SoCal Hawaiian community join nationwide protests to preserve Mauna Kea

Ho’olaulea Festival, Alondra Park, Saturday July 20 The Hawaiian community of Southern California join the growing national and international protests in solidarity with Hawaiian fighting to preserve Mauna Kea during the Ho’olaulea festiva at Alondra Park.

Schedule of events:
7:00-9:00am
Sign Waving on the sidewalk
10:00am
MASS/prayer Pule
3:00pm
‘Au’a ‘Ia (ALL hula/cultural practitioners at the stage area, grass area) Cultural ceremonies, Hula, Chant in solidarity with Mauna Kea.

About this event: 2019 marks 41 years of the HICCSC Ho’olaule’a, and 38 years at Alondra Park in Lawndale, CA. Hosted by Hawaiian Inter-Club Council of Southern California (HICCSC), the event is held annually on the third weekend in July and is the largest Hawaiian Festival in Southern California. Enjoy continuous Polynesian entertainment, arts & crafts, games, island-style foods, drawings and prizes. Come together each year to share in that spirit we call Aloha

About the protests: Thousands of protectors including Native Hawaiian community members, their elders (kupuna) and others have been gathering on the road leading to the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii's Big Island to challenge the addition of another telescopic facility to the mountain that is sacred to native Hawaiians. Activists have fought the telescope for years in the courts and on the streets for years, but the latest protest could be their final stand as they run out of legal options. The state Supreme Court has given the green light to the project that would put one of the world’s most powerful telescopes atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island.