e koho ia

Michael Malulani Odegaard, OHA Trustee At-Large

Artwork adapted from Naupaka, written by Nona Beamer and illustrated by Caren Loebel-Fried.

• Mâlama ‘Âina • Ea ‘Âina • Ho‘omaka i ka 'Ôlelo Pâlua ‘Ana i ke KKH

• Protect our Land • Food Sovereignty • Begin Official Bilingualism at OHA

Malulani’s experience includes:

• Distinguished prior service in public office
• Career in community planning & design
• Hawaiian Civic Club leader & delegate
• HDOE teacher of Hawaiian language
• Hawaiian community activist
• Master’s degree in Business Admin.

If elected, Malulani will work with OHA to:

• Expand availability of Hawaiian language media
• Submit Hawai‘i OLA to State Legislature in 2010
• Create 2,000 Hawaiian language jobs
• Secure Enterprise Zone tax benefits for Hawaiian businesses
• End the Hawaiian Linguistic Apartheid

...e kâko‘o ana i ka pono kiwila i loa‘a nâ ...supporting the civil right of the Hawai‘i
lawelawe lehulehu i ka mea noho ma Hawai‘i resident to receive public services in the
ma ka ‘ôlelo kûhelu âna e koho ai: ‘o ia ka official language of his choice: English or
‘ôlelo Pelekâne a i ‘ole ka ‘ôlelo Hawai‘i Hawaiian
• Hawai‘i Districts Benefited by a Hawai‘i OLA in 2010:
A Hawai‘i Official Languages Act, similar to
those adopted by Canada and Ireland, will:
• Provide Hawai‘i voters the opportunity to enact restitution of Native
Hawaiians’ indigenous linguistic rights in order to end to the age of
Hawaiian cultural genocide

• Ensure continued Hawaiian language revitalization by increasing

professional demand for competent speakers of Hawaiian

• Facilitate growth of the Hawaiian language by linking professional

development of Hawaiian language with Hawai‘i’s economic growth

• Confirm the State of Hawai‘i’s unique cultural identity by increasing

public institutional support for the Hawaiian language

• Mitigate or reverse the Kanaka Maoli diaspora by rewarding fluent

speakers of Hawaiian with increased work opportunities within the
State of Hawai‘i

• Enhance standards of Hawaiian language excellence and higher

Sources: Demographic data from OHA 2006 Data Book
quality legislation by producing these documents bilingually Language Access criteria from State of Hawai‘i Title 21 Labor and Industrial Relations Chapter 371 (Part II)
Hawaiian language speaker projections from Dr. Pila Wilson, UH-Hilo