 This is State Tech Hawaii, Community Matters here. I'm Marcia Joyner, and today is a really special day. Today is never again in Hawaii. And the students in Hawaii, like students around the world, are demonstrating that gun violence has to stop. So we have on with us from UH Manoa, Beatrice. Beatrice, where are you darlin'? Aloha. So tell us what's going on. Well, on the way here today to the studio, I passed Marinol School. They were out, which is a Catholic school, and several public schools. The children were lined up at defenses with placards and people were tooting their horns. And we passed several schools, and high school, elementary school, Catholic schools, and all of the students were out. I just cried. I was fifteen the first time I walked a picket line in the Civil Rights Movement. And honestly, I was so excited and so thrilled with these kids in Hawaii, where we don't have the gun violence, and it was just exciting to see kids, and then all over the world people turned out for today. So tell me, where are you now? What school? Where are you? I'm a nurse from UH, and from high school. And also a very younger lady, who I don't know, who used to belong to, a little school, and came to join us today so that we can get to the start very young. Well good, let's start with the little one then. Can we talk to her? I can hear, what's her name? What's your name sweetheart? and what grade are you in? What grade are you in, sweetheart? First grade? What school do you go to, darling? Wonderful, and you're in the March today? Yeah. Oh, how great. How great that is. How do you feel about being there? Happy. Do you have a sign? What does your sign say, sweetheart? What does it say? Oh, five signs? How many people came with you from your school? How many people came with you from your school? Nine? Great. No, nine. Wonderful. None? Yeah. Yeah. And what does her sign say, Beatrice? Can you read your sign to me? Yes. Please. Thank you, sweetheart. That is so good. That is so good. I'm so proud of you. And who came with you? Your mom. Tell her how proud we are of you, and thank your mom for bringing you. Okay. Beatrice? Beatrice? Can I talk to Beatrice? Hi. Hi. Isn't that sweet? Oh, that's precious. Who else do you have? Okay. So I'm going to leave you to say hello. Hello. And what is your name? My name is Taylor Mackenzie. I'm a senior at Sacred Hearts Academy. Oh, how wonderful. How many people came from Sacred Hearts Academy? Well, when we passed Sacred Hearts this morning, I saw people out with their signs. Oh, really? Sacred Hearts? Yeah. So tell me, what does your sign say? One of the signs that I need said, if Congress won't act, students will. Oh, bless you. Bless you. I was just telling our audience I was 15 when I first walked a picket line, and that was a civil rights movement. Oh, wow. Yes, a long time ago. No, but that would be so, that's a couple that you're a part of that. Oh, yes. I wouldn't be anywhere else, but with you, I know the feeling and the excitement of being there, and you are the change. You have, like Gandhi said, be the change you want to see, and that's who you are. Oh, I'm so proud of you. How old are you, sweetheart? How old are you? I'm 17. Oh, great, great. And are you a senior? And what are your plans after you leave? I'm thinking of going to Seattle University and continuing. Oh, you're going to leave us? We need people like you. We don't leave us. Just for a little while. Yes, yes. I am so proud of you. And how many people did you say came with you? It was so crazy when everyone is here. Hard to get a good number. Oh, I am so proud of you. So thank you so much for coming and let me talk to Beatrice. I would like the opportunity to speak with you. Oh, great. And you passed the June shift. And he was really happy about all of this in nine days. And that connected with all of the students. Do you remember him? Yes, I remember June. I'm so proud of you. You did such a good job. Thank you so much, yes. It was all really thanks for giving me help. How many students did you have? The students, yeah. So I feel like a compliment. There were like plenty of people who showed up. So June, tell us about June. Tell us who you are. Since you were the one I got the email from, you're the one that invited us to come. So tell us about June. What would you like to know? Well, this was your idea. So tell us how you got started. Where did this idea come from? I guess like seeing the recent school shootings that happened, I was sick and tired of this being like a normal part of everyday American culture and society. And when my co-organizer, Sarah, she posted on Facebook that she was looking for students to help. It really got me thinking because I saw the Parkland kids and they went from survivors to activists. It was like they're really close to age and age with me. So I really felt inspired that I had to do something. And how old are you, June? I'm 18 years old, man. And so are you a freshman at UH? Yeah. I decided my first semester. Now, so where do you live here on Oahu? What area are you from? I live in Alamoana. And so this whole idea, what did your family think of? My sister actually helped to design my sign. Yeah, she's 13 years old and she helped to