Category: Events & Action

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Wai’anae Community Forum on Environmental Justice

Why is everyone dumping their ‘opala on Wai’anae?

What is being done to address these problems?

What can we do as a community?

Please come to our

Community Forum on Environmental Justice

Friday July 17
Thursday, 2009

Wai’anae Library

(85-625 Farrington Highway)

6 to 8 p.m.

Ka Makani Kaiaulu o Wai’anae will be sharing and discussing their findings with the community.

This forum is sponsored by: Ka Makani Kaiaulu o Wai’anae & The Wai’anae Environmental Justice Working Group.

For more information contact: Lucy Gay (808) 696-6378 or Kyle Kajihiro (808) 542-3668

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Rally for Kahana Residents

Terri Keko’olani sent out this call for support on behalf of Kahana residents:

Aloha kakou…

Got a call from Lena, Kahana Valley leader of residents seeking permanent long term leases. She said residents are organizing a

DEMONSTRATION at the state CAPITOL on JULY 8, WEDNESDAY 11am

to oppose Govenor Lingle’s move to veto bill HB 1552.

HB 1552:

  • authorizes DLNR to issue long-term residential leases to Kahana residents
  • establish planning councils to develop a park Master Plan
  • establish a 2-year moritorium on evictions of Kahana valley residents

This is a call for people to once again stand in support of Kahana valley residents who have been fighting to stay on their aina and in their homes.

TELL LINGLE NOT TO VETO THE BILL

SUPPORT LONG TERM LEASES / MASTER PLAN / 2 YR MORITORIUM ON EVICTIONS

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Demonstration against Military Occupation of Waimanalo

Please support this action by the Waimanalo residents to resist the military build up in their c0mmunity.

On 6/18/09 8:05 AM, “iwalani keliihoomalu” <keliihoomalu@hotmail.com> wrote:

Aloha,

We are organizing a peaceful demonstration of protest. We the positive re-action along with other soverign groups will be coming together to take a stand. We will be excercising our right to say enough is enough. The health center is our place that provides us and continues to service and meet our needs. We have been in discussion with them to release a portion of land that they do not need but chooses to excercise the authority of power to keep us oppressed and seperate us from the land of our inherent birth right. The choice to continue to flaunt it and continually push their military authority is a misuse of their authority antagonizes the whole situation. Which instigates a reaction. Join us in an effort to take a stand and say not in waimanalo and not at the waimanalo health center. We will be in front on Kalanianaole Hwy across from Bellow Air Force Base to hold signs and let them know we do not agree and there is something wrong in their decision. We will be parking on mauka side in Bellows and using Tinker Road as a cross walk to hold signs. We will be there from 9:00 am- 1:00pm. Bring chair, water and your message. I can be reached at 954-7124.

Aloha kakou,
Mabel Ann & Solomon C. Spencer Jr. & Kawehi Kanui Gill

Who : Waimanalo community
What: “Peaceful Demonstration of Protest”
When: June 27, 2009 Saturday
Time: 9:00 am – 1 pm
Where: In front of Bellow’s Air Force Base on Kalanianaole
Why: To support the Waimanalo Community in protest of the closing of our bellow beach and the return of our Native lands.

Join us and take a stand and add your voice in support.


—–Original Message—–
From: May Akamine
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:04 PM
To: All Staff
Subject: Signs in Back of Waimanalo Health Center

All Staff –

Just want you to know that a contractor from the military posted 2 “No Trespassing” signs behind our clinic- see attached photos. Please leave the signs as is; please do not deface it; do not remove it, etc. But, please feel free to continue to walk/work in our Garden.

I will be contacting the military PR liaison Major Crouch, w/ cc to our Board of Directors, our Waimanalo Neighborhood Board Chair Kekoa Ho, Representative Chris Lee, etc. to find out what is going on. I’ll get back to you all when I get more info. Mahalo for your cooperation.

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Aloha –
May Akamine, RN, MS
Executive Director
Waimanalo Health Center
41-1347 Kalanianaole Hwy
Waimanalo, HI 96795
Personal Line: (808) 954-7107
Cell: (808) 225-9614
Clinic Phone: (808) 259-7948
Fax: (808) 259-6449
www.waimanalohc.org <http://www.waimanalohc.org/>

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Call to Action to protect Haleakala and Mauna Kea!

