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GIRLS TALK BACK
Tackling the Issue
Girls Talk Back, the leadership program for girls 14-18 years old and sponsored in collaboration with AAUW Honolulu Branch, Women’s Fund of Hawaii and Ceeds of Peace, has completed 7 Cohorts since its inception in the summer of 2019. Each Cohort had up to 15 girls in the program, and each girl completed an action plan, addressing an issue within the community.
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In our fourth year, we served 19 young women from two islands and 12 different schools. This year, we ran two 4-week cohorts - one virtual in June and one in-person in July. Find out more about the girls' action plans and outcome in the GTB Summer 2022 Report.
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Join us for our fifth annual summer girls leadership program! This year's program will consist of two separate cohorts. Cohort 1 will be fully virtual and cohort 2 will be in-person at UH-Hilo. Applicants may only participate in one cohort:
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Cohort 1 (virtual): June 5 - June 29, Monday - Thursday, 9am - 11am
Cohort 2 (in-person in Hilo): July 3 - July 28, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9am - noon
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Apply by May 5, 2023.
Meet The Team
Anna Viggiano
Co-Chair
Younghee Overly
Co-Chair
Hope Bennett
Mentor
Loretta Chen
Mentor
Lauren Kaupp
Mentor
Raven Sevilleja
Mentor
SCOTT NISHIMOTO
CEEDS OF PEACE
Scott is a father, husband, and bedtime storyteller living in Kaimuki. He’s also the Executive Director for Ceeds of Peace, a local non-profit devoted to raising peacebuilding leaders. As the father to his daughter, Elle, he has a deep personal responsibility pushing him to bring his community and the world closer to this goal of peace, as distant as it may sometimes seem.
ALEEKA MORGAN, CFRE
WOMEN'S FUND OF HAWAII
Aleeka Morgan is the Executive Director of Women's Fund of Hawaii. She joined Women's Fund of Hawaii as Development Director. Aleeka was development manager at American Cancer Society Pacific and was their 2020 Regional Award recipient. While she was a financial advisor at Edward Jones Investment, Aleeka co-founded Honolulu Sea Hawkers with her husband, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that works with the Seattle Seahawks to host community events for local keiki that promote healthy lifestyle habits and growth mindsets.
