Kokua Council

25/03/2025

Here is a time-stamped recording of our presentation today by Deputy Prosecutor Anna Jackson on elder abuse in Honolulu.

[click on "more..." for complete time stamps]Anna Jackson, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, on crimes against the elderly0:12...

21/03/2025

Join us here on Facebook Live, Monday, 3/24, at 11:30am to 1pm for Keeping Kupuna Safe w/Anna Jackson, Deputy Prosecutory and Elder Abuse Division Team Captain for the Honolulu C&C Prosecuting Attorney

Anna Jackson is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and the Elder Abuse Division Team Captain at the City and County of Honolulu’s Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.

25/02/2025

Here's a time-stamped recorded version of our Grassroots Advocacy panel today. Many thanks to all who participated!

Kokua Council and activists Kealii Lopez (AARP), Allison Scheafers (Hawaii Water Safety Coalition) with Kisten Hermstad and Jessamy Town Hornor.[Click "more....

23/02/2025

Join Kokua Council on Monday, February 24, 2025, at 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM for a program on Grassroots Advocacy. Right here on Facebook Live, or via Zoom. Check the flyer below...

Keali’I Lopez is currently the State Director for AARP Hawaii, and previously was the Director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), and the Director of Operations for Olelo Community Media.

14/01/2025

A fully time-stamped version of today's "Legislative Priorities for 2025" is here. Hear from AARP Hawaii – Audrey Suga-Nakagawa, Director of Advocacy
Alzheimer’s Association Hawaii – Coby Chock, Director of Policy and Advocacy
Hawai`i Children’s Action Network – Nicole Woo, Director of Research and Economic Policy
Hawai’i Parkinson’s Association – Glen Higa, President
Hawai’i True Cost Coalition – Cori Tanida/designee
Senior advocate Cullen Hayashida
Kokua Council – Greg Misakian, Vice President
Long-Term Care Ombudsman – John McDermott, LTC Ombudsman
PABEA – Barbara Service, Legislative Committee Chair

[Click "...more" for full time-stamps]0:00 Opening remarks, Greg Misakian, Vice President of Kokua Council1:00 AARP: Audrey Suga-Nakagawa, Director of Advoca...

07/01/2025

Join Kokua Council and a panel of our nonprofit leaders on their 2025 Legislative Priorities -

We welcome questions from our membership, which can be emailed to: [email protected]. We will also try to respond to questions/comments from our Zoom viewership via the chat feature.

17/12/2024

We're looking to refresh our logo to prepare for our membership drive in 2025. All we have are these old low-res versions with the kahakō in the wrong place! Dunno how that happened.

We don't want a new logo, just a refresh of the existing one.

We're a small nonprofit, the oldest advocacy group for seniors in Hawaii. We have no staff; all work is done by volunteer directors/officers. But we do have some funds available for this so it's a paying gig.

Any interest, contact H Doug Matsuoka here on Facebook.

26/11/2024

We have quite a few new legislators in 2025. Here's the timestamped Youtube version of our panel of Freshman Legislators from this morning.

[click "...more" for complete timestamps]0:07 Intro by Greg Misakian, president Kokua Council1:25 Intro by moderator Lila Mower, president emerita of Kokua C...

24/11/2024

Meet Hawaii's new legislators! Join us here on Facebook, or on Zoom, to meet Hawaii's freshmen legislators. Monday, 11/25, at 10:30am. See attached flyer for more details.

The votes are in and our newly elected legislators are preparing for the 2025 legislative session.Please join Kokua Council on

19/10/2024

Before you cast your ballot, take a look at our playlist of 12 Candidate Panels we recorded of 2024 candidates.

Click here to see entire playlist or click on the individual video below:10/10/24 House District 8 Candidates Monique Cobb-Adams Perreira and David Tarnas

11/10/2024

Here's the time-stamped YouTube version of our panel for House District 8 (Hawaii Island) candidates Monique Cobb-Adams Perreira.

Click "...more" for complete time-stamped questions0:05 Intro by Greg Misakian, president of Kokua Council2:18 Starting with Monique, please tell us about yo...

09/10/2024

Here's the recording of this morning's panel for House District 39 candidates Elijah Pierick and Corey Rosenlee. All questions are listed and time-stamped in the Youtube description so you can go directly to a particular question.

Click "...more" for complete timestamped questions0:06 Intro by Greg Misakian, president of Kokua Council1:05 H. Doug Matsuoka moderator1:18 Starting with El...