Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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…
Come, bring family, friends, students. Join in the rally on Tuesday March 20 at 9 a.m. Various members of the community will offer their perspectives on what paid family leave means for Hawaii’s working families. Stay and testify at…
SB 3095 SD1 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION will be heard by the Hawaii State House Committee on Finance on Thursday, March 15, 2018, 2:30 P.M. in Conference Room 308 The original draft of SB 3095 included provisions for mandatory disclosure…
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…
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…
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…
Originally posted on KE KAUPU HEHI ALE:
Adapted from NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons We Live in the Future. Come Join Us. by Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada “Hawaiians need to stop living in the past.” We’ve all heard this before,…
. . .until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching. Is. 42: 1-4 It was a good way to begin the New Year: testifying before the Budget and Finance Committee of the University…
in memory of Fr. William Brennan, S.J. 1920- 2014. A prophet for social justice and equality, including women’s ordination. One of the most prized dishes in Chinese cuisine is called “The Monk Jumped Over the Wall.” It takes its name…
What better time to believe in grace than in the Easter season? Or, for David Cohen, in the season of Passover. The former president of Common Cause and “the preeminent voice of public advocacy” was still in Passover observance mode…
