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Candidate Q&A: State House District 22 — Adrian Tam

Former YPDA board member Adrian Tam’s candidate interview with Civil Beat.

DemocracyCivil Beat StaffSeptember 24, 2020Democracy, elections, 2020 Elections, Hawaii Politics, Hawaii Elections

Those of us who want to see radical transformations of our society will need to organize in mass numbers beyond the convention to put pressure on all our political leaders, including Vice President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris, our future president and vice president.

DemocracyJun ShinAugust 17, 2020Democracy, elections, organizing for our future

To rebuild the economy, focus on a Hawaiʻi-grown infrastructure

An open letter from the Just Transition Hawaiʻi Coalition to the governor and LG, the federal delegation, legislators, mayors and councils.

Young Progressives Demanding Action host beer tasting event for electoral reform

The Young Progressives Demanding Action (YPDA) Hawaiʻi chapter is hosting a beer tasting event to demonstrate ranked choice voting.

DemocracyKHON2 StaffFebruary 26, 2020Democracy, Voting, Ranked Choice Voting

Give 16-year-olds the right to vote

Rooted in a policy desire to increase the overall size of the potential voting population and also to give younger people a bigger stake in our representative democracy, the movement has seen increased traction particularly as young people graduating from high school face dismal job prospects and skyrocketing costs of higher education.

DemocracyDanny de GraciaFebruary 24, 2020Democracy, Voting, Youth Vote, Civics, Society, Social Good, social justice, Civil Rights

Key Hawaiʻi House committees approve minimum wage increase, earned income credit

Young Progressives Demanding Action argues that the proposed minimums are far less than the more than $17 per hour that’s needed for a single adult to afford their basic needs.

YPDA condemns "compassionate disruption" holiday sweeps

Honolulu’s “compassionate disruption" and sit/lie bans have not resulted in any progress whatsoever toward solving the problems that cause homelessness.

How A Living Wage Would Help Lots Of Hawaii Workers

More than half of the children in the state have a parent earning below $17 per hour.

Paxton ParkerDecember 27, 2019

Include affordable housing at stadium site

Let us not think of our neighbors as only those we live close to us but as all who are burdened by the lack of affordable housing on our island and would benefit from our inclusivity.