Native Hawaiian and Faith leaders are ramping up pressure on Gov Ige to veto HB499, just passed by the Hawaii legislature. The bill extends 65 year leases to tenants on state-owned public land to nearly 100 years, without competition. In…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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VETO HB499!
Tagged with: Dr. Kahu Kaleo Patterson, HB499, Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center, VETO HB499
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Guest Post: Rev. David Gierlach Good Friday 2021
“Why on earth do you call it ‘Good Friday’?,” my atheist friend demands one day. “What’s possibly ‘good’ about this day?” I suppose that’s a question we each of us have asked, if not out loud, then perhaps in the…
Tagged with: Good Friday, Honolulu, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
Posted in Good Friday, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Good Friday, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Remembering my father, “Honorary Submariner”
On this the 3oth anniversary of my father’s passing, I dipped into his memoirs again and found this little account of his visit to Honolulu in 1958 with a group of SouthEast Asian journalists. Knowing what a pacifist he was,…
Guest Post: Sheela Jane Menon:The Promise of a New Season
I don’t know if Saraswati Puja always falls this close to Ash Wednesday. I don’t recall celebrating this festival with the Menon side of my family, though I certainly remember marking other Hindu holidays with them. I’m not sure that…
Where does Hawaii GOP stand on Trump?
This blogpost was first published as an OpEd in the Honolulu Star Advertiser Wednesday Feb 10, 2021. Tweets from the Hawaii Republican Party’s official Twitter account defending the patriotism of the Proud Boys and extolling the “high quality” analysis of…
Tagged with: HAwaii GOP, Jan 6 insurrection, Shirlene Ostrov, Trump
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Automatic Voter Registration: After 12 years of trying, Senator Rhoads says the time is now
In a recent Facebook Live Town Hall with Oahu Democrats, Senator Karl Rhoads spoke with optimism about the prospect of making Automatic Voter Registration a reality in Hawaii. “I’ve been pushing this for 12 years,” he said. More than once…
Tagged with: 2021 Hawaii Legislative Session, AVR HI, Common Cause Hawaii, Erika Johnson, HB 740, HB349, Sandy Ma, SB282, Senator Karl Rhoads, Speaker Saiki
Posted in automatic voter registration, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Voting
Posted in automatic voter registration, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Voting
Guest Post:Pain grows as CARES Act funds sit idle
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…
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
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…