design my sign, actually. My family has been pretty supportive of me standing up and speaking out. So it's a family tradition? Not really. I'm the first activist in our family. Are they proud of you? I hope so. After today, they'll be very proud of you. I am proud of you. Thank you so much. So many people turned out with your invitation. This is just wonderful. So where do you go from here? What are you going to do next? So we're going to keep the momentum going and we're going to keep our social media game up. Our next event will be March 24th, March for our lives. So tell me where will that be and what time and what's going to happen? So we're going to be at the Hawaii State Capitol from 10 to 12 p.m. And we're going to start off at the Capitol, yeah, 12 p.m. 12 noon, you mean? Yeah. Go ahead. Yeah, so we're going to be going around the areas including the federal building, the Department of Education's main building, and the Capitol itself because we really want to bring attention to our policymakers that the community has had enough of gun violence that we're tired of seeing this happen. Well, now, that coincides with the March in Washington, does it? Yes, yeah. It's going to be going around the country just like today's event was. So it's like, yeah, the cool country coming together. Do you have anybody that's going to go to Washington, do you know? Well, yeah, I mean, that would be really, that would actually be pretty nice to see some solidarity through that. Well, it's quite an expense to go from here to Washington and airfare and hotels and meals. It's quite a chore, but I just wondered if anybody, if you had heard if anybody was going. Oh, no, yeah, I haven't heard from anybody. Well, so now, how do ordinary people, the rest of us, get involved with the March on the 20th? You said March the 24th, right? So if the rest of us want to get involved, do we go to the Capitol? How does that work? Tell me whether the steps from, do we have to contact you? Do we just show up? What do you want us to do? If you have any questions, yeah, I would recommend contacting either me or Sarah. So, June, tell us how to contact you. Okay, yeah, you can contact me. My phone number is 808-255-6663. Okay, and what about you're on Facebook or any social media? Okay, we would have to, our social media is March for Our Lives Hawaii, so HI. March for Our Lives, HI, okay? And June, June, what's your full name sweetheart? I'm sorry? Your full name? June Shen, yes, S-H-I-N. S-H-I-N, J-U-N-S-H-I-N. Yes. Yes. Okay. I have a couple of more students. Should I send them a long thank you, June? Let's stay here. Would you like to have something like Hawaii? Yeah, of course. Do we have a lot of students? Hello. Hi. Hi, and what's your name? Wonderful. Congratulations. I'm so glad you came. So, did you have a sign also? Yes, I did. What's your sign say? My sign says life over guns, enough is enough. Great. So, how many people came from Sacred Hearts? From Sacred Hearts, around six to ten people came. My English teacher came, which was amazing. Oh, great. Well, oh, good. We have a picture of some students. So, oh, that's good, good. Congress won't ask students will. Very good. Yes. Very good. Oh, I'm so proud of you. Now, what do your parents think of you and taking the stand for being an activist? What do your parents think? In the same case, my dad is definitely supportive of gun control. I just need to make all of this. And it's a great thing here that they need to be supportive of their children, taking a stand and making their future into their own hands is actually where it starts. Oh, listen, like I've told everybody, I was fifteen when I first walked a picket line in the Civil Rights Movement, which was 1954. Yeah, that's a long time ago. Wow, that's awesome. But I'm still out there. So, I am with you 100%. Totally, we have devoted this whole timeframe just to talk to you. Hawaii says never again. So, we are so proud of you. And the interest will tell you the link to the show as after we get off the air so that you can tell your parents. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Well, thank you. Is we have one more student? That was in Sarah Casino. Sarah. Yes, sir. Hi. Hi. Hello. Hi. How are you? Good. And your name? Sarah Casino. Sarah. Yes, ma'am. Good. So, tell us about Sarah. So, tell you about Sarah. Yeah. So, Sarah is a, I'm a senior here at UH. And June and I pretty much, with the help of a lot of other people, obviously. But we kind of threw the whole thing together in the last few weeks. We just kind of stepped up and said, hey, this is what the Parkland students are looking for. And we are agreement with them. And what can we do to have their voices be heard all the way in the middle of the Pacific? So, we started organizing. And I'm pretty happy with how many people showed up. And a couple of weeks notice. I think that it worked really well. I am so proud of you and all the work you're doing and all of the students. Thank you. As I said earlier, as driving in, went past Catholic schools, private schools, public schools with students out with their signs. And it is just so thrilling to see Hawaii participate with the schools around the world. It is just wonderful. I am so proud of you. Well, thank you. And yeah, this morning I put on the news and I just saw thousands of students from around the country and it reminds me of, you know, the first, the women's march right after an operation two years ago. And I just thought, wow, you know, the women did it and the kids are doing it. And I think that the women and the kids have been changing this country and the world for a long time. It's kind of just cool to be on the right side of history. It is because it was students that started the Bolshevik Revolution. It was students in the civil rights movement. And so you are absolutely on the right side of history. Yeah. And yes. And again, I am very proud of you. And they tell me I have to take a break. So can I go back to Beatrice, please? You sure can. