Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 3, 1 March 1987 — La Kukahekahe at St. Louis Aor. 11 [ARTICLE]

La Kukahekahe at St. Louis Aor. 11

Kupuna, night school adults, college students and high schoolers will eome together Apr. 1 1 for a "day of flowing conversation" in Oahu's annual La Kukahekahe at Bertram Hall on the St. Louis School campus. Sponsored by 'Ahahui 'Olelo Hawaii, this all day program of Hawaiian language activities begins with registration at 8 a.m. with the first session getting under way at 8:30. Naomi Noe Losch, who teaches Hawaiian at Leeward Community College, is president of the 'Ahahui whieh evolved from a committee established at the Kamehameha Schools in the early 1970s. It was then known as the Preservation of Hawaiian Language eommittee or POHL. Oahu's La Kukahekahe follows similar Hawaiian language activities on Kauai last month and one in Hilo, Hawaii on Mar. 7. The latter program is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University of Hawaii Hilo campus. It is being coordinated by Pila Wilson, Kauanoe Kamana and Kalena Silva, all instructors in Hawaiian language and culture on the Hilo campus.

Ka 'ai niho 'ole a ka makani i ka 'ai. Even without teeth the wind consumes the food crops. — Mary Kawena Pukui.