PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 10, 2026
HONOLULU, HI – U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda joined community advocates from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi (“ACLU of HI”) and Indivisible Hawaiʻi Statewide Network in delivering a message of support to the survivors of the Epstein crimes. The group unfurled a 15-foot banner signed by hundreds of residents demanding the U.S. Department of Justice comprehensively comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act and hold those implicated in the scandal accountable.
The banner, an idea conceived by Betty Kamida and designed by Liza Lockard of Indivisible Hawaiʻi -East Oʻahu for residents to sign at the last “No Dictators Peace March and Rally” on March 28, will be brought by Rep. Tokuda to Washington D.C. for display.
Jana Light, Development Director at the ACLU of HI, shared:
Our laws should ensure safety and accountability for everyone, not just those with the resources to cover up and skirt the truth. Justice and the future of our democracy demand that our elected and appointed officials take this systemic abuse seriously. At the ACLU of Hawaiʻi, we believe in the power of collective action, of kuleana and care, for our neighbors, and especially for our keiki. We stand with the victims. We demand due process . . . . The voices of victims need to be elevated, and their human dignity honored.
Liza Lockard of Indivisible Hawaiʻi-East Oʻahu Chapter added:
Too many women and girls know firsthand the experience of sexual violence. And that trauma is only compounded when it is not taken seriously, when we are not believed, and when justice is denied.
As a gesture of our solidarity, Indivisible Hawaiʻi East Oahu Chapter and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi would like to present this banner, signed by community members across Hawaiʻi, to show that we stand with the survivors—many of whom have been waiting more than 30 years for justice. Until that day comes, we share our strength and aloha with those women who are bravely fighting to make their voices heard, and fighting for truth to prevail over power.
In her remarks, U.S. Representative Tokuda concluded:
It’s been 142 days since the President signed the Epstein Transparency Act . . . let us think what has happened in the last 142 days, let us think of all the distractions that this President and this Administration has put out there to distract us from the fact that innocent girls are waiting for justice. That they have seen more accountability outside of our country than right here in their own homes. This is absolutely unacceptable.
The ACLU of Hawaiʻi stands in solidarity with the survivors of these crimes as their voices need to be elevated. The Epstein files reveal a horrifying reality: decades of child trafficking and abuse involving leaders at the highest levels of government. Under the guise of national security, the Epstein file redactions continue to serve as an excuse for violating civil rights processes.
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