Hawai‘i J20+ Solidarity Forum - United We Stand Against Exclusion, Expulsion, and Extermination

June 20, 2025, 5 – 7 pm

Speakers:
• Mari Matsuda (Professor Emeritus, William S. Richardson School of Law at UH)
• John Bickel (Instructor of government and European history, ‘Iolani School)
• Nandita Sharma (UHM Professor of Sociology)

Moderator: Alan Suemori (retired history instructor, ‘Iolani School)

May 6, 2025, 5 – 7 pm

Speakers:
• Omar Vaquerano (Valar Law LLC)
• Salmah Y. Rizvi (ACLU Hawaiʻi)

Moderator: Liza Ryan Gill (Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights)

April 11, 2025

Speakers:
• David Day (Special Assistant to the Attorney General of Hawai‘i)
• Manfred Steger (Professor, Sociology, UH Mānoa)
• Devin Thomas (Senior Policy Analyst on Taxatiion & Budget, Hawai‘i Appleseed)

Moderator: Nandita Sharma (Hawai‘i J20+)

March 7, 2025

Speakers:
• David Day (Special Assistant to the Attorney General of Hawai‘i)
• Liza Ryan Gill (Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights)
• Brissa Flores (DACAmented UH Graduate)

Moderator: Nandita Sharma (Hawai‘i J20+)