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Celebrate Life, Live Aloha

Posted by K. Alohilani Hue Sing on December 13, 2009 at 11:00pm
Last week I attended funeral/memorial services for a friend who died unexpectedly. His wife died a few years earlier of cancer. They have three young adult children. Friday and Saturday services were held at a church. I attended Saturday's services. The church was overflowing with 'ohana and friends. After the kahu spoke, attendees were invited to share their thoughts. Two of his coworkers spoke about him and had everyone nodding in agreement and laughing about his always being right even when he was wrong. I shed many tears of sorrow and joy during this part of the service. His oldest daughter thanked everyone for coming and sharing their aloha with them. The children sang a few songs of which one really broke my heart wide open. It was a song that the oldest daughter wrote for her father after her mothers' death. She mentioned that this would be the last time she would sing it. While she sang with aloha, her younger sister danced the hula with aloha. I tried to hold back my tears but was overwhelmed by their courage.The oldest daughter mentioned the big kuleana that they all have. They were brought up by Hawaiian parents who were cultural practitioners. Their father was so proud of them. Whenever they met someone, the person already knew who they were because their father told everyone all about his children and their activities. She mentioned that this is her biggest fear, not being able to carry out her parents legacy of aloha. Their parents are loved by many in the community. If the children need anything, all they have to do is ask. Their parents gave so much. The community will give back in the spirit of kahiau-to give without expecting anything in return.Last night I attended a 1 year anniversary for a friend who died a year ago. She died of cancer at the young age of 44. At the sign in table was her urn, a ceramic ipu with a maile lei draped around it and also placed on a easel was a large photo collage of her. She was definitely there in spirit to greet us as we entered. The hall was decorated beautifully with pink and white balloons, pink ribbons and little white Christmas trees. Stepping into the hall was a joyous feeling.The community center was filled with 'ohana and friends who, ate, drank and laughed together in honor of a wonderful woman. Her sisters sang a few of her favorite songs and shared some of their favorite stories about her. Her husband was very appreciative of the outpouring of love shown to him and his 'ohana. He has had a rough year without her but I think this evening helped him to celebrate life. He has two beautiful children that bring him much joy.Life is to be celebrated. While writing this blog, a friend that I talk to 2 or 3 times a year called to catch up on things. I had him on the speakerphone while I continued to write. He asked me how I'm doing and I told him that I was working on some school assignments hinting that I wanted to keep our conversation short. I even thought about telling him that I would call him back when I realized I needed to make time to listen to him with sincerity. I stopped and listened to him share about his recent travels and some of his challenges while traveling. My friend was paralyzed 40 years ago from a motor vehicle accident. He had just returned from a class reunion where he was told by a few classmates that he was living a life that they don't think they could manage. He went on to tell me that he shared with them that it's all about choices and making the best of any situation. I was getting impatient because I wanted to finish my assignments. I was having two conversations at the same time, one with him and one with myself. I had to let go of control and enjoy the conversation with this very caring and kind man.As soon as our conversation ended I resumed writing this blog when somehow my text was highlighted and I pressed enter only to have my words disappear. Somehow, the very thing I thought important disappeared. I tried several things to retrieve it but it was gone. Now what? What are my choices. Exactly what he was talking about. Get over it and move forward. Persevere. Make the best of the situation. Have faith. So that's what I amdoing now. I'm no longer talking about this blog but thinking about some other situations that need clearing. I hope tonight while I sleep answers will come so that I can live aloha and celebrate life.
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Local Comic Relief-U Gotta Love It

Posted by K. Alohilani Hue Sing on December 13, 2009 at 1:10pm
So I grew up cracking up because of the humour of Booga Booga, Frank Delima, Andy Bumatai, Rap Reiplinger and nasty Mel Cabang (nah). These guys were hilarious. Their acts usually consisted of razzing people because of their race, racial stereotypes and other everyday activities of Hawaii. Even that song Mr. San Cho Lee was SO funny and oh so true. These were times when we could laugh about such things and not fear being labeled racist or sued for racial insensitivity, etc.This was true comic relief. People in Hawaii have struggled with the high cost of living and trying to make ends meet. Hawaii has it's specific issues such as the Occupation of Hawaii, Sovereignty, Crown Lands, Akaka Bill, OHA, lawsuits challenging privileges of Hawaiians, and a multitude more. These are issues that may take us on long journeys before we can see change, yet we have to be persistent and we all just have to ku'e one step at a time.Whenever I hear or see Rap, Frank,or any of our local comedians I just have to laugh because it 's like a conditioned reflex, if that makes any sense. I just have to smile and laugh. At that moment I'm given permission to let go of my conscious oughts, shoulds, rights, wrongs, etc. and truly enjoy the moment, chillax. This is true comic relief.Soon after, however I think of those who may be offended. Am I bigot and a rascist. I guess I am even though I'd like to think that I am not. I strive to live aloha, but sometimes it's a challenge.The song Mr. San Cho Lee ends "it's amazing we can all live in the same place". Can we?Check out the Legendary 1960 comedian Kent Bowman (www.youtube.com/watch?v=okDAHbmZSKc)
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BULLETIN! - PROTEST THE AKAKA BILL SNEAK ATTACK!

Posted by Free Hawai`i on December 13, 2009 at 12:48pm
BULLETIN! - PROTEST THE AKAKA BILL SNEAK ATTACK!Hawai‘i Senators Inouye & Akaka Are Planning To Jam The Akaka Bill Into One Of The US Federal Appropriations Bills this Coming Week. If They Do, The Akaka Bill Passes!SHOW YOUR OUTRAGE & PROTEST TOMORROW!WHAT – AKAKA BILL SNEAK ATTACK PUBLIC PROTESTWHEN – MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th @ 7 AM to 9 AMWHERE – CORNERS OF BERETANIA STREET & PUNCHBOWLMeter parking under the Capitol, at the Vital Records Office, at the Department of Education.WHY – DEMAND A FAIR & OPEN PROCESSSponsored By The Koani Foundation, Hawaiian Independence Action Alliance & Ka Lei Maile Ali`i Hawaiian Civic Club
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AKAKA BILL SNEAK ATTACK ON VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`I'S FUTURE

