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Posted by Pono Kealoha on March 9, 2009 at 10:08am
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Subject: Statewide Actions for EqualitySaturday 3-7-09 vigil last night at the state Capitol in support of House Bill 444There will be pro-civil unions actions across Hawai'i Saturday, including vigils on O'ahu, Maui, and Hawai'i Island, and a rally on Kaua'i.Lama I Ke Kukui, a candlelight vigil, will begin at 6:00 p.m. in four locations on three islands:-On O'ahu, in Honolulu at the State Capitol (Beretania and Punchbowl) in front of the Queen Liliuokalani statue;-On Maui, in Wailuku at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church (2140 Main St.);-On Hawai'i Island, in Kona at the Old Kona Airport Beach State Park (off Highway 19, West Hawaii); and-On Hawai'i Island, in Hilo at Kalakaua Park (Kinoole Street, Hilo);Attendees are asked to bring their own candles and are reminded that Lama I Ke Kukui is not a rally or protest. The vigils are sponsored by Unity Church, Family Equality Coalition, Temple Emmanu-el, Unitarian Church of Hawaii, Church of the Crossroads, Hawaii Island Pride and Prince Kuhio Hawaiian Civic Club.-------------In Lihue on Kaua'i, a Rally for Civil Unions and Equality will be held 4:30-6:30 p.m. on the northeast corner outside of the Kukui Grove Shopping Center parking near the traffic light at Kaumuali`i Highway and Nawiliwili Road (closest store is Macys). Please bring signs showing your individual or organizational support for Civil Unions for same-sex couples and equality for all. Join others for sign-making on Fri., Mar. 6th from 2-4pm at the UPW Hall (4211 Rice St)!-------------For information:Oahu: Bradford Ka'iwi Tin Cheong Lum at (808) 220-4747 or Unity Church at (808) 735-4436Hawaii: Hawaii Island Pride, (808) 557-4668Maui: Andrew Walmisley, (808) 463-8066Kaua'i: Katy Rose at (808) 346-7011 or KipuKai Kuali'i at (808) 212-9192.Sent by Pride At Work Hawai'iprideatworkhawaii@hawaiiantel.netwww.hawaflcio.org/PAWHIP.O. Box 22416Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822-2416(808) 543-6054Pride At Work Hawai'i's mission is to mobilize LGBITQ workers and their supporters for full equality in their workplaces and their unions, and to build mutual support between the labor movement and the LGBITQ community. Pride At Work Hawai'i (an affiliate of the Hawai'i State AFL-CIO) is a chapter of Pride At Work (www.prideatwork.org), a constituency group of the AFL-CIO.

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