Stanford Hui O Na Moku, the Pacific Islander Coalition of Stanford University, is launching a social media campaign to educate and disseminate information about the involvement of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in the funding of the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Mauna Kea. Our aim is to show the world that the Hawaiian people are still here and are fighting to preserve our sacred traditions and spaces. The explicit desecration of sacred land and the silencing of Hawaiian voices will not be tolerated. We hope that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will listen to the Hawaiian people who are crying out for justice. The TMT project is but one in a long line of developments on sacred Hawaiian land without the consent of the aboriginal people of the Islands and disregard for the cultural, physical, and spiritual needs of the Hawaiian people: -The TMT will disrupt and prevent the cultivation of a contemporary site for Hawaiian spirituality by restricting those allowed on the mountain and the ways that traditional religious practice may be carried out. -Mauna Kea is a conservation district and exists as a keystone for the ecological well-being of a distinctly fragile ecosystem. The magnitude of the project will greatly disrupt the habitat of both flora and fauna endemic to the region. -Mauna Kea lies within the crown lands of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a set of lands specifically claimed by the Hawaiian people and illegally occupied by the United States government since 1898. The TMT has an alternative site for the project that could be utilized. The Moore Foundation is directly responsible and morally culpable for the desecration of Hawaiian traditions that have existed for hundreds of years. The Hawaiian people only have one sacred and indelible Mauna Kea. We will defend it forever. #divestfromTMT #aoleTMT #imuaTMT #protectmaunakea #kukiaimauna #alohaaina SIGN THE PETITION: https://www.change.org/p/gordon-and-betty-moore-foundation-the-immediate-halt-to-the-construction-of-the-tmt-on-mauna-kea DONATE: http://kahea.org/donate (at Mauna Kea) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Bjq8tFH3-/?igshid=11w5u5r71s08k
