Honorees – Judge Glenn Hara and Mrs. Janet Hara
YWCA Hawaii Island’s Remarkable Person Event will be held July 19. This annual fundraising event helps support YWCA mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all through local programs and initiatives. Thank you for your support.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Moku Ola Ballroom.
CONGRATULATIONS to our YWCA Developmental Preschool Teachers Rachel and Nani for receiving your Early Childhood Education degree!! We are so proud of you! We appreciate all that you do for our Keiki!!
See you Monday, YWCA preschool will be open and all operations will resume, pay attention to Civil Defense Messages, mahalo.
Aloha, the YWCA is closing for the day. We will update our emergency message at 935-7141, Extension 700 as information becomes available.
Its Denim Day, Wednesday, April 25th. Wear denim in solidarity with people everywhere who are raising awareness about sexual assault and protesting victim blaming.
Why denim? Because in 1992 an 18 year old Italian woman was driven to a deserted place, threatened and raped by her driving instructor. He was imprisoned and he appealed. The appeals went to the supreme court, the ruling was overturned and the rapist was released. The rational of the court was that the young woman's jeans were so tight, that she must have helped take them off. So, they reasoned, the encounter was consensual and not rape. The women in the Italian parliament were horrified and wore jeans to work the next day in protest, the first denim day. Please wear denim and tell others why. It is never a crime victim's fault.