HONOLULU (Island News) — By the time they turn 17, one in three children in Hawai‘i will have experienced domestic violence. For many, the hardships they endure at home can shape their futures.
On Thursday, hundreds gathered at Iolani Palace for the annual Men’s March Against Domestic Violence. Among the crowd, dozens of boys listened closely to speakers, hearing messages about choosing to be role models in their families — not aggressors.
For Nelson Sua, the event was personal. He and his seven brothers grew up surrounded by domestic violence and were once featured in a 1995 newspaper article about their arrests as children.
“All of us actually got locked up at a young age, as young as nine or ten years old,” Sua said…