ORGANIZE LOCALLY

Contact local groups and offices to raise awareness and support action for Henoko.

Via Kaiya Y, March 2019

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Indigenous Okinawan elders and activists blocking cement trucks at the entrance of Ryukyu Cement in Awa, Okinawa.

Ask local organizations for a solidarity statement.

Call on others to help protect Henoko. (~15 minutes)

Ask local organizations and groups in your area to write solidarity statements.

Feel free to use the letter-writing template (below) created by Jessica Thompson of Portland, Oregon.

Start creating a city resolution.

Work to support the immediate stopping of U.S. base construction in Henoko-Oura Bay. (~1 hour)

See examples of city and state resolutions from across the U.S. that call on the immediate halting of the U.S. base construction in Henoko-Oura Bay.
- For Berkeley, California, click HERE.
- For Cambridge, Massachusetts, click HERE.
- For the State of Hawai‘i, click HERE.

Post and share 1 or more of these resolutions, tagging your post with "#riseforhenoko." Email/write to your city commissioners and propose a drafting an adoption of a resolution. If your area is able to proceed further: Draft and propose the resolution with local advocates and community members

Volunteers in kayaks entering the region of desecration in the ocean of Oura Bay, Henoko, Okinawa.