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INDIGENOUS PEACEMAKING

GHANDI, KING, NONVIOLENCE

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Fall 2006 UH Outreach College
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INDIGENOUS PEACEMAKING

HOOPONOPONO

NONVIOLENT ALTERNATIVES

PERSONAL PEACE

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Pacific Peace Seminars 2006 UH Summer sessions 1 & 2
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CREATING A CULTURE OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE FOR
THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

Currrent News for Summer/Fall 2006

PJRC - NAGAO YOSHINAGA PEACE LIBRARY

The Nagao Yoshinaga Peace Library was dedicated in a soft blessing in July. Attending were friends of Nagao, and many donatons were recieved in support of the Library. The NYPL is the new name for the peace resource and research center program of the Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center. If that sounds confusing it is! Basically the NYPL will be a program involving the collection of books, videos, materials, and resources that will be housed, stored, displayed, made available at the PJRC Chinatown Peace Center on 19 North Pauahi Street. Related to that will be a research project on nonviolence in Asia Pacific and Hawaii. Requests for donations of peace and nonviolence books and materials will be going out.

The Center has been renovated with new shelving and it's redesign will make it an excellant place for small group training, individual counseling, cousulting and hooponopono. The Center is open to individuals, families and orgnanizatons for use as meeting or training space, in addition to research upon request. First come basis.

The PJRC is available to assist individulals, families, organizations or businesses, with mediation, facilitation, or hooponopono. Call the Center 330-3771 Dr Guanson for more info.

The PJRC offers training programs in Nonviolence and Hooponopono through it's network of practioners and volunteer staff. Call the Center 330-3771 Dr. Guanson for ore info.

The minstry services of Kahu Kaleo Patterson are available through the Center by contacting Dr. Dr. Haaheo Guanson, Executive Director of PJRC.

2006 UPCOMING:

PJRC re-institutued the the UH Pacific Peace Seminars for Summer Sessions 2006

Every class was filled to capacity. but due to a systems error the originally scheduled Nonviolence Class was canceled. This summer the following courses we offered:

Indigneous Peacemaking

Hooponopono

Personal Peace

PJRC and UH Outreach College Fall 2006 offerings:

Indignenous Peacemaking
This class has been a great success and will continue in the spring. In the last two semester over thirty students have been enrolled. The classwork involves study of 20 indigenous people of Asia Pacific who meet criteria for being peaceful people; an exploration of Kanaka Maoli Traditions in Peacemaking is also included; field trips including Kawainui Marsh, and indigenous guest speaker. Developed by PJRC staff and taught by Kahu Kaleo Pattererson and Dr. Haaheo Guanson at the University of Hawaii Outreach College and Matsunaga Peace Institute.

Gandhi, King and NonViolence
This course which has not been taught for some time has been redesigned and will be offered in the fall. Se couse description above.

PJRC will be offering a special Winter Session 2006/2007 course on Hooponopono

Hooponopono as Peacemaking PACE 485
This new class being developed by our PJRC staff is Hooponopono as peacemaking. . Hooponopono is the kanaka maoli term to describe a process of conflict resolution and reconciliation that was and continues to be today a cultural practice in kanaka maoli families, churches and community organizations. This class will try to trace the evolution of this tradition as a means to understand it's unique elements and contributions to society and families today. Hooponopono is the new way of making things right and restoring the balance. What are the many expression of this today. This is what the class will be about.

January 17th, 2007
This year the annnual religious leader and communty leaders weekend of events and activities will include a colloquiy on the Hawaiian Kindgom Goverment History and Strucure, and an evening Torchlit prayer ceremony commemoration Queen Liliuokalani at Iolani Palace.

April 30th National Day of Prayer: Cleveland - Liliuokalani
This years annual week of educaton and activies in New Jersey and Hawaii will include a Hawaiian Concert at the Cleveland Monumen at Princeton University, Princeton Cemetary Services honoring President Grover Cleveland and Liliuiokalani and Protoculs at the Royal Masuleum in Hawaii. see hawaiianrestoration.com

2006 STILL GOING:

CHINATOWN PJRC PEACE CENTER

Wednesdays Justice and Peace Study Group Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:00 PM
An interfaith study group on justice and peace issues
and the issues of faith in action Bring Eats!

Sunday's Bible Study and Fellowship Sundays
5:00 - 6:00 PM
A Bible Study opened to all of Chinatowns People
and designed to be a time of affirmation and
collaboration.

PJRC COMMUNITY PROJECTS

NEW AWA ROOTS PRODUCTIONS
A new effort to work with youth on the Waianae Coast is the Awa Roots Productions, which begins as a demo recording studio in the heart of Chinatown. Over the next six mnoths the project hopes to suppor the CD development of Liberation Front and others.

HAWAII SCHOOLS PEACE WITH ALOHA
The next Peace with Aloha children's art exhibit (2006/2007) will begin in September and conclude in November.

This will be the second year that art exhibts will be placed on-line and offered on the world-wide web. Calendar Posters and art will be available for freeprinting online at peacewithaloha.com

INTERGRATED AGRICULTURE
The Intergrated Agriculture project will be moving in new directions as Jerome Remnick relocates to Hawaii island this fall. Jerome was very active this past year in the Kakaako Development project.

KAKO'O
Is a new project to address religious freedom issues for Hawaiian's incarcerated in non Hawaii institutions.Kahu Kaleo Patterson and Kahu Kekapa Lee have been involved in getting this project off the ground. Kaleihau Kamauu is the lead organizer of this project which recently requested funding from OHA to provide technical assistance to develop a non-profit
organizations that would be involved in education and advocacy. Napua Mcshane a seminarian attending Eden Seminary and a member of Ka Hana O Ke Akua Church is also very active.

HAWAII YOUTH NONVIOLENCE
Youth of the Makaha Dojo of Hawaiian Shotokan participated in the FoodBank Hunger walk and helped to raise $1000.00 for Food-bank last year. This evetn happens every year in September .

NATIVE HAWAIIAN COALITION
The Native Hawaiian Coalition has been subverted by OHA's Akaka Bill setbacks, and now it's interests in organizing it's own communitgy initaitve. But the NHC leadership under Kauai Torres is hopeful it can rebuild the organization and continue to be a strong grass roots intiative. Funding is the major issue in keeping the coaltion strong OHA has stated it will not fund the NHC.

Waianae Coast Gray Tarp and Hunger Project
Once a month on the last fourth Wednesday, an ono-licious Hawaiian Stew or Chili and Rice hot meal is served at the Ka Hana O Ke Akua Church. PJRC raises support to fund the meal that feeds at times over 150 adults and children and has done so for the last two years. Tarps are a much needed item especially during the rainy season and is distributed by PJRC. Mahalo to
Baldo Patterson and Connie Tom. If you would like to make a donation please contact Dr. Guanson

April 30th 2007 Hawaiian Restoration

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Aloha is Peace!

What is the Definition of Aloha? Why is aloha peace? Where do we see Aloha as Peace.

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Peace Poles

A Worldwide project to support peace finds its way to the University of Hawaii in the late 90's.

Read the Article at Kaleo.org

U.H. Manoa Peace Studies

View the indigenous peace and Hooponopono course flyer's in PDF Format.

PACE 485 (sec 331)
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MAKAHIKI 2005 Hawaiian Shotokan Karate-Do

Come join us for the second annual Makahiki Makaha 2005 Training Event.

Makahiki 2005 flyer

Hawaiian Shotokan Nonviolence

Learn the Art of Hawaiian Shotokan in your area.

Nuuanu, Chinatown
CrossRoads
Makaha

Shotokan Gallery

Photo Galleries

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