RACIAL RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE

Welcome to the Diocese's Racial  Reconciliation webpage.  We are currently working on getting this fully populated.  Come back again soon!  In the meantime, you can get information from The Episcopal Church's Racial Reconciliation webpage HERE.  Mahalo for visiting!

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​Reconciliation is the spiritual practice of seeking loving, liberating and life-giving relationship with God and one another, and striving to heal and transform injustice and brokenness in ourselves, our communities, institutions and society.

​We seek to help the people of our Diocese to live more fully into our two Great Commands to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, our souls, and our minds - and secondly to love our neighbors as ourselves. In the Hawaiian tradition of ho’oponopono, we believe in truth-telling about our history; creating space for all voices in our circle; and seeking to make amends as we live into right relationship with all living beings. 

​Committee Members: The Rev. Andrew Arakawa, Joseph Eppink, Mary Carpenter, Bea Fitzpatrick, Mary Sueoka, The Rev. Dcn. Bob Steele, Laura La Gassa, Konstantinos Karampakakis. 

In the News:  ​Ryan Kusumoto Named as Chair of New Episcopal Church Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice

(Chronicle, February 9, 2023)  ​Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Julia Ayala Harris, President of the House of Deputies, appointed our very own Ryan Kusumoto to chair the Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice, which was established following the 80th General Convention last July.

In an anouncement from the Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs, the coalition is described as "an organizing and networking body 'of Episcopal dioceses, parishes, organizations, and individuals dedicated to the work of becoming the Beloved Community.'”

“This is an opportunity for our church to solidify racial justice and equity as a norm,” Kusumoto said. “We will be holding listening sessions so the constituting group has a wide breath of information and understanding to set up the appropriate infrastructure.”  READ TEC ANNOUNCEMENT HERE 

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