Poari Kaitohutohu

DeeVon Quirolo

Kaihanga Taiao, USA

Ko DeeVon Meade Quirolo he tangata whenua o Florida. I te tau 1986, i hangaia e raua ko tana tane a Craig Quirolo me etahi atu a Reef Relief, he whakahaere kore-moni e noho ana ki Key West hei tiaki i nga toka. I whakaritea e ia he kaupapa ako me nga kaupapa here a-whaanui-a-whaanui-a-whaa e uru ana ki te maimoatanga wai para ki te whanui whanui, nga waahi kore tuku, me te aukati phosphate. He maha nga tau i whawhai a Reef Relief ki te hinu moana, a, he tangata tautoko moata ia mo te Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, i hanga te Coral Reef Coalition i tutuki i nga ture mo te tapu i te tau kotahi. I awhina ano hoki a Reef Relief ki te hora i nga mahi tiaki toka puta noa i te Karipiana. I te tau 2009, i whakatā mai ratou i te Reef Relief, ka neke ki Brooksville, FL ki reira torotoro ai i nga puna me nga awa. I te tau 2014, i tuhi tahi a DeeVon i te Bring Back the Gulf ki te whakatika i te ahua o nga riu hinu kua pau ki uta i te Moana-a-Kiwa o Mexico. Nana i whakatu te Tiaki Taiao hei whakakaha i nga kaupapa here taiao a-rohe. I whakawhiwhia a DeeVon ki te Tohu Pea Pango Sierra Karapu i te tau 2015, a ko ia te Heamana Tiaki mo te roopu hou o Sierra Club Adventure Coast. Ko ia te heamana o te Komiti Ture Taiao me te Rooputanga o te Wahine Maehe-Waenganui o Gulf Coast FL, me te whakaputa i te Whakangungu Bootcamp a Activist 101: How Government Works in America and Resources to Get Involved in 2017. I te tau 2019, i awhina ia ki te kimi i te Hernando County Progressive Caucus. I puta a DeeVon mai i Te Whare Wananga o George Washington me te haere ki te Whare Wananga o Miami Law School.