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Eo Lono <hmawae2004>

"Lono i ka makahiki!!!"

	KKCR Closes "The Box!"	690 days ago
	Aloha mai kakou, Katy Rose and Jimmy Trujillo's 1-3-08 set of their bi-monthly Thursday edition of "Out of the Box" from 4-5:30pm has been pre-empted by KKCR management in regards to their 12-20-07 show that is now in question by KKCR management because of on-air "dirty laundry" surrounding issues of systemic racism and prejudice at the station. Having been a guest on both the 12-20 "Out of the Box" show now under question as well as a guest on Ka'iulani's 12-17 morning show, "Songs of Sovereignty" which is also in question. I can't help but reaffirm the belief in the issue of systemic prejudice and racism at KKCR. KKCR management and staff acted poorly upon these two seperate shows raising this and other issues. I can validate with my own experience the system of prejudice the staff upholds as I have never felt welcome by the staff, having been ousted and made unwelcome as a guest voice on one radio show after the next, and in trying to become a potential volunteer at the studio on more than one occasion. What makes the issue even more apparent was being a guest at KKCR where I was verbally and culturally attacked after being told to get out of the studio by Dawn Jewell on the Dec. 20th show. Jewell, who then followed me out to the parking lot to continue to her barrage of cultural attacks, engaging in conflict over the issues raised on-air of systemic racism at KKCR. She continued in defense of her own point of view and strongly acted in defense of the KKCR management who she was representing at the time and day of the "Out of the Box" show. Dawn Jewell, who is another member of the group who had a hand in the decision to terminate Ka'iulani via group staff e-mail, which added to the ongoing controversy of their country-club style politics and systemic prejudice against Ka'iulani. Katy and Jimmy are to be "dealt" with upon the return of station manager, Gwen Palagi. This message coming from Donna Lewis as the voice of the staff, yet again. An interesting approach at pushing forward with their unconstitutional agenda of removing voices raising the issue of systemic prejudice and racism at KKCR, which has been strongly denied, ignored, and avoided at all cost. Avoidance to the point of shutting down the radio staion and playing Hawaiian music from their digital music library in rotation for a period of more than 48 hours, two weeks in a row, during the normal airing period of "Songs of Sovereignty" to make up for the fact of being accused of systemic racism at KKCR against the Native Hawaiian community, and stating that this Hawaiian music rotation was their "gift of aloha." A gift of aloha that stemmed from the fact that they knew there would be a lot of listener's protesting the issue to see if Ka'iulani would be back on the air that following Monday morning. Instead, playing Hawaiian music to make up for the severe lack of Native Hawaiian community volunteer presence at KKCR. Not only lack of Native Hawaiian community voice, but also a severe lack of Native Hawaiian music being played during normal weekly music rotations. A station which started during the early 90's when the vision and foundation of the station of Hawaiian activist, Uncle Butch Kekahu, was overthrown. Overthrown by the same kind of self-governing board that has been allowed to perpetuate that self-privileged, country club style members only politics of bias prejudice. When truly KKCR was built with the effort to help educate people with the voice of Hawaiian Sovereignty through music, expression in voice, and in togetherness of the sovereign community Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian alike. By continuing to avoid the issue and silencing the only voices brave enough to call out KKCR on-air, it clearly perpetuates the system that overthrew Uncle Butch Kekahu's vision and foundation of the station in the early 90's. Change can not be asked from the self-governing board who also put in place the majority of the staff currently in place upholding that system of in-house politics, it has to be changed by the willing voices of the sovereign community for change to happen now. Then we will say that "Songs of Sovereignty" host, Ka'iulani Edens-Huff, was just another brave voice who got a little too loud about the issues of prejudice, racism, social and cultural inequality at KKCR that she was dealing with internally and was silenced and made an example because sharing that message of oppression externally with others was too loud. Because that is the truth. The video of the first KKCR protest will be up and running again on Youtube, as well as on my blog site(http://bebo.com/hmawae2004). I also plan to post this email as a blog concerning this ongoing issue with KKCR until the issue is resolved and we are moving forward with positive change. We also ask that people continue to write e-mails to the Garden Island editorial staff(www.kauaiworld.com), and call into KKCR(808-826-7771 or 808-826-7774 or toll free at 866-275-1112) to leave messages in support of Katy, Jimmy, and Ka'iulani in the wrongful decision of continuing to censor "controversial programmers" in acting with an unconstitutional KKCR volunteer policy that upholds and validates their use of systemic prejudice and racism. KKCR management is now labeling the racial issue as "dirty laundry" because of those on-air truths exposed at KKCR, and it is the same kind of in-house denial that supports and allows that system of prejudice to thrive and continue at KKCR. This moves forward as an open petition to also have Hawaiian musicians and other conscious Native Hawaiian artists help to educate and build awareness that KKCR has used their digital library of "Hawaiian musicians and artists" of canned "Hawaiian" music to silence members of the community of Kaua'i over this holiday season. This kind of systemic radio shut down in response to community protest and outcry, the first in KKCR's history. We want to let those musicians who were used by KKCR over the two, two day period of controversy to help us in stopping that silence by using their true voice and musical inspiration in addressing and making aware the issue of systemic racism and prejudice at KKCR. Any Native Hawaiian musicians or other conscious artists that you currently know in your circles who support systemic change at KKCR, please have them contact me via email or telephone to add their names to the growing list of supporters for change. We will be interviewing those musicians as well as getting the petition out and signed to help stop systemic prejudice at KKCR and return our community radio station to the vision and foundation Uncle Butch Kekahu laid years ago before it was overturned. E holo imua, e mau ka pono. In moving forward, we live righteously. Hale Mawae Eo Lono!
	posted by Eo Lono