Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet #1111
Peace Leaflet #1111
Every week Malu ‘Aina prepares a new peace leaflet for widespread distribution on the internet and handing out on the Hilo street corner of our Friday Peace Vigil. This week marks 1111 peace leaflets. It is important to remind ourselves and each other that positive change often doesn’t happen overnight. In fact, in many cases, it takes years, decades, and generations of nonviolent struggle to see real positive change. But the good news is that no lie can live forever! Struggles for racial justice, women’s rights, workers’ rights, ending wars, and environmental justice, are just some examples. The illegal overthrow of the independent nation of Hawaii by the U.S. on Jan. 17, 1893, and the continued illegal occupation ever since is another important example. The struggle continues after 130 years. The military poisoning of Oahu’s water table at Red Hill, military toxins blowing in the wind from Pohakuloa bombing, and overall desecration of the ‘aina are symptoms of the continuing illegal military occupation of Hawaii.
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose holiday we celebrate on Jan. 16, reminds us that the arc of the moral Universe is long, but bends toward justice. King encouraged us to play an instrument in the symphony of social change and help give hope to one another. Let’s all do our best to be a face of hope for others, especially the least among us – those struggling with critical unmet human needs. And remember MLK’s words: “The greatest purveyor of violence in the world is my own government. I cannot be silent.” True when spoken in 1967, one year to the day of his assassination, and still true today. We cannot be silent! Stand up, speak up for justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina.
“Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, that person sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” Robert F. Kennedy Capetown, June 6th, 1966
Put your toe in the water! Join the Hilo Peace Vigil!
Help Make Ripples of Hope! Never Give Up!
1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject violence & war as solutions. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination: anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-H
awaiian, anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-Russian, etc.
5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai’i 96760
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Jan. 13, 2023, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1111– 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
