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Chair
Edie Ignacio-Neumiller
Vice -Chair
Wendy Martinez
Secretary
Kathy Crowell
Treasurer
Members:
Regina Carvalho
Erika Valente
Patricia Wistinghausen
Lisa Ellen Smith
HSCSW Representative
Ex -officio Member
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COUNTY OF KAUAI COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS 017Wru"A8 :41NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
5:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter
Mo`ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/2B RK
4444 Rice Street, Lihu`e, HI 96766 41
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Open Session Minutes of October 18, 2017
BUSINESS
CSW 2017-08 Continued discussion and possible proposal of the 2018 event dates for
Career Day, Denim Day, Equal Pay Day and Women's Health Month.
a. Ms. Ignacio-Neumiller to report on potential event dates for
Denim Day and Equal Pay Day.
b. Ms. Carvalho to share any findings on why County events
typically fall on a Wednesday.
CSW 2017-09 Continued discussion and possible action on Lending Library procedures
and public announcement via County of Kauai press release.
a. Ms. Muragin to report on the storage of names and phone
numbers for patrons who borrow books.
CSW 2017-10 Discussion and possible action on Career Day 2018.
a. Ms. Valente to report on available hotel dates in April.
b. Report on any findings of SAT testing dates.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
CSW 2017-11 Discussion and possible action on Women's History Month scheduled
Wednesday, March 7, 2018.
a. Ms. Ignacio-Neumiller to report on the 2018 theme.
CSW 2017-12 Accept and approve nominations of the 2018 Officers for Chair, Vice -
Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.
CSW 2017-13 Discussion and possible action on adding an upcoming events link or
calendar on the County of Kauai Committee on the Status of Women
website.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Discussion and possible cancellation of the Wednesday, December 20, 2017 meeting and
schedule the next meeting on Wednesday, January 17, 2018.
2. Announcements and other pertinent updates from Hawaii State on the Status of Women
Commissioner Kauai Representative Lisa Ellen Smith.
3. Kauai Drug Court Thirtieth Graduation Ceremony scheduled Friday, November 17, 2017 at
12:00 p.m. at Fifth Judicial Court — Courtroom 6, Pu`uhonua Kaulike Building.
a. Chair Lasker, Vice -Chair Ignacio-Neumiller, Member Wistinghausen and HSCSW
Kauai Representative Ms. Smith volunteered to attend the graduation ceremony.
b. Chair Lasker and Ms. Smith volunteered to pick up lei's and pizza from the Office of
Boards and Commissions at 11:30 a.m.
ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes §92-7 (a), the Committee may, when deemed necessary, hold
an executive session on any agenda item without written public notice if the executive session was
not anticipated in advance. Any such executive session shall be held pursuant to HRS §92-4 and
shall be limited to those items described in HRS §92-5(a). Discussions held in Executive Session
are closed to the public.
cc: Mahealani Krafft, Deputy County Attorney/Ex-Officio
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Committee on the Status of Women -- November 15, 2017
PUBLIC COMMENTS and TESTIMONY
Persons wishing to offer comments are encouraged to submit written testimony at least 24 -hours
prior to the meeting indicating:
1. Your name and if applicable, your position/title and organization you are representing;
2. The agenda item that you are providing comments on; and
3. Whether you will be testifying in person or submitting written comments only.
4. If you are unable to submit your testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting, please
provide 10 copies of your written testimony at the meeting clearly indicating the name of
the testifier; and
While every effort will be made to copy, organize and collate all testimony received, materials
received on the day of the meeting or improperly identified may be distributed to the members
after the meeting is concluded.
The length of time allocated to persons wishing to present verbal testimony may be limited at the
discretion of the chairperson or presiding member.
Send written testimony to:
Committee on the Status of Women
Attn: Sandra Muragin
C/o Office of Boards & Commissions
4444 Rice Street, Suite 150
Uhu`e, HI 96766
Email: smuragin@kauai.gov
Phone: 241-4919 Fax: 241-5127
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
If you need an alternate format or an auxiliary aid to participate, please contact the Office of Boards &
Commissions Support Clerk at 241-4919 at least five (5) working days prior to the meeting.
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1. Career Dav
Friday, March 3, 2017 Kauai Beach Resort, 11:00am-3:00pm
Speakers: Char Ravelo, Abbey Santos, Nancy Golden, Sabra Kauka, Marissa Sandblum, Sue Kanoho, Sheryl Grady
w/2. Women's History Month
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, 4:30pm-8:30pm
Speakers: Maryanne Kusaka, Phyllis Kunimura, Abbey Santos
"Wednesday, March 7, 2018
3. Denim Dav
Monday, April 3, 2017 County of Kauai Mo`ikeha Building Rotunda, 12:45 p.m.
4. Equal Pay Day
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 County of Kauai Mo`ikeha Building Rotunda, Mayoral Proclamation, 11:30 a.m.
5. Women's Health Month (County of Kauai Health and Wellness Fair)
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, 9:00am-2pm partnered with County of Kauai and
Life's Choices Theresa Koki and Maile Murray
*/6. Breast Cancer Awareness Month — Paint the Town Pink Walk
Wednesday. October 4. 2017 County of Kauai Mo`ikeha Building Rotunda, 11:30am
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The National Women's History Project
is excited to announce the theme for
National Women's History Month 2018:
NE VER THELESS SHE PERSISTED:
Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms
of Discrimination Against Women
The 2018 National Women's History theme presents the opportunity to honor women who have
shaped America's history and its future through their tireless commitment to ending
discrimination against women and girls.
