Coconut Wireless: Prevention Education, Empowerment, and Resilience (P.E.E.R.)

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The purpose of the Coconut Wireless curriculum is to educate participants about commercial sexual exploitation in a trauma-responsive way and provide tools and activities to empower them to make healthy and safe choices. Participants will learn what commercial sexual exploitation is, how it happens, and tangible ways they can remain safe and prevent themselves from unknowingly becoming a victim of exploitation.

We separate facts from myths, shed light on the reality of sex trafficking in Hawai‘i, and empower youth with knowledge and skills, thereby reframing the conversations that happen in their communities. Lessons are built in such a way that intentionally and carefully engage group participants in conversations about commercial sexual exploitation without requiring youth to disclose their personal experiences to the group.

All lessons incorporate ways that participants can cultivate their own protective factors against exploitation. Discussions are participant-focused and built upon what they may already know and understand from their experiences and current influences impacting their daily lives. 

If your facility, community group, or school is interested in the Coconut Wireless curriculum, contact Marissa Gordon, Program Manager, at marissa.gordon@hoolanapua.org, or by phone at 808-435-8799.