freedom of information month - LOTS OF GREAT EVENTS!

Monday, March 14th
The Art of Truth: A DIALOGUE ON THE FUTURE OF MEDIA AND POLITICS
6pm Reception, Dialogue at 7pm. UH MANOA Art Auditorium FREE

featuring Danny Schechter, Merita Mita, Maile Shimabukuro, Bill Meyer.
Moderator: Ruth Hsu. Join these stellar visionaries in conversing on
the future of media and politics. How do we tell the truth in what
some perceive to be a world of manufactured realities? How do the
media and conglomerates affect cultural stories and the public
interest? Where are we going?

For More Information: Contact: Ruth Hsu hsu@hawaii.edu

Monday, March 14 through March 18

KHON-TV2 Freedom of Information ActionLine , 11am-1pm

Volunteer experts on freedom of information laws will staff KHON-TV2
ActionLine phone lines, 11:00am to 1:00pm to assist callers on FOI
inquiries. Call KHON-TV's Actionline at 808-521-0222. Info: 808-748-
0880. Sponsored by the Honolulu Community Media Council.

Tuesday, March 15 through April 2nd
Right To Know Multi-Media Installation on the World of InformatioN
The ARTS at Marks Garage (Nuuanu and Pauahi) Tues-Sat 11am-6pm
Artistic Coordinator: Daniela Minerbi
Artists: Meleanna Aluli Meyer, Holger Schramm, Daniela Minerbi and
Solomon Enos. Artistic Coordinator: Daniela Minerbi
Contact: Daniela Minerbi at 955-5406, freetoknow@yahoo.com, ARTS at
Marks Garage – 521-2903.Funded and in-kind contributions by The
Peoples Fund and Fleet Street Graphics, by the community, and the
generous contributions of individuals.

Tuesday, March 15

The ARTS at Marks Garage (Nuuanu and Pauahi) Cost: $10.00

Film: Hawaii Premiere of WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION by Danny Schechter,
Emmy award winning filmmaker, cofounder of Globalvision, previous CNN
and 20/20 producer. Open discussion and Q&A with Danny Schechter.
Reception 6pm. Straight in from Amsterdam –DJ Spychedelic. Co-
sponsored by the Osher Institute. Contact 282-8407,
freetoknowhawaii@yahoo.com. Funded by the community at large and
Osher Institute.

Wednesday, March 16

Freedom of Information Day Luncheon – East-West Center, Imin
Conference Center Garden Level

Luncheon at 11:30 am, cost: members-$17.00/non-members-$22.00. uh
parking fee: $3.00. RSVP by March 14.

Keynote speaker will be Bill Dedman, Pulitzer-awarded Boston Globe
journalist, national recognized trainer in computer-assisted
investigative research (www.powerreporting.com). Sponsored by The
Honolulu Community Media Council, the East-West Center, the Society of
Professional Journalists, the UH Chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists, and the UH Journalism Program. Contact:
HCMC at 748-0880 or info@mediacouncil.org

Wednesday, March 16

Film: Fear and Favor in the Newsroom narrated by Studs Terkel. St.
John Auditorium, UH Manoa. 7:00 p.m. Free uh parking fee: $3.00.
Sponsored by the UH Political Film Series. Contact: Mark Burch –
burch@hawaii.edu

Thursday, March 17

Film: Orwell Rolls in His Grave – UH School of Architecture
Auditorium, 7pm

Cost:$5.00, uh parking fee: $3.00

The film is a critical examination of the fourth estate and its role
in democracy. Talk with Beth-Ann Kozlovich, Host of Town Square,
Hawaii Public Radio. Special Presentation in the Bank of Hawaii
University of Hawaii Film Series curated by Don Brown. Contact: 223-
0130



Friday, March 18

Film: Propaganda Under Stress: WWII Treatment of Japanese Americans.
UH School of Architecture Auditorium, Reception: 6:30 p.m. Film:
7p.m. Donation, uh parking fee: $3.00

Filmmakers Tom Coffman and Bob Bates present a pre-world War II
National Archives film directed by John Ford and shot by
cinematographer Gregg Toland. Sponsored by the Honolulu Community
Media Council and the University Chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists. Contact: HCMC at 748-0880