From spearheading legislation against segregation to leading the reproductive justice movement,
our 2018 honorees are dismantling the structural, cultural, and legal forms of discrimination that
for too long have plagued American women.
2018 Women's History Honorees
• Susan Burton
Ms. Burton is Founder and Executive Director of A New Way of Life Re -Entry Project.
Her non-profit provides women ex -offenders a home and helps them stay drug-free, find
work, and reunite with family. The organization has provided direct service to over 1,000
women. Ms. Burton was inspired to start the organization after serving multiple drug
sentences and turning her life around.
Margaret Dunkle
Ms. Dunkle played a key role in the implementation of Title IX, guaranteeing equal
opportunity to women and girls in education. Her groundbreaking 1974 report
documenting discrimination against female athletes became the blueprint for the Title IX
regulations on athletics. In 1975 Ms. Dunkle became the first Chair of the National
Coalition for Women and Girls in Education.
Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011)
Ms. Ferraro was a politician, three term Congresswoman (D N.Y. 1979-85), and first
woman major party candidate for Vice President (1984). President Clinton appointed her
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights where she served
from 1993-96. She also served as vice -chair of the U.S. delegation to the Fourth World
Conference on Women in Beijing (1995).
Roma Guy
Guy is a leading LGBT and women's rights activist. She co-founded multiple
organizations including the Women's Building, La Casa de las Madres, SF Women
Against Rape, and the Women's Foundation of California. Ms. Guy was one of the
LGBT activists featured in the 2017 miniseries When We Rise. She is also an advocate for
women's access to health care.
Saru Jayaraman
Jayaraman is Co-founder and Co-director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
(ROC United) and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of
California, Berkeley. She is a leading advocate for restaurant workers, fighting for
guaranteed sick and safe leave and an end the two-tiered minimum wage (a victory ROC
has already won in 7 states).
• Christina Jimenez
Jimenez is Executive Director and Co-founder of United We Dream (UWD), the largest
immigrant youth -led organization in the country. She was part of the team that led to the
historic victory of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012.
In 2017 Jimenez was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship "Genius Grant".
Marty Langelan
Langelan is a leader in the global effort to end gender-based violence and is an expert in
nonviolent intervention methods; her intervention toolkits are now used around the world.
She pioneered feminist self-defense training, organized the first D.C. city-wide campaign
on street harassment, and developed a comprehensive program for ending harassment on
public transit.
Pat Maginnis
Maginnis is considered the first abortion rights activist in the U.S. She founded the
Society for Humane Abortion in 1962 and the Association to Repeal Abortion Laws (the
predecessor to NARAL) in 1966. She and two colleagues (known as the Army of Three)
illegally mailed kits and information to women seeking abortions. At age 89, Ms.
Maginnis remains politically active.
Arlene Mayerson
Mayerson is Directing Attorney of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
(DREDF). She has been a leading force behind groundbreaking legislation including the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Handicapped Children's Protection Act.
Ms. Mayerson has contributed to many key disability rights cases before the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Jill Moss Greenberg
Moss Greenberg is a lifelong feminist activist, committed to ending social and
educational inequity. She served as National Director of the National Association for
Multicultural Education (NAME) where she spearheaded efforts to address intersecting
forms of discrimination. Ms. Moss Greenberg also served as Founding Executive
Director of the Maryland Women's Heritage Center.
Pauli Murray (1910-1985)
Murray was a groundbreaking women's rights and civil rights activist and attorney. She
coined the term "Jane Crow" articulating the combined sexism and racism faced by
African American women. Ms. Murray served on the Presidential Commission on the
Status of Women and was a co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
In 1977 Murray became the first black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest and
she was among the first group of women to become priests in that church.
Elizabeth Peratrovich (Kaaxal-gat) (1911-1958)
Peratrovich was a civil rights activist on behalf of Alaska Natives. She was a leader in the
Alaska Native Sisterhood and led the fight against the pervasive discrimination and
segregation faced by her community. Ms. Peratrovich is credited as the leading force
behind passage of the Alaska territory's Anti -Discrimination Act in 1945, the first such
law in the U.S.
Loretta Ross
Ms. Ross is a feminist activist and leader in the reproductive justice movement. She was
the Co-founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Human Rights
Education and Co-founder and National Coordinator for the Sister song Women of Color
Reproductive Justice Collective. In the 1970s, Ms. Ross was one of the first African
American women to direct a rape crisis center.
Angelica Salas
Salas is Executive Director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
and is a leading spokesperson for federal immigration policy reform. In C.A., she helped
win in-state tuition for undocumented students and established day labor job centers that
have become a national model. Ms. Salas is a coalition builder, connecting diverse groups
at the state and national level.
Linda Spoonster Schwartz
Ms. Schwartz is a Vietnam veteran and activist for the rights of women veterans,
testifying more than 24 times to Congress on women veterans' issues. She served as
Connecticut's Commissioner Commandant of Veterans Affairs and was appointed by
President Obama to serve as Assistant Secretary of Veteran Affairs for Policy and
Planning.
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KAUAI DRUG COURT
THIRTIETH
GRADUATION
CEREMONY
Date:
Friday, November 17, 2017
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Fifth Judicial Circuit -Courtroom 6
The Honorable Judge
Kathleen N.A. Watanabe
3970 Ka'ana Street
Lihue, Hawaii 96766
Mme:
12:00 p.m.— 3:00 p.m.
Refreshments to be served
following ceremony
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Wednesday: November 1, 2017
(808) 482-2363