Hawaii Solidarity for
Peace in Ukraine!
Day of Prayer and Civil Disobedience to Urge Diplomacy in Ukraine War
Washington, DC – This week a group of constituents and faith leaders will gather in Washington D.C. for a day of prayer, advocacy, and potentially, civil disobedience to demand that Congress call for a ceasefire and diplomacy as a path to peace in Ukraine. The group will hold a sit-in at Senator Bernie Sanders’ office to remind the progressive senator of his antiwar roots and urge him to take diplomatic steps to end the deadly conflict. (Hawaii Representatives and Senators – Case, Tokuda, Hirono, and Schatz –where do you stand?)
Faith leaders from various religions will also hold a prayer vigil in the Senate. The faith leaders include Michele Dunne, Executive Director, Franciscan Action Network; Tarunjit Butalia, Executive Director, Religions for Peace, USA; Rev. Adam Taylor, President, Sojourners; Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee; Amelia Keagan, Associate General Secretary for Policy, Friends Committee for National Legislation; Prof. Eli McCarthy, Just Peace Fellow, Franciscan Action Network and Georgetown University. They will also be joined by Dr. Cornel West.
DEMAND A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO THE WAR
& $$$ FOR URGENT NEEDS AT HOME.
Tell Congress to vote NO on billions more for weapons and military
training to continue the Russia-Ukraine-NATO war. This is a theft of working people to line the pockets of weapons manufacturers which is opposed by 55% of the American people.
In the US–34 million are food insecure; — Most live paycheck to paycheck; –Millions have no access to clean water; –Over 500,000 are homeless; –650,000 are bankrupt from medical bills
STOP THE KILLING – CEASEFIRE NOW
NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE, NOT WEAPONS FOR ENDLESS WAR
BILLION$ FOR HUMAN NEEDS, NOT FOR WAR PROFITEERS.
NUCLEAR ABOLITION, NOT NUCLEAR WAR!
The Advocacy Day is sponsored by CODEPINK and the Peace in Ukraine Coalition. For more information, please contact Medea Benjamin Medea.benjamin@gmail.com, 415-235-6517 or Melissa Garriga melissa@codepink.org, 228-990-4168
The Path to Peace is NOT More Weapons & War!
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai’i 96760
Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts.
For more information see http://www.malu-aina.org
October 6, 2023, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1149– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
Hawaii Solidarity for Peace in Ukraine!
Day of Prayer and Civil Disobedience to Urge Diplomacy in Ukraine War
Washington, DC – On Wednesday, October 4, a group of constituents and faith leaders will gather in Washington D.C. for a day of prayer, advocacy and, potentially, civil disobedience to demand that Congress call for a ceasefire and diplomacy as a path to peace in Ukraine. The group will hold a sit-in at Senator Bernie Sanders’ office to remind the progressive senator of his antiwar roots and urge him to take diplomatic steps to end the deadly conflict.
Faith leaders from various religions will also hold a prayer vigil in the Senate. The faith leaders include Michele Dunne, Executive Director, Franciscan Action Network; Tarunjit Butalia, Executive Director, Religions for Peace, USA; Rev. Adam Taylor, President, Sojourners; Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee; Amelia Keagan, Associate General Secretary for Policy, Friends Committee for National Legislation; Prof. Eli McCarthy, Just Peace Fellow, Franciscan Action Network and Georgetown University. They will also be joined by Dr. Cornel West.
The vigil will be followed by a sit-in at Senator Sanders’ office in Washington D.C. The sit-in will coincide with a protest happening at Senator Sanders’ office in Burlington, VT. The activists in D.C. plan to use large and colorful visuals, including a Bernie impersonator who will read out Sanders’ own words regarding the need for diplomacy to end the Ukraine war.
A coalition of constituents from across the country will spend the day in the halls of Congress visiting their representatives and asking for them to pursue a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. The coalition includes constituents from Vermont, California, Washington State, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. Those taking part in the sit-in are risking arrest in order for their voices to be heard.
“I have been so disappointed in my senator, Bernie Sanders. He is usually a champion for peace, but he has voted for more and more weapons to Ukraine and even criticized Democrats who called for peace talks. Yes, Bernie should condemn the Russian invasion, but he should also be calling for a negotiated end to this brutal war,” says Crystal Zevon, an artist and CODEPINK peace activist from Barnet, VT who is coming to Washington DC.
