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June 5–6, 2025 | University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu, Kapolei
Welina mai!
Welina mai!
Mahalo for your presence and for engaging deeply with ʻike kupuna and the growth of hoʻoponopono within yourselves, your ʻohana, and your communities. Now that our 2-day ʻaha has come to a close, we invite you to reflect on your experience by completing the following post-survey.
Your manaʻo is deeply valued and will help us continue to honor and strengthen this practice together.
Hoʻoponopono
Hoʻoponopono
To make right
To use pono to return to pono
To restore goodness and peace within families and close groups
To return to a loving state through ritual communication
Speaking truth for the purpose of healing relationships
The 2025 ʻAha Hoʻoponopono gathers haku hoʻoponopono, social sector professionals, and aloha ʻāina practitioners, along with committed community members, to discuss the perpetuation of ʻike kūpuna and the growth of hoʻoponopono within ourselves, our families, and our communities in contemporary contexts. This is done via Micro, Mezzo, and Macro systems with ʻike lōkahi: interconnected harmony with Kānaka, Honua, Akua.
Micro (Self, Family)
Micro (Self, Family)
A personal and family commitment to speaking truth and living pono
Working with individuals and families to solve problems
Focus on the individual experience so they understand their emotions and work to cope with issues and problems in specific and cultural ways
Mezzo (Community, Institutions, Agencies)
Mezzo (Community, Institutions, Agencies)
A personal and integrative commitment to living aloha through pono behavior
The sharing of systems, people and ideas so that individuals feel supported
Focus on encouraging and linking individuals in multiple contexts— community, agencies, schools, ʻohana —to a wider advocacy system
Macro (Laws, Policies)
Macro (Laws, Policies)
A commitment to larger systems that affect change within society
Making or influencing public policy, conducting research, and working within agencies to advocate for individual and collective justice
Focus on holistic understanding of social systems for effective advocacy and transformation of society
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