Posted by Free Hawai`i on December 13, 2009 at 11:30am
A few select individuals are attempting to sneak the Akaka bill into major US federal funding legislation in the senate this coming week.If they are successful, the Akaka bill will pass and become law.Chairman of the Senate Appropriations committee is Daniel Inouye, who is spearheading this attempt at back room dealing.Anger and outrage are mounting quickly in Hawai`i and beyond at the lack of transparency and manipulation of the system.It’s vital that everyone who cares for the welfare and future of Hawai`i and its people express their opposition to this underhanded ploy starting tomorrow morning.Whether you’re Hawaiian or not, whether you live in Hawai`i or not you can help make a difference by making your voice heard starting tomorrow.Please visit StopAkakaBill.com for information on how to help.We feature master woodcarver Rodney Kala Willis with his fascinating story again this week on Hawai`i’s award winning Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.MONDAY, December 14th At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53MONDAY, December 14th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, December 18th At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53THURSDAY, December 17th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, December 18th At 8:30 AM - Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52SATURDAY, December 19th At 8:00 PM – O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53“The Drums Of Keauhou – A Visit With Rodney Kala Willis”A former school bus driver with health problems, Rodney faced a change of focus in both his work and life. What to do? Today he’s an internationally recognized third-generation canoe builder and master in the ancient art of making pahu drums. When carving, Rodney lets the wood speak to him, as you’ll hear and see in spectacular photos of his amazing creations – Watch It HereVoices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.If you support our issues on the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network, please email this to a friend to help us continue. A donation today helps further our work. Every single penny counts.Donating is easy on our Voices Of Truth website via PayPal where you can watch Voices Of Truth anytime.For news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV, a part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network.Please share our Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network videos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Mahalo.
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Four Months of Modern Issues, So what?

Posted by Eliza G on December 12, 2009 at 9:00pm
This one goes out to all my Maoliworld ʻohana who have been following the comments of our Modern Issues class... thanks for weighing in on some of our hot topic issues.So, now weʻve been in this class since September. Iʻm really not sure I understand modern issues in Hawaii any better than when I started, but at least I have a little bit more context. AND... the most valuable lesson coming out of this semester is that we are each otherʻs best resource. Yup. I thought Iʻd be coming to this class to be told ʻhow it isʻ, but no, we pretty much spent the whole time with high-quality talk-story leading the way. Which is not just walaʻau, itʻs how business gets done. Apparently.Like when we went to the water commission hearings... most of the important stuff was happening OUTSIDE of the forum room, right? Yeah. Thatʻs where business gets done. Disagreements, reconciliation... change is only going to come from us connecting with each other, one-on-one, issue-by-issue.My favorite news source by far, after perusing many local sources, is (believe it or not) Maui Time Weeklyʻs one-page ʻcoconut wireless. (Click under news on the top bar and choose ʻcoconut wirelessʻ) This gives a ʻhyper localʻ ʻlocalʻ and ʻnot localʻ overview of major issues of the week and their impacts. Itʻs the best ten-cent ten-second news piece around.I wish weʻd had more time for other perspectives in this class. I was grateful to have Uncle Maka come and give us his star-being born-again-Hawaiian version of the revivalist movement. (If you were there you know what Iʻm talking about).So thanks everyone for the roundtable discussions. If you need me for help or support on the following issues, these are and always will be my points of strength and interest:- Deaf/disability access- Lomilomi and alternative health care- Water and its use- Childrenʻs rightsLove,Eliza :)
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Playing the Past, Grounding the Future

Posted by Eliza G on December 12, 2009 at 8:00pm
Thanks to Kumu Lynette Cruz, Kumu Kahele Dukelow and Kumu Kaleikoa Kaeo for calling to perform in ʻThe Queenʻs Womenʻ sponsored by Ka Lei Maile Aliʻi civic club... It was over a month ago that I had this opportunity yet it was this week that new inspiration came to me on this brief experience. (Sometimes it takes a while for things to sink in...)I played the role of Miriam Michelson, a reporter from San Francisco who documented an anti-annexation meeting held in Hilo, 1897. Speaking some of the words directly quoted from her article became an impactful, emotional experience for me:***************"It is the old battle- the white man against the brown; might against right; strength against weakness; power and intellect and art against docility, inertia and simplicity.And the result?"I tell the natives that work for me," said a man suffering from an acute attack of annexation mania to me, "you might as well walk out into the sea and attempt to push out the incoming waves with your two uplifted hands as to try to prevent what's coming.""It's purely a question of conquest, I admit," he went on. "We are stronger and we'll win. It's a survival of the fittest."**************I admit that on the days of the performance I was mostly on flashback to the ʻgood oldʻ thespian days, probably in order to get my courage up as much as anything else. I have a pretty OK stage presence, but man, I get the butterflies every time! So I guess itʻs only now that Iʻm thinking about it...The new thoughts coming to me at this time are about the impact of trying to fight and losing.Like, what the hell is the point? If weʻre going to lose, why fight? The line about the oncoming tide... itʻs too much to bear, right? Or do we fight for what is right because itʻs the only thing we CAN do, because without that we just cease to be... human?Maybe.But thereʻs another impact of fighting, of trying and then losing anyway. The ones who in the future decide to try again, they have something to count on.I think what everyone felt in that room more than anything else was a sense of pride: that yes, the kupuna fought back. And they lost. But the pride felt by their descendants, to know that the ancestors were strong and resistant in the face of danger gives this generation the power to step up and do what they have to do. To do what we have to do. The impetus to walk in balance, to walk as close to pono as we can, is given strength by previous attempts to do so. They fought and lost, but still they are role models, the mana of their actions is not without recourse in our generation.So it is with our current actions: The tones we set now make way for future action. We may not win. Water and money may continue to flow into the hands that would use it to oppress. Land may continue to be hijacked. But in a few generations, there may just be some young people looking to their past to find their strength. And here we are, staring straight back at them. Yes, you can. Because we do. Because they did.Aloha Pumehana,Eliza :)
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Sunday Night! @ UH - "Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty"

