Kollin Elderts. Michael Brown. Tamir Rice. Eric Garner. The list is far from complete. People of color dying at the hands of those who are supposed to protect and serve. Honolulu resident, Carolyn Hadfield looks nothing like any of these…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Honolulu Protests Failure to Indict Officer for Eric Garner Killing. HNL City Lights 5.15 p.m. Sat 12/06/14
Tagged with: Eric Garner, Honolulu City Lights, Kollin Elderts, Michael Brown, Noura Erakat, Tamir Rice
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Police Brutality, Racism, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Police Brutality, Racism, US Bishops
Noura Erakat in Honolulu: Solidarity Across Borders
No matter how much you thought you understood–or did not understand–about Palestine and Israel, you would have come away from Noura Erakat’s first talk in Honolulu with new information and a new lens through which to look at the laws,…
Tagged with: Calvary by the Sea, Divestment, Hamas, Israel, Jon Osorio, Noura Erakat, Palestine
Posted in I BLOG, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
Posted in I BLOG, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
From Palestine to Ferguson to Hawaii: Solidarity in Resistance
Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison,…
Tagged with: ferguson, Michael Brown, Noura Erakat, Palestine, Waikiki protests
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Noura Erakat: 3 Talks in Honolulu Nov 28- Dec 1
Originally posted on Humanize Palestine:
Salma Al-Radiya, 2 years old, was killed by shrapnel from an Israeli tank shell in Beit Lihaya, north of Gaza Strip on July 23, 2014.
Tagged with: Hawaii Friends of SABEEL, HCJP, Noura Erakat, Occupation, settler colonialism
Posted in Human Rights, I BLOG, Israel, Justice, Palestine, Uncategorized
Posted in Human Rights, I BLOG, Israel, Justice, Palestine, Uncategorized
Fr. Tony Flannery: Envisioning a more Christ-like church
Perhaps this is what church is meant to be: people drawn together, not by the obligations of Sunday attendance but by the call of the Gospels to build a better world. That is what it felt like as we listened…
Get your fatwa off our backs! by amina wadud
Originally posted on Feminism and Religion:
It’s not so easy any more to control the parameters of Islam and the way it is practiced by those who wish to stuff their opinion down the throats of other Muslim citizens, be…
Tagged with: fatwa, Malaysia, Sisters in Islam
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
What Happens In Gaza After The U.S. Elections?
Originally posted on Wallwritings:
By James M. Wall National U.S. congressional elections come around every two years. The latest arrives Tuesday, November 4. The election will relieve U.S. television viewers of a steady diet of noxious attack ads funded, in…
Tagged with: James Wall, Noura Erakat
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Gaza, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Gaza, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
“Look Beyond the Frame” to Build a Better Church
This is how the Media Literacy Project(MLP) describes its mission: to “transform people into critical media consumers and engaged media justice advocates who deconstruct media, inform media policy, and create media that reflect their lived experience.” Andrea Quijada, Executive Director…
A Happy Atheistic Deepavali (aka Diwali) to Each and Every One of You!
Originally posted on S. SHANKAR:
I’m an atheist. There was a time—a green adolescent time of stumbling discovery—when because of my atheism I refused to enter temples, choosing rather to wait outside while my family disappeared inside for a while.…
