John, Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election.
We don’t know what the future will look like under his presidency, but we do know this: the islands of Hawai’i face unique threats from a Trump administration, including: politicized disaster mismanagement, accelerated climate change, increased militarization, and rollbacks of worker protections.
Our Hawai‘i is building a movement of everyday people that is preparing to be on the frontlines under Trump. We refuse to let the progress we’ve made be rolled back — not with so much at stake.
You might ask yourself, why does Hawai‘i matter in a moment like this, and why should I get involved if I don’t even live in Hawai‘i?
The truth is, right now, Hawai’i has a unique opportunity to model hope and resistance for the world. This is bigger than just us, and we need folks from all over the country to fuel our grassroots movement.
Through organizing, community building, and culture, Our Hawai’i is building a Kānaka-centered, multiracial movement of everyday people to reclaim our future.
In the short term, we will mobilize against any Trump administration actions that threaten our working people, indigenous communities, or the land itself. In the long term, we seek to shift ownership back to our communities, elect leaders who represent us, and build an economy that can actually sustain our people regardless of who the US president is.
Perhaps more than any other place on Earth, Hawai‘i has the potential to lead the US and world into an indigenous-centered, multi-racial, environmentally sustainable, and democratic future. We are one of the only blue states that did not see a large multi-point swing to Trump. We can show the way towards a better tomorrow in the place that Dr. King once called a “noble example” of “racial harmony and justice,”1 but only if we continue to beat back against regressive economic policies and political stagnation.
So consider this an invitation. If you feel hopeless about the prospect of four more years under Donald Trump, join a movement that is looking far, far beyond him.
Help Hawai‘i become a blueprint for what a better future can look like—in spite of Donald Trump.
Everything we are fighting for now in Hawai‘i is on behalf of the generations still to come. Trump’s presidency is bad news, but it’s just one obstacle in a much bigger fight for the future of our islands — and it is one we will overcome together.
Mahalo, and more soon,
Our Hawai'i
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