WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
A LOCAL NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION OWE OLA --
HO'OLA NA PUA, WE
WELCOME JESSIC AYE AND
TAMMY TO TELL US ALL
ABOUT THIS.
US.
ABSOLUTELY.
GIVE OUR VIEWERS AN IDEA
OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE
HAPPENING TOMORROW?
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE
NATIONAL HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AT
BISHOP SQUARE.
BASICALLY BARACK OBAMA
MADE JANUARY NATIONAL
AWARENESS MONTH.
EVERYBODY DOING
SOMETHING AROUND HUMAN
TRAFFICKING, GATHER
TOGETHER AND DO A WALK
AROUND DOWNTOWN SO
PEOPLE ARE AWARE.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN
IDEA OF HOW PERVASIVE A
PROBLEM THIS IS HERE IN
HAWAI'I?
WE'RE STILL NOT CLEAR
VICTIMS BECAUSE OF HOW
HIDDEN THIS PROBLEM IS.
ALL OF THE RECENT
RESEARCH OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S
BEEN PERFORMED SPECIFIC
TO THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
IS SHOWING THAT THE
PREVALENCE IS QUITE HIGH
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN
HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CHALLENGES.
THOSE WITH A HISTORY OF
PRIOR ABUSE AND TRAUMA
AS WELL AS WE HAVE A
MARKET THAT HAS A HIGH
DEMAND FOR SEX SERVICES
AND SO WITH THAT,
WHEREVER YOU HAVE A BIG
MARKET, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE AN AMPLE SUPPLY OF
VICTIMS TO MEET THAT
MARKET, ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT'S DRIVEN BY MONEY.
PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED
THIS IS SUCH AN ISSUE
HERE IN THIS PARADISE WE
LIVE IN.
HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP?
EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE
HAS BEEN ABOUT
PARTNERING.
WE HAVE MANY VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE BUILDING PEARL
HAVEN WHICH IS OUR
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
CENTER BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
THERE'S NO COMPREHENSIVE
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
FOR GIRLS WHO HAVE BEEN
EXPLOITED IN OUR STATE.
SO WE'RE WORKING TO
CHANGE THAT.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE THE RESCUE.
WE DO THE RESCUE BUT WE
WANT TO PROVIDE THEM THE
SUPPORT AND THESE
VICTIMS THE SUPPORT THAT
THEY NEED.
WE ARE IN THE SCHOOLS
DOING PREVENTION WORK.
WE HAVE ONE ON ONE
MENTORING AND GROUP
MENTORING PROGRAMS.
WE WORK ALSO ON THE
AMBIGUOUS BECAUSE
TRAFFICKING IS HAPPENING
ON HAWAI'I ISLAND AS
WELL.
AND WE WORK REALLY HARD
TO KIND OF BUILD THIS
RESPONSE THAT DECREASES
STIGMA AND SHAME.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
KEEPS THESE INDIVIDUALS
ENSLAVED IS EXPLOITATION
THRIVES IN THE DARKNESS.
SO THE MORE WE EXPOSE
IT, THE MORE WE SHOW THE
LIGHT, THE MORE WE HELP
THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
IT'S HAPPENING TO OUR
LOCAL YOUTH AND TOGETHER
WE HAVE TO COME AROUND
THESE KIDS SO THAT WE
CAN STOP IT, SO WEAKENED
IT AND SO THAT THESE
KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO THE
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
IT'S INCREDIBLE TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE ON A PERSON
BY PERSON BASIS.
SOMETIMES YOU HELP
CAUSES AND YOU DON'T
DIFFERENCE THIS IS
MAKING FOR THE WOMEN.
WHAT TYPE OF SUCCESS OR
REACH HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE
TO SEE SINCE FOUNDING?
WINCE RECEIVE STARTED
THIS WORK OVER A DECADE
AGO, WE TOUT OVER 9,000
STUDENTS.
WE REACHED OVER 7,000
PROFESSIONALS WITH
TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
WE'VE HAD A REACH
LOCALLY OF OVER 100,000
PEOPLE.
THAT'S A PRETTY
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
WE'VE WORKED WITH
HAWAI'I FIVE-0.
WE DID AN EPISODE ON
TRAFFICKING, WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE IN HAWAI'I,
THAT HAD OVER 9 MILLION
VIEWERS AND WE STILL
HAVE PEOPLE WHO WATCH
THAT EPISODE AND REACH
OUT.
WE'VE MENTORED THROUGH
OUR GROUP MENTORING
PROGRAM OVER 300 YOUTH
TO DATE.
AND WE'RE BUILDING SOME
MORE PROGRAMMING THAT'S
A LITTLE BIT MORE
EXPANSIVE TO MEETING THE
NEEDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN EXPLOITED OR HIGH
RISK.
COULD WE GIVE
EVERYONE A WEBSITE AT
HOME SO THEY CAN FIND
OUT MORE?
SO OUR WEBSITE IS
HOOLANA PUA.ORG.
PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK
FOR YOU AN GET INVOLVED
TOMORROW OUT AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S AT THE BISHOP
SQUARE AND THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO START OUR
WALK RIGHT UP ON THE
CORNER OF BISHOP AND
HOTEL AND THEN WE'RE
GOING TO GO AROUND THE
CAPITOL AND COME BACK ON
TO BISHOP SQUARE SO WE
HAVE SOME SPEAKERS.
THERE IS THE
INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AN