Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Working multiple jobs and not able to meet basic needs? There is no aloha in condemning workers to less than a living wage.
Tagged with: Fight for $15, Keali'i Lopez, living wage HI, Nate Hix
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
“All faith traditions say take care of the vulnerable.” Tell lawmakers we need a living wage now.
A living wage would benefit not just workers, but businesses and the overall state economy as well. Time is of the essence! Please email these legislators as soon as possible, but definitely by the end of the day on Thursday,…
Tagged with: Fight for $15 Hawaii, Living wage, Rev. David Gierlach
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Poverty undermines children’s health: Hawaiʻi families need a living wage now.
You can help: please call the following members of the conference committee for SB789. Let them know you want them to pass a $15 minimum wage bill this year for ALL workers. REPRESENTATIVES Johanson (586-9470); Luke (586-6200), Cullen (586-8490) and…
Tagged with: Dr. Robert Pantell, Fight for $15 Hawaii, Living wage, raise up Hawaii
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Families are leaving Hawaii for lack of a living wage. Tell lawmakers to enact a $15/hour minimum wage now.
"Because of not having a living wage… I can't afford my tuition… I can't start my career here, and I can't start my life here. I have to move out." – Ma Glidolet Rallojay, UH Manoa student. Go to https://t.co/m2ermm6lzZ…
Tagged with: Living wage, Ma Glodilet Rallojay, UH Manoa
Posted in Family and Friends, I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in Family and Friends, I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Will the 2019 legislative session in Hawai’i honor the spirit of Queen Liliʻuokalani and Father Damien?
As Notre Dame Cathedral burned, people–Catholic or not, French or not– mourned. Buildings stand for something –good and bad–that we cannot always put into words. As the legislative session draws to a close here in Hawai’i, it is worth asking…
Tagged with: Fight for $15, Fr. Damien, Living wage, Queen Lili`uokalani
Posted in Business and Justice, Fight for $15, I BLOG, Living wage, Politics and Religion, Queen Lili`uokalani, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, Fight for $15, I BLOG, Living wage, Politics and Religion, Queen Lili`uokalani, Workers' Rights
Guest Post: Palm Sunday at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu
“As you all know, as you did and do and will do, in culture, we build bridges, not walls,” he said. After his performance, he gestured to the bridge to his right. “I’ve lived my life at the borders. Between…
Tagged with: Palm Sunday, Rev. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Yo Yo Ma
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, US Bishops
GUEST POST: Senate supporters of A&B planning to act on Tuesday to resurrect water theft bill, HB1326 HD2
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
All hands on deck. As expected the power and political muscle of A&B will not easily be letting go of their $62,000,000 and our water. Civil Beat is reporting: “Some senators want to help…
Tagged with: Alexander & Baldwin, HB1326 HD2, WAter theft
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Guest Post: Kings Bay Plowshares on “Democracy Now” April 5, 2019
Democracy Now will devote a segment of their broadcast coverage tomorrow (4/5/2019) morning to the Kings Bay Plowshares defendants. They have video interviews in their studio of the four bonded out defendants from last month and tape from the Fordham…
Tagged with: Catholic Workers, Democracy Now, King's Bay Plowshares, Mark Colville, Martha Hennessey
Posted in I BLOG, Nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapons, Politics and Religion
Posted in I BLOG, Nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapons, Politics and Religion
Lent: Letting in Light and Beauty
Originally posted on Dawn Morais:
Lilikoi blossoms dance in the sun. Lent: a time of abstinence and fasting; small penances amidst our everyday abundance that remind us to savor the sweetness of life. Lent invites us to pare our lives…
GUEST POST: The reforms that make all other reform possible – starting with automatic voter registration.
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
Reforming and improving the way we conduct campaigns and elections, will allow us to reinvigorate our democracy and thus pave the way to changing public policy for the better, at all levels. These reforms…
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