amplifying and echoing @jeedajoseph
“I bear witness. 😭 Rafah was heavily bombed last night under the disguise of Superbowl.”
mai nā kahawai a hiki loa i ka moananuiākea
e mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono
i ke aloha i ka ‘oia‘i‘o
kū nā kia‘i mauna a wākea
kū nā kia‘i palesetina ē
inshallah & ameen
‘āmama & ua noa
Pi‘o ke ānuenue ma Gaza, Palesetina
Rainbows arch over Gaza
Listen to sky
What is it telling you?
Can you hear its voice
over the sound of genocide?
Can you?
Ceasefire now
4 months of this horror and massacre
Of INNOCENT CIVILIANS
Do you love the sight of rainbows over the land you love?
What makes so many people of the world think that the people of Gaza do not deserve to see rainbows that arch just for them? Rainbows respond to the love of the people of the land. How do I know this? I am of the land and I live my life giving offerings to the goddess of rainbows, Keānuenue, sister of our gods Kāne and Kanaloa. I call upon her now to be with the rainbows over Palestine. To carry our pule of protection and of restitution to the hearts of the people.
I have never called upon her so much in my life.
Ho‘omoea mai ke alaula o ke ala ia e hele ai
‘O ka pūnohu
‘O ka ua koko
E iho ē Gaza,Palestine
amplifying from @rise_for_palestine and echoing their mana’o with my whole heart
“This is so important. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve been ignored, spoken over, or even talked down to. You can’t advocate for Palestine and then hush Palestinian voices. What is your true goal, then?”
Repost @basmaissalem
#Palestine
#Palestinian
#Gaza
#freeGaza
#freepalestine
#🇵🇸
#savegaza
#Westbank
#rafah
can’t sleep
bombs dropping over homes tonight and every night
bombs dropping over hospitals
innocent civilians executed crossing the street
trying to seek shelter and safety
millions of people told to go to Ra.fah
only to be bombed by evil
more videos and pictures in real time
of children in pajamas
skulls and bodies crushed by is.rael
while the world keeps calm and carries on
i’ve used words that i thought were strong enough to describe
these feelings of rage and utter grief that churns within my womb and my heart
there are no words strong enough
never will be
my soul aches and my spirit laments constantly
how can so many not care?
how can so many people i personally know who i thought really would care, care so little that they have not once tried to do anything about what is happening in this world.
& not even the simplest and easiest of things that are being asked of us.
call our reps.
keep posting no matter what.
keep finding more ways to help them beyond marching and sign holding (both of which we all should absolutely keep doing)
keep using the privilege of safety, access, and outreach to spread important information and educational resources
so all the ignorant fucks who believe in the propaganda can get a clue.
if you see what is happening and you don’t care
if you don’t feel anything
& if you still stand with the evils of is.rael
after seeing 4 months of mass murder of innocent people
then you are not only soulless
you are a zion.ist
through and through
soulless and zion.ist are synonymous
and it is only you who will bear the curses that have already come your way.
no religion can protect you from the sacred laws of the soul
from the sacred laws of the ancestors
from the sacred laws of the descendants
there is no promised land for murderers
the priestesses will never allow it
far too many of us with incantations on our lips
and legions of guardians at our backs
far to many of us who will never forget
far too many of us who will love Palesetina
now & forever
is.rael has already fallen.
there is no coming back from this horror
no forgiveness
so under setting stars
battling the feelings of helplessness
i ceremony.
Words from @wizard_bisan1
listen, read, feel – then ask yourselves if you care and if you do what are you going to do about it?
“Gaza, Palestine, Salah Aldeen St.📍
Is it reasonable for us to celebrate our humanity in 2024 while an entire people is being under a genocide in front of our and your eyes?
It is a disgrace to all of our humanity to delay reaching a ceasefire and give the occupation forces time to kill more civilians and children and destroy thousands of homes and streets! Every minute that passes for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under this genocide is like a hundred years of torture! In cold and starvation while being threatened by leaders in the occupation to not allow us to return to our homes again!
While 2 million people live in tents, schools, hospitals and streets!, In very difficult humanitarian conditions that indicate a humanitarian catastrophe that will take years to overcome, including epidemics, diseases, and the collapse of the infrastructure and social structure.
