Saint Damien Advocate

Monday July 29, 2024

Aloha! 

Arriving in San Francisco (scheduled 6-month stay) to premier my indie film, "Hitman Struck," driving south from Centralia May 2024 after flying in from Hawaii (back & forth since November 2023) to open my indie film, plans went array much due to hacking (1/2 movie website taken down, YouTube ad vid taken down 'at will' rebutting initial quick response internationally, also apparent  issue eventually resolved~ movie not showing on the 'viewing platform' taking weeks, etc.), probably due to my prior political activity in media, articles (whether by me, or covering my activity):

https://www.civilbeat.org/author/john-roco/

https://hawaii247.com/2012/01/16/roco-announces-u-s-senate-candidacy/

https://www.hawaiireporter.com/on-second-anniversary-of-obamacare-passage-hawaii-residents-join-140-other-cities-across-the-nation-to-rally-against-healthcare-mandates-impacting-religious-freedom/

https://www.hawaiireporter.com/hawaii-voters-deserve-to-know-if-mazie-hirono-plans-to-continue-to-lead-national-democratic-support-of-h-r-1681-every-child-deserves-a-family-act/

https://www.hawaiireporter.com/saint-damien-advocates-targets-co-sponsors-hirono-other-co-sponsor-of-bill-that-could-close-us-catholic-charities-adoption-and-foster-care/

https://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/7174/Hanabusa-Hirono-Co-Sponsor-Bill-Threatening-Closure-of-Catholic-Charities

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/who-should-select-senators/386489/

Vids & TV (2 min. ea.)~ Saint Damien Advocate (2)  & KITV (1):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvscfsqiX8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Uxav9lOhw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qSvwyeWCYE

So, I accepted the situation, working further on the premier, while in pre-production for further episodes (casting, etc.); but while at a small church I noted the annual 'Fortnight for Freedom,' still going 12 years after an initial push my family was involved in (see children's vids above).  Reminiscing, I looked up 'current issues,' discovering whereas in 2012, 110 U.S. congressmen and women pushed a bill (H.R. 1681) that could shut down all USA Catholic Charities foster care and adoption (a 'non-discrimination,' bill that disallowed agencies that do not take homosexual couples, see children's vids), in 2024 the Biden-Harris administration's new HHS rule requiring foster parents support gender transition in children effectively accomplishes 'shut down' with no law~ a 'rule':

https://catholicherald.co.uk/christian-families-could-be-forced-from-foster-care-system-in-us/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-foster-care-crisis-how-bidens-new-hhs-rule-will-make-it-harder-to-place-kids-in-christian-homes

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule to Strengthen Protections for Youth in the Child Welfare System | HHS.gov

After much consideration, I realized that all my family's work (wife extremely supportive~ behind it all) in Honolulu beginning 2012, captaining rallies, writing articles, organizing marches and prayer demonstrations, would be for naught, if the Biden-Harris rule proceeds to eliminate all traditional religious foster care and adoption in the USA.

So, I put aside my indie, am (without my family's involvement, nor with church network, Oahu) initiating a Saint Damien Advocate demonstration at the Chicago DNC convention, August 22, 2024, which for Roman Catholics is celebration of Queenship of Mary.

This 'car based' demonstration fronting the DNC United Center  with religious marker in cars (front window, e.g., a cross or Star of David, not obstructing view for driving; see Protest PDF below for all important details), loudspeakers with slogans and signage (again, see Protest PDF below) educating all of the dire effects of this rule, is peaceful but powerful.  At no point ever would the DNC convention be sought out to be 'entered,' either by car or person (See Rules, 3rd page of Protest PDF below).  The peaceful 'car setting' (precluding vitriol seen in media, college campuses), also allowing all to join~ elderly, disabled, and the immobile, so long as can be seated in a car.  

May The Creator Bless you all,

John P. Roco  

A. Below are five differing "Summary & Slogan..." PDFs; download whichever best suites you (Catholic, Christian, Orthodox Jewish, etc.).  For the "Slogan (Pages '2, 3, and 4')" for all PDFs Pages '2' and '4' are the same, with the 'in-between' page '3,' denoting the specific denominational category of the charity, allowing a 'cacophony of sloganing' for page '3,' while having 'complete unison of sloganing' for pages '2' and page '4' (page '1' being 'Summary,' of dire effects of Biden-Harris 4-29-2024 HHS Rule).    

B. Below are two PDFs:  the first, an article discussing Catholic Charities, HHS's April 29, 2024 release, then prior 2012 articles; and the second is from the Daily Wire discussing a wonderful Christian film on foster care, effects of the rule, also politics.

C. Below is the Protest File, details (maps, instruction, rules, etc.), instructions, also important note and schedule.  Share with all.  NOTE:  Please view ASAP, as much prep possibly prior protest.