About Tasha Kama

Tasha Kama is the fourth of eleven children born to Rev. Clarence and Ruth Kamai. She was born at Tripler Army Medical Center and attended schools in Hawaii, the mainland, and Germany before graduating from Kalani High School. Tasha married her high school sweetheart, David Kama, and together they have eleven children.

Tasha is an ordained minister and a progressive pastor of the Christian Ministry Church. She believes in approaching community issues with a hands-on, “can do” attitude. Tasha served as chair for Blanche Pope Elementary School’s Title I Program and later as PTA president of Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School. Moving to Maui, she led the Iao School PTSA and was later employed as the Facilitator of the Parent Community Network Center (PCNC).

Her advocacy for children with special needs brought the Zero-to-Three Hawaii Project to Hawaii. The program assists disabled children and families during their child’s first three years of life with solution-oriented information, support, and program options.

Upon receiving her homestead land award in Keokea in 1986, Tasha organized the Waiohuli-Keokea Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Association. The homesteaders lobbied for the development of infrastructure for 320 residential lots, which were completed in 2002. Infrastructure for Keokea is due for completion this summer (2008).

Seeing a need for housing advocacy, Tasha founded Na Po'e Kokua (People Helpers) a native Hawaiian non-profit organization that assists people with matters relating to housing. The organization later gave birth to Hawaiian Community Assets, an award winning, statewide organization that assists low and moderate-income communities and individuals in Hawaii with achieving economic self-sufficiency.

For those who know Tasha, she is the embodiment of aloha in action. Her down to earth nature, tolerance, and positive attitude are well known in the community. She is an asset to various local, state, and national organizations..

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