Free Public Webinar via Zoom: Protecting Hawaii Elections from AI
Help us, join this information zoom on protecting Hawaii Elections from Artificial Intelligence presented by League of Women Voters Hawaii and Common Cause Hawaii.
Join the League of Women Voters of Hawaiʻi and Common Cause Hawaiʻi for this free public webinar via Zoom with local legislators and other leading advocates on how we can protect our elections from the dangers of AI disinformation and misinformation.
Panelist Bios
- Melissa Breach
Board Member, League of Women Voters of the US
Melissa Breach served eight years as executive director for LWV California where she advanced equity initiatives and modernized operations—including launching Voter’sEdge and MyLO. She served on LWV’s Transformation Steering Committee, is a founding member of Future of California Elections, and fights to end the housing crisis as COO of CAYIMBY. - Karl Rhodes
Senator, State of Hawaiʻi
Representing District 13, Senator Rhodes currently serves as Chair of the Committee on Judiciary and member of the Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Housing. - Trish La Chica
Representative, State of Hawaiʻi
Appointed by Governor Josh Green in 2023, Representative La Chica is a Filipino-American legislator and community leader representing the 37th district, which includes parts of Mililani Town, Mililani Mauka, Koa Ridge, and Waipi’o Gentry. Rep. La Chica currently serves as the Vice Chair for the House Committee on Education, and is also a member of the Higher Education, Economic Development, and Tourism committees. Prior to joining the legislature, Representative La Chica spent over 15 years in leadership roles working for non-profit organizations, as well as state and county government in areas such as health, Medicaid, housing, and homelessness. Her passion for advocacy began as an investigative journalist in Manila, where she produced documentaries that shed light on the daily struggles of Filipino families and fought against corruption. - Jonathan Mehta Stein
Executive Director, Common Cause of California
A civil rights attorney and long-time democracy reform advocate, Jonathan Mehta Stein became the Executive Director of California Common Cause on May 1, 2020, after 10 years on the California Common Cause Board of Directors and four years as Board Chair. Jonathan previously spent four years as the head of the Voting Rights & Census Program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, where he worked to increase access to California’s democracy for historically disenfranchised communities, including immigrant and limited-English speaking voters, communities of color, low-income communities, and people with disabilities.
- Event Area: East Hawaiʻi, South Hawaiʻi, West Hawaiʻi, North Hawaiʻi
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