Civics Is Sexy Returns

Power can truly rest in the hands of our collective community. But, we have to seize that power and reshape the structures and institutions that define us. Civics Is Sexy is designed to do just that.

In 2019 Civics IS Sexy returns on March 10th in UH Mānoa's Campus Center Ballroom for an evening program with some new twists. The original event was inspired by a TED talk by Citizen University's Eric Liu and this January our team joined with Liu in Seattle as part of a workshop to help shape a new civic discourse. This year's event will be a part of a new network of communities coming together through a "Civic Saturday" program (Yes ours is on Sunday).

While our goal will still be to break down walls of participation in the Hawai‘i State Legislature by teaching methods of testimony submission and crafting, bill tracking, and meaningfully engaging with our politicians, we will add some new inspiration to the evening.

A special feature of the night will be visiting climate change comedian and storyteller Peterson Toscano. Petersonʻs work takes a disarming and humorous look at the serious worlds of gender, religion, and privilege in the climate change movement through one-person comedies and lively performance-lectures. In addition to his lectures and performances, Peterson offers workshops which teach effective strategies for communicating about climate change in ways that move beyond well-worn roles of ʻenvironmentalistʻ vs. ʻclimate denierʻ.

You can expect more details on our agenda this weekend. We are working to provide dinner for all our attendees, so we ask that you please take your RSVP seriously.
Mahalo to our incredible partners on this event, especially to the University of Hawai“i Office of Sustainability for hosting the event and Mr. Toscano, the Hawai‘i Center for Food Safety, Zero Waste O‘ahu, Sustainable Coastlines Hawai‘i, the Surfrider Foundation, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, Kokua Hawai‘i Foundation, and the Impact Hub Honolulu.

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