Archive for March, 2009

‘Know your rights’ campaign

March 28th, 2009

Immigration crackdown leads to movement
By ILIMA LOOMIS Staff Writer

KAHULUI – Maui’s Hispanic community and local churches are organizing a “know your rights” campaign in the face of a crackdown by federal immigration officials on undocumented immigrants.
Community leaders said there has been a significant increase in raids on businesses and searches of private homes by U.S. [...]

FACE Summit Addresses Maui’s Affordable Housing Challenges

March 23rd, 2009

Cornelia Soberano attends Good Shepard Church in Wailuku, and is a founding member of the Maui Filipino Working Group that advocates for social justice. Like many of the more than 150 people attending the Faith Action for Community Equity Maui (FACE) of Maui Affordable Housing Summit, she hoped to leave better informed and able to [...]

FACE Health Care Summit II

March 13th, 2009

About a hundred and thirty people braved stormy weather to hear from Representative Neil Abercrombie, Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, Senator Rosalyn Baker, House Speaker Calvin Say, and Representative John Mizuno talk about health care issues facing our State. We also heard from Mr. Joshua Wisch (Representative Mazie Hirono’s Field Service Director), Dr. Kenneth Fink, Med-Quest Division Administrator (representing Lillian Koller), Daniel Kerwin from Unite Here, Local 5 and Mr. Richard Bettini, CEO of the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.

Transparency needed in Medicaid contracts

March 10th, 2009

Opinion
It’s hard to argue with the wisdom of managed care, at least in theory, as a means of improving efficiency and passing on some of the savings in the form of better health coverage for the clients.
But translating theory into practice is what counts, and the first operational month of the Quest Expanded Access (QExA) [...]

Medicaid breakdown

March 8th, 2009

Well-intentioned but plagued with problems, Hawaii’s new Quest Expanded Access program is failing those who need it the most
By Bob Nakata, Dana Alonzo-Howeth Arleen Jouxson-Meyers, May Akamine
Taking care of and advocating for the rights of Hawaii’s most vulnerable population — the aged, blind and disabled (ABD) — requires a tremendous amount of patience and optimism. [...]

FACE Healthcare Summit II

Come and learn about the problems facing our islands’ health systems from policy experts and community leaders.

Hear what FACE has been doing to address this crisis.

Find out what you can do to help!

Saturday, March 14, 2009
9:30-11 a.m., with a Health Fair from 8:30-9:30
McKinley High School Cafeteria

Childcare provided upon request.
For more information, please call us at [...]