part 2

This coming Thursday, April l9, 2005, Prof. Manu Aluli Meyer will present a free workshop on child abuse at UHH Campus Center from l0-Noon entitled "Triangulation of Meaning".  This owrkshop is free, open to the public and sponsored by UHH Women's Center; YMCA; and Neighborhood Place of Puna...965-5550.

How can you recognize the probable signs and behavior of abuse?  What to do when a child tells you she/he is being abused?  Who to call?  How to help abusers to stop?  To inform yourself and those in your circle of experience; to help support our innocent young loved ones and to stop perpetrators...stop the cycles of violence, here are some contacts here on the Big Island and Nationwide:

Big Island:  Neighborhood Place of Puna: 965-5550...Turning Point for Familes 24-hr. hotline at 322-7233...Hilo Emergency Shelter at 959-8864...Kona Emergency Shelter at 322-7233...Child Welfare Reporting Services at 933-0350 (Hilo, Volcano, Puna, Hamakua)...

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Information at l-800-394-3366...National Domestic Violence Hotline:  l-800-799-SAFE...Rape and Incest National Network at l-800-656-HOPE ext. 1....National Center for Victims of Crime at l-800-FYI-CALL...ChildhelpUSA at l-800-4-A-Child

Check the internet at www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childabuse.html  for information, lists and hyperlinks on topics including: Recognizing Child Abuse, what parents should know; Treatment for Abused & Neglected Children; How to Report Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect; and much more...

E Ho'omaluhia Me Ka Honua!  May the children laugh and sing... love and be loved with respect, joy and nurturance...let innocence be protected...let love reign.... alohas, a.s.