Fifty Years On - SELMA

A  L  O  H  A !

“ Dignity is as 

essential to human life 

as water, food, 

and oxygen. ” 

                   Laura Hillenbrand

Hawaii People Were There

" The single most powerful

 word in our democracy is...

“we.” WE the people. 

WE shall overcome. 

Yes WE can. 

It is owned by no one. " 

                                 President Obama

" What enormous faith 

these men and women had 

- faith in God 

but also faith in America. "

                         President Obama 

                                           at Selma

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Yesterday we recalled

Bloody Sunday.

50 years ago

marchers for fair voting rights

were met by the violence

of police with guns, clubs,

and trained attack dogs,

while attempting to walk

across a bridge.

Yesterday, President Obama,

Congressman John Lewis

(one of the beaten marchers

as a young man of 25)

and many others

walked that bridge

again.

We still march vigilant

against today's encroachments

on equality before our law.

Nothing Earthly is perfect,

No person, No Nation.

That is why we strive.

The desire to climb,

to explore, to grow,

are the deepest core

of our shared humanity.

But so are fear,

un-examined bias,

and lazy thinking.

I love my country.

I love what she stands for.

We call her to her

higher nature.

Dignity is on the march

still today.

All around the world.

It is not humans

that we battle,

but attitudes, shallow thinking,

shallow love.

Hate,

even so-called

"Righteous Anger"

chases away

light & understanding.

It is not the solution.

Don't fight-

Shed light!

Thank You

for shouldering

this wheel too.

Together. Friends.

My Prayer.

Lots of Love, 

                              cloudia

the Height

Aloha Also Means a Loving Goodbye. . .

With deep gratitude,

we celebrate the life of

"just a woman."

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"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes,

but by the opposition he or she has overcome

to reach his goals."

Dr. Dorothy Height

(as are all)

Waikiki Cottage

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"If you worry about who is going to get the credit,

you won't get much done."

What, you no outrigger in YOUR garage?

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"I want to be remembered as someone

who used herself and anything she could touch

to work for justice and freedom.

I want to be remembered as one who

tried."

"We are not a problem people

we are people with problems.

We have historic strengths;

We have survived because of family."

The people who maintain the health, transport, and beauty...

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"We have to improve life,

not just for those who have the skills

and those who know how to manipulate the system.

But also for

and with

those

who often have so much to give

but never get the opportunity."

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Born in 1912

she knew a world

that we have forgotten,

prefer to 'whitewash'

or to forget.

I have been watching The Tudors

and have been impressed by the

state of fear

that accompanies life

under the rule

of king and caste.

As I say,

their mood

becomes the weather

and climate

that everyone else

must live under.

As a teenager,

Miss Height

marched in New York's Times Square

shouting

"Stop the lynching!"

She lived in a system

where black people

needed to smile,

bow, and shuffle.

She marched with King.

She saw our world change.

President Obama honored her.

Thanks for joining me today

as we do the

same...

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Maritn Luther King

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"Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them."

Martin Luther King, Jr., speech, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 16, 1967

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction...."

Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength To Love, 1963.

"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."

Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.

"I have a dream. . . "


". . . Free at Last. . ."

. . . Y E S

we DID!

I have spent my lifetime fighting for losing causes that glacially become 'common wisdom.' It has been a path of hurts, set-backs, and even assassinations: John, Bobby, Martin & so many others.

"It's been a long time coming-" but a change has come. . . and it's only the beginning.

A L O H A! Cloudia