Advocacy Events

Join us in highlighting our work to strengthen families in Maui County

Education and advocacy are powerful ways to engage the public and policy makers on topics related to child abuse and neglect in order to create systems-level change in the county, state and nationally. Hoʻoikaika Partnership allies and partners participate in statewide advocacy efforts to improve access to social, health, and family support services.

 

Join our Public Education & Advocacy Committee

Maui County Water Authority, Social Services, and Parks Committee meeting

Join Hoʻoikaika Partnership at the Maui County Water Authority, Social Services, and Parks Committee meeting on Monday, January 26, at 9 a.m. Click here to see the agenda. Our item is second and tentatively expected around 10:30 a.m.
Hoʻoikaika Partnership will highlight our shared work to prevent child abuse and strengthen families in Maui County. In recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Month (January), we will focus on the intersections between child abuse, child sex trafficking, ACEs, and protective factors.
Hoʻoikaika Partnership Coordinator Deb Marois will provide an overview of Hoʻoikaika Partnership’s child abuse prevention efforts, including local data and coalition activities. Cayla Kutaka, Maui Program Director at Parents And Children Together (PACT), will present on child sex trafficking prevalence, risk factors, and survivor supports in Maui County. Following the presentations, there will be an opportunity for public oral testimony (up to 3 minutes per person).
Please attend in person or virtually, and to consider offering testimony about your work with Hoʻoikaika Partnership and the impact you are seeing in the community. If you are interested in serving as a designated “resource” person for the committee, please let me know and we can explore that option together.

🏪 Attending In Person

Council Chamber, Kalana O Maui Building (8th Floor)
200 South High Street, Wailuku

Free two-hour parking is available around the County building.

💻 Attending Virtually

Join via Microsoft Teams using the County’s meeting link.

If you would like to offer oral testimony, that option is available through the same link.

Your presence matters. Showing up together strengthens our collective voice and helps reinforce the importance of prevention with County leadership. We hope you’ll join us and consider sharing brief testimony about your work and its impact in Maui County.

Submit written testimony here

Our Public Education & Advocacy Committee successfully educates and advocates for policy, program and systems changes to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Education and advocacy are powerful ways to engage the public and policy makers on topics related to child abuse and neglect in order to create systems-level change in the county, state, and nationally. This can help change the way programs and organizations operate to better prevent child abuse and neglect in Maui County and raise the profile of the Hoʻoikaika Partnership and its partners as leaders on these issues. Advocacy can also empower and raise up the voices of parents, caregivers, and youth with lived experience. Advocacy and education on child abuse and neglect to community and legislative leaders has been a longstanding interest since the Partnership formed.