Jill Meinecke2025-10-03T09:42:47-10:00September 29, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Connie Mitchell, Hawaii Foodbank, HSTA Board of Directors, HSTA HCR, HSTA Human and Civil Rights Committee, IHS, jodi kunimitsu, Kahauiki Village, Maʻi movement, Osa Tui|
Children and families at Kahauiki Village in Iwilei attended a “Good Neighbor Day” event Saturday afternoon, sponsored by members of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Human and Civil Rights Committee.
Jill Meinecke2022-03-17T16:46:32-10:00March 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii House Education Committee, ʻIlima Intermediate, legislature, Maʻi movement, menstrual equity, Nikki Yee, Period poverty, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
The state House Education Committee Thursday unanimously advanced a bill poised to end period poverty in Hawaii. Hawaii would be the sixth state in the U.S. to require public schools to provide free period products to students, should the bill be signed into law.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-10T09:21:22-10:00February 9, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Heidi Armstrong, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Maʻi movement, menstrual equality, menstrual products, Pads, Period poverty, Period poverty proposal, Tampons|
The state House Education Committee Tuesday unanimously approved House Bill 2249 that would require Hawaii public and charter schools to provide free, quality menstrual products to students, moving it one step closer to becoming law.
