FACE the Future

Faith Action for Community Equity · Oahu

2011Faith Action for Community Equity1352 Liliha Street, Room 2Honolulu, Hawaii 96817Office: (808) 522-1304 Fax: (513) 532-7448

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Father Saimone LinoThank you for your service to our community.(1964 - 2012). St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church@ FACE Interfaith Service Waikiki November 2011

FACEFaith Action for Community Equity (FACE) is an interfaith grassroots organi-zation in Hawaii founded in 1996 on Oahu. FACE grew out of a sponsoring committee established in the mid-1990s with the assistance of the Center for Community Change.

FACE exists to allow its members to live out our common, faith-based values by engaging in actions that challenge the systems that perpetuate poverty and injustice. We balance social, economic and community activity with a deep spiritual commitment. Our spiritual centeredness empowers us to re-turn hope and love to the public arena.

FACE organizes on both Maui and Oahu and we currently have a member-ship base of 29 institutions on Oahu, and including Maui, 53 institutions total: Catholic and Protestant churches, Buddhist temples, Jewish synagogues, union locals, resident associations and social service organizations.

FACE interacts with thousands of people on Oahu and Maui and has a base of people who reflect the cultural and socio-economic diversity of our communities.

Aloha FACE leaders and supporters of our work!

Mahalo Nui for your support over the years - with your generous support we have been able to make real and positive changes for the people of Hawaii. In the last year we were able to pass foreclosure reforms that keep local families in their homes, and we have secured affordability for the struggling residents of China-town. We have made a good start on creating parent voices for education. we are building a new health care clinic for Wahiawa and Oahu’s North Shore, and we hope to do more in the next year.

This work is possible only because you have supported it financially. We are grateful for that, and we hope you can fund us again this year.

We encourage you to join us at the next meeting. Keep looking for us in the me-dia. We will continue working to bring the voice of the community into the public square.

Mahalo.

Reverend Samuel Domingo

Message from the Oahu President

Individual up to $1200

Domingo, Samuel & LilyKesler, RebeccaMark, Alan & KaraMason, Rev. TimMuronaka, KarenTanabe, ClifWeir, Mary

Keolumana United MethodistChurch of the CrossroadsKilohana United MethodistCalvary by the Sea LutheranKahalu’u United MethodistKilohana United MethodistKeolumana United Methodist

Individual up to $199

Acdal-Morales, AnitaAratani, KatherineBaker, MimiBloom, Alfred & DorothyBreese, DavidBruhn, MarshaCampos, NoemiDeSantos, ConnieDomingo, WilliamDye, EstherEgami, Renee

Our Lady of the Mount Catholic ChurchHarris United MethodistChurch of the CrossroadsKeolumana United MethodistKahalu’u United MethodistUNITE HERE Local 5Aldersgate United MethodistOur Lady of the Mount Catholic ChurchAldersgate United MethodistChurch of the CrossroadsKeolumana United Methodist

Individual up to $499

Bain, StanleyBond-Upson, LelandChing, WinnieFox, Galen & Sharon MoriwakiFukumoto, Francis & Jo AnnGinoza, KarenGoodbody, AngelaHoriuchi, PaulJandoc, PetronillaJaycox, KathyJeong, David & CherryKahaluu UMCKirschenman, JeanKleiber, NancyKuma, ShirleyLink, Stephen & PhaedraLoo, SakaeMorikawa, BettyMu Ryang Sa Buddhist TempleMurphy, Betty & BobNakata, Bob & Jo-AnnaPacht, DennisShinsato, AmyTaketa, SachiTengan, David & ThelmaThompson, KarenTinius, Roger & BarbaraWilson, MarkWyman, George

Zurbriggen, Daniel

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Foundation Grantors

Abelard FoundationAloha United WayAtherton FoundationCenter for Community ChangeLearning CoalitionMott FoundationNational CAPACDNat’l Community Reinvestment CoalitionOmidyar Ohana FundTransportation Equity NetworkUS Conference of Catholic BishopsUnited Methodist Cal-Pac Conference

Corporate + CommunityInvestors

Aloha Termite & Pest Control, Inc. $500AlohaCare $10,000Bacon Universal Company, Inc. $1,000Carmel Partners $5,000Castle Medical Center $2,500EAH Housing, Inc $20,000Farmers’ Group $2,500Forest City $1,500Hawaii Pacific Health $5,000HMSA $5,000HON Graphics $700Hosoi Garden Mortuary $5,000Hunt Development Group $1,500Island Insurance $2,500Island Palm $1,500Jhamandas Watumull Fund $1,000Michael & Patricia Levitt Foundation $5,000Ohana Health Plan $2,500Pfizer $7,500UHA $3,000UnitedHealthcare $5,000Webco Foundation $1,000

2011

FACE is dedicated to the belief that there is wisdom in ordinary people that can be unlocked to solve seemingly intractable social problems. Our work takes place in the public arena, and impels church leaders to take their values drawn from a multiple of faiths, into the contentious realm.

