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Mahalo Hawai’i.
An Invitation to Reflect and Cultivate Caring and Just Global Community
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, in his autobiography p. 134
“Earth Democracy globalizes compassion, justice, and sustainability.”
— Vandana Shiva, Earth Democracy p. 11
“We fought injustice to preserve our own humanity.”
— Nelson Mandela in Long Walk to Freedom. p. 406
“The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
- Steve Biko
Plato’s Republic
“Injustice is never more profitable than justice.”
Steve Biko
“Your values are affected by your culture.”
Paulo Freire in Education for Critical Consciousness. p. 11
“This new, critical optimism requires a strong sense of social responsibility and of engagement in the task of transforming society; it cannot mean simply letting things run on.”
Being in Right Relationship. Taking Right Action.
“Hawai’i has the highest recorded number of open-air experiments with genetically engineered plants in the world. Examples Include:
Corn engineered with human genes (Dow)
Sugargain engineered with human genes (Hawai’i Agriculture Research Center)
Corn engineered with jellyfish genes (Stanford Univeristy)
Tobacco engineered with lettuce genes (University of Hawai’i)
Rice engineered with human genes (Applied Phytologics)
Corn engineered with hepatitis virus genes (Prodigene)”
— Facing Hawai’i’s Future p. 8
“…life cannot function meaningfully when each person acts independently. Also, just as the smallest wheel is necessary to make the spinning wheel work properly. Every individual that God has created is an integral part of the whole, and must work in unison with others so that life can be smooth and in harmony. Nobody is dispensable.”
— Arun Gandhi in Legacy of Love p. 114
The Generosity Network
“True generosity is rooted in relatedness.”
Paulo Freire