Mr. Miyashiro

RYSE Street Outreach Lead Lee Miyashiro is famous. Well, outreach-famous. Besides having lived homeless experience on Oahu, Lee has been out at the beach parks, camps, and other areas of the island engaging and supporting our opportunity youth since before RYSE began. Here, he discusses the challenges and successes of conducting outreach, as well as the systemic causes of living unsheltered. “One hundred percent of the kids I encounter on Outreach have experienced some sort of severe trauma,” Lee said. Watch the video to learn more.

 

 

 

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Incoming State Representative Kim Coco Iwamoto Donates Seven-Unit Building to Residential Youth Services & Empowerment, Taking a Bold Stand Against Youth Homelessness on Oahu

Residential Youth Services & Empowerment (RYSE) founded in 2018, received its single largest personal gift in the form
of a seven-unit apartment building in the Ala Moana area. Incoming Hawaii Representative Kim Coco Iwamoto has owned and managed this building in her district since 2004.

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