Civil Rights In The Next 250

July 30, 2026
4:30pm - 6:00pm (HST)

In-Person

Hawaiʻi State Library - 478 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813

Civil Rights in the Next250

Summary

EVENT DETAILS
Civil Rights in the Next250
Thursday, July 30th
4:30-6:00 pm
Downtown Hawaiʻi State Library (478 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96813)
Registration: bit.ly/next250hi

Join us for a community pau hana as we reflect on Hawaii's past, engage with today's civil rights challenges, and imagine the next 250 years together. Enjoy light refreshments while connecting with local organizations working on issues including safety and peace for all, a living wage, climate justice, reproductive rights, and voting rights. The evening will kick off with a brief introduction and lightning talks from local advocates. Exchange literature, zines, and opportunities to get involved, and participate in an interactive Vision Wall where community members of all ages can share their hopes for the future.

Civil Rights in the Next250
Civil Rights in the Next250

SPEAKERS
Erin Waugh-Sakakini (MC)
Sergio Alcubilla
Sergio Alcubilla is the Director of Community Engagement at the ACLU of Hawaiʻi. Sergio has been a pillar in the community and has been involved in the Next250 project since its early stages, even before the current administration as elected. Sergio previously served as the Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Workers Center, the Director of External Relations for the Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i, and has led initiatives advocating for workers’ rights and providing Know Your Rights education for the public.
Camron Hurt
Camron Hurt is the Director of Common Cause Hawaiʻi, a democracy watchdog organization. He joined Common Cause in 2023 as Hawaiʻi Program Manager and was promoted to Director in 2024. During his tenure, Camron has spearheaded legislation to strengthen Hawaiʻi’s campaign finance system, improve lobbying disclosure laws, and limit cash gifts to political campaigns, while also contributing to the community as a high school sports coach. More recently, his work has focused on advancing government transparency and accountability measures and strengthening ethical standards in state and local governance.
Wayne Tanaka
Wayne is the Director of the Sierra Club Hawai‘i. He has dedicated his adult life to protecting Hawaiʻi’s diverse environment and the unique culture that grows along with it. Besides being a licensed attorney and an engineer, Wayne is an author who has published essays on konohiki fishing rights, indigenous food sovereignty, the intersection of race and politics in Hawai‘i, and a number of other topics. Wayne previously served for a decade at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Riya Sood
Riya Sood is the Legal Fellow at the ACLU of Hawaiʻi. In this capacity, she assists with litigation on a variety of civil rights issues, including immigrants' rights, police accountability, and transgender rights. She is a proud graduate of Harvard Law School, where she was a member of the Harvard Law Review as co-Chair of the Diversity Committee, and served as Co-President of the Harvard Law School Alliance for Reproductive Justice. She has been passionate about reproductive justice since interning at Reproductive Freedom for All during college, and she is excited to be here to both speak about the issue and hear from community members.
Joshua Frost
Josh Frost is the Policy Advocate at the ACLU of Hawai‘i. A longtime political activist, he has spent over two decades engaged in legislative and electoral advocacy in Hawaiʻi. He was a founding member of Equality Hawaiʻi and previously served on the board of the Hawaiʻi People’s Fund, among other community and political organizations. His work spans a range of civil rights and economic justice issues, from spearheading S.B. 2471 to limit corporate influence in politics to important worker issues like the minimum wage, progressive taxation, and paid family and sick leave.
Ann Wright
Finally, we have Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army Colonel and community organizer. Ann famously resigned from her position in the U.S. State Department as a diplomat in 2003 in protest of the Bush administration’s decision to launch the invasion of Iraq. Since her resignation, she was a passenger on the 2010 Freedom Flotilla which transported food and humanitarian supplies to Gaza and has spoken at a number of pro-peace actions worldwide, including those locally against Red Hill.