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Writing Workshop Fundraiser
Caregiving: A Dignified Life Without Guilt or Remorse
July 18, 2pm (HST)
Feeling Guilt? Remorse? Pau Already!

What will writing do? Keep writing and you will know. In time, your writing will speak back to you. It will create a space in your solitary life to make sense of what you’re feeling, a place to reflect, gain insights and affirm the dignity and respect that you and your loved ones share with one another. A place to grieve without contamination of guilt and remorse.

“Caregiving: A Dignified Life Without Guilt or Remorse” will take place online July 18th 2:00-3:00pm (HST). This one-hour writing workshop hosted by Frances Kakugawa and the Alzheimer's Aloha Chapter is a benefit to raise funds for the chapter to honor The Longest Day, where people come together to stand up against the darkness of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. A $40 donation is suggested to register and join online.
Purchase any of Frances Kakugawa's books between July 18 and July 24, and Watermark Publishing will donate 15% of the sale to the Alzheimer's Association Aloha Chapter.
Make a purchase of any of Frances's books, be it her caregiving titles, memoirs or children's books, and we'll make a donation in honor of The Longest Day.
JULY NEW RELEASE
Can, No Can! Making Changes, Hawaiian-Style by Fred Hemmings
In a provocative new book, longtime Hawai‘i state senator and world champion surfer Fred Hemmings offers a calabash full of ideas for the future of the Islands, including a sprinkling of “random thoughts” and yes-or-no options from a local boy’s perspective. Is the Aloha State on the right track? You decide! As locals are fond of saying: If can, can. If no can, no can!
Can, No Can! Making Changes, Hawaiian-Style is a lively compilation of Hemmings’s essays, letters, legislation, statements to the press and news clips spanning the years, including hot-button items still as relevant today as they were then.

ONLINE SPECIAL: Purchase Can, No Can! at our website and add Sen. Hemmings's memoir, Local Boy, for just $15.
The Sports Animals' Book Club
Sen. Fred Hemmings is this week's guest on ESPN Honolulu Radio's Sports Animals' Book Club!

Tune in on Fridays at 3:48pm for Chris Hart and Gary Dickman's weekly chat with a local author, and on Thursdays at 4:48pm to "Think About It" with author John Fink.

ESPN Honolulu can be found at 1420 on the AM dial or 92.7FM, as well as streaming online at www.espnhonolulu.com.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The Japanese American Museum of San Jose presents a talk-story with Mike Malaghan
Join Mike for this special Facebook Live Stream hosted by JAMsj on Saturday, August 22nd, 1pm (West Coast time).

In this blockbuster sequel to his best-selling novel Picture Bride, Mike Malaghan continues the story of Haru Takayama, the proud Japanese immigrant who makes Hawaii her home and raises her children as loyal Americans. But Haru’s world changes forever when Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, her husband is arrested and a son is discharged from his ROTC unit simply for wearing the face of the enemy, and two other children find themselves trapped in Japan.