The 7th Annual
GiRL FeST Hawaii
November 10-14, 2010

Preventing Violence Against Women & Girls Through Education & Art

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"Preventing 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, art and positive representations of women.

WHAT IS GiRL FeST HAWAII?

This year's 7th Annual GiRL FeST Hawaii multimedia art festival and conference will take place November 10-14, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii. GiRL FeST Hawaii’s mission is to prevent violence against women and girls through education and art. This all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 festival incorporates film, music, art, spoken word, and dance complemented by a mini-conference involving panels, lectures, outreach workshops for children and adults that address themes such as body image, identity, empowerment, social change and methods on how to prevent violence in relationships.

Some past performers, speakers, and guests include: Sonia Sanchez; Winona LaDuke; Andrea Smith; Rachel Lloyd; Jackson Katz; Byron Hurt; Michael Cory Davis; Elaine Brown; Amber Tamblyn; Haunani K. Trask; Jean Kilbourne; Jessica Neuwirth; Derek Ellerman; Elena Featherston; Puanani Burgess; Rep. Lyla Berg; Medusa; Mystic; United by Sound; JenEd; Ali Wong; Marc Bamuthi Joseph; Derrick Brown; Mighty Mike McGee; Issil (Ishle) Park; Kelly Zen Yi Tsai; Mindy Nettifee; Selah Geissler; Kealoha; Youth Speaks Hawaii; Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua; Hina Ka'opua-Canonigo; Yellow Rage; Alix Olson; Pamela Means; Lois-Ann Yamanaka; Nora Okja Keller; Joy Harjo; the Guerrilla Girls; and many wonderful others.

Listen to An Interview with Kathryn Xian, founder of GiRL FeST
and Jessmaya Morales, Co-Director of GiRL FeST Bay Area


COOL QUOTES

“[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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GiRL FeST Hawaii is an annual program of
The Safe Zone Foundation 501(c)3




GiRL FeST Hawaii is always looking for coordinators & volunteers!
Call (808) 599-3931 or email: info@girlfesthawaii.org