How can a case be so just and clearly documented as this one and its people not receive justice for 115 days!
PS/ In the picture, I am standing in the middle of the main street in the Gaza Strip, Salah al-Din Street, which connects the governorates of the Gaza Strip from north to south. It is the historical street that connected Palestine with North
Africa and was called Horus Street hundreds of years ago.
This street, in addition to Al-Rashid Street or Beach Street, are the street that represent Gaza. They were wide, clean, and beautiful streets. At night, they are used for exercising, riding bicycles, and walking with pets. I have walked this road more than a thousand times, and due to the severity of the destruction, I did not recognize the place where I was standing in that picture.”
#permanentceasefirenow
Wishing you and yours a Happy Death to Captain Cook Day!
@nicoleforever, you are savage for this in the best way 👏🏾👏🏾🤣💃🏽
#captaincook #valentines #kealakekuabay #kaawaloa
“Every single one of those children was somebody’s everything.” – @omayazein
There is fatigue in my chest when i say the words ceasefire. I think I may have said that word now more than I have ever said my own name. The way that it echos off of walls of empty rooms. I feel as if the cold in my chest isn’t fatigue after all. It is the empty room, where the only entity that sits amidst the shadows, is the empress of grief herself veiled in black lace. Streams for tears looking for a sea they cannot reach. Vocal cords worn out like lamenting instruments that haven’t left their cases in decades. The loneliness that comes with standing alone in the cathedrals of your own pain with only your memories to talk to.
And it is those of love that visit the most. The prayer that is mother’s love for the child they created. That which is the most holy. The gift of life and the eternal love that comes with it. That is the promise in the promised land. Life.
You cannot build a holy land on the mass graves of children. The grief of all mothers will never allow it. There will never be peace for an evil nation. There is no other more enduring love in the world. In the universe. There is no other more enduring protection in the world. In the universe. Than that of a mother’s love and a mother’s prayers over their children in life and in the cosmos of the ancestral realms.
Remember always that Palestinian mothers love their children just as we love ours. Know this. Feel this. Live this.
Ha‘uha‘u ‘uē
can’t sleep
went to the mauna tonight
my eyes saw a beautiful sunset
& i thought to myself
‘do people think the sky over gaza is always grey?’
‘do people think that the rubble of gaza is all that it ever was?’
‘do people think that rainbows no longer arch over Rafah?’
‘do people think enough to care?’
i have seen pictures of gaza
even now
the clouds are pink
the sky is orange like Kona
the ocean glistens like Anaeho‘omalu
the people are of the moana like us
and i ponder on why so many do not care
and i understand the intricacies of systems in place that made it that way
and i weep
and i scream silent screams
knowing that these genocides have been happening all my life and the equivalent of the entirety of my grandmothers lifetime
and in my life i didn’t know what these atrocities truly looked like or sounded like until now
this is the first time in history that a genocide is actively being documented by the innocent victims
& i cannot believe that even after seeing
MONTHS UPON MONTHS OF HORROR
that NOTHING has been done
the powers that be are funding it
smaller nations are doing everything they can
and why the fuck is it taking so long?
because people are allowing it
people are championing it
people are throwing millions at it
i’m sick my stomach with disgust
heartbroken with grief
banned in the shadows
and my thoughts always return to gaza
always return to the keffiyeh that they gifted us on the mauna
along with this flag
my mind feels as broken as my heart
i will never understand this
nothing will ever make any sense of this
auē auē auē
Auē listen to the earthquake in her voice
Auē listen to wind rustle olive trees in her tremble
Auē feel the eruption of grief in the quiver of her body
Auē as she holds the body her body created and fed and loved
Auē her face is covered by her sacred rituals
Auē and in the mosque windows of her soul
Auē a mothers deepest fear
Auē that her children will go before her
Auē and for Palestinian mothers
Auē for their children to be Israel’s sacrifices to their altar of genocide
Auē there is nothing holy about taking life
Auē there is nothing holy about taking a child’s life
Auē from this world
Auē from the world that is their mothers
I promise you, Mothers of Palestine
I will lament, I will scream into the wind, I will grieve your children for all of my days that I have here on this planet.
