The talk-story events run from February through April
Updated: March 5, 2026
Over the next few months, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will hold talk-story sessions called Your Voice, Our Union throughout the islands to hear what kinds of improvements members want in our next contract. HSTA’s current contract expires on June 30, 2027, and negotiations for the next contract will begin this fall. Help shape our next bargain! We want to hear from you at these members-only events.
Your HSTA chapter leaders and Negotiations Committee members will gather your unvarnished input at sessions held at various locations and times listed below. They will be held late weekday afternoons and weekends. You are welcome to attend any session at times and locations that are most convenient for you, regardless of which chapter you belong to.
Don’t see sessions scheduled for your chapter? Check back for updates as chapters book venues, and more listings will be added once arrangements are confirmed by HSTA chapter leaders and staff.
Central
Saturday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.: Central Chapter, Radford High Cafeteria, click here to register Canceled due to weather
Thursday, April 23, at 3 p.m.: Central Chapter, Leilehua High Cafeteria, click here to register
Thursday, April 29, 4:30 p.m.: Central Chapter, Mililani High Cafeteria, click here to register
Hilo
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 4:30 p.m.: Hilo Chapter, ILWU Hall
Wednesday, March 4, 4:30 p.m.: Hilo Chapter, Kea’au High Cafeteria
Tuesday, March 24, 4 p.m.: Hilo Chapter, Pāhoa Elementary Gym
Tuesday, April 7, 3:30 p.m.: Hilo Chapter, Hilo High Cafeteria
Wednesday, April 22, 4:00 p.m.: Hilo Chapter, Kaʻu County Multipurpose Room
Honolulu
Thursday, March 5, 4 p.m.: Honolulu Chapter, McKinley High Hirata Hall, click here to register
Tuesday, April 28, at 4 p.m.: Honolulu Chapter, Kaiser High School, click here to register
Hāmākua
Tuesday, March 31, 4 p.m.: Hāmākua Chapter, Waimea Middle School
Kauaʻi
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2 p.m.: Kauaʻi Chapter, Princeville Public Library, click here to register
Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m.: Kauaʻi Chapter, Līhuʻe Public Library, click here to register
Saturday, March 7, 11 a.m.: Kauaʻi Chapter, Līhuʻe Public Library, click here to register
Sunday, March 8, 2 p.m.: Kauaʻi Chapter, Waimea Public Library, click here to register
Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m.: Kaua’i Chapter, Kapaʻa Public Library, click here to register
Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m.: Kaua’i Chapter, Kapaʻa Public Library, click here to register
Wednesday, April 1, 4 p.m.: Kauaʻi Chapter, virtual https://bit.ly/KauaiChapterZoomRoom, click here to register
Kohala
Friday, March 6, 4 p.m.: Kohala Chapter, Kamehameha Park Conference Room
Kona
Tuesday, March 10, 4:30 p.m.: Kona Chapter, Kealakehe High Library
Tuesday, April 7, 4:30 p.m.: Konawaena Elementary Library
Koʻolau
Tuesday, March 10, 4 p.m.: Koʻolau Chapter, Kailua High Cafeteria, click here to register
Tuesday April 7, 3:30 p.m.: Koʻolau Chapter, Kalāheo High School Cafeteria, click here to register
Tuesday, April 7, 4 p.m.: Koʻolau Chapter, Lāʻie Elementary Cafeteria, click here to register
Leeward
Thursday, April 2, 4 p.m.: Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, click here to register
Thursday, April 9, 4 p.m.: Kroc Center, click here to register
Thursday, April 23, 4 p.m.: Filipino Community Center, click here to register
Lānaʻi
Coming soon
Maui
Friday, Feb. 13, 12 p.m.: Maui Chapter, Cameron Center
Thursday, Feb. 19, 3 p.m.: Maui Chapter, Lahainaluna High Library
Thursday, March 5, 2 p.m.: Maui Chapter, Hāna School
Tuesday, March 31, 3 p.m.: Maui Chapter, Cameron Center
Molokaʻi
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 4 p.m.: Molokaʻi Chapter, Molokaʻi High Library
Tuesday, March 3, 5 p.m.: Molokaʻi Chapter, Molokaʻi High Library