100 Religious Leaders Release Statement of Solidarity with Kanaka
From:
http://bigislandnow.com/2019/07/20/100-r...th-kanaka/
The Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center and others created a statement in light of the recent Thirty Meter Telescope protests and arrests atop Mauna Kea—the 100 Religious Leaders Statement of Solidarity —and delivered it to Gov. David Ige on the morning of Friday, July 19, 2019.
The statement (see below) was also distributed to other State of Hawaii officials, and through the media to county officials and agencies, and the University of Hawaii.
It will also be transmitted through social media and religious news to local, national, and global social justice networks and news.
The group's letter statement is the result of two days of discussions, organizing, mobilization and collaborations.
The statement of solidarity campaign began on July 17, the morning 33 kupuna (elders) were arrested in an act of civil disobedience protecting Mauna Kea.
In the two days following the gatherings at Mauna Kea, gatherings have taken place on all of Hawaii's islands, and from Alaska to Maine.
This statement of solidarity was "born to give prayers, voice, and support to Kanaka Maoli protecting Sacred Mauna Kea."
The 100 Religious Leaders in Solidarity are individuals representing themselves, and the organizations listed are for affiliation purposes only. Some of these religious organizations are beginning to discuss and develop organizational statements and positions of their own, and educational resources, strategies and actions.
The 100 religious leaders in the statement include leadership in the Hawaii District of the United Methodist Church, and Resident Bishop of Los Angeles, leaders in the Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches, and the Hawaii Conference of the United Churches of Christ, The Episcopal Church of Hawaii, and the Indigenous Ministries Missioner, and members of the Indigenous Ministries of the Episcopal Church, and the Hawaii Pacific Islands and Asian American Ministries of the United Churches of Christ...
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