The Art of Resistance Show+Benefit: THIS SUNDAY! May 18, 3PM @ The rRed ElephantPlease spread da NEWZMahalozPonoJoin a gathering of artists and advocates for an evening of conversation, art, and visual and audio experience. Film screenings, hula, performance art, poetry reading, and speakers. Music, cash bar, pupus, silent auction.
rRed Elephant Cafe & Bar
1144 Bethel Street
3:00 -7:00 PM THIS SUNDAY, May 18th
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Sorry, in our earlier alert, we goofed--the date for The Art of Resistance Show+Benefit is not March, it's MAY 18, 2008. Thanks to everyone who caught our typo for us.
Art has long played an integral role in resistance and social change-The Art of Resistance will look at a number of struggles to protect Hawaiian land, waters, and culture through the eyes of contemporary artists/activists and their work. Art will be united with first-hand testimony from artists and other advocates, creating a unique walk through the struggle for contested spaces and places that continues to shape the future of the archipelago today. Proceeds benefit the work of KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance.
Meet the artists behind the art! Come celebrate art and activism with community members from around the islands for an afternoon of music, hula, poetry, art, photography and film. The silent auction will include the art currently on display at the Red Elephant, along with many other cultural crafts, jewerly, and other exciting items. All proceeds benefit and enable the work of KAHEA.
FEATURING:
Na Maka o ka `Aina ("The Eyes of the Land")
These film makers have been documenting traditional and contemporary Hawaiian culture, history, language, environment and the politics of independence and sovereignty since 1982. Their films have been screened at film festivals from Japan to Berlin, capturing awards from CINE, the Columbus International Film Festival, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Hawai`i International Film Festival, Earthvision International Environmental Film Festival (Santa Cruz) and the Berkeley Video & Film Festival.
Meleanna Aluli Meyer
Meyer is a practicing artist, educator and filmmaker, and has taught in a wide range of educational settings both public and private, at the University level, in the charter schools, as an artist in residence and currently, contractually also as a consultant with Kamehameha schools Literacy and Instruction program as a arts/culture curriculum specialist. As a filmmaker she has three documentaries to her credit, is a published author and illustrator. Having received numerous awards for her visual art, her work also hangs in the State Museum, in the Honolulu City & County collection, with works in private collections both here and abroad.
Ed Greevy
Greevy began his documentation of land rights movement the 1971 with the efforts of John Kelly, George Downing, and Save Our Surf to fight state/private interests plans to destroy surf/reef sites. This led to participation in other land rights struggles throughout the island of Oahu: Kalama Valley, Ota Camp, Chinatown, Waiahole/Waikane, Niumalu/Nawiliwili on Kaua'i, Coconut Grove, Waimanalo, Ewa, Sand Island, Mokauea Island, Heeia/Heeia Kea, and Kahana Valley. Greevy's contribution to resistance is through his long-term commitment in photographically documenting each struggle and making his work available to others who were/are resisting destructive development.
Also featuring the work of Daniela Minerbi, Jan Beckett, Richard Palmer, Ikaika Hussey, and Steve Tamminger, + spoken word by Mahealani Wendt, + hula by Halau Na Hula Ola i ke Ao.
Proceeds will support the ongoing work of KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance in its grassroots programs, working with communities to ensure the strongest possible protections for some of Hawaii's most fragile and sacred lands and waters.