Posted by J. D'Alba on December 12, 2009 at 7:41pm
Press ReleaseHAWAII A VOICE FOR SOVEREIGNTY - HONOLULU PUBLIC PREMIERE SCREENINGHonoring Cast and Native Hawaiian PeopleSunday, December 13 at 5:00 PMUniversity of Hawaii, Spalding AuditoriumHonolulu, HIUniversity of Hawaii Cinema Series, by Don Brown;Sponsored in part by Hawaiian Studies, UHUS 2009 84 minutesRECEPTION at 7:00 PMThis documentary film, directed by photojournalist Catherine Bauknight, explores the culture of the Native Hawaiians and their connection to the land. At the forefront of the film are social, economic, and ecological issues that have developed in Hawaii since the takeover by the U.S. in 1893, revealed in the voice and participation of the grassroots indigenous people and scholars such as author, Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask and Professor Kaleikoa Ka'eo, Senator Kalani English, Bumpy Kanahele, and Clifford Nae'ole, Ramsay Taum, Kahu Hanalei Colleado, and Guy Aina The goal of the documentary is to raise awareness of the issues faced by the Native Hawaiians that threaten their ancient and environmentally sustainable culture. Key contributors to the film and understanding of the Hawaiian culture through music and chants are Charles Ka'upu, Cyril Pahinui, George Kahumoku, Ke'eaumoku Kapu, Lono, Richard Ho'opi'i, Skippy Ioane, Willie K, and Makana. Panel discussion facilitated by Jon Orsorio, following screening. Panel will include Prof. Haunani-Kay Trask. Others TBA.$5 General Admission / $3 UH Free Parking on SundayFurther information about the event: Don Brown (808)223-0130Film Trailer: www.catherinebaukight.comDirections to Spalding Auditorium:Proceed north on University Ave. two stoplights past Dole St. (Maile Way). Make a right onto the campus. 400 yards past the guard gate, park in the lot on the right at the corner of Maile Way and Farrington Rd. Walk through passage way to the front of the building. Auditorium is on the first floor.
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MASSIVE WALL ATOP MOUNTAIN TO SUPPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY

Posted by K. Alohilani Hue Sing on December 12, 2009 at 3:22pm
First Wind is the owner of the Kaheawa Wind Farm located between 1900-3000 feet on the slopes above Ma’alaea, Maui . Currently the 20 1.5 megawatts turbines produce about 30 megawatts of electricity a year and are estimated to provide enough energy for 1100 average Maui family homes. Unlike energy produced from fossil fuels, wind energy does not pollute the air or water and doesn’t produce carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.Hawaii is aiming to produce at least 70 percent of its own energy by 2030. It currently imports 90 percent of its energy and suffers from the highest gas prices in the nation. First Wind has conducted an Environmental Impact Survey on an area below the current farm and would like to install 14 more turbines which would generate 21 megawatts of annual electricity. Originally Phase Two was to be placed west of the current location and would have used 333 acres instead of the 143 acres of this new site. Less road building and transmission line work would be needed and the area is clear of archaeological sites.Although they say this area is no more problematic regarding native birds and bats than the old location, it seems to me that this new area would create a mauka to almost makai wall of turbines that the reported 4 birds or bats a night that travel through the area would then have to navigate through. The four species of concern are the Hawaiian petrel, the Newell’s shearwater, the nene and the hoary bat. One dead bat was found in October 2008 when it probably flew into a turbine tower.The sight of these towers are quite obtrusive. Can you imagine a wall of 34 turbine towers, with each one being 180 feet tall! Winds of 8 mph is necessary to turn the 3 112 feet long vanes of each turbine. I’m at a 50/50 position on this increase of turbines. Maui residents have not seen any noticeable difference in their monthly bills however, annually the turbines save at least 500 barrels of fuel a day which is a great benefit.First Wind does not plan on a Phase Three anytime soon because there is no demand.FYI: Comments on the revised draft are due by Jan. 22 and should be submitted to the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, P.O. Box 621, Honolulu 96809, with a copy to the environmental consultants, Planning Solutions Inc., 210 Ward Ave., Suite 330, Honolulu 96814.
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AKAKA BILL = DISASTER FOR HAWAI`I

Posted by Free Hawai`i on December 12, 2009 at 11:30am
YOUR FUTURE WITH THE AKAKA BILLCobell Case Settled - At Pennies to the DollarHere's what's in store for Hawai`i if the Akaka bill becomes law.The Obama administration has agreed to spend $3.4 billion to settle litigation filed on behalf of hundreds of thousands of American Indians who claimed the government cheated them out of billions of dollars in oil, gas, mining and timber royalties over more than a century.The settlement is far short of the $47 billion that the plaintiffs estimated they were owed as a result of the government's mismanagement.Elouise Cobell, a member of the Blackfeet Nation who filed suit 13 years ago to force the government to pay up, said the settlement isn't fair, but it was time to compromise."We suffered too long in the government's hands and now it's time for change," Cobell said. "So weighing all those issues together, we agreed this is probably one of the best deals that we could get at this time."
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Stuff

Posted by Ululani on December 12, 2009 at 11:00am
For my family and friends who like KNOW:Virginia was fantastic. Fantastic only because I got to see my nieces and nephew :-) The first thing that my nephew asked me when I saw him??? "Aunty... when are you leaving????" Not because he wants to know when I am leaving but because he wants to know how long I am STAYING LOL I took pics. We played games. Whenever I am near children they seem to be magnetically attracted to me and want to play with me LOL It's cute so I spent alot of time on the ground in their hallway playing tic tac toe and hangman with a four year old and a five year old haha!

They are sweet. I have them in my will (along with my younger brother Aukai.) Though they are very young I still tell them that after I die if they do not take care of each other and if they do not help some people who are less fortunate than they are then I WILL come back and haunt them and laugh really loudly when I tell them that (LOL). They tell me, "Auntieeeeeeeee." They're cute LOLI just recently added another client. Ironically I am very blunt when it comes to things and she chose me because I am honest. I do not tell people what they want to hear. I tell them the truth which seems rare these days LOL... so I ended up listing her property for $20,000 LESS than what she wanted because it is in the numbers. Oh yes... some people address us as "lowly realtors ®" but when time to get money they are usually the first ones to open their hands to get free money. Some people are odd like that :PBut there were others and she chose me. The cult of personality as in being HONEST. She kept saying that I was pretty but I KNOW that I am not so I don't know why some people even mention it. However I DO laugh when she like some others ask me innocently, "What kind of accent is that???" I busted out laughing when she asked me that LOLWell I've mentioned that I wanted to meet the#1 commercial guy in the area because I want to BE one with commercial LOL Guess what? Last month I got that chance! However it officially starts on December 18th. Two months ahead of my five year plan which is a great sign because I don't know many Hawaiians who have both residential and commercial experience with a college EDUCATION. Not one so I do not care if some people tease me. It's on them --- NOT on me LOL They can feel free to tease and/or try to belittle my work. In the mean time I am branching into commercial too --- which is EXACTLY what I want LOL Education and experience. Cannot beat that *LOL*By the way I am working on a new project which I will not mention AT ALL because I know that some people are HYPER critical of those who DO good things for the world yet do not speak up when some people do BAD things. Messed up if you ask me LOLLatahs!!!

