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The Justice and Reconciliation Center September 2008 Events The Peace Center At The Justice and Reconciliation Center 19 N. Pauahi Street Honolulu's Chinatown 96817 808-741-4612 Join Us! First Friday -- September 5, 2008 -- September is an important month for us. We begin with the "the F word: images of forgiveness" The use of these pictures and stories, and in this powerful exhibition "The F Word," is to open up a dialogue and promote understanding. GIVE ALOHA in September to support The Hawaii Peace Center Keep our Code # 78403 with you Thursday- Sepetmber 18, 2008 6p.m. A dialogue about the exhibition "The F Word," and the Forgiveness Project with Roger Epstein Friday -- September 19, 2008 All evening -- "A Taste of The Arts" A Street Festival in Chinatown -- everyone is invited. Saturday -- September 20, 2008 Primary Election Day 7am -- 6pm Sunday -- September 21, 2008 Peace Day from 3:00 p.m. To 5:00 p.m. Hawaii Convention Center -- Everyone is invited To forgive is not just to be altruistic. It is the best form of self-interest. It is also a process that does not exclude hatred and anger. These emotions are all part of being human. You should never hate yourself for hating others who do terrible things: the depth of your love is shown by the extent of your anger. However, when I talk of forgiveness I mean the belief that you can come out the other side a better person. A better person than the one being consumed by anger and hatred. Remaining in that state locks you in a state of victimhood, making you almost dependent on the perpetrator. If you can find it in yourself to forgive then you are no longer chained to the perpetrator. You can move on, and you can even help the perpetrator to become a better person too. No one told me why I was being exiled. But as a university chaplain, and in the wake of the Soweto uprising (when students were being detained and tortured) I was no friend to the apartheid regime. In exile I therefore became a target of the South African government. I had long ago come to the conclusion that there was no road to freedom except via the route of self-sacrifice, but nothing could have prepared me for what was to follow. Three months after Nelson Mandela's release from prison, I received a letter bomb hidden inside the pages of two religious magazines that had been posted from South Africa. In the bomb blast I lost both hands, one eye and had my eardrums shattered. GIVE ALOHA in September to support The Hawaii Peace Center - # 78403 The Hawaii Peace Center is participating in the Foodland & Sack N Save "Give Aloha" program. We are in great need of your financial support at this time. From September 1 - 30 present your Makai'i card at any Foodland or Sack N Save checkout and tell the cashier you would like to donate to The Hawaii Peace Center. # 78403 If you do not have a Makai'i card, request one at checkout. Our registration code is # 78403 Your donation will be added to the grocery purchase total. You may give up to $249. 100% of your donation will come to The Hawaii Peace Center. Foodland and the Western Union Foundation will match a portion of the donation. All donations are tax deductible. For more information please call 741-4612. Mahalo nui loa. Keep our Code # 78403 with you Back | Current News Newsletters | News Archive
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