I will kanikau for you for the rest of my life.
I will teach my children how to kanikau so they will kanikau for you and your kama for all of their lives.
I will teach them to teach their children.
And their children will teach their children.
Your story will live on.
This I promise you.
Humbly from the land of the tallest mountain from the sea floor.
I promise you.
I will stand with you and your people now & forever.
Auē ka lu‘ulu‘u kaumaha
Auē ka mānewanewa
Auē ke kani‘uhū
Auē ke aloha mau no nā makuahine, nā makuakāne, nā mākua ‘alaneo, nā kama aloha o Palesetina
Auē ke aloha mau a mau no nā Kanaka ‘Ōiwi o Palesetina!
From the cry of my soul
PERMANENT CEASEFIRE NOW
SOVEREIGNTY BACK TO PALESTINE
TO HAWAI‘I
AND ALL COLONIZED OPPRESSED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE!
KŪ NĀ KIA‘I HONUA!
#superbowl superbowl2024 #superbowlhalftimeshow Puu Huluhulu
while confetti falls over thousands
is.raeli bombs fall over 1.7 million
innocent civilians who were told to
flee to Rafah for ‘safety’
hundreds of women and children
were murdered while a coin tossed
in the same amount of time for a game to end
hundreds lost their lives to genocide
i scream above the cheers and celebrations
not in my name
not in my name
not in my name
be it a whisper on the sea breeze
or embroidered onto the soul
i stand now and forever more
hawai‘i to palestine
to sudan to the congo
to our relatives of west papua
it is your name i sing tonight & every night
it is your name we lift to the altar of justice
it is your name we utter as truth and as prayer
i wish so deeply that people would care
truly care about what it happening to millions of real people
who have dreams
who have love stories
who have families
who have memories
who have wisdom
who are being annihilated right now as the world parties on
auē my soul is broken for our relatives of the north, east, west, south and everywhere in between
auē ke kūmākena
into ceremony i go Puu Huluhulu
Eia ka makuahine aloha o Hind
Pā lu‘ulu‘u kaumaha ku’u na’au i ka lohe ‘ana i ka ’eha o kona leo, ka ‘eha kūmākena ho’i a ka pu‘uwai, a ka puao, a ka Māmā. Lu‘ulu‘u ka Honuanuiākea i ka ua loku, i ka ua nui, i ka ua o ka mamo. Pehea lā ka hana hewa a kānaka? Pehea kā ka hana hewa a Israhell.
E hāpai ana nō au i pule kanikau no kēia kama aloha, kēia kama a Palesetina. Auē auē auē.
There are no words in English that could ever describe this ‘eha. I can barely find words in my own language.
The soul of her soul was murdered by Israel. Her name was Hind. Say it out loud. Hind. The desperation and grief in her mother’s voice is the realest thing we’ll ever hear. It’s not entertainment. It’s also not something to use to try and find your humanity and tap into your compassion. Israel has murdered 10,000 children since October 7th. And yet there are still people out here blaming this all on Hamas and justifying this genocide with fake news put out by a fake country that is everything but holy.
28,000 innocent civilians have been murdered by a fake country that is funded by our tax payers dollars. It is disgusting to me that so many parents have stood by and not only watched but cheered on the mass death of Palestinian people – Palestinian children. I am disgusted with the people of this world. And there aren’t enough standing for what is right to give me or anyone with a conscious any hope at this point.
If you support Israel, we are done. We are pau forever. There is no nuance and there is no repair. Don’t talk anymore shit to me about Hamas and your ignorant empty opinions. I don’t want to hear it. And again, if you stand with Israel, I never want to know you or speak to you ever again.
Humanity has failed epically for thousands of years. Look what the white man has done with all this power. It has stolen the lives of innocent people for thousands of years. It has stolen the lives of innocent people for 70 years. For over 100 days. It stole the life from Hind and her ‘ohana. It stole a daughter from this mother. How can we not care?