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U.S. Manifest Destiny is not dead; their MO is still in effect as in the past.

Posted by Tane on December 12, 2009 at 1:25am
While in grade school and high school, I was very aware of these laws and it was one of the reasons I was against statehood and the U.S. belligerent occupation. I detested what the U.S. actually stands for. The Akaka Bill is the continuance of this kind of mind-set. Few people realize that we did better as the Kingdom of Hawai'i; the rest have been brain-washed and conditioned to think otherwise.The U.S. is still suffering from this malady and promote the WASP racist Manifest Destiny doctrines as what they've been confronted in the past which has been manifested in other ways; but still apparent in their conduct today.U.S. Jim Crow Laws and Miscegenation LawsHere is a sampling of laws from various states:NursesNo person or corporation shall require any white female nurse to nurse in wards or rooms in hospitals, either public or private, in which negro men are placed. AlabamaBuses All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races. AlabamaRailroadsThe conductor of each passenger train is authorized and required to assign each passenger to the car or the division of the car, when it is divided by a partition, designated for the race to which such passenger belongs. AlabamaRestaurantsIt shall be unlawful to conduct a restaurant or other place for the serving of food in the city, at which white and colored people are served in the same room, unless such white and colored persons are effectually separated by a solid partition extending from the floor upward to a distance of seven feet or higher, and unless a separate entrance from the street is provided for each compartment. AlabamaPool and Billiard RoomsIt shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other at any game of pool or billiards. AlabamaToilet Facilities, MaleEvery employer of white or negro males shall provide for such white or negro males reasonably accessible and separate toilet facilities. AlabamaIntermarriageThe marriage of a person of Caucasian blood with a Negro, Mongolian, Malay, or Hindu shall be null and void. ArizonaIntermarriageAll marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the fourth generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited. FloridaCohabitationAny negro man and white woman, or any white man and negro woman, who are not married to each other, who shall habitually live in and occupy in the nighttime the same room shall each be punished by imprisonment not exceeding twelve (12) months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred ($500.00) dollars. FloridaEducationThe schools for white children and the schools for negro children shall be conducted separately. FloridaJuvenile DelinquentsThere shall be separate buildings, not nearer than one fourth mile to each other, one for white boys and one for negro boys. White boys and negro boys shall not, in any manner, be associated together or worked together. FloridaMental HospitalsThe Board of Control shall see that proper and distinct apartments are arranged for said patients, so that in no case shall Negroes and white persons be together. GeorgiaIntermarriage It shall be unlawful for a white person to marry anyone except a white person. Any marriage in violation of this section shall be void. GeorgiaBarbersNo colored barber shall serve as a barber [to] white women or girls. GeorgiaBurialThe officer in charge shall not bury, or allow to be buried, any colored persons upon ground set apart or used for the burial of white persons. GeorgiaRestaurantsAll persons licensed to conduct a restaurant, shall serve either white people exclusively or colored people exclusively and shall not sell to the two races within the same room or serve the two races anywhere under the same license. GeorgiaAmateur BaseballIt shall be unlawful for any amateur white baseball team to play baseball on any vacant lot or baseball diamond within two blocks of a playground devoted to the Negro race, and it shall be unlawful for any amateur colored baseball team to play baseball in any vacant lot or baseball diamond within two blocks of any playground devoted to the white race. GeorgiaParksIt shall be unlawful for colored people to frequent any park owned or maintained by the city for the benefit, use and enjoyment of white persons...and unlawful for any white person to frequent any park owned or maintained by the city for the use and benefit of colored persons. GeorgiaWine and BeerAll persons licensed to conduct the business of selling beer or wine...shall serve either white people exclusively or colored people exclusively and shall not sell to the two races within the same room at any time. GeorgiaReform SchoolsThe children of white and colored races committed to the houses of reform shall be kept entirely separate from each other. KentuckyCircus TicketsAll circuses, shows, and tent exhibitions, to which the attendance of...more than one race is invited or expected to attend shall provide for the convenience of its patrons not less than two ticket offices with individual ticket sellers, and not less than two entrances to the said performance, with individual ticket takers and receivers, and in the case of outside or tent performances, the said ticket offices shall not be less than twenty-five (25) feet apart. LouisianaHousingAny person...who shall rent any part of any such building to a negro person or a negro family when such building is already in whole or in part in occupancy by a white person or white family, or vice versa when the building is in occupancy by a negro person or negro family, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25.00) nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars or be imprisoned not less than 10, or more than 60 days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. LouisianaThe BlindThe board of trustees shall...maintain a separate building...on separate ground for the admission, care, instruction, and support of all blind persons of the colored or black race. LouisianaIntermarriageAll marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent, to the third generation, inclusive, or between a white person and a member of the Malay race; or between the negro a nd a member of the Malay race; or between a person of Negro descent, to the third generation, inclusive, and a member of the Malay race, are forever prohibited, and shall be void. MarylandRailroadsAll railroad companies and corporations, and all persons running or operating cars or coaches by steam on any railroad line or track in the State of Maryland, for the transportation of passengers, are hereby required to provide separate cars or coaches for the travel and transportation of the white and colored passengers. MarylandEducationSeparate schools shall be maintained for the children of the white and colored races. MississippiPromotion of Equality Any person...who shall be guilty of printing, publishing or circulating printed, typewritten or written matter urging or presenting for public acceptance or general information, arguments or suggestions in favor of social equality or of intermarriage between whites and negroes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fine or not exceeding five hundred (500.00) dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both. MississippiIntermarriageThe marriage of a white person with a negro or mulatto or person who shall have one-eighth or more of negro blood, shall be unlawful and void. MississippiHospital EntrancesThere shall be maintained by the governing authorities of every hospital maintained by the state for treatment of white and colored patients separate entrances for white and colored patients and visitors, and such entrances shall be used by the race only for which they are prepared. MississippiPrisonsThe warden shall see that the white convicts shall have separate apartments for both eating and sleeping from the negro convicts. MississippiEducationSeparate free schools shall be established for the education of children of African descent; and it shall be unlawful for any colored child to attend any white school, or any white child to attend a colored school. MissouriIntermarriageAll marriages between...white persons and negroes or white persons and Mongolians...are prohibited and declared absolutely void...No person having one-eighth part or more of negro blood shall be permitted to marry any white person, nor shall any white person be permitted to marry any negro or person having one-eighth part or more of negro blood. MissouriEducationSeparate rooms [shall] be provided for the teaching of pupils of African descent, and [when] said rooms are so provided, such pupils may not be admitted to the school rooms occupied and used by pupils of Caucasian or other descent. New MexicoTextbooksBooks shall not be interchangeable between the white and colored schools, but shall continue to be used by the race first using them. North CarolinaLibrariesThe state librarian is directed to fit up and maintain a separate place for the use of the colored people who may come to the library for the purpose of reading books or periodicals. North CarolinaMilitiaThe white and colored militia shall be separately enrolled, and shall never be compelled to serve in the same organization.No organization of colored troops shall be permitted where white troops are available, and while white permitted to be organized, colored troops shall be under the command of white officers. North CarolinaTransportationThe...Utilities Commission...is empowered and directed to require the establishment of separate waiting rooms at all stations for the white and colored races. North CarolinaTeachingAny instructor who shall teach in any school, college or institution where members of the white and colored race are received and enrolled as pupils for instruction shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense. OklahomaFishing, Boating, and BathingThe [Conservation] Commission shall have the right to make segregation of the white and colored races as to the exercise of rights of fishing, boating and bathing. OklahomaMiningThe baths and lockers for the negroes shall be separate from the white race, but may be in the same building. OklahomaTelephone BoothsThe Corporation Commission is hereby vested with power and authority to require telephone companies...to maintain separate booths for white and colored patrons when there is a demand for such separate booths. That the Corporation Commission shall determine the necessity for said separate booths only upon complaint of the people in the town and vicinity to be served after due hearing as now provided by law in other complaints filed with the Corporation Commission. OklahomaLunch CountersNo persons, firms, or