Zócalo Public Square

By many measures of personal happiness, job satisfaction, and pride in their communities and their state, Hawaii residents rank near the top among all Americans. Yet this doesn’t translate into high levels of civic engagement. Hawaii consistently sits near the bottom in participation in national elections, and ranks low in charitable giving and volunteering. Dean of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy Pete Peterson, director of the Hawaii Government Employees Association Randy Perreira, and Barbara Ankersmit, president of research at marketing and communications firm Anthology, joined moderator Gina Mangieri, a KHON2 investigative reporter, in a Zócalo/Daniel K. Inouye Institute “Pau Hana” Event panel discussion titled “If We Love Hawaii So Much, Why Don’t We Vote?” on Nov. 29, 2017 at Artistry Honolulu.