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Home My WebLink About2022-09-21 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes County of Hawaii MITCHELL D.ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 Pursuant to the Mayor's Proclamation regarding COVID-19, to prevent the spread of the Corona virus and to ensure social distancing, this meeting will be held online via ZoomGov platform and in-person at the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney at 655 Kilauea Avenue in Hilo. Committee members and members of the public may attend either online, by telephone, or in-person. Anyone wishing to provide testimony on an agenda item may do so by submitting it in writing, or by email or fax to: Allen Bartolome, Special Projects Coordinator Address: Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, 655 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720 Email: �U_ _ :2U_2I hawauucoun�y.ggy Fax: (808) 961-8908 MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, September 21, 2022 9:30am I.CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 9:46 a.m. by Shana W. Kukila, acting chair for the meeting. II. ROLL CALL Present: Andrew Langtry, Shana Kukila, Dr. Hannah Preston-Pita, Rachelle Agrigado, Christina Basham, Diana Mellon-Lacey (Ex-Officio). Elena Cabatu arrived at 10:00 a.m. to chair the meeting. Excused: Farrah-Marie Gomes, Lisa Pana, Evelyn Kahea Lee. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES for August 17, 2022 Andrew motioned to approve; Hannah seconded the motion; committee voted to ap- prove the minutes. IV. TREASURER'S REPORT A. Approval of Treasurer's Report No report per Andrew, who said the county did not provide one as requested. ACTION ITEM: Diana said she will follow up with accounting. County of Hawaii MITCHELL D.ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 V. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC None. VI. CORRESPONDENCE None. VI I. REPORTS A. Statements from the Public None. B. Hawaii State CSW(HSCSW) liaison report None. Liaison not present. C. Family Violence Interagency Committee (FVIC) Shana reported there was no East Hawai'i FVIC meeting in lieu of the DV Vigil meetings. She said the DV Vigil in Hilo is on October 7 at 4pm at the Kame- hameha Statue. Christina reported that the West Hawai'i FVIC did meet, and the Kona DV Vigil is on October 28. D. Missing Murdered Native Hawaiian Women and Girls (MMNHWG) Task Force No report. VI II. NEW BUSINESS A. Statements from the Public None. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Statements from the Public None. B. Sub-Committee Memberships a. Nomination and Election of Sub-Committee members Rachelle Agrigado was nominated by Hannah and Shana to be on the Outreach Subcommittee. Hannah moved and Andrew seconded the mo- tion to officially include Rachelle in the Outreach Subcommittee. The County of Hawaii MITCHELL D.ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 committee voted in favor of Rachelle Agrigado to be officially on the Out- reach Subcommittee. C. Communications Sub-Committee reports a. Status of Chair and Secretary email accounts i.Presentation — Best Practices No report. b. Facebook updates Shana said she posted for Hawaiian History Month and other events. She requested the committee to visit the page and engage with posts and invite others to join in an effort to help raise awareness of the page. c. Family Services Directory 1. Distribution log No report. A. Outreach Sub-Committee reports a. 2022 Year of the Mother i.Approval of project rationale September—working mother and Hawaiian mother October Domestic violence, Malama bags: working with HCC — Donna Madrid to vote on whether or not we can partner with HCC on this project October 21s, - November visit with kupuna, Malama bags December gifts/Malama bags for moms at risk Move to vote on the project rationales with the approval and dis- cussion of request for$1100. Andrew asked during discussion to be a little bit more specific on the expense. Shana explained that funds for food will be re- quested from the county council like in May. Andrew said it could come from the ? account, so it can be done. Hannah moved to approve the project rationale; ? seconded; the committee voted unanimously to approve the project rationale and budget presented by the subcommittee for September to December 2022. Shana asked for help with hanging the banners. Christina offered to hang one in Kona, and asked if Shana could send over the banner with Allen the next time he comes over. County of Hawaii MITCHELL D.ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 Shana asked everyone to save the date of December 21 at noon for the wrap up luncheon for the project at the Kona county council chambers. b. Teen Dating Violence 1. Distribution log Shana has distributed two boxes to the Hui Malama Ola Na `Oiwi's Ladies' Night Out event in September. ACTION ITEM: Shana will send a box to Christina via Allen. Motion to print out more teen dating violence and I am cards (sex trafficking and DV)—Andrew$182 to print the last time. $500 set aside to print out all cards. Elena motioned to print more cards; Rachele seconded the mo- tion. The committee voted in favor. Andrew noted during discussion that we have $1000 for printing. He recommended 1000 copies. ACTION ITEM: Elena will send the copy of the cards to Allen to look into purchasing and printing. c. Real Women Essay 1. Approval of project rationale No report. d. Mal Movement No report. B. Research Sub-Committee reports a. Status of Women Report No report. b. Equal Pay No report. C. Legislative &Advocacy a. Human Trafficking Praise for our current amber alert system and the community com- ing together was amazing when a teen was abducted recently in Waikoloa. County of Hawaii MITCHELL D.ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 ACTION ITEM: Elena and Farrah to work on a public re- sponse/statement to domestic violence and issues such as the the recent abduction of a Waikoloa teen and the murder of a Hawaiian Beaches woman. Shana suggested that this statement could be read at the HCC DV Summit on October 21. b. Equal Pay No report. c. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit No report. X. ANNOUNCEMENTS A Domestic Violence Vigil sponsored by the Hawai'i County Prosecutor's Office was held on October 7, 2022 in Hilo. All CSW members were invited to participate. XI. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by Vice Chair Elena Cabatu at 10:54 a.m. Next meeting: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 9:30am via Zoom IF YOU REQUIRE AN ACCOMMODATION OR AUXILIARY AID AND/OR SERVICES TO PAR- TICIPATE IN THIS MEETING (I.E. SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, LARGE PRINT) PLEASE CALL ALLEN BARTOLOME AT (808) 961-0466. Notice to Lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaii County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawaii County Code)A lobbyist means "any indi- vidual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or$275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public offices." {Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Ha- waii County Code) Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the County Clerk-Council, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo Hawaii 96720.