Hāwane Rios Instagram – imua nā pua lanakila kaho’olawe lanakila hawai’i lanakila ka Honuanuiākea this photo was taken on Kanaloa Moku in 2013 reflecting on the community that i have become a part of through the years in this platform from this page and feeling so profoundly grateful for the connections we have cultivated and nurtured through so many movements. this space has gifted me with pilina rooted in real solidarity, in sacred solidarity. i have always shared my truth, my personal stories, my views, and my stance on this page. i started this instagram around the same time i started @protectmaunakea. they both were inspired by the @idlenomore movements that were rising across the world. i was so inspired by the marches and drum circles. i felt every song and every cry for change. they inspired us to call for solidarity for Mauna Kea, and the world responded so powerfully and so beautifully. & now, this page may be taken down by instagram because i decided to offer my platform to the amplification of palestinian voices. i feel like instagram is slapping my on my hand and putting me in a dark corner like i’m in trouble for doing a bad thing. and their reasoning is because my ‘content goes against community standards.’ WHATS HAPPENING IN PALESTINE GOES AGAIN COMMUNITY STANDARDS. IT GOES AGAINST ALL HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS. WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO POST ABOUT IT RELENTLESSLY IF IT WASN’T STILL HAPPENING. i feel a combination of frustration and exhaustion. thirteen going on fourteen years standing for the mauna and in solidarity with the indigenous people of the world. thirteen almost fourteen years straight but really 35 whole years of resistance. i honestly don’t know what to do to keep this page and really am not sure how much longer i will have access to it. i hope that it doesn’t get deleted because it really is an archive of not just the movement for mauna kea but our very real solidarity with our relatives from one corner of this earth to the other. pls let me know if you have any suggestions and or insight about how i should move forward. no matter what i’ll keep chanting kū kia’i mauna kū kia’i palesetina a mau loa aku