Ah, the holidays. It’s that time of year when our lattes get pumpkin spiced and pepperminted, loved ones reconnect, carols are played (and sung) on loop, and all join in the spirit of giving. But it’s also a time when shopping lists get cluttered with all the best stuff, and it becomes easy to succumb to the consumerist frenzy that surrounds “the most wonderful time of the … [Read more...] about 2019 MauiTime Charity Guide
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We have a difficult conversation about sexual assault and how men can be better
A few years ago I wrote a positive story about a guy I knew. He was a nice guy and it was a nice story. Then a woman called me a week or two after it was published. She wasn’t angry with me, she said, but she wanted me to know that the guy I’d just profiled had raped her. She didn’t tell me the details of what had happened, and I didn’t ask. I did ask her if she ever contacted … [Read more...] about We have a difficult conversation about sexual assault and how men can be better
Tour the Leilani Farm Sanctuary in Haiku
Who wouldn’t want to see (and pet!) goats, pigs, chickens, donkeys, tortoises, deer and rabbits up close? Though closed to the public most days of the week, the nonprofit, eight-acre Leilani Farm Sanctuary holds special one-hour tours on Saturday mornings (they’re also open on Wednesday afternoons at 2pm). Reservations required. $20 (tax deductible). 10am. Leilani Farm … [Read more...] about Tour the Leilani Farm Sanctuary in Haiku
More Former Employees Criticize Station Management At Akaku’s Dec. 15 Board Meeting
In addition to recently terminated Programming Director Shawn Michael, four additional former Akaku employees appeared at the Dec. 15, 2014 meeting of the public access cable channel’s board of directors to call for an independent investigation of management practices at the station. What’s more, one of the employees handed out copies of a letter signed by 14 former employees … [Read more...] about More Former Employees Criticize Station Management At Akaku’s Dec. 15 Board Meeting
Somehow, We Forgot Leilani Farm Sanctuary In Our Annual Charity Gift Guide
Any accounting of nonprofits around the county and their needs this holiday season is going to be incomplete, but in this case we actually intended to get Leilani Farm Sanctuary into the issue (click here to read it). But for one reason or another, they never got our initial inquiry. Anyway, here's their write-up. There's still plenty of time to help them out: WHAT THEY … [Read more...] about Somehow, We Forgot Leilani Farm Sanctuary In Our Annual Charity Gift Guide