African American Solidarity
The Pōpolo Project creates space for the Black community to be a part of Hawaiʻi’s multicultural landscape. Founder Akemi Glenn shares about the group and what the community is feeling during the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.
Encouraging Innovation
This week Hawai'i Green Growth released the results of a survey about attitudes in this time of disruption and where we need to consider our economic and environmental futures in a post-Covid world. Recently, the state appointed former Hawaiian Electric CEO Alan Oshima as Hawaiʻi’s “Economic Navigator” in a time where community recovery and resilience are more important than ever. What can the community do to move forward on managing risk and encouraging innovation during this time?
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DOE Plans for Fall 2020
Today's Reality Check with Honolulu Civil Beat looks at the plan issued by school superintendent Christina Kishimoto about the upcoming school year. Click here to read Suevon Lee's article at CivilBeat.org.
Music of Waikiki Leaks
It’s been about a year since an Italian Band from Rome released an album entitled The Waikiki Leaks - Swing Luau. We were intrigued since we were told only the band leader Flavio speaks English and none of the members had ever been to the islands. They learned the songs listening to a classic radio show Territorial Airways with Harry B. Soria Jr.
