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Dear Friends,
I am so excited to share with you about the 2016 International Food Justice Summit in Hawai`i starting next week! HAPA has partnered with the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America to host,"Challenging the Global Impacts of the Agrochemical Industry: An International Food Justice Summit," January 15-20, 2016, in locations throughout Hawai`i.
Advocates from around the world and Hawai`i will travel across the islands to weave together a story of how our local struggles (for protections from pesticides, to access to land for local food production) are connected, and explore how we can grow (together) towards restoring a fairer and more sustainable food system.
The event on Maui will be next Saturday, January 16th, from 5PM - 7PM at the McCoy Studio Theater at the MACC (Maui Arts & Cultural Center). This is a FREE event, and HAPA will give away free T-shirts to the first 20 people to sign-in. You can learn more and RSVP on the Facebook event page. Please join me to hear these inspiring local and global advocates. I hope to see you there!
Gary Hooser
President, Hawai`i Alliance for Progressive Action
www.HAPAhi.org
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Six corporations dominate the world’s seed, pesticide and biotech industries. Hawai’i is a global epicenter for these corporations as they develop and test their genetically engineered (GE) crops. Communities and workers on the islands are exposed to inordinate levels of pesticides that accompany GE seed development and testing. These seeds are then shipped around the world for use in industrial agriculture — mostly to feed factory farms and fuel cars — displacing local and Indigenous food systems and farmers, and amplifying existing contamination of land, water and other resources.
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Maui
SATURDAY, JAN. 16, 5-7 PM (MCCOY STUDIO THEATER, MAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER, KAHULUI, MAUI)
HOST/SPEAKER: Kainoa Horcajo. Born and raised on Maui with a deep love of his island home, Kainoa Horcajo studied International Relations side by side with traditional wisdom of his kupuna in Hawai'i. Through a wide-ranging spectrum of interests, Kainoa continues to develop innovative and approachable ways to connect people, both locals and visitors, with the Hawaiian culture and its important messages for the world. Kainoa is Hawaiian Cultural Ambassador to hotels in Wailea and host of the television show, "Search Hawai`i: Where Food Meets Culture."
International Speakers:
(ALL ISLANDS)
Adelita San Vicente Tello, Director, Semillas de Vida Fundacion (Seeds of Life Foundation) in Mexico & a leader of Sin Maiz no hay Pais (Without Corn there is no Country) coalition that successfully kept Monsanto transgenic corn out of Mexico. Her talk is entitled "Stories from the Birthplace of Corn: How Mexico has successfully kept Monsanto out (and protected local farmers and biodiversity)!"
Mariann Bassey Orovwuje, Program Manager, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria & Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Africa’s Food Sovereignty Campaign. Her talk is entitled "Lessons in Food Sovereignty from Africa: Community Rights Over Corporations.”
Sarojeni V. Rengam, Executive Director, Pesticide Action Network Asia & the Pacific (PAN AP), Malaysia & Steering Committee Member, Asian Rural Women’s Coalition (ARWC). She will be speaking on “Land Grabs and The Struggle for Farmer’s and Farm Workers' Rights in Asia."
Eva Schürmann, activist with MultiWatch, a Swiss-based group that monitors
multinational corporations headquartered in Switzerland (such as Syngenta) and their violations of human rights around the globe. She has a Masters in Law degree from the University of Basel and is a practicing attorney. Schürmann and Multiwatch helped
organize the Kaua’i delegation to Switzerland last April. Her talk is entitled,
“Activism in the Belly of the Beast: Switzerland and The Precautionary Principle in Europe.”
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January 15-18, 2016
Hawai`i-wide Speaking Tour
A panel of four experts/advocates from around the world and Hawai`i will travel across the islands to weave together a story of how our local struggles connect with one another, share inspiring stories of grassroots victories from around the earth, and explore how we can can grow (together) towards restoring a fairer and more sustainable food system.
DATES AND LOCATIONS
HAWAI`I ISLAND - FRIDAY, JAN. 15, 6-8 PM
University Classroom Building 100
University of Hawai`i, Hilo
Professor Noelie Rodriguez, Local Host
Alika Atay, Hawai`i-based Speaker
MAUI - SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 5-7 PM
McCoy Studio Theater
Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Kahului, Maui
Kainoa Horcajo, Local Host and Hawai`i-based Speaker
KAUA`I - SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 5-7 PM
Performing Arts Center
Kaua`i Community College
Lihue, Kaua`i
Kumu Sabra Kauka, Local Host
Mālia Kahale`inia Chun, Hawai`i-based Speaker
O`AHU - MONDAY JAN. 18, 6-8 PM
Art 132 Auditorium,
University of Hawai`i Mānoa
Honolulu, O`ahu
Jonathan Likeke Scheuer, Ph.D., Local Host
Andre Perez, Hawai`i-based Speaker
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