Please join the Kahuku Public and School Library as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary with a historical talk story about plantation life from the Women’s Perspective. Moderated by Kahuku historians Jr. Primacio and Buddy Ako, our panel includes 9 women with direct connections to the Kahuku Sugar Mill Plantation. Historical handouts, maps, and other memorabilia will be shared, as well.

Panelists include:

• Pina Balanay-Faustino (pictured)
• JoJo Caban-Manapon
• Rena Kashiwamura-Stant
• Aggie Pereira-Tani
• Conchita Sacil-Waters
• Bernice Ramos-(M.) Clark
• Gloria Padilla Bennet
• Margaret Primacio
• Andrea Canada Renaud

Door prizes and refreshments will be provided.

Additionally, we will screen the short documentary Kahuku: Survival of a Plantation Town (1988).

Please come and learn about the history of Kahuku and discover what life was like for females back in the day.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library Kahuku (FOLK) and the Friends of the Library of Hawaii (FLH).

A special Mahalo to independent researcher Christine Kirk-Kuwaye for her assistance with archives and facilitating the exhibit of Kahuku related material included in the Romanzo Adams Social Research Laboratory (RASRL) Collection – papers written by mostly local students who were learning social scientific skills by completing assignments for their sociology classes in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

Photo Credit: Angel Ramos, circa early 1950s

Between the Kahuku Theatre and the Old Pool Hall

L to R: Mrs. Getrudes, Mrs. Lourdes Camit, Mrs. Genesa Balanay, Mrs. Consolacion Ramos, and Mrs. Marcelina ‘Rose’ Ramos. Front Row:  Natividad Camit (Hopewell), Josephine Balanay (Faustino), and Rose Camit (Hall)

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.