http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/review-selma-flim-on-mlk-more-relevant-now-than-ever/article/424688#ixzz3QA4mW35b
Obama’s State of the
Union:
Posturing for Middle-Class Economics! But Serving the 1%
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/28649-twenty-pounds-of-bs-in-a-ten-pound-bag
1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties. 4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc. 5. Seek peace through justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
Contact: Malu `Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawai`i 96760.
Phone (808) 966-7622. Email:ja@malu-aina.org http://www.malu-aina.org
Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (Jan. 23, 2015 – 696th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office
Yesterday, Jan. 8, 2015 saw a victory for justice. The Hawaii County Windward Planning Commission voted unanimously to support a study on the social/psychological health effects on native Hawaiians from geothermal development. This study should have been done 40 years ago, but better late than never. Below is a photo by Ron Fujiyoshi of some of the people who testified or were present to support this effort.
ANNUAL SILENT CANDLELIGHT-VIGIL
FOR PEACE
ALL ARE WELCOME
WHEN: Wednesday, December 24th, 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hwy 11, Hilo (between Ross and Walgreens)
Let’s overcome the holiday message of materialism and instead hold a light to its spiritual message of loving kindness, peace and good will to all. Global, AND LOCAL suffering is increasing with on-going wars, poverty, and destruction of our environment. May the glow of our candles and our SILENT presence serve as testimony that a better way is possible. Let us strengthen our resolve to end suffering and dedicate our lives to caring for each other and working for justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina (love for the land), here in Hawaii and around the world.
COME JOIN US
AS WE RAISE A CANDLE FOR PEACE
AND THE HEALING OF OUR PLANET
If you can, please bring a peaceful sign and a wind-protected candle or lantern, and be prepared for a chance of rain.
Dear friends, December 2014
I write to ask for your help to sustain the work of Malu ‘Aina. Malu ‘Aina has been planting seeds, sharing food with people in need, and standing up for peace, justice, aloha ‘aina (love for the land) and a living planet for 34 years. You have been an important part of that effort in one way or another, and we thank you for your solidarity in the journey.
The work for peace, justice, and the environment, like farm work, is never ending. As an all-volunteer organization we do our best to carry on. We know that we can’t do it alone. We can always use more help. We need your financial support and we need the next generation to carry the torch of nonviolence and the spirit of aloha in the work of Malu ‘Aina.
The widening gap between rich and poor, the growing number of hungry and homeless, the endless wars, private prisons for profit, and corporate GMO domination of agriculture, all speak to a broken system that benefits the few at the expense of the many. It’s a system whose main concern is short term profit despite long term consequences. Catastrophic climate change and poisoning of air, water, and land, and people, plants and animals are secondary concerns to the corporate bottom line.
Together, we realize that positive change doesn’t come from the top down. It comes from the bottom up. It takes grassroots organizing to clarify vision and unite people for the common good. We have our work cut out. We need to unite issues of peace, justice and preserving the earth realizing that an injury to one is an injury to all. Your support and solidarity helps us from being discouraged by setbacks along the way and to never, NEVER, give up. Blessings of the season to you and your loved ones.
With gratitude and aloha,
Jim Albertini for Malu ‘Aina
PS. Donations are tax deductible if checks are made to Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 ‘Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai`i 96760. A Pay Pal account (Donate button) has also been setup on our webpage www.malu-aina.org as another convenient way to make donations. Please click “Subscribe” to receive the Malu ‘Aina weekly peace vigil leaflet (now 690 weeks — see this week’s leaflet below) and other posts for peace, justice and the environment. Other contact information: Phone (808) 966-7622. Email: ja@malu-aina.org Mahalo. —
It’s War, War, and More War! And Torture Too!“This is extremely dangerous, with tensions as high as they are now. We may not live through these days: someone could lose their nerve,” he wrote in a commentary entitled “To unfreeze relations”
Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (Dec. 12, 2014 – 690th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office
