[hawaii-nation] Hawaiians to march in Bay Area Aug. 20

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-1000>>>http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Aug/11/ln/508110344.html/?print=on>>The

Honolulu Advertiser>Thursday, August 11, 2005>>>>Alumni planning march in Bay

Area>>By Gordon Y.K. Pang>Advertiser Staff Writer>>Kamehameha Schools alumni

and other supporters>will hold a rally and march in downtown San>Francisco next

week in support of the school's>Hawaiians-first admissions policy, according

to>one of the organizers.>>At least several hundred are expected to

attend.>They will be joined by Kamehameha chief executive>Dee Jay Mailer and at

least one school trustee;>members of the 'Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition, a>Native

Hawaiian rights group; and others.>>The march, set for noon Aug. 20, will go

by>Seventh and Mission streets, where the 9th U.S.>Circuit Court of Appeals

sits. The court, in a>reversal of a lower-court ruling, decided 2-1>that

Kamehameha's preferential admissions policy>constitutes unlawful race

discrimination.>>The case was brought by a boy known only as John>Doe who is

starting his senior year of high>school this fall. Kamehameha is appealing to

have>more judges of the 28-member court review the>decision made by the three

judges.>>Noelani Jai, a 1983 Kamehameha graduate and an>attorney who lives in

Southern California, said>she was bothered by the court ruling when she>read

it. After exchanging e-mails with other>Kamehameha alumni in California, she

quickly>realized she isn't the only out-of-state Hawaiian>who is unhappy and,

on Friday, she decided to>talk with others about the march.>>"All of the sudden

it occurred to me one night>that we live in California, we live near the

9th>Circuit Court, and so I thought it would a>perfect opportunity for kanaka

maoli on the>Mainland to represent those who are in Hawai'i by>marching on the

court," Jai said.>>The word has been going out primarily via e-mails>and online

bulletin boards and chat rooms.>>Jai said she expects at least 30 to 40

people,>including herself and her 11-year-old daughter,>Kehaulani, to fly to

San Francisco for the march.>>Since the expected turnout has been

growing>steadily, the Northern California alumni chapter>and school public

relations staff in Honolulu are>helping put the event together, Jai said.>>Last

Saturday, an estimated 20,000 people>attended rallies and marches statewide

in>Hawai'i. That included 15,000 who gathered at>'Iolani Palace, most of whom

formed a sea of red>T-shirts that marched up to Mauna 'Ala, the

Royal>Mausoleum.>>Sacramento-based attorney Eric Grant, who is>representing

John Doe in the case, said on>Saturday that he did not think it was likely

that>the judges would be swayed by shows of>disapproval.>>But Jai said that

influencing the judges was not>the main point. "More than that, we just want

to>educate folks across the continent, and not just>San Francisco," she said.

Jai said she hopes to>get 300 to 400 at the march although some have>suggested

as many as 1,000 could show up, given>the number of Kamehameha alumni in

California.>>Vicky Holt Takamine, president of>'Ilio'ulaokalani, said about six

members of her>group intend to join the San Francisco effort.>The group, which

was instrumental in setting up>last week's Honolulu march, intends to take

along>about 2,000 T-shirts to sell for $10 apiece.>'Ilio'ulaokalani sold out

its stock of 3,000 to>4,000 shirts at last Saturday's rally,

Takamine>said.>>Jai said that besides the march, alumni chapters>are talking

about holding candlelight vigils Aug.>19 that would be conducted simultaneously

across>the country. There are more than a dozen chapters>on the Mainland,

including those in Washington,>D.C., and Chicago.>>© COPYRIGHT 2005 The

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