"We must be steadfast in our pursuit of TRUTH, just like our Queen Liliuokalani and Princess Kaiulani, THEY DID NOT ALLOW THE TRUTH TO BE SILENCED"
Healani Sonoda-Pale with Pono Kealoha and 14 others
14 mins · Honolulu, HI · Edited ·
Mahalo to organizers for the Unity March to save our beloved Mauna Kea it was for the most part awesome. However, I wish that the organizers like Tiare Lawrence were honest about OHA's involvement with this march instead of denying that OHA was sponsor and even denying their involvement. Because of my questioning I have been ousted and blocked from the Stand for Mauna a Kea group. Here is what I found out about OHA's involvement after much prodding and asking:
1. OHA donated $5,000 in shirts with the Na'i Aupuni logo on it
2. OHA paid for the trolleys
3. OHA pad for part of the food
4. Key organizers were OHA employees who were the go betweens
5. According to Andre Perez OHA did the press release and strategy points for the march.
All I can say is that OHA cannot be trusted and have a history of co-opting grassroots Native Hawaiian movements. Furthermore, I now have pictures of myself and my sons in the Na'i Aupuni shirts at the march even though I don't support Na'i Aupuni (OHA's initiative for "sovereignty"). I wish I had been aware when I signed up for the shirts on behalf of my family that these were Na'i Aupuni shirts and not save Mauna Kea shirts. In order to unify as one we need to have transparency and honesty in our leadership and open and candid discussions, at this early stage of this movement if we don't have that then we are will never break free from the oppressive state we are in as a people...it will be more of the same. Save our Mauna! Ku Kia'i Mauna! Eo! Ea!
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