corporations, who or which furnish meals to passengers at station restaurants or station eating houses, in times limited by common carriers of said passengers, shall furnish said meals to white and colored passengers in the same room, or at the same table, or at the same counter. South CarolinaChild CustodyIt shall be unlawful for any parent, relative, or other white person in this State, having the control or custody of any white child, by right of guardianship, natural or acquired, or otherwise, to dispose of, give or surrender such white child permanently into the custody, control, maintenance, or support, of a negro. South CarolinaLibrariesAny white person of such county may use the county free library under the rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioners court and may be entitled to all the privileges thereof. Said court shall make proper provision for the negroes of said county to be served through a separate branch or branches of the county free library, which shall be administered by [a] custodian of the negro race under the supervision of the county librarian. TexasEducation[The County Board of Education] shall provide schools of two kinds; those for white children and those for colored children. TexasTheatersEvery person...operating...any public hall, theatre, opera house, motion picture show or any place of public entertainment or public assemblage which is attended by both white and colored persons, shall separate the white race and the colored race and shall set apart and designate...certain seats therein to be occupied by white persons and a portion thereof , or certain seats therein, to be occupied by colored persons. VirginiaRailroadsThe conductors or managers on all such railroads shall have power, and are hereby required, to assign to each white or colored passenger his or her respective car, coach or compartment. If the passenger fails to disclose his race, the conductor and managers, acting in good faith, shall be the sole judges of his race. VirginiaIntermarriageAll marriages of white persons with Negroes, Mulattos, Mongolians, or Malaya hereafter contracted in the State of Wyoming are and shall be illegal and void. Wyomingen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_LawsUnder Jim Crow laws, Southern states could legally ban blacks from mixing with whites in train stations, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, and other public facilities. In other words, equal but separate.The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_lawshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws#Origins_in_the_Colonial_EraThe term miscegenation, a word invented by American journalists to discredit the Abolitionist movement by stirring up debate over the prospect of white-black intermarriage after the abolition of slavery, was first coined in 1863, during the American Civil War.[2] Yet in the Thirteen Colonies laws banning the intermarriage of whites and blacks were enacted as far back as the late seventeenth century.In the United States, anti-miscegenation laws (also known as miscegenation laws) were state laws passed by individual states to prohibit miscegenation, nowadays more commonly referred to as interracial marriage and interracial sex. Typically defining miscegenation as a felony, these laws prohibited the solemnization of weddings between persons of different races and prohibited the officiating of such ceremonies. Sometimes, the individuals attempting to marry would not be held guilty of miscegenation itself, but felony charges of adultery or fornication would be brought against them instead. All anti-miscegenation laws banned the marriage of whites and non-white groups, primarily blacks, but often also Native Americans and Asians.[3] In many states, anti-miscegenation laws also criminalized cohabitation and sex between whites and non-whites. In addition, the state of Oklahoma in 1908 banned marriage "between a person of African descent" and "any person not of African descent", and Kentucky and Louisiana in 1932 banned marriage between Native Americans and African Americans.[4] While anti-miscegenation laws are often regarded as a Southern phenomenon, many northern states had anti-miscegenation laws as well.Although anti-miscegenation amendments were proposed in United States Congress in 1871, 1912-1913 and 1928,[5][6] a nation-wide law against racially mixed marriages was never enacted. From the 19th century into the 1950s, most US states enforced anti-miscegenation laws. From 1913 to 1948, 30 out of the then 48 states did so.[citation needed] In 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Loving v. Virginia that anti-miscegenation laws are unconstitutional. With this ruling, these laws were no longer in effect in the remaining 16 states that at the time still enforced them.Most white Americans in the 1950s were opposed to interracial marriage and did not see laws banning interracial marriage as an affront to the principles of American democracy. A 1958 Gallup poll showed that 96 percent of white Americans disapproved of interracial marriage. However, attitudes towards bans on interracial marriage quickly changed in the 1960s.Main article: Loving v. VirginiaAll bans on interracial marriage were lifted only after an interracial couple from Virginia, Richard and Mildred Loving, began a legal battle in 1963 for the repeal of the anti-miscegenation law which prevented them from living as a couple in their home state of Virginia. The Lovings were supported by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Japanese American Citizens League and a coalition of Catholic bishops.In 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving had married in Washington, D.C. to evade Virginia's anti-miscegenation law (the Racial Integrity Act). Having returned to Virginia, they were arrested in their bedroom for living together as an interracial couple. The judge suspended their sentence on the condition that the Lovings would leave Virginia and not return for 25 years. In 1963, the Lovings, who had moved to Washington, D.C, decided to appeal this judgment. In 1965, Virginia trial court Judge Leon Bazile, who heard their original case, refused to reconsider his decision. Instead, he defended racial segregation, writing:"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."[23]The Lovings then took their case to the Supreme Court of Virginia, which invalidated the original sentence but upheld the state's Racial Integrity Act. Finally, the Lovings turned to the U.S Supreme Court. The court, which had previously avoided taking miscegenation cases, agreed to hear an appeal. In 1967, 84 years after Pace v. Alabama in 1883, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Loving v. Virginia that:"Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not to marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State."The Supreme Court condemned Virginia's anti-miscegenation law as "designed to maintain White supremacy".In 1967, 17 Southern states (all the former slave states plus Oklahoma) still enforced laws prohibiting marriage between whites and people of color. Maryland repealed its law in response to the start of the proceedings at the Supreme Court. After the ruling of the Supreme Court, the remaining laws were no longer in effect. Nonetheless, it took South Carolina until 1998 and Alabama until 2000 to officially amend their states' constitutions to remove language prohibiting miscegenation. In the respective referendums, 62% of voters in South Carolina and 59% of voters in Alabama voted to remove these laws.[24]In 2009, Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace in Robert, Louisiana, refused to officiate a civil wedding for an interracial couple. A nearby justice of the peace, on Bardwell's referral, officiated the wedding; the interracial couple sued Keith Bardwell and his wife Beth Bardwell in federal court.[25] See refusal of interracial marriage in Louisiana.Anti-miscegenation laws repealed until 1887State First law passed Law repealed Races banned from marrying whites NoteIllinois 1829 1874 BlacksIowa 1839 1851 BlacksKansas 1855 1859 Blacks Law repealed before reaching statehoodNew Mexico 1857 1866 Blacks Law repealed before reaching statehoodMaine 1821 1883 Blacks, Native AmericansMassachusetts 1705 1843 Blacks, Native Americans Passed the 1913 law preventing out-of-state couples from circumventing their home-state anti-miscegenation lawsMichigan 1838 1883 BlacksOhio 1861 1887 Blacks Last state to repeal its anti-miscegenation law before California did so in 1948Pennsylvania 1725 1780 BlacksRhode Island 1798 1881 Blacks, Native AmericansWashington 1855 1868 Blacks, Native Americans Law repealed before reaching statehoodAnti-miscegenation laws repealed 1948-1967State First law passed Law repealed Races banned from marrying whites NoteArizona 1865 1962 Blacks, Asians, Filipinos, Indians Filipinos ("Malays") and Indians ("Hindus") added to list of "races" in 1931California 1850 1948 Blacks, Asians, Filipinos Anti-miscegenation law overturned by state judiciary in Supreme Court of California case Perez v. Sharp. Most Hispanics were included in White category.Colorado 1864 1957 BlacksIdaho 1864 1959 Blacks, Native Americans, AsiansIndiana 1818 1965 BlacksMaryland 1692 1967 Blacks, Filipinos Repealed its law in response to the start of the Loving v. Virginia caseMontana 1909 1953 Blacks, AsiansNebraska 1855 1963 Blacks, AsiansNevada 1861 1959 Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, FilipinosNorth Dakota 1909 1955 BlacksOregon 1862 1951 Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Native HawaiiansSouth Dakota 1909 1957 Blacks, Asians, FilipinosUtah 1852 1963 Blacks, Asians, FilipinosWyoming 1913 1965 Blacks, Asians, FilipinosAnti-miscegenation laws overturned on 12 June 1967 by Loving v. VirginiaState First law passed Races banned from marrying whites NoteAlabama 1822 Blacks Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstatedArkansas 1838 Blacks Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstatedDelaware 1721 BlacksFlorida 1832 Blacks Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstatedGeorgia 1750 All non-whitesKentucky 1792 BlacksLouisiana 1724 Blacks Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstatedMississippi 1822 Blacks, Asians Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstatedMissouri 1835 Blacks, AsiansNorth Carolina 1715 Blacks, Native AmericansOklahoma 1897 BlacksSouth Carolina 1717 All non-whites Repealed during Reconstruction, law later reinstatedTennessee 1741 Blacks, Native AmericansTexas 1837 Blacks, FilipinosVirginia 1691 All non-whites Previous anti-miscegenation law made more severe by Racial Integrity Act of 1924West Virginia 1863 Blacks
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AKAKA BILL & THE DOD APPROPRIATIONS BILL‏

