COMING UP
Call to Action!!! Three ways to Protect Pōhakuloa!
1.) Please share and ADD a photo of yourself and your loved ones with the same messages as below!
Urge young people and off island Lahui to make their own signs and post with their photos on social media!! When you post add the hashtags
#protectpohakuloa #PTAShutdown #protectourkeiki #seeyouonthemauna
2.) Thurs, April 18, 2019 Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA). Main Gate 9AM-1PM
Protest “Experience PTA Day” events where the military has invited school children to attend, despite KNOWN HEALTH RISKS. We encourage young folks, those who are hapai, or in ill health to post photos, make calls and raise awareness and not risk their health at the 4/18 PTA Gate Protest.
(Car pools 8AM from Hilo @Komohana & Saddle)
3. Contact the DOE and tell them to stop sanctioning students to go to Pōhakuloa! If you have Keiki on Moku on Keawe, please call their school today and ask if they are sponsoring a trip to “Experience Pōhakuloa” on April 18th. Even if your keiki didn’t bring home a permission slip, another class could be going. Please read the shared post for talking points on why their school schools not be going.
AT THE VERY LEAST, all school permission slips need to include that their children will be exposed to Depleted Uranium Oxide, known to cause cancer and a link explaining the health dangers (link below). Most parents just aren’t aware, and schools have a responsibility provide this crucial information, otherwise they are complicit in risking children’s lives.
Please view the short video of Dr. Lorrin Pang, M.D., public health officer and retired Army Medical Corps explaining the health dangers of inhaling DU oxide dust particles
(See https://vimeo.com/19153948).
Known DOE officials who are supporting school-Pōhakuloa relationships
Chad Farias. Phone: 808-982- 4719.
Email: Chad_Farias@hawaiidoe.org
Art Souza: Phone: 808-982-4719
Email: art_souza@hawaiidoe.org
For more information about what to say to the DOE reps, visit Malu-Aina.org
On Thursday, April 18, 2019 the 133,000-acre military Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) is hosting an “Experience Pohakuloa Day” event at the base from 9AM till 1PM. School children, parents and people from the community are being invited on base. It should be noted that Pohakuloa is a hazardous toxic waste dump from more than 75 years of live-fire training of weapons by the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. More than 14 million live-rounds are fired annually at Pohakuloa. Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation rounds have been used at PTA.
Please view the short video of Dr. Lorrin Pang, M.D., public health officer and retired Army Medical Corps explaining the health dangers of inhaling DU oxide dust particles
(See https://vimeo.com/19153948).
Allowing children in your care to attend programs at Pohakuloa unnecessarily puts them at risk.
RIMPAC = WAR CRIMES
Past Events...
https://www.onipaakakou.org/
New times and days for sign wavings are coming soon
