Inspired by the popmatters.com article on the many African and Carribean artists dedicating songs to Obama, I couldn’t resist putting this page together– the Statehood Hawaii tribute– less to Obama, and more to the music that he helped to inspire. For so many to have invested hope in Obama’s message on an international scale inspires [...]

Statehood Hawaii has just posted a video promoting Ka la ho’i ho’i ea, otherwise known as “Restoration Day.” In 1843 King Kamehameha III decreed this day as a national holiday of independence from the British. What does Hawai’i’s statehood have to do with observing an independent Hawaiian holiday? Our state motto, “Ua mao ke ea [...]

Congratulations to the Wai’anae Seariders. They have just been awarded the contract to produce the 50 Voices of Statehood segments that will be broadcast on a weekly basis on KHON Channel 2, KITV Channel 4, KHNL Channel 8, and KGMB Channel 9. These weekly 55 second vignettes will be airing as PSAs. If I heard [...]

This event merits acknowledgment because in the debate over statehood, indigenous issues should be at the forefront.  This is one of the few US articles from a daily news source that has thus far addressed the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.  Note that the article doesn’t fail to to mention that the four countries [...]