Working Families Day 2025

 

Join us at the State Capitol on February 28, 2025.

Hawaiʻi is home. We can do more to keep our working families here — for keiki, kūpuna, all of us! In partnership with Keiki Caucus, Working Families Caucus and 40+ community organizations!

Bring your keiki, kūpuna, and friends to make your voices heard. It's time to get the care and support we deserve.

  • When: Friday, February 28, 2025
  • Time: 9am – 1pm (Resource Fair) | Noon – 2:30pm (Family Activities and Rally) | 1:45 – 2:30pm (Rally and Press Conference)
  • Where: Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda

 

Event Highlights

  • 12:00pm: Check-in, Photos with Superheroes 🦸🏽‍♀️🦹🏽! Get your free HCAN t-shirt. Visit the Resource Fair to learn more about supports available for families and keiki.
  • 1:15pm: Free concert for keiki with Uncle Wayne and the Howling Dog Band 🎸🎻! 
  • 1:45pm: Press conference and rally with lawmakers to highlight things we can do NOW to make living in Hawaiʻi affordable for families!

 

Resource Fair Participating Organizations: 

  • AAUW of Hawaii
  • Aloha Care
  • Aloha United Way
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Hawaii
  • Catholic Charities
  • Child & Family Service
  • Executive Office on Early Learning
  • Family Hui 
  • Family Promise 
  • Gimme a Break
  • Hale Kipa
  • HAPA: Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action 
  • Hawai‘i Afterschool Alliance
  • Hawai'i Diaper Bank
  • Hawaii Alliance of Non-Profit Organizations
  • Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice
  • Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights
  • Hawaii Family Caregiver Coalition
  • Hawaii Food Bank
  • Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center
  • Hawaii Public Health Institute
  • Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence 
  • Hawaii Workers Center
  • HCAN Speaks!
  • Healthy Mother's Healthy Babies
  • Hawaiʻi Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance 
  • Hoʻoikaika Partnership
  • IMUA Family Services
  • National Center for Youth Law (Hawai'i Office)
  • Nurturing Wāhine
  • Nurture-Postpartum, Reproductive and Maternal Mental Health
  • Paid Leave Hawaii Coalition
  • Parents And Children Together
  • PATCH/POD Subsidies
  • Pouhana O Nā Wāhine
  • Prevent Child Abuse HI, a program of Hawaii Children's Action Network
  • Project Vision
  • Samaritan Counseling Center Hawai'i
  • Spill the Tea Cafe
  • Tourette Association of America-Hawaii
  • Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
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Sponsoring Organizations

  • AAUW of Hawaiʻi 
  • AlohaCare 
  • Hawaiʻi Appleseed 
  • Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Hawaii Workers Center 
  • HCAN Speaks! 

   

 

 

Limited travel scholarships are available to attend the rally and meet with lawmakers to share your experiences as a parent/family member. Contact Mele Andrade at email below to request a travel scholarship.

Your families are the heartbeat of our communities. RSVP today!

WHEN
February 28, 2025 at 9:00am - 2:30pm
WHERE
Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda
CONTACT
Mele Andrade ·
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