Saturday, March 19

Film: Harriet Bouslog. UH School of Architecture Auditorium,
Reception: 6:30 p.m. Film: 7 p.m. Donation, uh parking fee: $3.00
Showing of PBS documentary "Harriet Bouslog" one of the Territory of
Hawaii’s first female attorneys, known as a ‘Robin Hood’ attorney who
fought for unpopular causes. Scripted by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl,
produced and directed by Joy Chong-Stannard and Craig Howes; a panel
discussion will follow with the filmmakers. Sponsored by the Honolulu
Community Media Council and the University Chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists. Contact: HCMC at 748-0880

Tuesday, March 22

FREE SPEECH SLAM – ARTS at Marks Garage. Doors open at 6:30 pm, Food
at 7:00 pm, Slam at 8:00 pm. $5 before 7:30pm, $7 after 7:30pm. 1st
Place $150, 2nd Place $50

This slam poetry contest will feature some of Hawai'is most talented
slam poets both on the national and local level. Hosted by Travis T.,
the slam will bounce with eclectic music by dj Mr. Nick. Special
judges include Augie Tulba, affectionately known as Augie T. he has
won two Na Hoku Hanohano Awards and named comedian of the year. Nalani
Fujimori, Deputy director of Hawaii Legal Aid Society. Sponsored by
re:VERSES Poetry Collective, Youth Speaks Hawaii, the Hawaii
Institute for Human Rights. Contact: Travis T at 753-4661 or
poetryhawaii@hotmail.com Contributions made by the community and the
Hawaii Institute for Human Rights.

Sunday, March 20

Film: Weapons of Mass Deception by Danny Schechter. UH School of
Architecture Auditorium, 3 pm Cost:$5.00, $3.00 students, Free
parking.

There were two wars going on in Iraq – one was fought with armies of
soldiers, bombs and a fearsome military force. The other was fought
alongside it with cameras, satellites, armies of journalists and
propaganda techniques. www.globalivision.org,, www.mediachannel.org.
Special Presentation in the Bank of Hawaii University of Hawaii Film
Series curated by Don Brown.

Wednesday, March 30

Film: Tell the Truth and Run. St. John Auditorium, UH Manoa. Free . uh
parking fee: $3.00. 7:00 p.m. A Film about legendary journalist
George Seldes. Sponsored by the UH Political Film Series. FREE
Contact: Mark Burch – burch@hawaii.edu

Friday, April 1

First Friday Event – Arts at marks garage, 6pm

On every first Friday of the month, the sun goes down and art night
crawlers roam Downtown/ Chinatown to glimpse the latest chic art
before they hit the downtown bars for jazzy music and trendy
cocktails. The April 1st First Friday offers the same gallery walk,
but with a special event at the ARTS at Marks Garage featuring the
Right to Know artist reception with DJ Spychedelic as spin whiz.

If that’s not enough, and to go out with a bang and not a whimper, the
Freedom of Information Project will host a reading/ discussion
featuring renowned UH Manoa Professor and author (Aloha Betrayed, Duke
University Press) Noenoe Silva at 6:00pm. Come armed with opinion, a
sense of fun and an open mind because First Friday is about to be
taken hostage with the voices of revolution.

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Honolulu is waking up!

Subject: resending FOI month events (sorry about the last one!)

Hawaii Freedom of Information Project

March 13 to April 2, 2005

748-0880 Ðfor general information call 282-8407 orÊÊ
freetoknowhawaii@yahoo.com]


Diverse Collaborative Effort Blossoms into Multimedia
Events
Art, human rights, poetry, politics, film freedom,
dialogue, future

A unique collaboration between artists, writers,
journalists, poets, filmmakers, non-profits and
academics, results in things you need to know about
what matters. They have used their talents to express
perspectives on the importance of 'the right to know'.
It's serious stuff Ð defending and protecting rights
cannot be taken for granted.Ê The Truth is out thereÉ
now go find it.



Sunday, March 13 through March 19
Sunshine Sunday / Sunshine Week


Media coverage is planned for this day and throughout
the week to report on freedom of information issues
and promote the publicÕs right to know. This national
project is coordinated in Hawaii by the Society of
Professional Journalists.


Monday, March 14
The Art of Truth: A Dialogue on the Future of Media
and Politics
6:00 PMÊ Reception, 7:00 pm Dialogue at UH School of
Architecture Auditorium; Free admission

Featuring Danny Schechter, Merita Mita, Maile
Shimabukuro, Keali'i S. Lopez. Moderator Ruth Hsu.

Join these visionaries in conversing on the future of
media and politics.