E ke kama aloha, e lele wale i ke alo o Wākea
Lewa kīkaha i nā ‘eheu i nā hiapa‘i‘ole hehi ‘ale
Aia lā i Hōlani e moe ai
For Mauinuiakama, with love 💗
Yesterday marked six months since the wind caught the fires in the lands of Malu ‘Ulu o Lele. Six months since over a hundred souls flew on the wings of Ka‘upu to the embrace of legions of ancestors. Since thousands lost their homes, family members, beloved friends, pets, and everything they gathered on their journey in this lifetimes.
Auē ka mānewanewa
Auē ke kani‘uhū
Auē ka maka‘ūpē
Auē ka lu‘ulu‘u kaumaha
Auē ke aloha piha iā ‘oukou, e ko Lahaina mā
You are the welo of your kūpuna in the most beautiful and profound of ways. It is seen and it is so deeply felt. Hawai‘i Island and Maui has pilina that stretches across all time and space. Born from the same goddess and the same heat, our mountains are family. We are family. The bones of my and Hopoe’s ancestors are in the lands of Lahaina. Our children’s beloved Uncle lost his home and boat in the fires and has spent the last months working tirelessly in the burn zone. We are connected by more than the nāulu cloud bridge from summit to summit. We are connected by spirit and by sacred commitments of the soul.
We followed the protocols and waited to be asked to come to Maui. We went to listen, to pule, give ho‘okupu, be of service, and hold space in a humble and quiet way. We went to be with our sisters, our friends, our loved ones to sing to together, cry together; and laughter together too. This moment here with @hititkapizzle, @dpkaleiopu, @ethankaleiopu and our beautiful tita @tiare_lawrence along with their ‘ohana was so…Hawai‘i, so tenderly Maui, so…us . This ‘ohana lost their ‘ohana home in Lahaina that has been there for many, many generations. Sitting with them and listening to their mo’olelo, their ‘eha kūmākena, and their kūpa‘a mau i ke aloha was truly indescribable and remains with me every day. He Hawai‘i nō ia.
In the wake of this heartbreaking tragedy and the injustice and negligence of care and humanity that has ensued since, the people have continued to sing and have continued to stand. Maui shouldn’t have to be fighting for rights and basic human care. Maui should be cared for like how Maui cares for each other.
I stand with you now & forever
K A M A N A W A ‘ I O L A N I
Aloha Lā Hānau e ke kama aloha 🌙
Fifteen revolutions around the sun and moon
The stars shined brighter when you made your way
Mahina full and majestic in reflection of your mother
Kahekili above announcing your arrival into this realm
And just like Hāloa, when you were born
The eyes of the entire universe turned to witness
The flight of the sacred ‘Io
Heralding the time of
Kamanawa‘iolani
It is the honor of my life to love you, our boy.
It is the honor of my life to be a makua to you, e ka hiapo aloha o ka Hale Pa‘a Makekau.
I choose you and I love you as my own.
Pili mau loa i ku’u pu’uwai.
Nawa Man, oh how you truly are growing into the most beautiful brown young man. I know in my soul Uncle ‘Ehā is celebrating you with the ancestors today and every day.
IV EVAH, i love you
@hopoelehua my beloved, look at the magic you created. Forever, I choose you. Forever, I choose them. Forever, I choose us. ‘O ‘oe kā ho’i ka mea aloha, aloha nō kāua.
‘AKAHIPAPAHONUAMEA 🌙
Today is the last day to register
ulaaihawane.com/akahipapahonuamea
as i prepare for our first papa oli
i lay my offerings of salt and prayer
at my sacred place of ceremony & ritual
i breathe deeply into my core and exhale
calling upon my guardians to guide & protect
the foundation of the hale is pa’a
the four pillars are strong
and tonight we gather and we prepare
for the voyage inward to Kahiki
the distant places within ourselves
and it our voice
that will lead us there
E ala e Kahikikū
To Kahiki We Go
@halehaumea
#halehaumea #akahipapahonuamea
🎥: @dropshotkillah Puu Huluhulu
‘You inherit me
I inherit you
I am the language
You speak to me
As far as the eye can see
Everything has changed
Tell me how can we stand by
I don’t wanna be the same
He toiora ahau nōu
Te toi nō Kurawaka
Taku rongomaiwhiti e
Tākiri ko te haeata
Anga atu ki te rā
Whiti, whiti ki te ora e’
I AM – @stanwalker
feeling these words deeply tonight and every night
my deepest of pule for the world tonight and every night
with love
with love
with love
e aloha ē
🎥: @dropshotkillah Puu Huluhulu
‘A K A H I P A P A H O N U A M E A
Pule I – Rising With The Lono Moon
Mahalo to all ‘Akahipapahonuamea Participants who have embarked on this inward journey to Kahiki. Mahalo ho’i for your patience as we navigated these new currents and waters. I can officially share that our first Intro Video, Hale Haumea Intro Packet, Mele Packet, and Reflection Assignment is now live up on our group page. Check your emails for the updated link.
