Friday, December 26th – from HPR2, it’s The Conversation
End of the Year Reflection:?Father Walter Brownridge
Traditions of faith are celebrated during the holidays, but they’re also tested as we tally the many examples, all around us, of man’s inhumanity to man. Racial strife, gun violence, terrorism are still very much with us, as any review of the past year’s events will confirm. Maybe it takes a man of faith to keep hope alive in trying times… we talked over the past year recently with the Reverend Walter Brownridge, Dean of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Honolulu.
Intro Music: People Get Ready by The Impressions
Outro Music: Last Summer by Jimmy Greene
Poetry Slams were born more than 20 years ago in the urban crucible of nightspots like Manhattan’s NuyoricanCafé. These events are fiercely competitive and they also provide a stage for free speech artists to recite works that tackle topical issues from the searingly personal to politically controversial. Here to tell us more about Hawaii’s slam tradition is Kealoha, an impresario of Hawaii’s Slam poetry scene and a slam poet in his own right. He shares "Zoom Out," a portion of his new work in progress entitled The Story of Everything. He is a nationally acclaimed slam legend and the founder and emcee of First Thursdays, a monthly poetry slam contest at Fresh Café.
Intro Music: Word to That Effect by Hint
Outro Music: The Look Up by Hint
Public Access Room: Suzanne Marinelli
Hawaii’s annual legislative session will begin soon, bringing with it a new opportunity for citizen engagement… but all too often people come to the capitol without a good understanding of its internal workings – and that can place them at a disadvantage. Suzanne Marinelli has made a career out of coaching people in the lawmaking process on the fourth-floor Public Access Room - open Mondays through Fridays.
Intro Music: Clarity by Moonlit Sailor
Outro Music: Kodac Moment by Moonlit Sailor
Yesterday the gifts were opened. The egg-nog cartons were emptied. But today another celebration begins. It’s Kwanzaa. And it lasts for six days. Is it an alternative to Christmas? A replacement? Most of all, how do Kwanzaa celebrants come together and share the spirit of their holiday with? To answer these questions about Kwanzaa and more Daphne Barbee-Wooten joins the conversation . While Daphne is an attorney at law in Honolulu, she also pursues writing, teaching and traveling as a way of sharing her African-American heritage.
Intro Music: Matunda Ya Kwanzaa by Rockapella
Outro Music: Get On the Good Foot by James Brown
