This event was held at at the Hawai‘i State Capitol by community activists and legislators to highlight the dangers of Hawaii’s MidwiferyRestriction Law (Act 32, HRS 457-J) - an unconstitutional law that criminalizes practitioners of midwifery, as well as postpartum healers who are unlicensed.
The ACLU of Hawai‘i organized an educational presentation for students and activists who wanted to know more about exercising constitutional rights to free speech and when/how public institutions can restrict speech.
Executive Director of ACLU Hawaiʻi, Salmah Y. Rizvi, gives a lecture at Mindful Hawaii entitled: “Natural Law & Human Spirituality in the Modern Civil Rights Movement”.
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In partnership with the Hawai'i Bestuin, the ACLU of Hawai'i held the first Iftar Dinner in ACLU history, along with an Interfaith Community Town Hall.
We're excited to invite you to our event, Know Your Rights: Freedom to Assembly on Thursday, May 16 at 12 pm at the UH Manoa Richardson Law School.
The Davis Levin First Amendment Conference (FAC), a project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i Foundation, began in 1997 with grants from the Robert M.