Where there is no water, there can be no life. This is true of plants and animals alike. There is no substitute for water. This week, I began to pull out some of the overgrowth in the little garden behind…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Governor Ige: Leadership, Core Values and Resolve Under Pressure
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
Governor David Ige’s leadership, core values and resolve under pressure was clearly demonstrated by his recent signing into law SB3095. Hawai‘i residents concerned about their health and the health of their children and grandchildren…
Tagged with: Colleen Hanabusa, Governor david Ige, Hawaii Gubernatorial race
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Heroes of SB3095 – This is what democracy looks like
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
By now, most of you have heard that Governor David Ige has signed into law SB3095. Yes, we won. It’s amazing really. The real story of course is about how it happened. How a…
Posted in Uncategorized
CTA Calls on Catholics to Take Immediate Action for Immigrant Families
Call To Action, a Catholic organization committed to justice in our Church and world, is appalled by the forced separation of migrant families, as well as the practice of detaining children in Border Patrol facilities, tent camps and other horrific locations. This…
Tagged with: Border separations, child internment camps, family separation, USCCB
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Child Abuse, Children, Human Rights, Immigration, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Child Abuse, Children, Human Rights, Immigration, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Reduce houselessness with living wage, paid family leave
More than a quarter of the 25 seats in the Hawaii Senate are held by women. More than a quarter of the 51 seats in the Hawaii House of Representatives are held by women. But that apparently wasn’t enough woman…
Tagged with: DBEDT, Fight for $15 HI, Living wage, Paid family leave, public family leave insurance
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Living wage, Paid family leave, Uncategorized, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Living wage, Paid family leave, Uncategorized, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights
Israel’s “restraint” kills 60 in Gaza: Second Honolulu Protest. Wednesday May 16, 4-5.30p.m
“No country in this chamber would act with more restraint than Israel has,” said Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations at today’s Security Council meeting to discuss the violence in Gaza. She took a minute to mark the…
Tagged with: Ahmad Abu Artema, Gaza, March of Return, Nakba, Nikki Haley, UN Security Council, US Embassy in Jerusalem
Posted in I BLOG, Israel, Nakba, Palestine, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Israel, Nakba, Palestine, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
JOY! Fr. George Cerniglia S.M. Celebrates Diamond Jubilee of Religious Profession
Jesus said: “I call you friends.” That reminder was offered by The Very Rev. Martin Solma, Provincial of the Marianist Province of the United States, the main Presider at the mass to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Fr. George Cerniglia. Not…
Keiki before corporations: Hawai‘i bans chlorpyrifos
Scientists raised the alarm. Doctors raised the alarm. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) raised the alarm, warning that “the risk to infant and children’s health and development is unambiguous.” Sickened teachers and schoolchildren raised the alarm. Mothers who found…
Tagged with: Anne Frederick, Autumn Rae Ness, chlorpyrifos, Dr. Virginia Rauh, Gary Hooser, GMOs, Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Lauryn REgo, Restricted IUse Pesticides
Posted in Children's health, Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Children's health, Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
A Living Wage: In Utah, as in Hawaii, lawmakers say no to struggling workers
The Fight for $15 in Hawaii ground to a halt in late February this year when it reached the Senate’s Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Senator Donovan Dela Cruz, a Democrat. The effort to help workers make ends meet…
Tagged with: Brian King, Donovan Dela Cruz, Fight for $15, gender gap, Hawaii, Minimum wage, Utah
Posted in Business and Justice, Fight for $15, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, Fight for $15, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women's Rights, Workers' Rights
Hooser Update on SB3095hd1 – The truth, the status and the next steps.
Originally posted on GaryHooser's Blog:
The truth about SB3095hd1: SB3095hd1 proposes meaningful pesticide regulation of the very largest users of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP’s), requiring disclosure, “no spray zones” around all schools, and a complete ban of the pesticide…
Tagged with: chlorpyrifos, Hawaii Senators, Restricted Use Pesticides, SB3095hd1
Posted in Children's health, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Children's health, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Dawn Morais 