{"id":172340,"date":"2023-02-06T16:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T02:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=172340"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:10:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T22:10:34","slug":"hooponopono-leader-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/06\/hooponopono-leader-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"National recognition for ho\u02bboponopono leader, social work faculty"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_172353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172353\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/uhwo-paglinawan-lynette-sitting.jpg\" alt=\"Paglinawan sitting\" width=\"675\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-172353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/uhwo-paglinawan-lynette-sitting.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/uhwo-paglinawan-lynette-sitting-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/uhwo-paglinawan-lynette-sitting-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynette Kahekili Kaopuiki Paglinawan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the highest honors in social work has been awarded to University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa and <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> faculty member and community leader <strong>Lynette Kahekili Kaopuiki Paglinawan<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"master degree in social work\">MSW<\/abbr>. The National Association of Social Workers Foundation recognized Paglinawan for her decades-long work to integrate the Native Hawaiian practice of <span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">ho&#699;oponopono<\/span> (healing ritual of reconciliation and forgiveness) into social work in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">Ho&#699;oponopono<\/span> gives families a means to open their hearts, forgive each other, and express love, and then move forward with healthier communication,&rdquo; said Paglinawan, who is faculty with the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.library.mun.ca\/ojs\/index.php\/IJ\/article\/view\/2078\">Native Hawaiian Interdisciplinary Health program<\/a>, a collaboration between the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/thompson\/\">Thompson School of Social Work &#38; Public Health<\/a> and the John A. Burns School of Medicine <a href=\"https:\/\/nhcoe.jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\">Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence<\/a>. She was also the director of the Thompson School\u2019s Hawaiian Learning Program, a cultural program for <abbr>MSW<\/abbr> students who were committed to work with Native Hawaiian clients and organizations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/24\/native-hawaiian-program-decolonize\/\"> Native Hawaiian program continues to decolonize space<\/a>, November 24, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_172387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172387\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-paglinawan-lynette-richard-vert.png\" alt=\"Lynette and Richard Paglinawan\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-172387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-paglinawan-lynette-richard-vert.png 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-paglinawan-lynette-richard-vert-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/manoa-paglinawan-lynette-richard-vert-93x130.png 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynette and Richard Paglinawan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">Ho&#699;oponopono<\/span> is a way of restoring a relationship after a dispute by gathering the people involved and giving each person a chance to speak about their emotions, until all parties feel they have been acknowledged, and repentance and forgiveness have occurred. <\/p>\n<p>Paglinawan often worked with her husband, Richard Kekumuikawaiokeola Paglinawan, who was also a social worker, to lead <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> through <span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">ho&#699;oponopono<\/span>. Together, they brought <span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">ho&#699;oponopono<\/span> forward into education for social workers in Hawai\u02bbi, and in doing so, changed the way that many families&#8217; social work cases have been handled. Richard was also a recipient of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naswfoundation.org\/Our-Work\/NASW-Social-Work-Pioneers\/NASW-Social-Workers-Pioneers-Bio-Index\/id\/921\">Social Work Pioneer award<\/a>. He died in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we started out, it seemed that families in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> were experiencing hardships related to cultural trauma. They were facing Hawaiian difficulties, but had no Hawaiian solutions,&rdquo; Lynette Paglinawan said. <\/p>\n<p>She earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology and her master\u2019s in social work from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. Her contributions in the community have earned her several recognitions, including being named a &ldquo;Living Treasure of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&rdquo; in 2012 by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, and an honorary doctor of Indigenous practice in <span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">ho&#699;oponopono<\/span> from Taiwan University in 2019.<\/p>\n<h2>Growing up in Honolulu<\/h2>\n<p>Raised in a crowded tenement at the edge of Chinatown, Paglinawan developed a deep appreciation for family togetherness and enjoying recreation in nature. She learned Hawaiian practices of gathering food from the ocean and streams, and the importance of gathering only what was needed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;families in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> were experiencing hardships related to cultural trauma. They were facing Hawaiian difficulties, but had no Hawaiian solutions.<br \/>&#8212;Lynette Paglinawan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Paglinawan realized she wanted to be a social worker in high school, and was influenced by a Native Hawaiian social worker who her mother knew. Her early work led her to realize that a lack of belief in Native Hawaiian traditions was the result of cultural trauma. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The people who colonized <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> came here with a particular worldview. Prior to colonization, the Native Hawaiians had their own ways of solving problems,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I wondered why Native Hawaiians were not at the top of educational outcomes in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>She tracked statistics on problems in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, and although cultural trauma was not a known concept at the time, the hidden fears and pain experienced by Native Hawaiian <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> in their daily lives came to light. Her graduate research project tested the viability of implementing <span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">ho&#699;oponopono<\/span> with struggling families.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I realized many contemporary families were not familiar with this practice,&rdquo; Paglinawan said. &ldquo;They needed information about its purpose and intention, as well as the necessary attitudes and procedures.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Teaching future social workers<\/h2>\n<p>Paglinawan is currently the Kupuna-in-Residence at <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu<\/a>, where she teaches a course called Nohona <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>: Living a Hawaiian Way. Class discussions focus on the values of respecting elders, sharing resources, and caring for the land and the environment. She wants her students to see the connections between their efforts in their personal relationships and their efforts to care for the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Before you can teach others to practice <span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">ho&#699;oponopono<\/span>, you have to go through the process yourself. Even today, I practice the process with my family,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We rely on the wisdom of our k\u016bpuna to listen to each other and ask for forgiveness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_172352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172352\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/uhwo-paglinawan-lynette-teaching.jpg\" alt=\"woman teaches a class\" width=\"682\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-172352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/uhwo-paglinawan-lynette-teaching.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/uhwo-paglinawan-lynette-teaching-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/uhwo-paglinawan-lynette-teaching-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aunty Lynette Paglinawan teaches her Nohana <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>: Living a Hawaiian Way class at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynette Kahekili Kaopuiki Paglinawan wins national award for bringing <span aria-label=\"hooponopono\">ho&#699;oponopono<\/span> to social work in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[679,598,31,242,244,596,9,59,1626],"class_list":["post-172340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-native-hawaiian-health","tag-social-work","tag-myron-b-thompson-school-of-social-work","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172340","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=172340"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172420,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172340\/revisions\/172420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}