Hāpai
—To carry, lift, elevate, raise
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“When we are degree seeking and degree achieving, we strengthen ourselves and hāpai more than us. We raise our ʻohana up, our community up, our lāhui (nation) up, and we hāpai Hawaiʻi.”
—Moana Makaimoku, Ke Ala ʻAnuʻu STEM Bridge Program, Retention Specialist, Leeward Community College
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