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KĀKOU – Hawai‘i’s Town Hall

KĀKOU-Hawaiʻi’s Town Hall
Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Thousands of Hawaiʻi high school graduates head out of state every year for an education and opportunity beyond school. Many do not come back. The reasons are varied but they include issues that have been talked about for decades including the lack of affordable housing and the high cost of living compared to other communities on the mainland. Itʻs a stressful decision too many of our state’s best and brightest have to make.
Air Date: Thu, May 25, 2023 7:30 PM

 

The live 90-minute program, Should I Stay or Should I Go?  premieres at 7:30 pm on Thursday, May 25.

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KĀKOU PANELISTS:

Moderator is Yunji de Nies

Co-moderators:

Reece Lapas—2023 graduate of McKinley High School in Honolulu

Mina Suzuki—2023 graduate of Baldwin High School in Kahului, Maui

Rest of Panel:

Jacob Chong—2023 graduate of Waiākea High School in Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island

Chanel Matsumoto—2023 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, Honolulu

Kate Nakamura—2023 graduate of Kauaʻi High School, Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi

Ethan Morse—2012 gradaute of Farrington High School, Honolulu

Seth Okumura—2021 graduate of Punahou School, Makiki, Honolulu

Eleyne Fia—College and Career counselor Campbell High School, ʻEwa Beach, West Oʻahu

Sterling Higa—Executive Director, Housing Hawaiʻi’s Future

Sumner La Croix—University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization Fellow, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Hawaiʻi

David Lassner—President, University of Hawaiʻi