FACE makes decisions about the issues it works on through a process of direct de-mocracy. Member churches held numerous house meetings – small group discussions about what matters most to its members. The results of these small meetings are com-piled and brought to a meeting to be voted upon, our issues dialogue. For this reason, FACE is truly a grassroots effort, bringing up issues from its membership to be taken up by the whole.

We talk. We listen. We decide.

Individual up to $199

Espinas, Solomon & DeannaFox, GilaGlover, DeloresGraham, CatherineGross, DorothyGross, ThomasHowell, JimIsakson, Jean & RichardIshida, CatherineIshihara, Howard & AliceIwatani, HelenJandoc, JenniferJandoc, RebeccaKaneshiro, Roy & SandraKing, IrvingKoza, RachelKupchak, KennethKushimaejo, AliceLovett, Kyle AnnMatsuoka, MaryMcIntosh, JeanNagaishi, MaisieNakata, JeanNeser, LorynnOzoa, ClaudetteRantala, JudyRaymundo, JayReese, MaryRose, Dennis & SueSakoeki, MargaretSeta, RitsukoSouth, LouiseTaketa, Ralph & EthelTaketa, RyleyTalon, MaryTiogangco, GabeWatanabe, LillyWebster, KeithWegner, EldonYee, MyrtleYoshida, RuthYou, NanYoung, Nancy

Keolumana United MethodistTrinity United MethodistHarris United MethodistFirst Unitarian ChurchSaint John Vianney Catholic ChurchSaint John Vianney Catholic ChurchChurch of the CrossroadsTrinity United MethodistFirst Unitarian ChurchNu’uanu Congregational ChurchHarris United MethodistOur Lady of the Mount Catholic ChurchOur Lady of the Mount Catholic ChurchTrinity United MethodistHarris United MethodistTrinity United Methodist

Trinity United MethodistChurch of the CrossroadsHarris United MethodistKilohana United MethodistHarris United MethodistKahalu’u United MethodistTrinity United MethodistOur Lady of the Mount Catholic ChurchChruch of the CrossroadsOur Lady of Sorrows Catholic ChurchChurch of the CrossroadsKilohana United MethodistKahalu’u United MethodistHarris United MethodistKahalu’u United MethodistTrinity United MethodistTrinity United MethodistOur Lady of Sorrows Catholic ChurchChurch of the CrossroadsKeolumana United MethodistKahalu’u United MethodistChurch of the CrossroadsUNITE HERE Local 5Kilohana United MethodistKeolumana United MethodistFirst Unitarian Church

Individual up to $99

Acoba, MartinaAllison, CarlaAndrews, BettyAntonio, ElenaAnzai, Mark & VioletAsato, Herbert & RuthBanasan, JosephineBaron, Alvin & JaneBender, Daniel & Valerie

Aldersgate United MethodistFirst Unitarian ChurchFirst Unitarian ChurchAldersgate United MethodistKeolumana United MethodistKahalu’u United MethodistAldersgate United MethodistOur Lady of the Mount Catholic ChurchKahalu’u United Methodist

Above:Pictures of different actions leaders took during the foreclosure campaign - Prayer Vigil at the state capitol, an office visit to a bank asking for a meet-ing, and sign waving.

Opposite page:Signing of ACT 48 into law by Governor Neil Abercrombie protecting families in foreclosure and creating a media-tion process.

2011

FACE is an extraordinary organization made up of Catholic and Protestant churches, a Jewish synagogue, a Buddhist temple, a labor union, and civic and resident associations. We gather to work on the common good through the values of hope and love that are shared across all of our religious backgrounds because we know that we have to “walk the talk” as Buddha, Jesus, Jehovah, and Abraham have taught us.

In November 2011, we took inspiration from the Coconut theology developed by Pacific islanders in the 1970s. At this gathering, we challenged the world leaders gathered at APEC to address the needs of the least of us as they met in Hawaii to set policy.

FACE is Interfaith

Over 400 FACE leaders partici-pated in the Interfaith Service at Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church in Waikiki. They gathered at the statue of Prince Kuhio to participate in a table sharing of coconut as a symbol of the island community that we live in, understanding that we are truly one community with many religious traditions that movitate all of us.