“We need Bernie to provide leadership to put a stop to the US funding of the Ukraine war now. Use the money for health care, not warfare,” says Burlington resident James Marc Leas, a retired IBM engineer and now a patent attorney.
The day of action will start at 9:30am ET in the Senate Hart Building atrium and will move to Senator Sanders’ office at approximately 10:30 am ET. The group is calling on all senators to take action to end the costly and deadly war by prioritizing diplomacy over weapons. They believe that there is no possible victory on the battlefield and that the only way to end this war is through negotiations. (Hawaii Representatives and Senators – Case, Tokuda, Hirono, and Schatz –where do you stand?)
The Advocacy Day is sponsored by CODEPINK and the Peace in Ukraine Coalition. For more information, please contact Medea Benjamin Medea.benjamin@gmail.com, 415-235-6517 or Melissa Garriga melissa@codepink.org, 228-990-4168
The Path to Peace is NOT More Weapons & War!
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai’i 96760
Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts.
For more information see http://www.malu-aina.org
October 6, 2023, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1149– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
-- Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
LTC Tim Alvarado, PTA Commander
Can you imagine — the commander of a 133,000-acre military base that has been bombed and shelled for 75 years with millions of live rounds fired annually (including Depleted Uranium radiation, lead, etc.) saying “WE ARE STEWARDS OF THE LAND.”
Jun 29, 2023 · By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Thursday, June 29, 2023, 12:05 a.m. Share this story. JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald Lt. Col. Timothy Alvarado, the new commanding
Even the State DLNR in testimony on the State lease renewal draft EIS of 23,000 acres of Hawaiian Crown & Government lands to the military on June 7, 2022 had harsh words. Both the Dept. of Land & Natural Resources and Office of Conservation & Coastal Lands listed a range of adverse military impacts to animals, archeological sites, and cultural resources. These agencies listed major data gaps. They expressed alarm at the number of dump sites, Perhaps most significant, they said “Military activity that involves maneuvers, ammunition, artillery and mortar systems, depleted uranium, explosives, firing points, hazardous material and waste seem inconsistent with the conservation district, according to the agency.”
“It appears that military training is in direct conflict of the Conservation District designation,” the agency wrote.
The State comments noted. the Army document lacks any provisions for restorative actions such as reforestation, or cleanup of unexploded munitions.
Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760
Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
Celebrate International Day of Peace
Pohakuloa Main Gate
10:30 AM – Noon Thurs. September 21, 2023
Car Pools leave Komohana and Saddle Rd at 9AM
Stop Bombing Pohakuloa!
No DU Weapons to Ukraine! No State Military Lease Renewals! Revoke Military-Seized
Lands by ExecutiveOrder! Make the Military Clean Up its Toxic Mess,
Including DU! Return the Land to the Hawaiian people!
Depleted Uranium (DU) weapons have been used at the military Pohakuloa Toxic Area (PTA) in the center of Hawaii Island and at other sites in Hawaii. DU oxide dust particles can be carried long distances in the winds that blow through the Saddle Area and wildfires started at PTA from bombing. Inhaling DU oxide dust particles can cause various cancers, birth defects, and genetic damage.
You are also invited to join the 10 AM Peace Pole dedication at Gil Kahele Park, across from Pohakuloa sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Hawaii. “May Peace Prevail on Earth.”
Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa
Founders and editors of The Nuclear Resister for 42 years,
Jack and Felice
will speak at a Malu ‘Aina Peace Meeting Monday, Sept. 25, 2023
6:30 -7:15 PM at the Kea’au Community Center
(check out nukeresister.org)
Photo of Jack & Felice blocking the road to the Nevada Nuclear Test site
Please pass the word!
Join Malu ‘Aina peace organizing meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month from 6-8 PM at the Kea’au Community
Center and the Friday weekly peace vigils at the downtown Hilo Post Office 3:30-5PM. Mahalo. Jim Albertini of Malu ‘Aina
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai’i 96760 Phone (808) 966-7622
Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts. For more information see http://www.malu-aina.org
