GIVERS GAIN ON VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`I'S FUTURE
The people who love their land are now taking the Superferry battle into the courtroom.
Irene Bowie, executive director of Maui Tomorrow, says the community group will challenge a new law that has allowed the ferry to resume operations while an environmental impact study is conducted.
The group will make an appeal to the Hawai`i Supreme Court, which previously ruled than an environmental assessment should be completed before the Superferry uses state harbors.
Meanwhile, the National Guard has announced they will use the Superferry to move military vehicles to Maui to clean up after the recent storm.
Is anyone surprised?
The US military wasted no time in proving what others said all along – the Superferry was built by former US military investors for the US military to put Stryker and other equipment on all islands as needed.
With more people calling for a Free Hawai`i every day, can you guess what for?
Because funds are a critical part of any battle, we at the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network are pitching in, and we’re asking you to do the same.
We’ve set up a way everyone can contribute a little something towards stopping the Superferry.
As we all know, a lot of little contributions can add up fast.
Use our Stop The Superferry contribution widget at the top right on this page and give whatever you can today.
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If everyone puts in a little, we all can get a lot of results out.
So we ask for your contribution today in whatever amount you can give.
And that’s what it’s all about – giving to others, as we see in this week’s Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.
MONDAY, December 24th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, December 28th At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
“Out Of The Box – A Visit With Hinaleimoana Wong”
Since she was last on Voices Of Truth Hina Wong has been, well, busy.
An educator at two charter schools in Hawai`i, Hina delivers the kind of education students crave – and can get virtually nowhere else.
“You don’t have to go far from home to be successful,” is the message she gives her students at Halau Lokahi charter school on O`ahu and another one on the island of Kaua`i.
Teaching Hawaiian cultural values, she helps her students answer the question, who are we as Hawaiians?
Yet don’t for a minute think it’s only native Hawaiians, as students of all ethnicities attend because, as Hina reminds us, her schools mirror the multicultural population of the independent Hawaiian nation before it was illegally overthrown.
The impact her curriculum has had on her students is both profound and lasting. For the first time they see they don’t have to assimilate to be successful.
Bring your entire `ohana together and watch our visit with Hina as she reminds us the children of Hawai`i really don’t have to go and live somewhere else to make it economically. As she herself says, “we want our people to live and thrive right here.”
TUESDAY, December 25th At 6:30 PM & WEDNESDAY, December 26th At 6:30 AM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
“Fish Out Of Water – A Visit With Andre Perez”
Very few of us will ever find ourselves entering prison – especially if we’ve committed no crime.
Yet that’s exactly what Andre Perez did upon discovering the state of Hawai`i was shipping significant numbers of native Hawaiian inmates out of Hawai`i to prisons on the US continent in remote places like Arizona and Mississippi.
Andre correctly surmised they were not only longing to be back home, but connected to their culture – some for the first time.
What to do? Hop on a plane and bring their culture to them, starting with observing the Makahiki.
So there they ended up, standing in a prison yard outside in twenty degrees weather, dressed only in malo and kikepa greeting the sun as it rose in the early morning sky to herald the beginning of Makahiki.
You’ll be as riveted as us as Andre describes his experiences inside prison, and what it was like working with the inmates, including a surprise he could have never imagined – coming face to face with a convict who committed a crime against his own family – and who turned out to be his cousin.
THURSDAY, December 27th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, December 28th At 8:30 AM – Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52
SATURDAY, December 29th At 8:00 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
“Every Feather A Prayer – A Visit With Uncle Helemano”
One day at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center where he worked, Uncle Helemano noticed an old kahili, the feathered standards of old Hawai`i, in need of repair.
He decided he would take it upon himself to learn the skills in order to repair it.
And that’s how Uncle became one of Hawai`i’s best-known contemporary kahili makers.
Naturally when we sat down with him to talk story, he told us some amazing things including who the very first kahili really were.
He also told us kahili marked parameters in the old days when ali`i were present, since ancient Hawai`i had no flags.
We saw right away there’s a lot more to it, since for Uncle creating kahili is not just about passing the culture down through the generations, “it’s also about a positive message to our people.”
Don’t miss our fascinating visit with Uncle Helemano as he actually shares with us his process of making kahili and also shows us some of his astonishing and unique one-of-a-kind pieces. You’ll see for yourself he puts positive thoughts and prayer into each and every feather.
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