I intend to continue what I've always done – engaging with our communities directly.
Continue engaging with communities directly.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Rep. Tokuda will hold town halls in Wahiawā on Oʻahu and Pāhoa on Hawaiʻi Island. Rep. Tokuda will cover what's going on in Congress and policies affecting Hawaiʻi, and answer questions and concerns from community members. Her staff will also be on site to offer assistance with federal issues.
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Representative Jill Tokuda will announce her statewide Farm Bill Listening Session tour to hear from farmers, agriculture producers, nutrition advocates, and workers on what they’re hoping to see from the 2023 Farm Bill. Members of the agriculture community are encouraged to participate in the Listening Session and the general public is invited to Tokuda’s town halls.
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This event is part of her annual statewide series with additional town halls in Molokaʻi and Lanaʻi. Representative Tokuda will discuss federal policies, address concerns regarding the Trump administration, and answer questions from the community.
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Date & Time: Friday, October 2, 2026, from 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Location: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2410 Campus Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, Architecture Building, Room 205 Key Topics Civic Engagement: Amplifying women's voices in policy and government. Hon. Jill Tokuda – Hawaiʻi's Second Congressional District (CD2) (Invited)
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More than 80 people attended the two-hour town hall at Elsie H. Wilcox Elementary School, part of a Tokuda’s series of in-person discussions aimed at strengthening local engagement. Tokuda said it is important for residents to be heard. “That’s why I really make a point that we do these in person town halls, listening sessions as often as I can,” she said.
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Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District candidates faced off in a live-streamed Civil Beat forum Wednesday, offering voters a rare chance to hear them debate – and at times, a personal look at what drives them. Debates and forums in top races have been scarce this year. The Civil Beat forum was the only face-off Rep. Jill Tokuda agreed to.
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As the only member of the Hawaiʻi congressional delegation serving on one of Congress’s agriculture committees, Tokuda fought during the committee’s markup to ensure the bill reflected the realities facing Hawaiʻi’s local agricultural communities, following her recent Ag Listening Sessions across the state. Kula Ag Listening Session (1.29.26) PC: Office of US Rep. Jill Tokuda
Assessments
Tokuda promised to continue direct community engagement, and the evidence shows repeated same-term in-person engagement through statewide town halls, Farm Bill listening sessions, and community Q&A events in 2023, 2025, and 2026. Because this is an ongoing activity promise rather than a discrete policy outcome, documented continuation of these direct constituent events is sufficient for delivery in her federal House term.
The promise was broad and rhetoric-oriented: to continue engaging directly with communities. The evidence shows repeated same-term direct engagement through statewide listening sessions and town halls in 2023, 2025, and 2026, including events where Tokuda answered community questions and gathered input from specific stakeholder groups. Because the promised action was ongoing engagement rather than a discrete policy outcome, this record is sufficient to count as delivered.