{"id":111459,"date":"2020-02-18T13:53:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T23:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=111459"},"modified":"2020-03-06T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:53:48","slug":"waianae-moku-spring-2020-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/18\/waianae-moku-spring-2020-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor candidates kick off public series at Leeward\u2019s Wai\u02bbanae Moku"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/leeward-waianae-moku.jpg\" alt=\"Waianae Moku sign on building\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/leeward-waianae-moku.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/leeward-waianae-moku-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/leeward-waianae-moku-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three public forums highlighting major races for public offices on <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> are scheduled to be held at Leeward Community College\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/WaianaeMoku\"><span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku<\/a> campus this spring.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku Director <strong>Danny Wyatt<\/strong> said, &ldquo;The goals of the forums are to provide information that we hope will lead to good decision-making. Our students come from <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> and know, first-hand, how difficult it is to navigate a safe and successful life journey when the foundation of that life was sometimes rocky to begin with. As an institution, we want to encourage both our students and our community to aim high, learn more, and participate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The first forum in <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku\u2019s Spring 2020 Speakers Series will be held on Thursday, February 27, 6:30&#8211;8:30 p.m. in room 125, on the <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku campus. The evening focuses on candidates for the Office of Public Prosecutor. Four of the five invited candidates are participating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Judge Steve Alm<\/li>\n<li>Attorney R.J. Brown<\/li>\n<li>Public Defender Jaqui Esser<\/li>\n<li>Attorney Tae Kim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Attorney Megan Kau is unable to participate due to an earlier commitment.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served, compliments of State Senator Maile Shimabukuro, a co-sponsor for the event.<\/p>\n<p>The series\u2019 focus is to enlighten the Leeward community about issues that will affect them in the future. Additional forums are planned for March and April; one focusing on the race for Honolulu mayor and the other for Honolulu city council.<\/p>\n<p>Lynette Cruz, speaker series coordinator and political science lecturer at <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku, said, &ldquo;The idea for this series is the result of requests from several community members who are considering the implications of what happens when they don&#8217;t vote. They would like to meet the candidates and to learn more. The forums seemed the most effective way to bring the information to them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/10\/waianae-education-center\/\">Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> opens permanent home for <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> education center<\/a>, October 10, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku campus is located at 87-380 Kulaaupuni St. next to <span aria-label=\"Maili\">M&#257;&#699;ili<\/span> Elementary School. For more information, contact Lynette Cruz at (808) 284-3460, or email <a href=\"mailto:lcruz@hawaii.edu\">lcruz@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> opens permanent home for <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> education center<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"306.36\" height=\"171.82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ir11I6iuOJY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kathleen Cabral<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeward Community College\u2019s <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku campus is holding a series of forums with candidates for public office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[65,71,56,1233],"class_list":["post-111459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","tag-waianae-moku-education-center","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111459"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112733,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111459\/revisions\/112733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}