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http://www.khon2.com/news/local/18917479.htmlWebsite Claims to Sell Hawaiian SkullsBy Olena RubinThe FBI along with Big Island police are searching for a man who claims he is selling native Hawaiian human skulls on the internet.A website based out of Hilo says it has a variety of native Hawaiian human skulls for sale.“You have to be sick to do that,” Trask said.Former member of the Island Burial Council, Haunani-Kay Trask, is angry because of what she saw on the website.“They are not embarrassed that they are grave robbers? Here we are come and buy it on the internet it’s just revolting,” Trask said.Andrew Walden, an editor for the Hawaii Free Press, called the number on the website and spoke with a man who called himself “Conrad.”“At first he pretended that I had the wrong number and then when I mentioned that I was calling about a website that sold skulls for $600 he said that's a good price!” Walden said.Walden set up a meeting with him...but Conrad didn't show.“He was very fearful that somebody might be a police officer trying to capture him,” Walden said.Walden called again.“He pretended not to know what I was talking about and at other times talked about having whole skeletons for sale,” Walden said.According to the Department of Land and Natural Resources..."The matter is currently being investigated...we cannot comment at this time."Federal Law says it's illegal to sell, purchase or use human remains of a Native American for profit.In 1990 an Act was passed ensuring an even higher protection for Native Hawaiian burial sites.“You don't have to be a Hawaiian to feel that grave robbing is horrific,” Trask said.A few of the images have been copied from a unrelated website based out of Berkley...they say those skulls for sale are from China and it’s legal to sell them in the US.The website claims the bones are privately collected by contracted specialists from the Imiloa Astronomy Center.Officials from the center say they “were appalled at the blatant misuse of our name and want to be clear that ‘Imiloa has no affiliation with, or knowledge of this organization, and that we strongly condemn their unethical business practices.”If caught the seller could face jail time and thousands of dollars in fines.
Today was one of those "Wat da heo is going on?!" days. 
I come in to work & see my CCC standing outside the class with one of the boys. I already know him & the kid I watch ("Jake") got into it... It's practically an every day event. They did. Apparently "Jake" got into it with one of the girls too & exchanged some "words" he knows are not allowed. He always gets into other people's business, which we've talked to him about before. To solve that, he got kicked outta class & is now only allowed in when I come in. The boy he got into it with now sits in front of the teacher. The girl he got into it with got written up for a bunch of things that I'm sure were written up about before. Two out of three problems solved... Better than nothing. Then come to find out, the whole class had some huge "irritate Miss S. day" (the teacher) thing going on & totally got on her last nerve. How do we know? It was made apparent when she turned on the lights after the movie & started gassing everybody & even kept them in for a couple minutes of recess. Yikes. All of the rest of the kids that were irritating her all got moved around too. *sigh*. Then during recess, I find out a girl told "Jake" "hi" & he told her "go $%^& yourself". 
. I wouldn't have known had she not come into class & told the teacher, while I was standing right there. I gave the kid gas when he came in. His temper pretty much stopped right there. The rest of the day went pretty smooth after that. 
I wonder about my sanity sometimes, working in this job. Granted, it's rewarding & I do work with a lot of awesome people. But talk about love... you really gotta love helping people & have at least a little glimmer of love for these kids or you're totally in the wrong place. Majority of the kids (some of which are considered "behavioral" kids.. meaning they're the "problem kids" none of the other teachers want to deal with/can handle) are good kids. I see nothing wrong with them. They're pretty well-behaved around me. But there are a few kids who need a swift kick in the rear end; & it's kindda scary cause those are the "normal" kids 
. My CCC (Case Care Coordinator) came into one of the classes to ask me if I was on this kids case during summer school. I told her I didn't know if he was going to summer school, I didn't know what was going on, nobody told me anything. So she said she thinks he is & asks if I wanna continue his case. Sure.
The kid tells me he doesn't want me around all of his high school years life (that's how he says it). So I tell him, no, it's just for the summer. He says he can't go to summer school cause he needs to stay home & learn to fish. I tell him I swear he's gonna go fishing during summer school (Special Educ. Class). So he tells me no, he wants to learn to fish on a boat. I tell him he should learn to fish on land first cause it's really different on a boat. The conversation continues about learning to fish & him needing to find a boat to learn to fish on. It eventually changes to talk about something that happened on "Family Guy". Mind you, I don't watch much TV (if any at all), so whatever this kid tells me, I'm guessing is true. He's blabbing about this episode, that episode, & starts on an episode about a paraplegic police office (Don't ask. I don't know). He keeps talking. All I hear is "Blah blah blah, right Mom?" So I start busting out laughing (in the middle of a completely silent classroom, k tank you). The other two boys are looking at me like, "You okay Miss?" So I ask the kid, "Did you just call me MOM?!" Everybody started busting out laughing - all 3 boys, the teacher, & myself. The kid tries to play it off & say he was saying "Mah friend". Of course nobody believed him..... "Mom" included. I definitely needed that laugh .
