Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 1, 1 January 1987 — 'Rainbow Coalition' Membership Urged [ARTICLE]

'Rainbow Coalition' Membership Urged

By Wendy Roylo Hee Policy, Planning Research Officer A charismatic Reverend Jesse Jackson strongly advocated for human rights linkages to eeonomie development; condemned countries that experience an "eeonomie surplus and a moral deficit;" and urged Japan to become more sensitive in its eeonomie dealings with other countries and also to look at discrimination against other Orientals, especially Koreans, within its own society. The dynamic black minister spoke at a Pagoda Hotel breakfast Dec. 15 organized by the Council of Churches during a two-day stopover in Honolulu. He had just returned to the U.S. from Japan and Korea and met with interested Hawaii residents, including many union representatives, before returning to the East Coast.

He also encouraged Hawaii residents to join his "Rainbow Coalition," especially since he considers Hawaii to be the "Rainbow State." He believes his group's ideals are attainable.: • Ending the nuclear arms race. • Housing the homeless. • Feeding the hungry. • Suffering for higher principles. He will be working to form a chapter of his "Rainbow Coalition" in Hawaii. lf anyone is interested injoiningor finding out more about the coalition, write to Rainbow Coalition, 2100 M. Street, NW, Suite 626, Washington, D.C. 20037, telephone (202) 955-5795. -