{"id":36460,"date":"2015-07-10T08:50:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T18:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=36460"},"modified":"2021-08-12T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T20:31:08","slug":"high-powered-civics-lesson-from-former-secretaries-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/07\/10\/high-powered-civics-lesson-from-former-secretaries-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"High-powered civics lesson from former Secretaries of State"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1al2Uhn9xs\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> student group hosted a high-powered civics lesson for students and the community. The students known as the <abbr>DKI<\/abbr> Leaders in Action, and named for the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye, coordinated the public viewing of an event featuring former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell.<\/p>\n<p>The joint lecture in July 2015 was the inaugural event for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/\">Library of Congress<\/a> Daniel K. Inouye Annual Lecture Series. It was moderated by journalist Ann Compton at the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., and was live streamed to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>One highlight of the program was the live tweeting and the ability for the online viewing audience to ask questions via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;ll be taking questions from the audience and from the students at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> shortly,&rdquo; announced Compton, encouraging viewers to participate. &ldquo;What should young people focus on right now?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In international relations, it isn&#8217;t just political science and history, it&#8217;s health, it&#8217;s science, the world is not flat,&rdquo; said Albright. &ldquo;There have to be ways that many more disciplines come into it and it&#8217;s much more interdisciplinary so that you can figure out where the pressures are. Much, much more complicated than what we had.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, to the young people here I would say while you are thinking about all these great issues, get your eduction, become well informed, stay off all social networks, at least part of the time, and really study the issues of the day,&rdquo; added Powell.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>DKI<\/abbr> Leaders in Action students are taking Albright&#8217;s and Powell&#8217;s sage advice to heart as they work to increase civic engagement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36499\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DKI-story.jpg\" alt=\"headshots Albright Powell\" width=\"412\" height=\"222\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DKI-story.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DKI-story-260x140.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former U.S. Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&#8217;s important even though as a bio student I&#8217;m not really engaged that much in politics, but I think taking advantage of these opportunities that the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa provides,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa student <strong>Sally Park<\/strong>. I think it&#8217;s a really good thing for students to take some time out to be involved in our events.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We just want people to be aware of what&#8217;s going on in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and national politics and again we want <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> to be a leader in these areas: foreign policy, more engagement with our youth, civic opportunities,&rdquo; added <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa student <strong>Richard Mizusawa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The live stream was the first in a series of events planned by the <abbr>DKI<\/abbr> Leaders in Action. It is part of the club&#8217;s efforts to encourage participation and engagement by the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa community and to highlight the importance of bipartisanship, governance and democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel K. 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