Gov. Abercrombie & LLL Dean Bley-Vroman congratulate Sen. Akaka.

“Words define us as human beings; words give us our perception of the world … they can easily divide us as define us.”

–Gov. Neil Abercrombie

“Foreign language proficiency is important to the future as well as cultural understanding. And a combination of that is so important to the lives of our people, our states as well as our counties — to the point where it affects our national security.”

–Senator Daniel Akaka

Attended by both Hawai‘i Governor Neil Abercrombie and retired Senator Daniel Akaka, the Hawai‘i Language Summit, an invitation-only brainstorming meeting took place Wednesday, March 13 at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach in Waikīkī. read more…