Posted by Pono Kealoha on December 11, 2009 at 4:37pm
> AKAKA BILL NEWS IN FROM RELIABLE> SOURCES>>> This email is to alert everyone that a few select> individuals headed by the Hawaii delegation in> Washington DC and locally are working> to "sneak" the Akaka Bill in the Defense> Appropriations Bill.>>>> These individuals have scheduled mark-ups of the Akaka> Bill in both the House and Senate Committees of jurisdiction> to be held as early as today, which will allow them to> "jam" a version of the bill into the Defense> Appropriations Bill.>>>> Where is the voice of the people in this process? Why are> the people not allowed to review the mark-ups and share> their "mana'o" to those who are elected to> serve us? Why is the Akaka Bill being put into the Defense> Appropriations Bill?>>>> This process is concerning and everyone needs to be> alerted, so they can voice their concerns and> opposition to this process and the Akaka Bill.> Essentially, the Akaka Bill should not be put into> the Defense Appropriations Bill!>>>> We should be feeling a sense of "outrage" at> these individuals who are working overtime to> "sneak" the Akaka Bill into the Defense> Appropriations Bill, while the issues such as:> war, homelessness, unemployment, health care, and> education are unresolved issues. One would think that> these individuals would be spending their efforts towards> resolving these crises, rather than forcing the Akaka Bill> "down our throats". It is obvious that these> individuals are doing "business as usual", behind> closed doors and without transparency. What happened to> CHANGE?>>> Everyone should begin contacting the following individuals> via phone calls and written testimony to express your> outrage:>> Senator Dan Inouye> (Hawaii)> Washington Office> Phone: 202-224-3934> Fax: 202-224-6747> Hawaii Office> Phone: 808-541-2542> Fax: 808-541-2549>> Senator Thad Cochran> (Mississippi)> Washington Office>> United States Senate> 113 Dirksen Senate Office Building> Washington, D.C. 20510-2402> 202-224-5054>> Contact the White> House> http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact>> It is also important to reach out to> 'ohana and friends living throughout the U.S. and> request that they contact their U.S. Senator(s) and> Representative(s) to share their "outrage",> especially those on the Committee on Appropriations. The> list of Committee Members can be found at: http://appropriations.senate.gov/about-members.cfm.
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FINDING YOUR WAY

