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The Conversation: Black Lives Matter in Hawai'i
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:45:41
Publish Date: 2021-02-01 16:55:45
Description: To mark the first day of Black History Month, we hold a roundtable discussion on the experience of being Black in Hawai'i. While Hawai'i has often been lauded as a "racial paradise," our conversation with guests Sergeant James Terry, activist Maya Marquez, and musician Kamakakēhau Fernandez investigates the complexities of their experiences here in the islands. Sergeant James Terry is a twenty year veteran of the Maui Police Department. He's been a member of the Crisis Intervention Team and PEER Support Division and has worked with the Special Olympics. Sergeant Terry has also spent his off time coaching girl's basketball, air rifle, football, and martial arts at Maui High School. Sergeant Terry has a degree in Psychology from the University of Oregon and was a researcher and contributor for the fifteen volume anthology of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University. Maya Marquez moved to Maui with her son nearly four years ago from her hometown Los Angeles in
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