Jesus said: “I call you friends.” That reminder was offered by The Very Rev. Martin Solma, Provincial of the Marianist Province of the United States, the main Presider at the mass to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Fr. George Cerniglia. Not…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Keiki before corporations: Hawai‘i bans chlorpyrifos
Scientists raised the alarm. Doctors raised the alarm. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) raised the alarm, warning that “the risk to infant and children’s health and development is unambiguous.” Sickened teachers and schoolchildren raised the alarm. Mothers who found…
Tagged with: Anne Frederick, Autumn Rae Ness, chlorpyrifos, Dr. Virginia Rauh, Gary Hooser, GMOs, Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Lauryn REgo, Restricted IUse Pesticides
Posted in Children's health, Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Children's health, Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
A Living Wage: In Utah, as in Hawaii, lawmakers say no to struggling workers
The Fight for $15 in Hawaii ground to a halt in late February this year when it reached the Senate’s Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Senator Donovan Dela Cruz, a Democrat. The effort to help workers make ends meet…
Tagged with: Brian King, Donovan Dela Cruz, Fight for $15, gender gap, Hawaii, Minimum wage, Utah
Posted in Business and Justice, Fight for $15, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, Fight for $15, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights
Hooser Update on SB3095hd1 – The truth, the status and the next steps.
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
The truth about SB3095hd1: SB3095hd1 proposes meaningful pesticide regulation of the very largest users of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP’s), requiring disclosure, “no spray zones” around all schools, and a complete ban of the pesticide…
Tagged with: chlorpyrifos, Hawaii Senators, Restricted Use Pesticides, SB3095hd1
Posted in Children's health, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Children's health, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
GUEST POST: Kauai Residents: Still more help needed TODAY on SB3095 HD1
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
Kauai residents should EMAIL Senate President Ron Kouchi at senkouchi@capitol.hawaii.gov TODAY (if at all possible prior to April 12) and request politely and professionally that he support SB3095hd1 without making any further changes to…
Tagged with: Kauai, SB3095hd1, SE, Senator Kouchi
Posted in Business and Justice, Children's health, Environmental Justice, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Children's health, Environmental Justice, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
A chance to make history in Hawai‘i | Pesticide Action Network
Source: A chance to make history in Hawai‘i | Pesticide Action Network
Tagged with: Dr. Virgina Rauh, Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Keiki First Rally
Posted in Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Kings Bay Plowshares: Honoring MLK by resisting militarism, racism, materialism
Seven Catholic plowshares activists were detained early Thursday morning at the Kings Bay Naval Base St. Mary’s Georgia. They entered on Wednesday night April 4. Calling themselves Kings Bay Plowshares, they went to make real the prophet Isaiah’s command: “beat…
Tagged with: King's Bay Plowshares, Martha Hennessy, Martin Luther King, MLK
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Nonviolence, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Nonviolence, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Syngenta, Geneva, Kauai and Compunction–Come rally April 9 at noon, HI State Capitol
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
What does the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights held recently in Geneva Switzerland have to do with Kauai? Earlier this month, I was honored to be invited and to speak at…
Paid Family Leave FREE PUBLIC PANEL April 6 at 6p.m. Cathedral of St. Andrew, Honolulu. COME!
Listen to what the research says about how affordable paid family leave can be. Hear one young mother’s story of loss and heartache and how she is turning her pain into advocacy for a public policy that will help…
MARCH FOR OUR LIVES Honolulu: March 24, 2018
Tagged with: gun control, Honolulu March for our lives, NRA, Parkland
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Dawn Morais 