Posted by K. Alohilani Hue Sing on December 11, 2009 at 4:30pm
The Polynesians were a voyaging people with a vast knowledge of nature. Every element of nature was looked at to discover its truth. The skies were studied and memorized by kilo hoku and used by navigators to voyage to Kahikinui. If a bird could venture out over the vast sea, then so could man.I was fortunate enough to be a student of Kumu Kalei Tsuha Nuuhiwa when she taught a Hawaiian Astronomy class at Maui Community College. Classes were 90 minutes, twice a week, delivered in 12 short weeks. We could only skim the surface of a science that our ancestors began at a very young age , with daily observations and from elders generations of knowledge.How many of us modern wayfinders can read the skies like our ancestors. We rely so heavily on modern technology that many of us would literally be lost in the dark if there were a power outage. The skies have not changed and remain to be discovered by the naked eye.The Hokule'a Voyage was a great undertaking that involved many persons working together to rediscover a lost art. Artist Herb Kane, Tommy Holmes and Ben Finney designed the canoe they believed similar to our ancestors. Imagine being in the middle of the largest ocean in the world using only stars to navigate to a distant land. The Polynesian Voyaging Society set out to prove to the world the geniousness of our ancestors intelligence.The voyage to Tahiti was successful with the guidance of Mau Pialug of Satawal, Micronesia, who was one of the last traditional navigators of stars in the Pacific. His immense wealth of knowledge sailed Hokule'a into Papa'ete Harbor, Tahiti where they were astoundingly greeted by over half of the islands population, about 17,000. (When Hokule'a toured its own islands our people barely came out to pay their respects.)So I challenge everyone to continue the art of navigating by learning all that you can now. You may not necessarily navigate over the Pacific ocean to Tahiti tomorrow but you can prepare to navigate today to your dreams of tomorrow.
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Where are the Hawaiians?

Posted by Ku'ulei Hanohano on December 10, 2009 at 4:14pm
A couple of Saturdays ago me and my brother worked down at Ko'ie'ie fish pond in Kihei. We had been going around Maui helping out at different restoration sites. I was excited to work at Ko'ie'ie because I hadn't worked at a fish pond in a while. I was expecting to be working along side some locals however; I quickly discovered that was not going to happen. When we arrived to the fish pond we joined a group of all haoles, except the two Hawaiian men who were spear heading the project. Me and my brother looked at each other with sad faces and then looked upon the sun burnt faces of our co-volunteers. There were maybe 15 of them. I could read my brother's thought for they were the same as mine: Where are the Hawaiians?As we began to work side by side with the fellow volunteers we go to know them a little better. Majority of them worked on boats and were required to take a free course on the ocean life of Hawai'i. Attending one service project was a requirement to pass the course. I thought that was a little interesting because they weren't there because they wanted to they were there because they had to be. But at least they were there. A few volunteers were there just to "give back."After about an hour and a half of working we took a break on the beach. As we relaxed I noticed three young Hawaiian men barbecuing on the beach. They were whispering to each other. Then they began shouting at our grouping specifically at the haoles. They shouted things like "f*#% you haoles for working on the fish pond, you not Hawaiian! You not even from Maui!" The harassment went on for a couple minutes.I was furious! I could not believe what these men were saying! They were ridiculing these haoles for working in a fish pond while they them selves stood on the side and barbecued. If they were so angry they should have jumped into help. I wanted to cry. Not out of shame or fear but out of sadness. I realized the mentality of our people. The years and years of oppression. The anger that is growing with in our people has been growing for generations. The event that occurred really opened my eyes. To the smaller issues that are occurring right in front of me.Again I ask this question: Where are the Hawaiians? I know there are many of you out there working to help the progression of our people. As for the others, are we going to continue to barbecue on the side while we watch haoles restore our native cultural sites? I'm not saying you have to go work in a fish pond just do something! Anything! There is so much that needs to be done. Take initiative.Malama jah bless,Ku'ulei
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"HAWAII - A VOICE FOR SOVEREIGNTY" - THE HONOLULU PREMIERE

Posted by Free Hawai`i on December 10, 2009 at 6:36am
WHEN - Sunday, December 13 at 5:00 PMWHERE - University of Hawai`i, Spalding AuditoriumRECEPTION - 7:00 PMSecond screening - 7:30 PMThis documentary film, directed by photojournalist Catherine Bauknight, explores the culture of the Native Hawaiians and their connection to the land.At the forefront of the film are social, economic, and ecological issues that have developed in Hawai`i since the takeover by the US
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HONOLULU PUBLIC PREMIERE OF HAWAII A VOICE FOR SOVEREIGNTY

Posted by Pono Kealoha on December 9, 2009 at 3:55pm
MEDIA RELEASE

CONTACT: CATHERINE BAUKNIGHT
PHONE: 626-786-4227


HONOLULU PUBLIC PREMIERE OF HAWAII A VOICE FOR SOVEREIGNTY
Screening of Acclaimed Film With Reception Honoring Cast and Native Hawaiian People

HONOLULU: DECEMBER 09, 2009 - The award-winning epic documentary film, Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty will be screened on Sunday, December 13 at 5:00 PM at the University of Hawaii, Spalding Auditorium (directions follow) in Honolulu as part of the University of Hawaii Cinema Series by Don Brown. The viewing is sponsored in part by Hawaiian Studies, UH and Pasifika Foundation Hawaii. A Panel discussion facilitated by Jon Osorio, Hawaiian Studies will follow the screening. The panel will include Prof. Haunani-Kay Trask and Bumpy Kanahele. Others TBA. A reception will follow at 7:00 PM to honor the cast and the Native Hawaiian people and the public is invited. $5 General Admission / $3 UH Free Parking on Sunday. Entertainment by Skippy Ioane, political poet from Big Island. For further information about the event, contact Don Brown (808) 223-0130 (O`ahu). Film Trailer: www.catherinebauknight.com The 84-minute film was released in June, 2009.