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Hi. We need to take, we need to take a break. Go away. Okay. Okay. They're showing that we have to take a break. And then we'll be back in just a minute. But don't go away. This is Think Tech Hawaii, raising public awareness. Welcome to Hawaii. This is Prince Dykes, your host of The Prince of Investing. Coming to you guys each and every Tuesday at 11 a.m. Right here on Think Tech Hawaii. Don't forget to come by and check out some of the great information on stocks, investings, your money, all the other great stuff. And I'll be your host. See you Tuesday. Now Beatrice is at the University of Hawaii. Beatrice is one of our hosts, as you know. And she is sending us pictures of students. And we have a video, don't we? Do we have videos that she's sending? Okay. Is that the main street that goes through? Of the University? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And so, just a minute. And they put so much love and attention. And they call it student unity for the science thing, which is dancing to the science and to learn in a place that is conducive to education and science. Well, when we passed Marino School, the kids with science are standing out by the fence. And there were some little ones that could hardly see over the fence. But they were out. And I have to say, I guess, give kudos to our superintendent of school who said that this was going to be fine. This was their first amendment right. And for the students, it was okay to take the 17 minutes. I really have to thank her for making it clear that this was the thing to do. Yeah. Yeah. And also, I think from the heart, and it comes from the reality of students that I have been very moved to see. And this is about, I just say, in office and all, but in Hawaii, where we have one of the best gun control laws in the nation, you know, which we might feel that this does not apply to us. But I think that, you know, it's really nice to see students from not just Oahu island, but other islands coming together in solidarity and say, we cannot be complacent. If anything, I think the students here who I have a lot to say to all the students and to all the states, you know, that this is the way it should be that we should not have, you know, lack of gun control. We are really one of the four states in the nation for what we want to this country to achieve. Well, you know, I am so proud of all of the students that showed up. Now, tell us before we lose you, what are the plans again? Repeat the plans for the 24th. What are we to do on the 24th? The plan for the 24th. All over the country and also here in Hawaii, I'm going to have one island, and then there's another, and that's the March for Life Honolulu, also organized by students, high school students primarily. And then the March for Life Hawaii around the capital is going to be 10 to 12. And two, that there are just happening throughout the island on the 24th. On the other neighbor, on the neighbor island, you mean? Yes, on the neighbor. No, no, actually here in Hawaii. Oh, here. The message to send across is the one of unity, no matter what you join, that you do something on the 24th. For sure. You know, today is also the lead organizer for the April 20th March in memory of the 20th anniversary of Columbine shooting. Oh, now what day is that? April 20th, okay. Yes. Continue to keep in its momentum. And you know, it's really amazing, and it's really amazing that the community can also be supported by showing up and by asking students, what is it that they can just support their, you know, revolution, this drive that is really happening across the nation and off to the north? Well, And I have no doubt that they will be able to overcome current legislation that we have on gun control. And I also have no doubt that their power of voting also, not just advocacy, is going to make a huge difference. Yes, absolutely. And one of the things we'll have to do, as you know, I'm a political junkie. So on the 24th, we have to show up with applications for them to register to vote. I'll be there. Absolutely. Yes. So listen, sweetheart. They're telling me that we have to go. But love you madly. Thank you for being there. And Jay, we love you for allowing us to do this live. Thank you so much, sweetheart. Thank you. Thank you. Give the students, Yeah, and give the students the link so they can show their parents that they were there. Allah. We'll do it. Allah.