I kēlā me kēia mahina, kaʻana like mākou i nā moʻolelo o World BEYOND War nā mea lawelawe a puni ka honua. Makemakeʻoe e hāʻawi manawaleʻa World BEYOND War? Leka uila greeta@worldbeyondwar.org.
Location:
Piladelapia, PA, USA
Pehea ʻoe i komo ai me kahi hoʻopilikia anti-kaua a World BEYOND War (WBW)?
ʻAʻole wau i hoʻomanaʻo i koʻu ʻike ʻana iā WBW, akā ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa wau e hana i kahi noiʻi, a ua pau i ke kākau ʻana i ʻelua waiwai, a me ka hui pū ʻana i kekahi nā pepa ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻOiai mahalo wau i ka hana a mākou e hana nei, he mea kānalua wale nō wau i ka manaʻo e hoʻopau i ke kaua āpau. I koʻu wā kamaliʻi i ka 50s a me 60s ua weliweli wau i nā wikiō a me nā kiʻi o ka Allied liberation o nā kahua hoʻomoana make a noʻonoʻo pehea ʻoe e kūkākūkā ai me kahi kanaka pupule i manaʻo e lanakila i ka honua? Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻike pū wau i nā kiʻi o Hiroshima a me Nagasaki a manaʻoʻiʻo ikaika e loaʻa kahi ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
He aha nāʻano hana manawaleʻa āu e kōkua ai?
I kēia manawa, hāʻawi manawaleʻa wau me ka ʻO Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia (GPBP), A me ka ʻO Divest Philly mai ke Koa Machine, he hui kākoʻo WBW, a Mālama i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu Ukrainian ma ka pūnaewele (SUCHO). Ke hoʻomau nei au ma muli o ka ʻōlelo kahiko “Inā ʻaʻole mākou, ʻo wai? Inā ʻaʻole i kēia manawa, ahea?” No laila, kaʻu hana i nā hui maluhia.
Pehea ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus i kāu hoʻoikaika?
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi a ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ʻimi au i kahi mea hiki iaʻu ke hana ma ka pūnaewele a hāʻawi manawaleʻa aku me kahi pūʻulu o nā ʻōpio i kapa ʻia ʻo Philly Socialists e kōkua ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai a me nā lako e like me nā mea hana, nā meaʻai holoholona, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka poʻe e hoʻokaʻawale. Ua makemake au i ka hana. Manaʻo wau he maikaʻi ʻo COVID iaʻu ma ke ʻano he mea hana. Ma ke ʻano he introvert nāna e hoʻomaha me ka manawa mālie a me ka maluhia wale nō, ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia wau!
Kauia 26 May 2022.
One Hoʻonohonoho
Mahalo wau i ko Ms. Morrow kūpaʻa i ka maluhia a ʻike wau he mea ʻoluʻolu a ʻaʻohe kumuhana ma ʻaneʻi, akā manaʻo wau e waiho i lalo. ʻO kēlā inoa, ʻo "Grannies For Peace" he haʻahaʻa loa. He kupunawahine wau (a he kupunawahine nui) iaʻu iho, akā ʻeha wau ke ʻike. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i nā wahine o kekahi mau makahiki he "granny" e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka mea kahiko "ʻeleʻele" a me ka "pickaninny". Manaʻo ʻo "Granny" i kahi luahine liʻiliʻi e heluhelu ana i ke keiki maikaʻi ma kona ʻūhā; ʻoluʻolu loa ʻo ia a nani hoʻi. ʻO ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia he hoa paio koʻikoʻi o ka weliweli e hiki ke haehae i kēlā lālā keiki liʻiliʻi mai ka lālā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu aku i nā “makuahine” me ke kaniʻuhū—ke elemakule a poina ʻo ia, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ko mākou Nana–“Women Against War”.