On this episode our guest is Kahu Kaleo Patterson, an indigenous Hawai'ian priest and tourism activist. Kaleo joins us to discuss the ongoing tourism pandemic on the islands, grassroots organizing in Hawai'i, his decades of community activism and involvement, tourist entitlement and the abuse of sacred sites. He speaks to us about his spiritual work, including nonviolent direct action in the traditions of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr, and the Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center that's come out of i t. Finally, we delve into justice and reconciliation, peace and joy as an imperative for bringing about a better world.
Kahu Kaleo was born on Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawai'i. He has degrees from a plethora of institutions as well as anti-racism and community involvement training. He has worked as a professor and educator at the University of Hawaii, Manoa and the Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center. He worked for a decade with developmentally handicapped youth for the Hawaii State Vocational Rehabilitation program and has been a licensed priest or Kahu since 1986. Kaleo is the president of the Hawaii Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism, which has been fighting the good fight for almost thirty years.
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Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center: http://pjrcpeace.org/
Cecil Rajendra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rajendra
Joyful Militancy: https://www.akpress.org/joyful-militancy.html
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S1 #4 | All is Not Well in Paradise | Kahu Kaleo Patterson (Pacific Justice & Reconciliation Center)