Kris Kristofferson observed, "Catherine Bauknight has beautifully captured a timeless moment in the unending struggle of the Hawaiian people to restore their Sovereign Nation. Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty is a thought-provoking documentary that respectfully canvasses their journey, hopes and dreams."

Actor Al Harrington said, Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty is like having Queen Liliuokalani re-appearing in Washington, D.C. in 2009 with all her thousands of people that signed the petitions protesting the overthrow of their monarchy and the proposed 1898 annexation. I can hear them shouting to the U.S. congress, 'We are still here asking and hoping for justice and equity'" and he also adds, "Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty allows the grassroots people of the ‘host culture’ of Hawaii to express their need for acknowledgment and respect for their contribution in making Hawaii what it is today and what it can be tomorrow. Imua Hawaii Imua. We the people of the 'host culture' are still here."

BACKGROUND
Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty was recently awarded Best Documentary Feature Film and Best Environmental Film in the New York International and Independent Film Festival. It received the Audience Award Best Hawai'i Film at the Maui Film Festival in June, 2009, after a private screening at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Directed by photojournalist Catherine Bauknight, Hawaii A Voice for Sovereignty explores the culture of the Native Hawaiians and their connection to the land. At the forefront of the film are social, economic, and ecological issues that have developed in Hawaii since the takeover by the U.S. in 1893, revealed in the voice and participation of the grassroots indigenous people and scholars such as author, Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask and Professor Kaleikoa Ka'eo, Senator Kalani English, Bumpy Kanahele, and Clifford Nae'ole, Ramsay Taum, Kahu Hanalei Colleado, and Guy Aina The goal of the documentary is to raise awareness of the issues faced by the Native Hawaiians that threaten their ancient and environmentally sustainable culture. Key contributors to the film and understanding of the Hawaiian culture through music and chants are Charles Ka'upu, Cyril Pahinui, George Kahumoku, Ke'eaumoku Kapu, Lono, Richard Ho'opi'i, Skippy Ioane, Willie K and Makana, Kamuela Rodrigues, Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu, Ulalena: The Music of Michel Cusson and Luc Boivin.

Bauknight will take this opportunity to recognize those who worked towards a common goal of representing the voice of the Native Hawaiians and their culture, who are in the film from Oahu, Maui, Big Island, Molokai, Kauai, and those who worked behind the scenes for the goal of the film, such as cultural advisors Clifford Nae'ole, Leona Kalima and cultural and historical advisor, Al Harrington. The film has empowered the people of Hawaii to take a look at their own history and to do their own research to find out more information, according to Wilmont Kahaialii, from Maui.

Directions to Spalding Auditorium:
Proceed north on University Ave. two stoplights past Dole St. (Maile Way). Make a right onto the campus. 400 yards past the guard gate, park in the lot on the right at the corner of Maile Way and Farrington Rd. Walk through passage way to the front of the building. Auditorium is on the first floor.

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FREE HAWAI`I TV - "DO YOU GIVE A SHIRT?"

Posted by Free Hawai`i on December 9, 2009 at 10:12am
FREE HAWAI`I TVTHE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK"DO YOU GIVE A SHIRT?"It's The Gift That Gives a Lift & Showing That It's Growing.It's Making People Aware That You Care & You're Starting To See It Everywhere.What Are We Talking About That's Gaining Clout?Watch & Find Out.Then Send This Video To One Other Person Today.
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MUSIC NOW AVAILABLE......

Posted by Mana Kaleilani Caceres on December 8, 2009 at 10:57pm
For those of you wanting to get a hold of my 1st cd, featuring the song "COULDN'T TAKE THE MANA", please check out iTunes and search for MANA KALEILANI CACERES. This cd is only available on iTunes or if you're lucky you can find one at Jelly's or I just saw one copy at the book store in Pearl Ridge (the book store that sells/buys/trades used and new books/cd's/dvd's/video games) I think its called BOOK IT......For those of you looking to buy my 2nd cd, featuring some of the songs on this page, shoot me an email and we can work something out. Aloha no and as always, mahalo for the support.
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Turtle Bay Talkstory Today!

Posted by Pono Kealoha on December 8, 2009 at 10:00am
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The Defend Oahu Coalition is looking to you to help keep the country country. A developer is close to receiving the last set of permits necessary to proceed with a massive resort complex on the North Shore. Your participation can help to protect Oahu's shorelines from construction and the rural character of this community. Take a look at their update below and please try to attend their community meeting tomorrow evening 6:30 pm at Kahuku High School Cafeteria.

From Defend Oahu Coalition:

This is the second in a series of Community Forums regarding the future of Turtle Bay. The City's Department of Permitting and Planning is reportedly very close to issuing final subdivision permits to the developer at Turtle Bay which will allow him to move ahead with the outdated plan for five additional hotels and one thousand more resort condominiums. The State Supreme Court is set to hear Oral Arguments regarding the Keep the North Shore Country case asking for a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

The existing property is formally changing owners this month, who are reportedly working on a new business model for the resort. This is a crucial time to get updated about the current situation. Efforts aimed at building on plans for preservation as well as sustainable land use enforcement at City and State levels will also be addressed.
Notable speakers invited to attend include: Governor Lingle, Representatives Abercrombie and Hirono, Mayor Hannemann, Turtle Bay Advisory Working Group Chair Bill Paty, Senator Clayton Hee, Councilmember Donovan Dela Cruz and Interim Developer for Kuilima Resort Company Stanford Carr. The moderator for the evening will be Dee Dee Letts, a member of the Ko'olauloa Neighborhood Board and longtime community activist.

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LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP
PROTECT KAWELA BAY
TURTLE BAY
TALKSTORY II
Tuesday, Dec. 8th
6:30-9:00
Kahuku High School Cafeteria
KAHEA: the Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance is a network of thousands of diverse individuals islands-wide and around the world. Together, we work to secure the strongest possible protections for Hawaii's most ecologically unique and culturally sacred places and resources.
Office Address:
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Honolulu, HI 96813 Mailing Address:
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