Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 8, 1 August 2005 — Hawaiians in D.C. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hawaiians in D.C.

An unprecedented "Hawaiians abroad" video produced by OHA's Puhlie Information Office will air this month on KHON Channel 2. will transport viewers to Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland to visit Hawaiians who now eall the East

Coast "home'" and who work hard to preserve their cultural identity while more than 5,000 miles from Hawai'i. The fast-paced 30-minute program is centered around the June 5 King Kamehameha statute lei draping ceremony at Statuary Hall in the Capitol and presents vignettes of hālau hula, eanoe paddlers, chefs, congressional delegates, a Hawaiian 9-11 hero and more. "We saw an opportunity to meet and interview dozens of Hawaiians and other Hawai'i 'transplants' who gather eaeh year at the King Kamehameha statute event in D.C.," said OHA Puhlie Information Director Manu Boyd. "We all have friends and family who have moved away from Hawai'i for one reason or another. This video connects us back with them, and them with us." The 2000 U.S. Census counts more than 162,000 Hawaiians on the continent, and 240,000 here in Hawai'i. The Hawaiian Connection will air Tues., Aug. 9 at 6;30 p.m. on KHON 2. Re-broadcasts are set for Aug. 16 and 23, 9 p.m.

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