The landscape is not as bleak as it might seem in the shadow of COVID-19. House Finance Chairwoman Sylvia Luke has just given low-wage workers reason to hope. She is reported to have said recently when asked about the state…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Public should take priority when framing ‘public policy’
Tagged with: Living wage, living wage HI, Rep. Sylvia Luke
Posted in 2020 Hawaii legislative session, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in 2020 Hawaii legislative session, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
SEED: We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe
April 17, 2014. Maundy Thursday. A good day to stop by for the first time at Seed Restaurant in Kaimuki on the way to service at the Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University. On this day when the ritual of foot-washing…
Catholic workers: Irene Fernandez and Dorothy Day
On March 31, 2014, Irene Fernandez, passed away in her country, Malaysia, after a heart attack at the age of 67. She had decades ago given up the possibility of a safe teaching career for a life devoted to addressing…
Tagged with: Amnesty International, Catholic social teaching, Catholic Worker Movement, Chaminade University, Danny O'Regan, Dorothy Day, Honolulu, Irene Fernandez, Mackey Lecture, Malaysia, Martha Hennessy, Mary House, Notre Dame University, Peter Maurin, Tenaganita
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Justice, Lay Catholics, Malaysian Government, Uncategorized, War, Women in the Church, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Human Rights in Malaysia, I BLOG, Justice, Lay Catholics, Malaysian Government, Uncategorized, War, Women in the Church, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights
How would you spend $86,400 every day?
Imagine having $86,400 deposited in your bank account every day. It comes with conditions. You have to use it –or lose what is left of it–by the end of the day. What would you do? That was the challenge Sr.…
Tagged with: Bishop Remy DeRoo, Capital, Dorothy Day, Gustavo Gutiérrez, labor, liberation theology, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, Sr. Anne Smollin
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Governing, Human Rights, I BLOG, Justice, Lay Catholics, Obamacare, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Governing, Human Rights, I BLOG, Justice, Lay Catholics, Obamacare, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights
Spontaneous Combustion at First Tabernacle, DC
Tagged with: anatomy of love, Church of God and Saints in Christ, Elder Charles Watson, First Tabernacle, John Webster, Micah, Sean Sullivan, SNAP, Tabernacle
Posted in African American Judaism, Faith, Family and Friends, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Friends, Hunger, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in African American Judaism, Faith, Family and Friends, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Friends, Hunger, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Homage to Joe Bageant
This post is dedicated, with thanks, to Pat Gozemba who introduced me to Joe Bageant—one of her heroes. It’s a tiny tavern at the corner of Kent and Fairfax in historic Winchester, Virginia. Despite its name, there is nothing royal…
Tagged with: Blue-collar worker, Brian Patrick, Christine Patrick, Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War, Joe Bageant, Pat Gozemba, Royal Lunch, Virginia, Winchester, Winchester Book Gallery
Posted in Class warfare, Faith, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Middle Class, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights
Posted in Class warfare, Faith, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Middle Class, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights
GOP and GOD: More than a one letter difference
Maybe it is because Halloween is almost upon us. But some very ghoulish men are walking the earth spewing hateful, uneducated nonsense at women. Let’s make one thing clear: When Mary said, “Be it done to me according to Thy…
Tagged with: Andrew Sullivan, Bob McDonnell, Cardinal Martini, Community Organizer, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, President Obama, Richard Mourdock, Sr. Sandra Schneiders, Thomas Aquinas, Todd Akin, VP Biden
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Catholic Social Doctrine, Fighting Poverty, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women's Rights
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Catholic Social Doctrine, Fighting Poverty, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women's Rights
Recognizing “Intrinsically Evil Practices”
Earlier this year, Pope Benedict XVI spoke to US Bishops about the need for an “engaged, articulate and well-formed Catholic laity endowed with a strong critical sense” to counter any effort to draw Catholic individuals and institutions into “intrinsically evil…
Do You See Jesus? A $6400 Question for Seniors
While visiting friends in St. Augustine, America’s oldest parish, a few days ago, two things made me think of Paul Ryan. One, I heard middle-schooler Sam Franzini point out that you could detect USA GOLD in Gabby Douglas’ last name.…
Dawn Morais 