Readers' Stories
"We Hear You," Civil Beat TV spot
Civil Beat readers and activists share their concerns in this spot prepared by Wall-to-Wall Studios.
Joni Kamiya: Oahu resident, farmer's daughter
"The misinformation continued about the GMO ... and I decided that i'm going to take a leap -- that I'm going to speak up."
Kenneth Lawson: Attorney and co-director of the Hawaii Innocence Project
"I was surprised when I got here, not only at the absence of police training, but the large scale police misconduct that went unabated."
Jari Sugano: Mother and caregiver
"What we needed to do was start changing the laws so that patients like her and other caregivers could access not just backyard types of medical marijuana products, but things that were lab tested."
Nanette Napoleon: Historian at Oahu Cemetery
"It's my mission in life to try to teach people in the community that cemeteries are not spooky, morbid places. They are full of life -- the lives of the people buried here."
Sean Gallagher: Water Safety Officer on the Big Island
"The people that make sure what we get paid, they don't really understand and appreciate what it's like to be a lifeguard here in Hawaii..."