(May 18, 2004 Honolulu Hawaii) The Honolulu Community-Media Council has been granted $25,000 from The Strong Foundation to establish and support the Youth Speakers Bureau Community Outreach Project of the Honolulu Community-Media Council.

Under this project, members of the Honolulu Community-Media Council will speak to Hawaii’s students and community organizations on First Amendment Rights and the Media, Media and Democracy, Freedom of Information and Democracy and Understanding the Media and Media Literacy.

The project is intended to educate youth and the community about the media and the media’s role in open government, the public’s First Amendment rights and the public’s rights under Hawaii’s freedom of information laws.

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