Monday, July 21st – from HPR2, it’s The Conversation
June State Unemployment Numbers: Kalani Morse
As you may have heard over the weekend, the state's unemployment rate was still hovering at its August 2008 level, 4.4%. What did change was the total number of jobs held by Hawaii's workforce - down 23 hundred from May of this year. While the numbers tell one story, the people can tell another. For a look at what one HR firm sees behind the figures, Kalani Morse, VP of Human Resources for the Hawaii Group, joined us by phone today.
Intro Music: Rat Race by Smitz
Outro Music: Joy and Pain by Maze & Frankie Beverly
MAPA Production of Disney’s Cinderella: Kathleen Shultz
For more than forty years, the Maui Academy of Performing Arts has cultivated young performers as they grow and expand their repertoires. Dance Director Kathleen Shultz’s youngest students have spent the last month putting together a production of Walt Disney’s Cinderella. Now, it’s showtime. The MAPA Youth Musical Theatre Camp’s production opens Thursday and runs through the weekend, and Kathleen was on the line today to tell us about how the young arts students are learning by leading.
Intro Music: Big Waltz Bayadere and Cinderella by Lisa Harris
Outro Music: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo by Verna Felton
Comcast and Time-Warner Merger: Jay April
Comcast would like to take over your cable service. The broadcast giant recently filed with the DCCA to take over Oceanic Time Warner Hawaii franchise. While some of us might roll our eyes and wonder what difference it would make, the CEO of Akak? Maui Community Television would like you to know that have more power than you might realize. Jay April joined us this morning by phone with a look at what he says is a unique opportunity for the people to be heard.
Intro Music: Dance VIII by Philip Glass
Outro Music: Handshake by Two Door Cinema Club
Restoring Family Ties at Kalaupapa: Valerie Monson
One of the many cruelties of the government’s historical treatment of Hansen’s disease patients was the forced destruction of families. Hundreds of families were forcibly separated over the course of more than a century when so-called “lepers” were exiled to Kalaupapa on Moloka’i. Valerie Monson of Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa has dedicated herself to restoring those ties, undertaking a monumental effort of historical research. She’s about to present those findings in an illustrated lecture in Honolulu, and she joined us by phone from Maui this morning.
Intro Music: Stargazer Theme
Outro Music: Kaimanu by Patrick Landeza
