The recent news that our city and state agencies are unable to get federal money out the door to help people with things like electrical bills and rent is simply maddening. By some accounts, nearly $900 million is still waiting…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Invoking the saints on the eve of the 2020 election
On this All Saints Day I enlist my mother, Gladys Vaz Morais and my father, John Victor Morais to move heaven and earth to help us to put things right in our ailing world. My mother left this world on…
Tagged with: Charles Lawrence, Gladys Vaz Morais, Hulihia, John Victor Morais, Mahealani Wendt, Value of Hawaii 3
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Guest Post: Armen Martirosian: Where are NATO and the EU as war crimes against Armenians unfold?
Another anguished voice from the Armenian diaspora calling on the world to stand with Armenia against the aggression of its neighbors, and their efforts to take by force what they cannot take by law. Read, pay attention, donate. One consequence…
Guest Post: Ani Martirosian Menon: I implore the world to pay attention as Armenia fights to survive–again
Most Americans aren’t thinking about a country far away from the noise and madness that is Trump’s COVID19 -gripped America right now. That is understandable. But Americans of Armenian descent, like my daughter-in-law, Ani Martirosian Menon, are indeed consumed just…
Are you a Pope Francis Voter?
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg less than 50 days before the Presidential election makes the Catholic vote more critical than ever. In a 2006 interview, Justice Ginsburg spoke of skipping the annual Red Mass because she did not…
Tagged with: Biden/Harris, Catholic vote, Pope Francis
Posted in 2020 Elections, Catholic Vote, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Uncategorized
Posted in 2020 Elections, Catholic Vote, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Uncategorized
Vote! With freedom comes responsibility
This commentary was first published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser on Aug 12, 2020. It is republished here with permission. In this most crucial of election years, it is more important than ever that we each do our part to…
Tagged with: automatic voter registration, General Election, Hawaii voter turnout, vote by mail
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized
VOTE! Guest Post: Hooser on the fear of speaking out in Hawaii – #politics
Aloha friends on every island. Hope all are doing as well as can be expected during these challenging times. I understand there are many competing priorities, and I deeply appreciate your taking the time and energy needed to participate in the primary…
Tagged with: Becky Gardner, Hawaii Primary, Jacqui Esser, Kaapuni Aiwohi, Kim Coco Iwamoto, Primary endorsements, Same Day registration, Walter Ritte
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Guest Post: Common Cause, transparency are vital to good government
This OpEd by John Webster, university professor and retired government relations executive for IBM and KPMG, was first published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser on July 16, 2020. Republished here with permission. Fifty years ago in 1970, Punahou School graduate…
Tagged with: Common Cause Hawaii, David Cohen, John F. Webster, John Gardner, Sandy Ma
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Hawaii: Register to Vote by July 9, 4.30p.m. And tell a friend.
If you are registered to vote, please verify your correct mailing address at olvr.hawaii.gov by tomorrow, July 9, at 4:30 pm. If you are NOT registered to vote, please register at olvr.hawaii.gov by tomorrow, July 9, at 4:30 pm. If…
Tagged with: Hawaii Primary August 8, Voter registraion
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Politics and Religion
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Politics and Religion
GUEST POST: Improved access to voting will ensure better leadership.
With thanks to Tomoko Ella Hotema (seen here with her family) whose commentary was first published on Big Island Now. Reposted here with her permission and the permission of the publisher. COVID-19 should make all…
Tagged with: 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, Aug 8 Primary, AVR, Tomoko Hotema, vote by mail
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women's Right to Vote
Posted in 2020 Elections, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women's Right to Vote
