Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 1, 1 January 2018 — BOARD AGENDAS IN 'OLELO HAWAI'I [ARTICLE]

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BOARD AGENDAS IN 'OLELO HAWAI'I

mo'omeheu CULTURE

ln February ('Ōlelo Hawai'i Month), OHA began posting its Board of Trustees agendas in both 'ōlelo Hawai'i and English. OHA's new pilot project aims to incorporate both languages into agendas for the Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment Committee, and eventually for the full board and its other standing committee, the Resource Management Committee. "This represents our commitment to normalizing 'ōlelo Hawai'i in our daily lives," said OHA Chair Colette Y. Machado. "'Ōlelo Hawai'i was onee spoken by nearly everyone in Hawai'i — not just in homes, but also in school, in government, and in business. As the language was removed from these venues it almost vanished. The only way to fully revive 'ōlelo Hawai'i is to reintroduce it to these spaces."