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More civil liberties events in Hawai‘i

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Upcoming Events

Saturday, April 28,  2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Hawaii State Capitol Building Rotunda. We are Women March – Hawaii presents: Unite Against the War on Women-Hawaii. Hawaii’s National Protest Against the War on Women Rally & Sign Waving. Guest speakers planned: Esther Kiaaina, Dr. Meda Chesney Lindm Rep. Chris Lee, Liz Rees, Music by Rolando Sanchez. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/242005719224069/
 
Tuesday, May 1, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., YWCA Laniakea, Fuller Hall. Tickets $12.00 (includes refreshments).  Documentary screening of “Vincent Who?” Vincent Chin was murdered in 1982 in Detroit because of his race. His death proved to be a pivotal and landmark case in the Asian American civil rights movement.Q&A panel featuring filmmaker Curtis Chin and guests to follow. Sponsored by the YWCA, JACL, AAJA, NAPABA, Media Council Hawaii and Hawaii International Film Festival. Tickets online at www.ywcaoahu.org/vincentwho, $12 fee includes refreshments. Purchase by April 23. YWCA, 1040 Richards St, Honolulu 96813. Info: kellimiura@gmail.com
 
Tuesday, May 15, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., YWCA Laniakea, Room 307. Suggested donation $10.00.  The YWCA of O’ahu, in partnership with ACLU and Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, will be showing the film “Let’s Talk About Sex”. This event is co-sponsored by the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women and Women’s Fund of Hawaii. Following the event, representatives from ACLU, Planned Parenthood of Hawaii, YWCA and the Commission on the Status of Women will talk story on key issues that affect women’s health this past legislative session.
Let’s Talk About Sex takes a revealing look at how American attitudes towards adolescent sexuality affect today’s teenagers and also compares European attitudes with American. The film concludes in Oregon, where the lessons learned in Western Europe are helping to create practical solutions.

Within this film, real parents and youth, compelling statistics, animation and archival material, all combine to paint an urgent picture of American youth in crisis. A crisis that not a lot of people are talking about. Let’s Talk About Sex challenges the viewer to take on this often uncomfortable subject and help protect the future of our young people. For more information & to RSVP: http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.aspx?c=9fLGJSOyHpE&b=294827

Thursday, May 31 to Sunday, June 3, various times, Honolulu Museum of Art Doris Duke Theater. The Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation presents:  The 23rd Annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival. For more information: http://www.hglcf.org/

Saturday, June 2, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Magic Island, Honolulu. PFLAG Hawaii and Honolulu Pride present: Honolulu Pride 2012 – Time 2 Get Equal (Pride Parade & Celebration)Parade starts at 10:00 AM from Magic Island Saturday, June 2, 2012. FREE Pride Celebration to follow around the Kapiolani Park bandstand from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Following the celebration, the Hawaii Pride Festival Foundation will sponsor a PRIDE Dance Party at McCoy Pavilion (time TBA). For more information: http://www.honoluluprideparade.org/

Friday, June 8, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Courtyard Kauai at Coconut Beach, Kapaa (Kauai Island). $20 conference fee, scholarships available. The Kauai LGBT Youth Council presents: LGBT Youth and Safety Conference: Support • Connect • Respect. Join Youth, parents, friends, educators, service providers and lawmakers for a day-long conference on issues facing LGBT youth on Kauai. Keynote Speaker: the Honorable Sabrina McKenna, Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. For more information or to register: http://www.malama-pono.org/LGBTConference.aspx

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Past events

Tuesday, April 24,  11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Prince Kuhio Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard. Faith Action for Community Equity presents: Vigil for Immigrant Justice. The US Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of Arizona’s extreme anti-immigrant law, SB 1070. Join FACE (Faith Action for Community Equity) to stand in solidarity with those who believe in equal treatment and equal opportunity for all families! If the court strikes down the law, that would set a major precedent – that state-sponsored racial profiling will not be tolerated. for more information, or to join a virtual vigil: www.vigilforjustice.org
 