In a time of a multitude of media outlets
dissimulating a massive amount of information, we have
to ask, what is the Truth? And who is telling the
Truth? In a provocative dialogue session The Art of
Truth: A dialogue on the Future of Media and Politics,
cutting edge filmmakers, public servants, journalists,
and professors Ð all who have the pulse of the world
in their fists Ð will be talking openly and candidly
about manufactured realities and the future of media
and politics. These truth-makers and truth-seekers are
visionaries, slamming mainstream truths with the might
of seasoned professionalism.

Merita Mita Ð acclaimed producer and director of such
films as SPOOKED, HOTERE, and PATU, is currently
teaching 'From Oral Tradition to Screenplay' and
'Indigenous Aesthetics' at the Academy for Creative
Media at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. Danny
Schechter is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker, author,
journalist and founder of Globalvision and
MediaChannel.org. Many of his films have been featured
on PBS and on stations around the world.Ê Maile S.L.
Shimabukuro is Hawaii State Representative for the
45th District, a Supervisory Attorney at The Legal Aid
society of HI Ð Wai'anae Branch and a reporter for The
Leeward Coaster. Keali'iÊ S. Lopez is President and
CEO of 'Olelo Community Television. She was past
President of the Board at Pacific Islanders in
Communication, served on the Nanakuli Neighborhood
Housing Association, and was Director of community
programming at Oceanic. Ruth HsuÊ is Associate
Professor of English at UHM and co founder of the
University Peace Initiative.

ÊCo-sponsored by the UH Dept. of English, University
Peace Initiative, and UH Office of Sustainability- UH
Sustainable Hawaii Series. For more information,
contact Ruth Hsu at rhsu@hawaii.edu or 956-3049.


Monday, March 14 through March 18

KHON-TV2 Freedom of Information ActionLine

Freedom of information experts will answer questions
from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm daily in the KHON-TV2 FOI
ActionLine project Ð call 808-521-0222. Co-sponsored
by Honolulu Community Media Council; contact 748-0880.


Tuesday, March 15 through April 2nd
Right To Know Multi-Media Installation on the World of
InformationÊÊ
The ARTS at Marks Garage (Nuuanu & Pauahi);
Tuesday-Saturday, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Artistic Coordinator: Daniela Minerbi; Artists:
Meleanna Aluli Meyer, Holger Schramm, Daniela Minerbi
and Solomon Enos. Contact Daniela at 955-5406,
freetoknow@yahoo.com, or ARTS at Marks Garage at
521-2903. Funding support from The Peoples Fund, Fleet
Street Graphics, PDHRE Ð the Peoples Movement for
Human Rights Learning, and many generous individual
supporters.


Tuesday, March 15
Film:Ê Hawaii Premiere of Weapons of Mass Deception,
by Danny Schechter

The ARTS at Marks Garage (Nuuanu & Pauahi); Admission:
$10.00

6:00 pm Reception with DJ Spychedelic; Film at 7:00
pm, followed by discussion and Q&A with Danny
Schechter, award winning filmmaker and journalist.
Co-sponsored by the Osher Institute, Peoples Fund,Ê
and the community. Contact 282-8407 or
freetoknowhawaii@yahoo.com.

Danny Schechter is a television producer and
independent filmmaker who also writes and speaks about
media issues. He is the author of "Falun Gong's
Challenge to China" (Akashic Press), "The More You
Watch, The Less You Know" (Seven Stories Press) and
"News Dissector: Passions, Pieces and Polemics"
(Electron Press). He is the executive editor of the
MediaChannel.org, the world's largest online media
issues network. Schechter is co-founder and executive
producer of Globalvision, a New York-based television
and film production company now in its 13th year,
where he produced 156 editions of the award-winning
series South Africa Now, co-produced Rights & Wrongs:
Human Rights Television with Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
His most recent human rights production,
"Globalization and Human Rights was co-produced with
Rory O'Connor and shown nationally on PBS. He is a
previous producer for CNN and 20/20.


Wednesday, March 16

Freedom of Information Day Luncheon Ð East-West
Center, Imin Conference Center Garden Level

11:30 am registration, 12:00 lunch; Cost: $17 sponsor
group members, $22 general public. $3 campus parking.
RSVP required no later than Monday, March 14, at
748-0880 or hc-mc@verizon.net

Keynote speaker Bill Dedman, Pulitzer-awarded Boston
Globe journalist, and national recognized trainer in
computer-assisted investigative research. Sponsored by
Honolulu Community Media Council, East-West Center,
Society of Professional Journalists, SPJ UH Chapter,
and UH Journalism Program.


