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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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.

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”

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

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.

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 will be holding a powerful meeting to bring our community stakeholders and decision makers together with the community. The title of the meeting is symbolic for our community. Everyone needs to be in the canoe, facing the same direction, and paddling, to make significant headway in any direction.

In this year’s public meeting we will be raising up issues of affordable housing, including public housing, immigration, education, and healthcare. We are also celebrating some significant victories we have won this year so far:
1. The repair and replacement of the water heating systems in Mayor Wright Housing Development, and
2. The passing of the mortgage foreclosure mediation law (Act 48, also known as SB 651) that we helped to shape and create
We will have some very key decision makers with us. Senator Roz Baker, Managing Director of the City and County of Honolulu, Doug Chin, and Director of Community Services, Sam Moku. We have a few more decision makers that are tentatively attending our meeting.

The meeting will be an exciting event.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Please click on this link to see the map of the location.
1020 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu, 96814

Parking is located on the Victoria Street side. It is underground and is very limited. If you are a member of FACE congregations, please contact your representative or organizer (Pat Zukemura or Jun Yang) to see if a bus transportation has been arranged.

For any and all questions, please feel free to contact the FACE office at 522-1304 or via email at face.office@facehawaii.org.

Please contact you organizer for more information (Pat Zukemura or Jun Yang).

Check the website for more information.

FACE Oahu will hold its FACE-Lift Fundraiser

The location is Harris United Methodist Church
20 South Vineyard Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96813
(the corner of Nuuanu and Vineyard Blvd)

Join us for some Great Fun, Pupus, “No-Talent Show” & Door Prizes!

Friday, March 25th, 2011
from 6:00 – 10:00 PM

Tickets are a suggested donation of $25 each.

Entertainment will be provided by each of the organizations that are members of FACE!

For more information or questions, please contact the FACE Oahu office at 522-1304 or email face.office@facehawaii.org