Shelby Thomson believes some things are worth fighting for—and the truth is the aina—“ground” in the Hawaiian language—on which she’s willing to make a stand in wildfire-ravaged Lahaina in west Maui.
On Sept. 11, at 8:08 a.m., Ms. Thomson, 27, a Maui resident, will lead the open-ended protest of what she considers to be the government’s lack of transparency regarding the number of dead and missing in Lahaina, a small coastal town of 13,200.
