News Archive for August, 2010

About-FACE

August 25th, 2010

After Hannemann’s departure, Honolulu is doing a 180 on housing issues. Joan Conrow August 25, 2010 FAITH ACTION FOR COMMUNITY EQUITY/ For years, Oahu housing advocates found former Mayor Mufi Hannemann’s door shut tight to their concerns. “He wouldn’t even meet with us,” said Jun Yang, an organizer with FACE (Faith Action for Community Equity), [...]

A city housing office could help solve homelessness

August 1st, 2010

By The Rev. Alan Mark FACE (Faith Action for Community Equity) has been pressing for a city housing office to bring an intense focus in the city on affordable housing, which is the true solution to the growing affordable housing and homeless crisis we face. The renewed focus on safe zones for the homeless is [...]

Face-off

July 14th, 2010

ALIA WONG Community group says “no fair” to TheBus price hikes Last week’s kickoff to a petition campaign against TheBus’ fare hike–which went into effect July 1–not only highlighted the community’s aggravation with cost increases but also brought to the fore some deep discrepancies between the city’s rationale and the perception of community groups. Faith [...]

Group petitions against fare hikes

July 7th, 2010

Faith-based FACE starts a monthlong drive to gather signatures By Rosemarie Bernardo Soon after stepping out of a city bus at a stop near Ala Moana Center, 23-year-old Ernest Yimartino signed a petition against the recent bus fare hike with no hesitation. “It’s a bit much,” Yimartino, of Manoa, said of the increases. He said [...]

Petition launched against city bus fare hikes

July 6th, 2010

The group “Faith Action for Community Equity” wants the city to reconsider its recent hike in bus fares. On Tuesday, the group launched a petition drive at this bus stop on Kona Street. The bus fare increase went into effect on july first, raising one-way adult fares by 25 cents and the monthly bus pass [...]

Proposed charter changes affect housing and transit

July 4th, 2010

The City Council mulls a ballot amendment creating an agency to combat homelessness By B.J. Reyes Oahu voters would get to decide whether the city should create an Office of Housing under one of a handful of proposed Charter amendments advancing in the City Council. The Council already has approved one ballot question: asking voters [...]

Group pushes petition against city bus fare increase

July 2nd, 2010

By Star-Advertiser staff The Faith Action Community Equity group will kick off their month-long petition campaign against the recent bus fare hike at Ala Moana Center on Tuesday. Members of the group will ask bus riders to sign a petition calling for Mayor Mufi Hannemann to reconsider the recent bus fare increase that took effect [...]

FACE Accountability Assembly in the news!

June 29th, 2010

KHON channel 2 had wonderful coverage on our assembly. Click this link to go to the KHON website. There is a video clip of the news story. We were the Top Story of the 6:00 newscast on Saturday June 26th. The following is the news article from their website: Faith Group Wants Commitment from Hawaii [...]

FACE Oahu Equity Platform ready to view

May 20th, 2010

The FACE Oahu Equity Platform is ready to be viewed. 2010 FACE Issues Brochure The process began in January at a leadership training. The platform is the result of three months of small group meetings, also known as Talk Stories, that were held in our faith organizations and community organizations on the island of Oahu. [...]

Oahu needs rail — for jobs, for family and for economy

February 12th, 2010

Idea first proposed almost 40 years ago; this may be last try By Bob Nakata Many of us have become concerned that the Honolulu rail project is grinding to a halt. It is worth remembering why many of us wanted rail in the first place. It has been almost 40 years since rail [...]