Alexander & Baldwin, Maui County, Maui Electric
Maui Now or Later – The Patsy Takemoto Mink Center – Old Maui High School -
Hamakuapoko, Maui
Dear Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Volner, Council Chairman White, Council Vice Chairman
Carroll, Council Member Atay, Council Member Cochran, Council Member Crivello,
Council Member Guzman, Council Member Hokama, Council Member King, Council
Member Sugimura, Ms. Suzuki and Mr. McNeff,
Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink (December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002)
championed the causes of many. Her spirit lives in each and everyone of us who
cherish and value the standards of fairness, equality and justice.
On this Sunday, September 24, 2017 the words shared by her colleagues on September
30, 2002 have become more vibrant and distinctly expressive in the voices of all
Americans.
Let us not forget, let us remember the greatness and the spirit of United States
Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink who found her early beginnings from Paia,
Maui, Territory of Hawaii.

2. MAUI HIGH SCHOOL – HER SPIRIT LIVES ON
http://mauimagazine.net/old-maui-high-school-history/
Monday, September 30, 2002
Memorial Addresses and Other Tributes Held in
The House of Representatives and Senate of The United States
In Honor of Patsy T. Mink.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CPRT-107JPRT82489/html/CPRT-107JPRT82489.htm
REPRESENTATIVE JULIA CARSON of Indiana.
Mr. Speaker, in the greatest book ever written, in the most universally read book of all
times, it is worth recalling in this most special period in the U.S. House of
Representatives an inscription in the book of Ecclesiastes.
It says:
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to
be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which has been
planted.
Representative Patsy Mink represented her seasons and her purpose under heaven. She
planted great, eternal seeds in her season, and certainly fertilized them well.
REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA LEE of California.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me, and for bringing this
resolution honoring our colleague, the gentlewoman from Hawaii, and our dear friend.
First I want to begin by extending my deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Patsy's
family, to John, Wendy, friends, and constituents, and to the entire State of Hawaii. My
thoughts and prayers are with them during this very difficult period.
In the words of our Secretary of Transportation, Norm Mineta:
Patsy Mink spoke for the forgotten, the disenfranchised, the poor, and worked
unceasingly to remind the Nation of its obligations to those whom it sometimes forgets.
Patsy spoke not only for the forgotten, the disenfranchised, the poor, but also to the
conscience of all Americans.