ACTIONS
"Women
Re-Birthing Justice" Concert
February 16th 2008
Girl Fest Hawaii
is holding the "Women Re-Birthing Justice"
Concert on Saturday, February 16th at Next Door
in Downtown, Honolulu. 43 North Hotel Street.
9pm-2am. 21+
This show is held
in honor of Janel Tupuola, beaten to death in
Kailua by her boyfriend with a shotgun Jan 16th
of this year; and Jenny Hartsock, stabbed to death
by her husband in Kalihi on Jan 10th of this year.
Our condolences go out to their friends and families.
Coming
together in this community event are local DJs,
artists, performers, poets, educators, students
and anti-violence activists. Local DJs Toki and
Ms. Angel from the "Sisters in Sound"
collective will perform on this important night
of recognition and remembrance of these women and
singer Jennifer Johns from Oakland will help us
celebrate the beauty of their lives and memory.
This
night will also include performances by special
guest artists: Giinko Marischino, Tuia'ana Scanlan,
Dar'ron Cambra, Tiare Mata, Lyz Soto, Stri, Danmerle
and more...
Resource
material for survivors and friends of survivors
will be available.
THE RAPE-FREE ZONE INITIATIVE
Let your voice be heard!
www.rapefreezone.org
Girl Fest is a part
of a Rape-Free Zone Coalition urging the University
of Hawaii (UH) to take the lead in preventing violence
against women and to declare the UH System a Rape-Free
Zone.
Girl
Fest Hawaii and The Safe Zone Foundation founded
the Rape-Free Zone Coalition (RFZC) on April 4th
assisting the University of Hawaii (UH) to take
the lead in preventing violence against women and
to declare the UH System a Rape-Free Zone.
This entails more than a public declaration against
rape but a significant move made by the University
to address the pandemic of men's violence against
women. We are assisting the University in setting
new standards for security; policies on sex-assault;
and violence prevention education for students,
athletes, staff and coaches to ensure the safety
and well-being for Hawaii's communities in the coming
generations.
The RFZC consists of professors from the UH Women
Studies Program, educators from the Sex Abuse Treatment
Center and from Catholic Charities, community activists,
graduate and undergraduate students, and attorneys.
The RFZC meets monthly with the UH Interim President
David McClain to affect new policy on protocol and
sex assault reporting, schedule anti-sexism and
violence prevention trainings, hear reports on security
upgrades, and plan collaborative actions to make
the campus safer.
The
Rape-Free Zone Coalition and initiative was founded
on April 4th 2005 in response to all rapes occurring
on and around the UH campus. Recently, three rapes
were reported that shocked the Honolulu public:
MARCH
12th 2005
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An 85 year old Kaimuki woman was sexually assaulted
by a man who broke into her apartment.
MARCH
23rd 2005
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A 38 year old woman, while in her car, was confronted
by a man in Manoa near UH Faculty Housing, asking
for directions to Long's. He pulled out a knife
and took her to another location for the rape.MARCH
28th 2005
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A young woman,, an 18 year-old Kapiolani Community
College student (part of the UH System), was abducted
by 5 men outside of Volcano Joe's by Seaview and
University and gang raped. They dumped her off outside
a UH dorm. (composites of 2 of the rapists below).
The 5 men have NOT been caught. They are in their
early to mid 20s.
APRIL
28th 2005
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An eight year old girl was taken by a man outside
of a community center in Waianae. He lured her into
the parking lot and sexually assaulted her.
ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH!
On
August 29th the President of the University called
a press conference publicly declaring the Manoa
campus and the University System Rape-Free Zones.
The University, the RFZC, the Sex Abuse Treatment
Center, and others collaborated on the first of
a series of educational trainings for the UH students,
faculty, staff, administration, athletes and coaches
with the 2nd Annual Girl Fest Hawaii Men’s
Program led by Jackson
Katz, leading anti-sexism trainer and founder
of MVP Strategies.
A
resource for the people of Hawaii.
SEARCH
HAWAII'S
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
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The
justice department opened a national registry of
sex offenders that the public can use to track thousands
of offenders nationwide via computer.
SEARCH
THE NATIONAL
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
UNIVERSITY RAPE-FREE ZONE INFORMATION
The following downloads are in Adobe Acrobat PDF (get
this freeware)
DOWNLOAD
OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S RAPE-FREE ZONE
DOWNLOAD
THE OFFICIAL REPORT
ON SEXUAL AND RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE
AT THE UH MANOA CAMPUS
Information
on the Clery Act, a federal law
requiring
Universities and Colleges in the U.S. to ensure
the saftey of the student body and to warn its students
about sex-crimes. (Click on "Clery Act"
on the menu at the left)
ARTICLES
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/4333100/detail.html
http://starbulletin.com/2005/03/29/news/story7.html
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/15/ln/ln06p.html
IMPORTANT
LINK
http://www.securityoncampus.org/
COMBATTING
SEX TRAFFICKING
& SEX TOURS
CLICK
HERE TO JOIN
THE ANTI SEX-TRAFFICKING
MESSAGE BOARD
NOVEMBER
2003
COPY OF ACT 82 BELOW
"GiRL
FeST organizers coordinated a well-publicized, peaceful
demonstration outside the business address of a
sex-tour operator, who soon after shut down his
sex-tour operation, Video Travel."