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Manuel, Moises & GenovevaMedina, MyrnaMeyer, JeanMeyers, JamesMilitoni, EmilyMiller, GraceMimura, NoraMiyake, Craig & StacieMiyashiro, KazueMizuno, AmyMoorleghen, TheresaMorales, AnatalioMorizono, MarkMurakami, Myrone & CarolMyers, EvelynNakamoto, AvisNamNam, SunNelson, LizNicholls, Kerry & NanaOdo, HelenOhta, CarolOkano, Joe & EdnaOksendahl, WilmaOtt, JudyPadlan, Mr. & Mrs. WCPascua, RozRich, LindaRinguette, LeslieRobertson, KittyRodrigues, GloriaSagum, GenevieveSayegusa, IrisSchumacher, JoanSerikaku, EthelSheriff, Bob & JoyceSin, Yong SunSouthworth, JohnSugamura, KimiTakata, BarbaraTakeno, Nobuo & JuneTanaka, HisaThompson, John & RitaTorres, IgnacioTsuha, CharlotteTsukiyama, TedUmeda, JaneValasek, RichardValeza, ImeldaVillanueva, MariaWatamoto, GraceWilliams, GaryWong, FrancesYamaki, Roy & FrancesYon, Chong Hui

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Bierman, SusanBower, MarciaChangChang, Melvin Q.H.ChonChong, George & KathleenChun, Colleen & Gabriel HernandezChun, HarukoCuaresma, CharleneCunningham, BillDavis, JaniceDavis, PaulDomingo, Marcelina F.Edgerton, JaniceFujitani, AileenFukui, IrisHanashiro, JanHarada, Edward & DorothyHiga, Leonard & IreneHinazumi, BobIdol, Travis & Cortney MidlaInouye, BlancheJandoc, JulietaJo, Jong HiJohnson, AileenJohnson, AileenKampfer, JohnKang, Song SunKawagoe, Louise & GeorgeKehrberg, NormaKim, SooKimuraKino, Tets & ToshikoLagaso, Natividad & AlfredoLalica, LauraLee, EvelynLee, Sun NaLemons, E.M.Lim, So HeeLorentz, MellMaeshiro, Seizen & Helen

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2011

Above:James Koshiba at FACE’s Equity Summit I during the opening plenary, FACE’s Accountability Assembly - First United Methodist. Karen Muronaka at FACE’s Equity Summit II during the Education Session

Opposite page:Religious clergy from across the is-land gathered at Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church in Waikiki on the evening of the first day of the APEC Conference. Muslim, Catholic, Protes-tant, Jewish, and Unitarian religious beliefs were represented at this event.

In 2011, FACE leaders agreed that holding real discussions around multiple issues would only be possible in a summit event where experts in policy could come together with experts in the community. Both summits took place at the University of Hawaii, Manoa’s Campus Center with the special sponsorship of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene.

January 22nd and November 5th were special days where issues of Agriculture, Sustainability, Affordable Housing, Education, Immigration, Jobs and the Economy, Foreclosure, Transit Ori-ented Development, Faith in Public Life, Senior Issues, and others were raised up.

In a response to the growing concern over social and economic equity, and in light of the APEC conference held in Waikiki, FACE and faith leaders held an interfaith service on the first day of APEC with the theme of “In a global economy, the community still matters”.

Equity Summit I & II

Drew Astolfi State Director and Lead OrganizerJun Yang Oahu Staff OrganizerBeatriz Garcia Maui Staff OrganizerKim Harman State Policy DirectorReverend Stanley Bain Immigration Organizer

FACE Staff

Reverend Sam Domingo PresidentDr. Clementina Ceria-Ulep Vice President, LaityReverend Kerry Grogan Vice President, ClergyNancy Kleiber SecretaryRobert Muronaka Financial Secretary

FACE Oahu Officers

Reverend Alan Mark State PresidentFather Terrence Watanabe Maui PresidentReverend Sam Domingo Oahu PresidentRosario Baniaga State TreasurerReverend Kerry Grogan State SecretaryJoyce Afalla Maui RepresentativeDeacon Stan Franco Maui RepresentativeKaren Ginoza Oahu RepresentativeReverend Tasha Kama Maui Representative

FACE State Board of Directors

2011

Photo credits: front / back covers and pages 5-9 - Dwight Morita, pages 3-4 - Jun Yang

Mayor Peter Carlisle addresses FACE and community leaders at FACE’s Equity Summit II at the UH Manoa Campus Center.

FACE leaders Marian Heidel, Cat Wong, and Connie Geisler listen to the mayor’s address.