Plans for major construction in the sensitive ecosystems of our most sacred summits continue to push forward, despite significant opposition from the community. The University of Hawaii has filed two environmental impact statements — one for the world’s largest telescope in the world’s only tropical alpine desert, and another for a duplicative solar telescope in one of the most threatened national parks in the U.S. Both of these projects can be built in less sensitive areas.

Though both summits are protected as conservation districts, where the law expressly discourages construction, the University refuses to compromise, insisting that these giant, intrusive structures be built where they will cause the most harm.

Don’t let good science be used to justify unnecessary ecological destruction and cultural disrespect. Take action now to defend our sacred, fragile summits.

1) Protect Haleakala — the House of the Sun — from another, unnecessary solar telescope (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2699/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1037)

2) Defend the Sacred Summit of Mauna Kea from the World’s Largest Telescope
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2699/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1129)

Public hearings on the proposal to build the world’s largest telescope on Mauna Kea are being held now. All meetings are 5 to 8 p.m., with an open house in the beginning, followed by formal presentations, and then comments from the public.

Public Hearings on the New Mauna Kea Telescope Proposal

June 16 (Tuesday) Waimea – Waimea Elementary School Cafeteria

June 17 (Wednesday) Hilo – Hilo High School Cafeteria

June 18 (Thursday) Puna – Pahoa High School Cafeteria

June 22 (Monday) Ka’u – Ka’u High/Pahala Elementary School Cafeteria

June 23 (Tuesday) Hawi – Kohala Cultural Center

June 24 (Wednesday) Kona – Kealakehe Elementary School Cafeteria

June 25 (Thursday) Honolulu – Farrington High School Cafeteria

The Draft EIS is available on the Project website — www.TMT-HawaiiEIS.org — and hard copies can be found at public libraries throughout Hawaii.

Mahalo nui,
Us Guys at KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance

1149 Bethel St., #415
Honolulu, HI 96813
www.kahea.org
blog.kahea.org
phone: 808-524-8220
email: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com

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Demonstration Against New Telescope on Haleakala, Maui

STOP ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SOLAR TELESCOPE (ATST) ON HALEAKALA!

OPPOSITION RALLY

June 10, 2009-Wednesday

2:00pm

Maui Community Collage

Meet in front of Pilina Building

Bring everyone with you to oppose unnecessary (UNSUSTAINABLE)Development on Maui’s already OVERDEVELOPED ISLAND

ATST Project can still be built at alternative (California/Spain) sites and achieve all scientific goals without further desecrating and consuming our island!

Come out and speak up for MAUI’s future.

We need LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE-SMART DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTED BY THE PEOPLE!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (808) 877-9097

EMAIL:kekahunakeaweiwi@yahoo.com

OPPOSE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SOLAR TELESCOPE (ATST) PROJECT

Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(SDEIS)

http://atst.nso.edu/SDEIS

More details: http://kilakilahaleakala.org/index.php

SUBMIT COMMENTS BEFORE THE RECORD-OF-DECISION (ROD) IS MADE!

Comments on the SDEIS must be received or postmarked by June 22, 2009.

Section 106 Consultation Meeting

June 8, 2009, Monday
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Kula Community Center
East Lower Kula Road
Kula, Maui

June 9, 2009, Tuesday
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Haiku Community Center
Hana Highway at Pilialoha Street
Haiku, Maui

June 10, 2009, Wednesday
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Maui Community College
Pilina Building, Multi-purpose room
310 W. Kaahumanu Avenue
Kahului, Maui

Comments on the SDEIS should be sent to:

Craig Foltz, ATST Program Manager National Science Foundation,
Division of Astronomical Sciences
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Rm 1045,
Arlington, VA 22230
Email: cfoltz@nsf.gov

with a copy sent to:

1. Arden L. Bement
The National Science Foundation-Director
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1205 N
Arlington, Virginia 22230, USA
Tel: (703) 292-8000, Fax (703) 292-9232

Email: abetment@nsf.gov

2. Charlie Fein,
KC Environmental Inc.
P.O. Box 1208,
Makawao, HI 96768
Email: charlie@kcenv.com

3. Mike Maberry, Associate Director University of Hawaii,
Institute for Astronomy
34 Ohia Ku Street,
Pukalani, HI 96768

4. Dept. of Health, Office of Environmental Quality Control,
REF: ATST
235 S. Beretania Street, Rm 702,
Honolulu, HI 96813

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ASIAN SETTLER COLONIALISM FORUM

