{"id":171552,"date":"2023-01-17T15:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=171552"},"modified":"2023-01-25T15:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T01:08:37","slug":"event-commemorates-overthrow-racial-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/17\/event-commemorates-overthrow-racial-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural event commemorates overthrow, National Day of Racial Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_73274\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rKkum2SQU4s?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Inaugural event commemorates overthrow, National Day of Racial Healing\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>In an effort to mark 130 years since the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the 7th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/healourcommunities.org\/day-of-racial-healing\/\">National Day of Racial Healing<\/a>, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa held an inaugural event, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhpol\/hawaii-kuu-home-aloha\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Kuu\">Ku&#699;u<\/span> Home Aloha<\/a> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">(Hawai&#699;i<\/span> my beloved home). Hosted by the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhpol\/\">Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office (<abbr>NHPoL<\/abbr>)<\/a>, more than 200 participants gathered on campus across McCarthy Mall to participate in free activities to promote learning, connection and deep reflection.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our goal was to bring folks from various communities from across <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> together to build pilina&#8212;connections and relationships&#8212;as a critical step in working together to take care of our shared beloved home,&rdquo; said <strong>Kaiwipunikauikaw&#275;kiu Punihei Lipe<\/strong>, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_171564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171564\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrowracial-healing-event-2023-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"People sitting in a circle on the grass\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-171564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrowracial-healing-event-2023-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrowracial-healing-event-2023-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrowracial-healing-event-2023-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A range of workshops such as meditation, oli (chant) and m&#257;lama <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> were held at the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Students, faculty, staff and members of the community took part in a variety of workshops throughout the day from oli (chant) to meditation and m&#257;lama <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> (care for the land).<\/p>\n<p>The first-ever event opened with learning an oli, composed by Kumu <strong>R. Keawe Lopes<\/strong>, Jr., director of the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/kawaihuelani\/\">Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language<\/a>. <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Provost <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong> was among attendees who learned Lopes\u2019 chant composition, Welina M&#257;noa which honors the elements unique to the <span aria-label=\"ahupuaa\">ahupua&#699;a<\/span> (land division) where the university is located.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was struck by people who made comments, several of them used the word grounded. A few expressed gratitude that before they had to run off to class it was good to get grounded in this place,&rdquo; said Provost Bruno. &ldquo;I thought that was super.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A group of attendees also opted to connect with <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> joining <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Campus Arboretum Curator <strong>N&#333;weo Kai<\/strong>. They engaged in huli ka lima i lalo (turn your hands to the ground) and learned how to care for meakanu (plants) on the M&#257;noa campus.<\/p>\n<p>Participants were also invited to share their <span aria-label=\"moolelo\">mo&#699;olelo<\/span> (story) out loud through an innovative writing workshop hosted by playwright and story coach Sean Dunnington. The activity centered around expressing one\u2019s experience of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> as home.<\/p>\n<h2><span aria-label=\"Hookupu\">Ho&#699;okupu<\/span> to honor <span aria-label=\"Liliu\">Lili&#699;u<\/span>, <abbr>MLK<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_171565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171565\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrowracial-healing-event-2023-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"man handing woman lei\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-171565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrowracial-healing-event-2023-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrowracial-healing-event-2023-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrowracial-healing-event-2023-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">糖心Vlog官方 President David Lassner presents lei to honor <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani.\">Lili&#699;uokalani.<\/span>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A procession gathered at noon to present <span aria-label=\"hookupu\">ho&#699;okupu<\/span> (offering) in honor of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Hawai&#699;i\u2019s<\/span> last reigning monarch at Ke Ahu o <span aria-label=\"Kamakaeha\">Kamaka&#699;eha<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">(Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> altar) fronting the Queen <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> Student Services Center. Oli and lei were gifted to commemorate the Queen\u2019s legacy and reflect upon the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center, it is our kuleana (responsibility) here at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa to highlight and share the many truths of our communities,&rdquo; Lipe said. &ldquo;The overthrow of Queen <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> and the Hawaiian Kingdom is not only a part of our history but also our current reality and can be felt in every part of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> today. That\u2019s why it is important to create spaces to remember and explore what the overthrow meant and continues to mean for us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The procession then proceeded to Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s honorary plaque near the art department on campus. <span aria-label=\"Hookupu\">Ho&#699;okupu<\/span> were placed to pay homage to one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Niya Denise McAdoo<\/strong> is earning her masters degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/edea\/\">educational administration<\/a> at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa and was moved to tears during her keynote address near the <abbr>MLK<\/abbr> plaque where she expressed the importance of forwarding the icon\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/18\/uh-manoa-observes-national-day-of-racial-healing\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa observes National Day of Racial Healing<\/a>, January 18, 2022\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;It\u2019s important for all of us to acknowledge that we all have a part to play. We all have a kuleana, whether that\u2019s individually, as a community, as a university, as faculty, staff, administration,&rdquo; said McAdoo. &ldquo;We all have a responsibility in our everyday lives in the work that we do to push the mission of racial equality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa is one of more than 60 <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhpol\/trht\/\">Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Centers<\/a> (<strong>TRHT<\/strong>) across <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and the U.S. selected to implement ambitious, visionary action plans that tackle historical and contemporary effects of racism. The <strong>TRHT<\/strong> Center at M&#257;noa is deeply rooted in <span aria-label=\"ike\">&#699;ike<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> (Hawaiian knowledge) and led by the NHPoL Advancement Office which helps to shepard the mission for the campus to become a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning. Its <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>-grounded approach envisions a pae <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> <span aria-label=\"o\">&#699;o<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">(Hawai&#699;i<\/span> archipelago) in which each individual, family and community recognize their collective and interdependent kuleana regardless of race to aloha one another and <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span>. This interwoven approach has been recognized on a national platform.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_171562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171562\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrow-racial-healing-event-2023-1.jpg\" alt=\"woman making offering at alter\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrow-racial-healing-event-2023-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrow-racial-healing-event-2023-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manoa-overthrow-racial-healing-event-2023-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span aria-label=\"Hookupu\">Ho&#699;okupu<\/span> offering at Queen <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> altar on campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 200 participants gathered across McCarthy Mall to participate in free activities to promote learning, connection and deep reflection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[33,411,192,1465,9,56],"class_list":["post-171552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-hawaiian","tag-kawaihuelani-center-for-hawaiian-language","tag-lyon-arboretum","tag-manoa-native-hawaiian-place-of-learning","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171552"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171933,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171552\/revisions\/171933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}