Soul felt mahalo to my beloved @hopoelehua – Pou Hale, Po’o Pua’a, and Manager of ‘Ula‘aihāwane Collective. This was and continues to be quite the journey for us. I am so grateful to be creating and dreaming together.
Registration for ‘Akahipapahonuamea will be open until Thursday! Lahaina and Palesetina ‘Ohana, pls email us at [email protected] for the access code.
E Ala e Kahikikū!
To Kahiki We Go!
@halehaumea
#halehaumea #akahipapahonuamea Puu Huluhulu
H Ō L A N I
Inviting you into this intimate moment on Hōlanikū, the eldest atoll in our island chain. I was called by my ancestral mandate to build ahu in all cardinal directions and one central one. This is the largest ahu on Hōlanikū, set in the wahi of Punanakamanu, that I named for the camp area. My sister helped me to gather the small ko’a that is the paepae of this ahu. She helped me to offer ‘awa and oli here at this ahu. She completed the portion of her Rites of Passage that I was alaka’i of here at this ahu.
I stood here every morning and evening to ceremony. When I close my eyes and need to center myself in my mauli, this is where I go. This is my sacred place of ritual and prayer. My hand touched every ko’a that makes up this ahu. There was a prayer and chant in every setting of every coral that sits here.
I tried to do build five ahu when I was on Hōlanikū at 22 but I knew the way I built them wouldn’t last. It took building ahu on the mauna and in my own pā hale to prepare me to create them on Hōlanikū at 33 with the permission of the land and of the ko’a. Hōlanikū guided me through every stage and gave me strength to bring this many ko’a from the shores I love, inland to the land I love. It is the highest and most sacred offering I have made in my life.
I remain in contact with every single field camp that goes out there to guide them on how to take care of them and align with them from here as they do ceremony there.
The ahu that sits in the west is dedicated to the divine feminine and is named after the Hale o Papa of Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau and the divine feminine goddesses that created everything we know. The name of that ahu is ‘Akahipapahonuamea.
I named this papa that begins today after that ahu because the purpose is centered in the same thing – a sacred commitment to healing and a sacred commitment to our living culture.
The registration link will open until Thursday
ulaaihawane.com/akahipapahonuamea
To Kahiki We Go
@halehaumea
#halehaumea #akahipapahonuamea
amplifying from @officiallahainastrong
🚨 URGENT 🚨
For too long already the powerful have played politics with Hawaiʻi’s freshwater resources. The interests of private water purveyors, real estate speculators, and the US military dictate water policy behind the scenes. That is why many of our streams run dry, kalo farmers struggle, wildfires are rampant, and jet fuel lingers in the water.
But today we have an opportunity to get the politics out of our water policy by supporting SB3327 to separate the Water Commission from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
In the aftermath of the Lahaina fires in August, those that benefit from plantation disaster capitalism made bold moves to solidify control of freshwater resources in Maui Komohana. The Governor suspended the Water Code, creating a free-for-all over freshwater in West Maui. Private water purveyors hoarded more and more water in unlined reservoirs, taking far more water than they are legally allowed or that they could reasonably use, claiming it was needed for fire suppression. Most shockingly, the Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources folded to pressure from these private companies and removed the deputy director of the Water Commission on false allegations that he did not allow stream water to be used to fight the Lahaina wildfires.