ASIAN SETTLER COLONIALISM FORUM

Guest speakers Haunani-Kay Trask, Momiala Kamahele, Healani Sonoda, Eiko Kosasa, Ida Yoshinaga, Kyle Kajihiro, Candace Fujikane and Jonathan Y. Okamura

Saturday, May 23, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i

Come and join us for a public forum on a groundbreaking and controversial book that examines the impact that Japanese and other Asian communities in Hawai‘i have on Hawaiians struggling for self-determination. Released by the University of Hawai‘i Press last fall, Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawai‘i (University of Hawai‘i Press, 2008) examines issues ranging from Japanese, Korean, and Filipino settlement of Hawai‘i to accounts of Asian settler practices in the legislature, the prison industrial complex, and the U.S. military to critiques of Asian settlers’ claims to Hawai‘i in literature and the visual arts.

The Japanese in Hawai‘i have fought long and hard for civil rights, but at this time, we need to rethink who we are and where we are going. Hawaiians have a unique political status as the indigenous peoples of Hawai‘i, and at this critical moment in history, they are fighting for their lands and nation. As settlers, Japanese and other Asian communities need to discuss what our responsibilities to Hawaiians are. The speakers will open up the discussion by addressing the past and present roles of Japanese and other Asian peoples in Hawai‘i as settlers who have both obstructed justice and spoken out for justice. In what ways have Asian settler political administrators engaged in colonial practices that seek to take Hawaiians’ indigenous rights from them? How do our everyday habits maintain the U.S. occupation of Hawai‘i? What can we do as Asian settlers to support Hawaiians in their struggle for justice? Please join us for a thought-provoking and transformative discussion of these issues.

Free admission.

This event is sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Supported in part by a generous grant from the Hawai‘i People’s Fund and the generosity of the Japanese American Citizen’s League and the American Friends Service Committee.

For more information, please call the Japanese Cultural Center at (808) 945-7633, ext. 32.

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Celebrate Malcolm X and International Workers’ Day

Event: Stir it up!: Celebrating Malcolm X & International Workers’ Day

“Ho`okū`ē hui!”

What: Jam Session
Host: UHM Political Discussion Group
Start Time: Monday, May 4 at 11:00am
End Time: Monday, May 4 at 2:00pm
Where: UHM CAMPUS CENTER COURTYARD

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=70957108156&mid=6075fbG4184e208G688284G7

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Ann Wright to speak on Kaua’i

Colonel Ann Wright – Special Speaking Engagement on Kaua’i

When: April 17, 7pm -10 pm


Where: Lihue Neighborhood Center


What: Presentation from Retired Colonel Ann Wright with question and answer session to follow.

Light refreshments will also be served and the event is free.

Ann was a high ranking U.S. State Dept official who resigned in protest of the Iraq War after 29 years of US Army service and 16 years in the diplomatic corps in some of the most isolated and dangerous parts of the world.

Now she is a citizen diplomat witnessing social injustices and reporting back to people like us.

She was most recently in Gaza and will detail some of the conditions that Palestinians must endure in their struggle for sovereignty and independence.

Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans are welcomed and highly encouraged to attend

Sponsored by Kaua’i Alliance for Peace and Social Justice

for more information please call 822 7646

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“Eye-Witness to Gaza” – Ann Wright to speak in Honolulu

Eye-witness to Gaza

Col. Ann Wright to speak and give a slide presentation at two events in Honolulu about her recent trips to Gaza in Occupied Palestine.

Tuesday, April 14, 7:00pm, at Church of the Crossroads in Weaver Hall, 1212 University Ave., Honolulu, HI 96826

Sunday, April 19, at 3:00pm, at Revolution Books, 2626 S. King St., contact 944-3106.

Both events are FREE and open to the public.

Copies of her recent book, Dissent: Voices of Conscience, co-authored with Susan Dixon, will be available for purchase.

Ann Wright resigned from the U.S. Foreign Service on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, after a 16 year career in assignments all over the world. Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Wright served in the Army and Army Reserve for 29 years, attaining the rank of colonel. She earned master’s and law degrees from the University of Arkansas and a master’s degree in National Security Affairs from the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

Since 2003, Wright has been writing and speaking out for peace. She has fasted for a month, picketed at Guantánamo, served as a juror in the impeachment hearings, and been arrested numerous times for peaceful, nonviolent protest of Bush’s policies, particularly the war in Iraq. She participated in the documentary film, “Uncovered: The Truth About the Iraq War” and provided oral and written testimony to the U.S. Congressional hearing on the importance of the Downing Street memos.

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