This is my home, this is my ʻāina, this is my responsibility.

Laura Kalaukapu Low Lucas Thompson was a lifetime resident of Niu, Oʻahu, and a renowned civic leader with a familial legacy of stewardship of Hawaiʻi’s lands and animals. She was a descendent of King Kamehameha who awarded the ahupuaʻa of Niu to Alexander Adams, another ancestor. Her father, Charles Lucas, was a dairyman and rancher before “development” in Niu took place. Laura formerly led the Hawaiian Humane Society as Executive Director, and was instrumental in numerous conservation and Hawaiian cultural efforts including getting the Manu O Kū (white tern) designated as the official bird of the City and County of Honolulu, and advising the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Alu Like, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Mālama Maunalua, Mālama Hawaiʻi, League of Women Voters, and the Koʻolau Mountain Watershed Partnership. Laura’s late husband Myron “Pinky” Thompson was a beloved social worker and community leader on many Native Hawaiian issues. We are so grateful to Uncle Pinky and Aunty Laura for their legacies, and especially to Laura for her leadership that laid the path for our organization.