2011-09-09 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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K. Peters asked if a home schooled individual is able to participate. She wondered if there is any organization for home schoolers. D. Downs mentioned that there must be some kind of home campus that the home schooled children have to report their grades to. K. Peters suggested that CSW mail an essay contest packet to the Youth Challenge Program. B. Hawaii County Women’s Hall of Fame – Committee No report. C. Teen Dating Violence Prevention (DVD) – N. Kelly/C. Kitaoka N. Kelly reported that the Prosecutor’s Office brought two presenters from Oahu on August 4, 2011 for a presentation on Teen Dating Violence Prevention in Hilo. Unfortunately, she was unable to attend. However, she heard that the presentation to the kids went well and it seemed that they “clicked.” The participants were the out of school youths (goodwill) and kids from the Youth Challenge Program. The kids do not really know what a good relationship is. They don’t have a role model in their family, not in their immediate or their extended, and not even on television. There is hardly any positive family television shows anymore so the kids don’t know what it is. A presentation was also given to service providers, mainly adults. However, the presentation did not go as well because the expectation of what the whole presentation was about was not clear so the participants came and had a lot of their own to share. D. Mentoring – K. Peters K. Peters said that she just started to do research and pulled out the top 20 of the fastest growing occupations in the country. She thought that CSW should stick with that list and brainstorm to see who would be found on that list. K. Peters asked if CSW members knew of possible people who would be a great mentor to come to a two hour luncheon to speak to girls. The committee should focus on women who is island raised, if possible. The luncheon will be similar to the mentoring luncheon that was held in the past with an open invitation to the career counselors and the girls seated next to someone they want to know more about. It will be done informally in a casual setting. D. Pung felt this mentoring idea sounds like a more durable plan. N. Kelly wondered if CSW would get the right people because in the past it was just a selected group of girls. The luncheon should be open to the public. She suggested that the luncheon originate on the Kona side first. K. Peters said the committee does not have a lot of manpower and money so it will be done informally. CSW needs to decide the cost of the lunch and how many 3