Press Release
January 25, 1999
A multi-ethnic coalition of organizations promoting greater racial tolerance in Hawaii schools has been invited to attend the Governor's proclamation of Black History Month with a spacial appeal to the public for increased sensitivity towards African American students and their families. The ceremony will be held in the Executive Chambers on Tuesday, February 2, 1999, at 10 am. February is Blade History month.
Participating groups include:
Afro-American Lawyers Association of Hawaii (AALA) American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii (ACLU) Department of Education, State of Hawaii (DOE) Hawai'i Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) Japanese American Citizens League - Honolulu Chapter (JACL) University of Hawai'i President's Commission on Diversity (UNCD) Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) Afro-American Association of Hawaii (AAA) National Weather Service Pacific Region Committee on Diversity (NWSPR) U.S. Civil Rights Commission - Hawai'i Advisory Committee
- Rustam Barbee, Esq., president, AALA
- Andre Wooten, Esq., vice-president, AALA
- Daphne Barbee Wooten, Esq., treasurer, AALA
- Vanessa Chong, executive director, ACLU
- Dr. Paul LeMahieu superintendent, DOE
- Harry Yee, Esq., chair, HCRC
- William Hoshijo, Esq. executive director, HCRC
- Allicyn HikidaTasaka, commissioner, HCRC
- Faye Kennedy, commissioner, HCRC
- Jack Law, commissioner, HCRC
- Dr. Kiyoshi Ikeda, chair, UHCD
- Clayton Ikei Esq., president, JACL Honolulu Chapter
- Jewel McDonald, president, AAA
- Reverend Grady Warren,president, Afro-American Ministerial Alliance
- Ed Young Jr., deputy director, NWSPR
- Navy Chief Don Hayman, African American Heritage Committee
- Dr. Howard Johnson, past vice-chair, Martin Luther King Jr. Commission
