Na Curtis Driscoll, Nūpepa Daily, Kepakemapa 21, 2020
No ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā ʻōlelo no ka maluhia a me ka activism, ua kau ʻo Half Moon Bay i kahi hae ma waho o City Hall i hana ʻia e nā haumāna e hōʻike ana i ko lākou mau manaʻo no ka maluhia e hele hope ana i Nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa ma 2021.
ʻO ka hae, i kau ʻia ma ka lā 9 o Kekemapa, he kolaki nō ia o nā leka no ke kamaʻilio maluhia ʻana i nā kumuhana e like me nā pū, ke kaua, ka hana ʻino i nā wahine a me nā loli. ʻO ka hae kahi hōʻuluʻulu o nā ʻāpana pākahi i humuhumu pū ʻia a hana ʻia mai ka pulupulu, nā lole kahiko a me nā kāwele. ʻO nā mea i hoʻouna ʻia i kēlā me kēia canvas mai nā haumāna mai o nā kula a puni ka Half Moon Bay nāna i huki a kākau e pili ana i ko lākou mau manaʻo maluhia i nā mahina i hala iho nei. E hoʻomau ka ulu ʻana o ka hae i ka nui o ka poʻe i waiho i nā leka kāwele. Ke kau nei ka hae ma ka paia ma waho o ka hale o City Hall a he 100 mau pahu i humuhumu pū ʻia i kēia manawa. I Kepakemapa, e lawe ʻia ka hae ma City Hall a hōʻike ʻia i ka United Nations ma New York City.
ʻO ka hae kahi ʻāpana o ka Peace Flag Project, e hana nei i ka maluhia o ka honua a me ka pāpā ʻana i nā mea kaua nukelea. Ke hana pū nei ka Peace Flag Project i ka papahana me ka Campaign International e hoʻopau i nā mea kaua Nuclear, a i ʻole ICAN. ʻO Runa Ray, kahi mea mālama i ke ʻano a me ka mea hoʻouluulu, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻonohonoho i ka Peace Flag Project. Hoʻohana ʻo Ray i ke ʻano a me ka activism e kākoʻo i ka hoʻololi kulekele. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻomaka i ka papahana ma Half Moon Bay ma hope o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā kamaʻāina e pili ana i ka maluhia. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo ia me nā poʻe he nui ʻole ka manaʻo o ke ʻano o ka maluhia iā lākou a i ʻole pehea e wehewehe ai. Manaʻo ʻo ia he papahana kaiāulu ka papahana e hoʻohana ana i nā mea noʻeau e like me ka activism e ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka maluhia.
"Ua maopopo iaʻu pono ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka aʻo maluhia ma ka pae o ka mauʻu, a me he mea lā he papahana leʻaleʻa a hoihoi ia, akā he mea hohonu ia no ka mea he kanaka kāu e ʻōlelo nei e pili ana i kēlā canvas i ke ʻano o ka maluhia iā lākou a pehea lākou e ʻike ai i ka honua e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ko lākou mau maka ponoʻī, "wahi a Ray.
ʻO kāna hana i ka wā i hala aku nei i ka nānā ʻana i ka activism Change Change, akā ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻohe mea e hakakā ai e kāpae i ka huliau ke ʻole ʻo ia e hana i ka maluhia ma waena o nā ʻāina a me nā poʻe. Makemake ʻo ia e hoʻohui i ka manaʻo no ka maluhia a me ke aniau e ʻike i nā hopena no ke ʻano o ka maluhia no nā mea āpau. Ua hele mua ʻo ia i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Half Moon Bay e pili ana i ka papahana i kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻoholo ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā Half Moon Bay i kāna hālāwai ma ka lā 15 Kepakemapa e hāʻawi ana i kāna kākoʻo no ka papahana. Hōʻike ke kūlanakauhale i ka papahana, paipai i ke kaiāulu e komo a hāʻawi i kahi ākea e kau i ka hae.
Hele aku ʻo Ray i ke kula a hoʻokomo iā lākou i ka papahana. Ua komo nā haumāna mai ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo Hatch Elementary, ke Kula ʻo Wilkinson, ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo El Granada, ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo Farallone View, ke kula kai ʻo Crest a me ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Half Moon Bay. ʻO nā hui ʻē aʻe i pili pū me ka mokuna Kaleponi o World Beyond War, kahi hui antiwar, a me Nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua loaʻa iā Ray kekahi mau hana noʻeau mai nā poʻe o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Me ka hae e kau nei ma City Hall, manaʻo ʻo ia e komo i ka poʻe hou aʻe ma Half Moon Bay e kiʻi i nā ʻiʻī canvas hou aʻe. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o kā lākou mau hoʻouna canvas ma mua o ka 1,000, lana lana ka manaʻo e iho ka nui o nā poʻe i ka City Hall a kākau i ko lākou ʻike no ka maluhia i hiki iā ia ke hoʻokomo iā ia i ka mural flag.
"Makemake wau e hoʻomaka ka makemake o ka poʻe e ʻai i ka papahana. ʻAʻohe kumu kūʻai maoli; ʻO kou manawa wale nō ia, ”wahi a Ray.
Hiki i ka poʻe ke hele i https://peace-activism.org no ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hae a me ka Peace Flag Project.
