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News, updates, finds, stories, and tidbits from staff and community members at KAHEA. Got something to share? Email us at: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com.
On the perils of compromise
Some have viewed the awesome response to calls to protect Mauna Kea and asked the apparently reasonable question of whether a compromise cannot be reached. Compromise, however, is how we got to this point in the first place.
Mauna Kea Hui statement on the Mauna Kea arrests
31 were arrested on April 2, 2015 after peacefully protesting against the Thirty-Meter Telescope. Kealoha Pisciotta on behalf of the Mauna Kea hui responds to the arrests.
Scientific American's troubling article on Mauna Kea
National coverage is good, but the article was not particularly critical of patronizing attitudes towards Native Hawaiians.
A response to your “Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism”
A response to the October 21, 2014 New York Times article "Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism"
Money Well Spent? We think not.
$100 million spent on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) design, development, six-figure salaries, and the “shifting of mindsets” and “creat[ing] positive enthusiasm” for the TMT. The proposed TMT would be the largest telescope on Mauna Kea by far and the latest in a long line of the University of Hawai`i’s affronts to Native Hawaiian rights.
Three Facts, Three Questions
Here are 3 facts and 3 questions about Mauna Kea, that we hope will get you thinking and talking about the kind of future YOU'D like to see for this wahi pana.
Aloha for Mauna Kea Stretches to LA
Big MAHALO to Christen Marquez for hosting a screening of Na Maka o Ka Aina‘s Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege film. Christen is herself a film maker and Miwa met her on a trip to LA while giving a presentation on what’s been going on Mauna a Wakea. Check out Christen’s facebook page with info about her film here. Check out her blog for more about the screening. Mahalo to everyone who came out to learn more and to all who signed the petition. It’s awesome to know we have hoa aina across the big blue sea. 
If you are interested in holding a screening of your own, please email me at shelley@kahea.org.