Tuesday, April 24,  5:00 – 7:00 p.m., UH Manoa Law School, Moot Court Room. (includes refreshments).  
Lambda Law Students present: Two Spirits: Deconstructing Gender Norms. A discussion and film on a life unrestrained by gender expectations. 2515 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822, William S. Richardson School of Law.
RSVP on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/295040890573878/
For more information: http://lambdalsahawaii.blogspot.com/?view=classic
 
Thursday, April 19,  4:00 – 5:30 p.m., Fort Street Mall (gather fronting Longs Downtown)  
World Can’t Wait Hawaii joins a national day of action to say: “NO TO MASS INCARCERATION”. Demonstrators will be at the bus stops near Long’s Drugs, which is a major bus transfer point. For more information about the growing movement to stop mass incarceration: National Day of Action
 
Thursday, March 8, 9:25 a.m. to 10:40 a.m., Kauai Community College. FREE. Kauai Community College presents First Amendment at KCC, featuring Daniel Gluck, senior staff attorney with the ACLU of Hawaii.  What every journalist should know, what every student should know, what every citizen should know about the right to a free press and Hawaii’s media shield law.  Open to the public, priority seating for journalism students. For more information, contact Carol Bain, bain@hawaii.edu. This event will be videotaped by KCC journalism students.
 
Saturday, March 10, 1 to 3:30 p.m., Studio 909 at the Musicians Building (949 Kapiolani). FREE
The Hawaii People’s Fund presents: Break the Code of Silence! A call for inclusion, equality and safety of LGBT youth. includes a screening of the award-winning documentary “Out in the Silence” followed by a facilitated discussion and a Q & A with the filmmakers.  For more information email peoples@lava.net. 
 
Thursday, 1/26/12, 6:00 p.m., The ARTS at Marks Garage. FREE
Hawaii Women in Filmmaking and the ARTS at Marks Garage present Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock, by Sharon La Cruise. Daisy Bates  was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Post-film discussion panelists: ACLU of Hawaii Board Member Steven H. Levinson with Joshua Cooper, Njoroge Njoroge, Jill Leilani Nunokawa, Cindy Spencer. Film is 1 hour, and captioned. For more information: vera@artsatmarks.com. FLYER
 
Tuesday, 1/31/12, 6:00 p.m., William S. Richardson School of Law, Classroom 2. FREE
The Hawaii Federalist Society & Harm Reduction Hawaii present Legalize it? Debate on the Legalization of Drugs between Neill Franklin, executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) and law professor William “Bill” Otis. For more information: www.facebook.com/HawaiiFederalistSociety
 
Wednesday, 2/1/12, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Laniakea YWCA.  $10 suggested donation. 
The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii and Harm Reduction Hawaii present: Cops from the frontlines say: end the war on drugs. Featuring Neill Franklin, Executive Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) and a retired police major. Neill Franklin, Executive Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) and a retired police major is a 33-year police veteran who led multi-jurisdictional anti-narcotics task forces for the Maryland State Police and ran training for the Baltimore Police Department. After seeing several of his law enforcement friends killed in the line of fire while enforcing drug policies, Neill knew that he needed to work to change these laws that cause so much harm but do nothing to reduce drug use. FLYER
 
Sunday, 2/12/12, 1:00 p.m., William S. Richardson School of Law, Classroom 2. FREE
The Japanese American Citizens League, ACLU of Hawaii and Japanese Cultural Center present: Day of Remembrance 2012/From Honoluliuli to Guantanamo…Due Process Under Siege featuring keynote speaker Neal Katyal, Former U.S. Solicitor General, who spoke out against wartime injustice through the significant due process case, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. This event will also include a screening of Ryan Kawamoto‘s short film “The 1800: the Untold Story of Internment in Hawaii”. For more information, contact Derrick Iwata (808) 945-7633. FLYER
 
Friday, 1/20/12, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hawaii State Capitol Rotunda. FREE
Planned Parenthood Hawaii presents Stand Up for Choice Roe v. Wade Commemoration - marking the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade- the landmark Supreme Court decision recognizing a woman’s right to privacy in making decisions about her health and her body. “This year, more than ever, it’s important we take time out to recognize the importance of our reproductive rights and our role in protecting them.”