Wednesday, March 16

Film: Fear and Favor in the Newsroom, narrated by
Studs Terkel.Ê St. John Auditorium, UH Manoa. 7:00 PM.
Free admission; $3 UH parking fee.Ê Sponsored by UH
Political Film Series; contact Mark Burch at
burch@hawaii.edu or 956-5180.

This film examines the needÊ to protect freedom of the
press and investigative journalism in the United
States when newspapers and television stations are
owned and influenced by large corporations hostile to
media exposure.


Thursday, March 17

Film: Orwell Rolls in His Grave Ð UH School of
Architecture Auditorium, 7:00 pm

$5.00 Admission; $3 UH parking fee

The film is a critical examination of the fourth
estate and its role in democracy. Special Presentation
in the Bank of Hawaii University of Hawaii Film
Series. Discussion with Beth-Ann Kozlovich, host of
Town Square, Hawai'i NPR. Ê Curated by Don Brown.
Contact: 223-0130.


Friday, March 18

Film: Propaganda Under Stress: WWII Treatment of
Japanese Americans.

UH School of Architecture Auditorium, 6:30 pm
Reception; Film at 7:00.Ê Donation; $3 UH parking fee.

Filmmakers Tom Coffman and Bob Bates present a
pre-orld War II National Archives film by director
John Ford and cinematographer Gregg Toland. Sponsored
by the Honolulu Community Media Council SPJ UH
Chapter, and Asian American Journalists Association;
contact HCMC at 748-0880.


Saturday, March 19
Film: Harriet Bouslog Ð UH School of Architecture
Auditorium. 6:30 pm Reception; Film at 7:00. Donation,
$3 UH parking fee.Ê Showing of PBS documentary
"Harriet Bouslog" one of the Territory of HawaiiÕs
first female attorneys, known as aÊ ÔRobin HoodÕ
attorney who fought for unpopular causes.Ê Scripted by
Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, produced & directed by Joy
Chong-Stannard and Craig Howes; panel discussion will
follow with the filmmakers. Sponsored by Honolulu
Community Media Council and SPJ UH Chapter; contact
HCMC at 748-0880.


Sunday, March 20
Film: Weapons of Mass Deception. UH School of
Architecture Auditorium, 3:00 pm.
Admission:Ê $5, students $3; UH parking free.

There were two wars going on in Iraq Ð one was fought
with armies of soldiers, bombs and a fearsome military
force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras,
satellites, armies of journalists and propaganda
techniques. Special presentation in Bank of Hawaii
University of Hawaii Film Series curated by Don Brown.


Tuesday, March 22

Free Speech Slam Ð ARTS at Marks Garage.Ê Doors open
at 6:30 PM, Food at 7:00 PM, Slam at 8:00 PM.
Admission: $5 before 7:30 PM, $7 after 7:30.Ê $150 1st
Place and $50 2nd Place (Donated By Bestsellers Books
and Music, Bishop Square)

Slam poetry contest will feature talented Hawai'i slam
poets both on national and local level. Hosted by
ardent activist and poet Travis T., the slam will
bounce with eclectic music by dj Mr. Nick. The walls
at marks Garage will vibrate with slammin' sounds of
self-_expression. Special Judges include Nalani
Fujimori, Deputy Director Of Hawaii Legal Aid Society
and comedian and radio personality, Augie Tulba,
affectionately known as "Augie T" Sponsored by
re:VERSESÊ Poetry Collective, Youth Speaks Hawaii, and
Hawaii Institute for Human Rights contact Travis T at
753-4661 or poetryhawaii@hotmail.com.


Wednesday, March 30
Film: Tell the Truth and Run. St. John auditorium,
UH Manoa.
7:00 PM. Free admission. $3 UH parking fee.

A film about legendary journalist George Seldes.
Eighty years a newspaperman, Seldes was a noted
foreign correspondent who became America's most
important press critic.Ê Sponsored by UH Political
Film Series; contact Mark Burch at burch@hawaii.edu.


Friday, April 1
First Friday Event Ð Arts at marks garage, 6:00 pm.

Besides the First Friday gallery walk, visit the
special ARTS at Marks Garage activities, featuring
Right to Know artist reception with DJ Spychedelic as
spin whiz. If that's not enough, and to go out with a
bang and not a whimper, there will be a
reading/discussion featuring renowned UH Manoa
Professor and author (Aloha Betrayed, duke University
Press) Noenoe Silva at 6:00 p.m. come armed with
opinion, a sense of fun and an open mind because First
Friday is about to be taken over with the voices of
revolution.