Now, we have an opportunity to liberate Hawaiʻi’s water policies from the corrupting influences of money and politics. SB3327 aims to improve implementation of the state Water Code by shielding the Water Commission’s staff and volunteer board from the influences of interests unrelated to upholding the public trust doctrine, and the proper management of surface and ground water resources for the benefit of all people. This bill converts the Water Commission’s deputy director into an executive director, reinforces the Public Trust Doctrine, and empowers the Commission with independent legal counsel and control over its budget.
The time is now! Submit written testimony at capitol.hawaii.gov by Tuesday afternoon at 3:00pm. 🚨
amplifying from @officiallahainastrong
🚨 URGENT 🚨
For too long already the powerful have played politics with Hawaiʻi’s freshwater resources. The interests of private water purveyors, real estate speculators, and the US military dictate water policy behind the scenes. That is why many of our streams run dry, kalo farmers struggle, wildfires are rampant, and jet fuel lingers in the water.
But today we have an opportunity to get the politics out of our water policy by supporting SB3327 to separate the Water Commission from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
In the aftermath of the Lahaina fires in August, those that benefit from plantation disaster capitalism made bold moves to solidify control of freshwater resources in Maui Komohana. The Governor suspended the Water Code, creating a free-for-all over freshwater in West Maui. Private water purveyors hoarded more and more water in unlined reservoirs, taking far more water than they are legally allowed or that they could reasonably use, claiming it was needed for fire suppression. Most shockingly, the Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources folded to pressure from these private companies and removed the deputy director of the Water Commission on false allegations that he did not allow stream water to be used to fight the Lahaina wildfires.
Now, we have an opportunity to liberate Hawaiʻi’s water policies from the corrupting influences of money and politics. SB3327 aims to improve implementation of the state Water Code by shielding the Water Commission’s staff and volunteer board from the influences of interests unrelated to upholding the public trust doctrine, and the proper management of surface and ground water resources for the benefit of all people. This bill converts the Water Commission’s deputy director into an executive director, reinforces the Public Trust Doctrine, and empowers the Commission with independent legal counsel and control over its budget.
The time is now! Submit written testimony at capitol.hawaii.gov by Tuesday afternoon at 3:00pm. 🚨
amplifying from @officiallahainastrong
🚨 URGENT 🚨
For too long already the powerful have played politics with Hawaiʻi’s freshwater resources. The interests of private water purveyors, real estate speculators, and the US military dictate water policy behind the scenes. That is why many of our streams run dry, kalo farmers struggle, wildfires are rampant, and jet fuel lingers in the water.
But today we have an opportunity to get the politics out of our water policy by supporting SB3327 to separate the Water Commission from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
In the aftermath of the Lahaina fires in August, those that benefit from plantation disaster capitalism made bold moves to solidify control of freshwater resources in Maui Komohana. The Governor suspended the Water Code, creating a free-for-all over freshwater in West Maui. Private water purveyors hoarded more and more water in unlined reservoirs, taking far more water than they are legally allowed or that they could reasonably use, claiming it was needed for fire suppression. Most shockingly, the Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources folded to pressure from these private companies and removed the deputy director of the Water Commission on false allegations that he did not allow stream water to be used to fight the Lahaina wildfires.
Now, we have an opportunity to liberate Hawaiʻi’s water policies from the corrupting influences of money and politics. SB3327 aims to improve implementation of the state Water Code by shielding the Water Commission’s staff and volunteer board from the influences of interests unrelated to upholding the public trust doctrine, and the proper management of surface and ground water resources for the benefit of all people. This bill converts the Water Commission’s deputy director into an executive director, reinforces the Public Trust Doctrine, and empowers the Commission with independent legal counsel and control over its budget.
The time is now! Submit written testimony at capitol.hawaii.gov by Tuesday afternoon at 3:00pm. 🚨
amplifying from @officiallahainastrong
🚨 URGENT 🚨
For too long already the powerful have played politics with Hawaiʻi’s freshwater resources. The interests of private water purveyors, real estate speculators, and the US military dictate water policy behind the scenes. That is why many of our streams run dry, kalo farmers struggle, wildfires are rampant, and jet fuel lingers in the water.
