Join Civil Beat IDEAS editor, Julia Steele, for a discussion about local tourism with HTA president John De Fries, Kauai mayor Derek Kawakami, UH Public Policy Center director Colin Moore and former Sierra Club Hawaii director David Kimo Frankel.
During this final event of the CB Recipe Challenge, Chef Mark Noguchi of Chef Hui and Pili Group will be joined by special guests Chef Kealoha Domingo of Nui Kealoha and Dana Shapiro of Hawaii Ulu Co-op for a celebration of locally-sourced food.
Congratulations to the first place winning recipe Maia Ulu Mochi by Joei Tyra whose dish will be featured in a cooking demo by Chef Mark Noguchi.
You can find that recipe and more on Civil Beat’s Hawaii Grown Recipes page and mahalo to everyone who submitted their recipes and votes.
Join Civil Beat’s education reporter, Suevon Lee, for a discussion with Catherine Payne, Hawaii Board of Education Chair; Derek Minakami, Kaneohe Elementary School Principal and Dr. Stacey Bobo, Hawaii Technology Academy Executive Director.
The conversation will cover: How are schools planning to bring students back? What kind of structural changes will there be? Will there be any distance-learning options?
If you have questions for the panel, submit them through this form or email them to membership@civilbeat.org
Register here to attend live or receive the recording.
Join an internationally focused discussion on tourism management with Maori tourism strategist Andrew Baker, Dutch professor of New Urban Tourism Ko Koens, Hawaii tourism consultant Frank Haas and Cornell-based sustainable tourism advocate Megan Epler Wood, hosted by Civil Beat IDEAS editor, Julia Steele.
In a brief special session, the Hawaii State Legislature overrode six bills that Gov. David Ige had vetoed and amended three others. The governor has until July 22 to sign the amended bills or they won’t become law.
Among the bills that were overrode was one that would yank dedicated funding for the state’s tourism marketing agency and change the formula for how counties get tourism tax dollars.
Join Politics and Opinion Editor Chad Blair and reporters Kevin Dayton and Blaze Lovell for a conversation about the special override session.
Civil Beat’s education reporter, Suevon Lee, will host a virtual discussion on “When You Trap A Tiger,” a children’s literature book written by Honolulu-born author Tae Keller.
Add this book to your children’s summer reading list and invite them to participate in this discussion. Written for children and grown-ups alike, this tale will captivate both young and older hearts.
“When You Trap A Tiger” is the winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal and Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature.
Join Civil Beat IDEAS Editor Julia Steele, for a discussion with WAI’s Stuart Coleman, DLNR’s Emma Yuen and Surfrider’s Daniel Amato.
This discussion is based off the recent IDEAS essay, “The Work To Convert Hawaii’s Cesspools Continues,” by Stuart Coleman.
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Join Civil Beat IDEAS editor Julia Steele, for a discussion with UHM professor emerita Meda Chesney-Lind, UHM associate professor Helen Yu, Hawaii warden Mark Patterson and University of Nebraska criminology professor Chris Eskridge.
This discussion is based off the recent IDEAS essay, “The University Of Hawaii Needs A Criminal Justice Department,” by Meda Chesney-Lind and Helen Yu.
What does health equity in Hawaii look like a year into the pandemic? What have we learned from coronavirus disparities, and what should we be doing moving forward?
Join Civil Beat reporter Anita Hofschneider in conversation with community stakeholders as we delve into health equity issues in Hawaii.
Guests include:
Josie Howard, Chief Executive Officer, We Are Oceania
Dr. Sheri Daniels, Executive Director, Papa Ola Lokahi
Chantelle “Tellie” Matagi, Contact Tracing Lead Investigator Team 6B, State Department of Health’s Pacific Islanders Outreach Team
Civil Beat’s health reporting is supported by Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, the Atherton Family Foundation and Papa Ola Lokahi.
Join Civil Beat IDEAS editor, Julia Steele, with Judge Daniel Foley, Maui GMO initiative petitioner Alika Atay and attorney R. Brian Black.
The group will discuss how in Hawaii, every county provides a process for citizen initiatives and how to force a citizen vote on a specific issue of concern.
This discussion is based off the IDEAS essay, “Use The County Initiative Process To Create Change In Hawaii,” by Brian Black and Casey Shoji.
Civil Beat hosts numerous public and member-exclusive events every year, including monthly member coffees and pau hanas, Civil Cafe panel discussions, and an intimate speaker series known as Hawaii Storytellers. Through our events, Civil Beat looks to foster community discussions by providing a place where citizens can share their thoughts and debate important issues in a civil manner.
