Sen. Daniel Akaka is attending a reception to welcome participants in the Jump$tart Coalition educators’ conference in Washington this evening, according to a spokesman. 

The coalition is a nonprofit devoted to financial literacy that brings together corporate, academic, government and other sectors. Read more about it.

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