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Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s 3rd Annual Fundraiser

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Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s Third Annual Fundraiser set for Saturday, November 23, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m at Keoho Plaza/Mamiya Theatre located on the grounds of Saint Louis School and Chaminade University. 

We will commence the evening with a reception featuring the live musical stylings of Hi`ikua, ono food and drink, and a silent auction.  I have attached an informational poster of the event and a donation form should you or someone you know wish to donate an auction item for this event.

Once our opu are full and our thirst for the musical stylings of Hi`ikua have been quenched, we will proceed into the comforting confines of Mamiya Theatre for the O`ahu premiere of the film entitled “Islands of Sanctuary“, which documents Native Hawaiian and Aboriginal Australian resistance to significant threats to the sacredness of their lands.  (If you would like to learn more about Islands of Sanctuary and the Standing on Sacred Ground Film Project, please visit http://standingonsacredground.org/ .)

Saturday, November 23, 2013 • 5:00 – 9:00 PM
Mamiya Theatre at the St. Louis School/Chaminade University Campus
3142 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu


General Admission is $75 and Student Admission is $25
Admission includes ono pupu, live music, silent auction, and a great evening.  Drinks will be available for purchase.

You can purchase tickets online at www.nhlchi.org or call us at (808)521-2302

All proceeds will benefit the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, a 501(c)(3) entity.  Donations are appreciated and tax deductible as permitted by law.

2013 Day of Remembrance

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Please join use for the 2013 Day of Remembrance

Reflections on the Past Relevancy for the Future

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, Manoa Grand Ballroom, 2454 South Beretania Street

1:00 p.m. Program

2:30 p.m. Reception

For more information please see flyer, click here, or contact the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii at 945-7633.

 

Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation Annual Fundraiser

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Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s Annual Fundraiser

Saturday, November 24, 2012, from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm.

Mamiya Theater, St. Louis School, 3142 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

For more information, please see flyer linked here.

To purchase tickets to this event, please go to www.nhlchi.org or call (808) 521-2302 Admission includes pupu, live entertainment, a silent auction, and two amazing, inspirational films.  Please click on the link below to view the trailer for “Murundak:  songs of freedom”, one of two “you shouldn’t miss” films featured that night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJY8z3n3HB0

2012 Annual General Membership Meeting

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2012 Annual General Membership Meeting

To view invitation please click here

Saturday, October 13, 2012

At the Harbor View Center

1129 North Nimitz Highway

(Above Nico’s at Pier 38)

10:15 a.m.                   General Membership Meeting Registration

10:30 a.m.                   General Membership Meeting (all are welcome; voting by members)

10:30 – 11:00 a.m.       Luncheon Registration; No-Host Bar Open

11:30 a.m.                    Luncheon Program

Members: $50  Go to: www.jacl.org to become a member of the JACL Honolulu Chapter.

Guests: $100

Platinum Sponsors – $5,000

Gold Sponsors  –  $2,500

Silver Sponsors – $1,500

This year we recognize two outstanding community leaders whose work has meaningfully affected the arc of justice for our Micronesian community: the law firm Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing for their extensive pro bono work on Micronesian issues and Dina Shek, Esq., director of the University of Hawaii Medical-Legal Partnership serving the large Micronesian community in Kalihi Vallley.  The award presentations will be made at our Annual General Membership meeting and Awards Luncheon.


 

Board Member selected for 2012 Leadership Conference

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Congratulations to Board Member Jacce Mikulanec!

Jacce Mikulanec was selected to represent the Northern California-Western Nevada-Pacific District at the JACL/OCA 2012 Leadership Conference. From March 10-13th, Jacce will join 29 other emerging leaders from the JACL and Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) to learn about and advocate for issues impacting the Asian Pacific American community.  Jacce will take part in policy briefings,  meetings with congressional leaders, and attend a White House briefing.

Recap: A Decade After 9/11

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On September 10, 2011, JACL-Honolulu Chapter and Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii held a special event, “A Decade After 9/11: Acknowledging the Harms, Learning the Lessons, and Shaping the Future.” Event co-sponsors included ACLU of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Peace and Justice, Hawaii People’s Fund, and NAACP Hawaii.

The forum opened with an invocation by Rev. Dr. Jonipher Kwong of First Unitarian Church of Honolulu, followed by a video presentation of the 2003 Day of Remembrance, produced and directed by Cynthia Gates Fujikawa. A panel discussion was moderated by attorney Ellen Godbey Carson and featured Hakim Ouansafi of the Muslim Association of Hawai‘i, author Tom Coffman, and UH law professor Mari J. Matsuda.

Mr. Ouansafi spoke about his experiences as a Muslim American after 9/11 and noted the better experiences of Muslims in Hawai‘i compared to the experiences on the mainland. Mr. Ounsafi attributed much of it to the lasting sad memories here of the wrongful persecution and ensuing incarceration of over 300 Hawai‘i Japanese (aliens and Americans) in camps in Hawai‘i and over 1500 in mainland camps during World War II. Mr. Coffman discussed his research on ethnic relations in Hawaii before World War II and the role of inter-ethnic social connections as a way to greater understanding and respect. Prof. Matsuda spoke about the critical need for more education and dialogue in the areas of economic justice, religions, and peace.

KITV Coverage of 9/11 Event