Welcome to GiRL FeST Hawaii - Peace Starts Here

What is GiRL FeST?

GiRL FeST Hawaii is an all-volunteer run violence prevention organization of the Safe Zone Foundation 501(c)3. Our mission is to prevent violence against women and girls through education and art. Our goal is to change peer culture in order to prevent increasing violence against women and girls through education, entertainment and positive representation of women.

“[Girl Fest is] the wave of the future...[It’s] a creative and dynamic approach to activism that goes to the heart of what we need, which is a cultural evolution...This festival will inspire and entertain, as well as educate and mobilize.”

~ Jessica Neuwirth, President of Equality Now and Harvard Law Professor

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“I think art can inspire, illuminate, motivate, touch people’s hearts and minds…In order for us to stem the tide of our culture’s pandemic of men’s violence, we have to make prevention a societal priority. Art is certainly a part of that, and efforts like Girl Fest are important cultural interventions.”

~ Jackson Katz, Founder of MVP Strategies and Former Member of the U.S. Secretary of
Defense's Task Force on Domestic Violence in the Military

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"There is no question that art is an essential part of healing, organizing, and social change. Girl Fest recognizes and embraces that concept, and is playing a central role in bringing forward the next generation of activists for gender equity."

~ Patrick Lemmon, Former Executive Director of Men Can Stop Rape

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