Prayer Vigil to focus on building community, not violence

For Immediate Release

CONTACT:
Jun Yang, FACE Organizer – junyang@facehawaii.org, (808) 294-8387
Prayer Vigil: 10:30AM, Mayor Wright Housing office

Prayer Vigil to focus on building community, not violence

Honolulu, HI, January 31, 2012—FACE clergy and Mayor Wright Housing residents will hold a prayer vigil in front of the Mayor Wright Housing office.

The Mayor Wright Housing community has recently been struck with tragedy and violence. FACE clergy have joined with Mayor Wright residents to speak of hope during this time of loss and fighting. “We are a strong and proud community, but we have been portrayed as violent people. We are gathering with the faith community to pray for change”, says Gloria Castro, who serves on the tenant association board.

FACE clergy, representing churches and temples from all across the island, stand together with the Mayor Wright residents to make a stronger and safer place for its people. “We have a deep belief in community, and know that most people in Mayor Wright hold to this belief. We cannot let a couple bad actors represent the whole”, Reverend Alan Mark, statewide president of FACE.

WHO: Faith Action for Community Equity and Mayor Wright Tenants
WHAT: Prayer Vigil for community and peace
WHEN: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: In front of the Mayor Wright Housing office
CONTACT: Jun Yang, 808 294-8387

FACE is most recently known for the fight to keep the affordability of Kukui Gardens. FACE is a 16 year old organization that has membership on Oahu and Maui with a total of 52 faith-based, civic, tenant, and union organizations.

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Martin Luther King Jr Day – Community Worship Service

Aloha FACE and Community members.

St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church will be hosting a Community Worship Service on Monday, January 16th from 6:30 pm. It will be a service that will celebrate the life and work of a civil rights and social justice leader that helped to change the world.

Saint Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church
720 N. King Street
6:30 pm

*Clergy are encouraged to come in full vestment.
Please contact Jun Yang at 294-8387 for any questions.

FACE Interfaith Service this Monday

Aloha Leaders

Come to the interfaith service at St. Augustine’s in Waikiki. Join people from several small Pacific island nations who are left out of APEC negotiations.

We guarantee it will be the most memorable event of the year!

In a Global Economy the Community still matters – FACE Equity Summit II

November 1st, 2011

“In a global economy the community still matters”

We are holding our Equity Summit during the first week of November, being mindful of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference. Our summit on Saturday will be devoted to organizing ideas and actions about both local and global issues.

This event is free and open to the public. We invite you to join us, and to bring others with you. To register, please call us at (808) 522-1304, or email us at face.office@facehawaii.org.

Equity Summit
Saturday, November 5, 2011
9:00 am – 3:00 pm, registration at 8:00 am
UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom
Childcare available upon request.

Please refer to the map below for parking and drop off information:

UH Manoa Map Nov 5

FACE Equity Summit II and Interfaith Service

While our island home is physically distant from the rest of the world, like everyone else we are caught in the web of global finance – a system that is indifferent to the values of Ohana and Aloha.  We in Hawaii must balance between the need for investment to fuel our economic growth, and the struggle to find new ways to channel this investment in ways that ensure our deepest cultural values will be supported and maintained.

We are holding our Equity Summit and Interfaith Service during the first week of November, being mindful of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference.  While our summit on Saturday will be devoted to organizing ideas and actions about both local and global issues, the interfaith service will focus on lifting up a Pacific-centered theological vision in contrast with the profit-centered Wall Street vision which is the focus of APEC.

More details on the summit schedule will be posted soon.

Both events are free and open to the public.  We invite you to join us, and to bring others with you.  To register, please call us at (808) 522-1304, or email us at face.office@facehawaii.org.

Equity Summit

Saturday, November 5, 2011

9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., registration at 8:00

UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom

Childcare available upon request.

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Interfaith Service

Monday, November 7, 2011

6:30-8:30 p.m.

St. Augustine by-the-Sea Catholic Church

130 Ohua Avenue, Waikiki

Parking and shuttle service TBA.

Map of the UH Manoa Campus Parking area
To drop off people, please follow the yellow road.

FACE Equity Summit II and Interfaith Service

While our island home is physically distant from the rest of the world, like everyone else we are caught in the web of global finance – a system that is indifferent to the values of Ohana and Aloha.  We in Hawaii must balance between the need for investment to fuel our economic growth, and the struggle to find new ways to channel this investment in ways that ensure our deepest cultural values will be supported and maintained.

We are holding our Equity Summit and Interfaith Service during the first week of November, being mindful of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference.  While our summit on Saturday will be devoted to organizing ideas and actions about both local and global issues, the interfaith service will focus on lifting up a Pacific-centered theological vision in contrast with the profit-centered Wall Street vision which is the focus of APEC.

More details on the summit schedule will be posted soon.

Both events are free and open to the public.  We invite you to join us, and to bring others with you.  To register, please call us at (808) 522-1304, or email us at face.office@facehawaii.org.

Map of the UH Manoa Campus Parking area

To drop off people, please follow the yellow road.

FACE Maui Public Meeting – 6/27