The Projector: Hawaii Talks About Falun Gong, Homelessness and Immigration

Rally in Chinatown About a dozen sign-waving people spend their Sunday morning on a Kekaulike Street sidewalk to demonstrate their support for Hawaii residents who are among hundreds of practitioners of Falun Gong worldwide who have filed suit against former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.
Protesting Persecution The lawsuits target the former Communist Party leader for overseeing efforts to torture and kill thousands of people who engage in the ancient mind-body practice.
Life Goes On Nearby, mostly oblivious to the demonstrators, customers jostle for ripe bananas at the Kekaulike Mall.
Sand Island Preparations The delivery of soil is the latest step to prepare Hale Mauliola, a homeless shelter to be developed in three phases that will ultimately serve up to 83 people in 25 modified cargo containers. The first nine containers are scheduled for delivery Oct. 30.
Efforts Continue at Capitol Other attempts to help the homeless are discussed by Gov. David Ige along with Rep. Sylvia Luke, left, and Sen. Jill Tokuda on Monday. The governor's leadership team is especially concerned with relocating about 300 people living in a Kakaako tent encampment.
Shed Conversion Luke holds a photo of a Hawaii Community Development Authority shed that might be converted to a temporary shelter for up to 40 people, one of several ideas under consideration.
Clearing the Canal A homeless man watches from across Kapalama Canal as Mayor Kirk Caldwell, right, prepares to explain to reporters why he is signing a bill to ban camping or putting up tents along city-owned streams.
Spreading Out Caldwell is assisted by spokesmen Adam LeFebvre, left, and Jesse Broder Van Dyke, right, as they spread out a tablecloth prior to the media event. The mayor also announced he was vetoing a bill to expand areas where people are prohibited from sitting or lying in public, saying that widening the ban may make it vulnerable to a legal challenge.
Canal Life Goes On A crab eats pizza along the banks of Kapalama Canal near where the mayor talked about his decisions on the latest City Council bills relating to homelessness.
The Lot of Micronesians Esther Kiaaina, an assistant secretary with the U.S. Department of Interior’s Insular Affairs Office, talks about the effect of Micronesian migration during a Thursday meeting of the Hawaii advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights at the Capitol.
Not a Sellout There wasn't a big turnout for the public meeting, even though the chair of the advisory committee said discrimination against Micronesians is 'one of the most important civil rights issues presently facing Hawaii.'

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