Legislative Advocacy Workshop with former Sen. Acasio, OHA + Sierra Club

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This Friday, January 13, at 5:30 p.m., hear from the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and former state Senator Laura Acasio, who will discuss and answer questions about the legislative process, their respective policy priorities, and how community members can best engage with our state legislature to protect what they love about Hawai‘i nei.  

By learning more about the legislative process and how legislative measures are considered by our elected officials, this workshop will provide additional insight as to how communities can engage and raise their voices at the capitol - and why community engagement is so important to the adoption of sound public policies for the betterment of our islands, and the lives of ourselves, our children, and future generations.

This legislative workshop will feature the following panelists:

  • Laura Acasio, Hawaiʻi State Senator representing District 1 (Greater Hilo area, Hawaiʻi Island), 2021-2022

  • Zuri Aki, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Public Policy Manager

  • Wayne Tanaka, Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi’s Chapter Director

Please join us via Zoom on Friday, January 13, from 5:30-7:30pm, and spread the word about this important community event!  Click the button below to register for the webinar:

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With heightening climate crisis impacts, fuel and forever chemicals poisoning our water, a skyrocketing cost of living, development threatening significant lands and countless other issues impacting our lives as we know it and the future well-being of the islands, Hawaiʻi needs policies and lawmakers that take a stand for our shared environment and all the lives that depend on it.

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