But today we have an opportunity to get the politics out of our water policy by supporting SB3327 to separate the Water Commission from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
In the aftermath of the Lahaina fires in August, those that benefit from plantation disaster capitalism made bold moves to solidify control of freshwater resources in Maui Komohana. The Governor suspended the Water Code, creating a free-for-all over freshwater in West Maui. Private water purveyors hoarded more and more water in unlined reservoirs, taking far more water than they are legally allowed or that they could reasonably use, claiming it was needed for fire suppression. Most shockingly, the Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources folded to pressure from these private companies and removed the deputy director of the Water Commission on false allegations that he did not allow stream water to be used to fight the Lahaina wildfires.
Now, we have an opportunity to liberate Hawaiʻi’s water policies from the corrupting influences of money and politics. SB3327 aims to improve implementation of the state Water Code by shielding the Water Commission’s staff and volunteer board from the influences of interests unrelated to upholding the public trust doctrine, and the proper management of surface and ground water resources for the benefit of all people. This bill converts the Water Commission’s deputy director into an executive director, reinforces the Public Trust Doctrine, and empowers the Commission with independent legal counsel and control over its budget.
The time is now! Submit written testimony at capitol.hawaii.gov by Tuesday afternoon at 3:00pm. 🚨
“Artists for Ceasefire. Peace in the world” – Annie Lennox ma ka māhele e ho’ohanohano ana iā Sinead O’connor.
“Annie Lennox, Scottish singer and songwriter, calls for a ceasefire in Gaza during an In Memoriam performance at the Grammy Awards.”
—
@officialannielennox
sharing from @hiddenpalestine Puu Huluhulu
I H Ō L A N I K Ū
’O ka pūnohu
‘O ka uakoko
E iho ē
This oli has traveled with me from one end of our island chain to the very other end. From Hawai’i Mokupuni all the way to Hōlanikū. It is the first oli I taught the Hale Haumea and it will be one of the oli that will be shared in ‘Akahipapahonuamea.
This rainbow arched the sky as we made our way from Kuaihelani to Hōlanikū. How beautiful it was to greet this ho’ailona of the goddess Keānuenue alongside my sister @kapuleifloress 🌈.
“If I didn’t know any better
I’d say that rainbow was for you and me
If I didn’t’t know any better
I wouldn’t continue to believe
But I saw it with my own eyes
Oh I saw it with my own eyes
Ka’a iā Kuaihelani
Hō‘ea hou mai i Hōlani!
Hōlani!”
Excerpt from I Hōlanikū, a mele I wrote free style about our voyage to Hōlanikū.
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No ka Hale Eldahdouh
Me‘e Aloha ‘Āina @wael_eldahdouh lost his mother today
In honor of her and the generations that came from her
Mai ku’u ewe, ku’u piko, ku’u puao
Eia ku‘u aloha eia ku’u leo kanikau
For the House of Eldahdouh
From the depths of who I am and all I hold in my womb
I humbly offer my love and my lamentations to you
Auē ka ‘eha‘eha mānewanewa
Auē ka ‘eha‘eha maka‘ūpē
Auē ka ‘eha‘eha kani‘ūhū
Auē ka ‘eha‘eha a ka na‘au a ka pu‘uwai
There are no english words to describe
The way our language holds the feeling of grief
The way each word carry’s in each sound
A wail that only the soul can feel
E maliu mai e o’u mau akua o ke ao a me ka pō
E ho’opalekana ‘oukou iā lākou
Nā pua ho’i a Wael kau keha i ka hano
E ho‘opalekana ‘oukou iā Palesetina
Heed my call, my beloved goddess and gods of creation
Protect them all
Protect and hold the precious blossoms of Wael and his wife
The legacy of his mother and her mother
I place their names in the heights
Protect
Protect Palestine
E lele i ka lani keha
I ka hālau lani o Allah
E lele wale i ke alo o Wākea
I ke alaula o Hōlani
Fly to the sacred beyond
In the vast embrace of Allah
Fly to the expanse of Wākea
To the glow that brings forth the heavens
Eia ku‘u aloha a mau loa aku
‘Āmama ua noa
Inshallah
📸: @belalkh Puu Huluhulu
