Support working families: Submit testimony for SB 2291 by 3:30pm Mon Feb 5, 2018. The hearing for this bill is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 3:30 PM in conference room 229. See the hearing notice. SB 2291: Raises…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Raise HI’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Your testimony could make it happen
Tagged with: Diana Wernet, FightFor$15, HawaiiFightFor$15, Kihei Ice, Tina Wildberger
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Justice
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Justice
Call To Action Calls on Bishop Conley to Lift Blanket Excommunication of Nebraska CTA members
The following message was issued by Call to Action and is published here with their permission. The National Catholic Reporter recently published an article about Call To Action/Nebraska’s recent discussions with Bishop Conley regarding the 22-year blanket excommunication that was placed on…
Tagged with: Bishop Conley, Call To Action, CTA Nebraska, Excommunication
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Episcopal Bishop of Honolulu calls for rehabilitation, not another new jail on Oahu
On behalf of the Episcopal Church in Hawai‘i, I am writing to affirm our belief in the humanity of all of the people of Hawaii, including those who are incarcerated, and to support the recommendations of the House Concurrent Resolution…
Tagged with: Bishop Fitzpatrick, Episcopal Church of Hawaii, Oahu jail
Posted in Business and Justice, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Prison Reform, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Prison Reform, Uncategorized
HI legislators must act now in the face of Trump tax cuts for the rich, and assault on the safety net for the most vulnerable
The OpEd below was first published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, April 25, 2017 and republished on this blog with permission. As the 2018 Hawai‘i state legislature convenes, it is worth remembering that our new Gilded Age is a call…
Tagged with: CEO to worker income ratio, Income disparity, Living wage, Sen. Russell Ruderman, tax fairness, United Airlines, Wells Fargo
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Income disparity, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Income disparity, Justice, Uncategorized
After False Alarm of an Imminent Ballistic Missile Attack on Hawaii: Fire someone –or get fired up about nuclear disarmament?
“If You Love This Planet brings to life Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow’s passionate call to action, on the day that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted at the United Nations – 7 July 2017.” http://www.icanw.org/campaign-news/short-film-if-you-love-this-planet/ The…
Guest Post: Crazy! A Catholic Worker House at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church
This Wednesday we will welcome to our motley crew here at St Elizabeth’s two crazy people. They are Barbara and David. David and Barbara are members of the Third Order of St Francis, lay people who have ditched all of…
Guest Post: 2018 Resolutions & detailed 3 part strategy to win
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
Aloha Friends, As you are aware, 2018 is a year that we can and must win. Our winning strategy requires waging the battle on three critical fronts: Electoral, Legislative, and Legal. A solid win…
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Points of Light in 2018
This is the Christmas tree a dear friend of more than three decades, Teo Sia Cheng, made this year. I am not sure why Teo decided to make his own tree but I am glad he did. It lights up…
Tagged with: Christmas in Malaysia, Hogan Entrepreneurs, Teo Han Wue, Teo Sia Cheng
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG
Remembering John Victor Morais
In remembrance of the life of John Victor Morais, born this day, December 18, 1910. Returned to God’s nearer presence Mar 6, 1991. With gratitude for setting an example of what can be accomplished with determination, despite the odds; an…
Guest Post: Saying YES, just as Mary did.
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 Luke 1:26-38 A shoeshine boy was plying his trade outside Grand Central Station in New York City. A silver medal danced at his neck as he slapped his shine cloth, again and again, across…
Tagged with: Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Mary
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion
