Oceania

Seattle Christchurch Sister City Association

Seattle,

Community Focus: Australian
New Zealander

The Seattle-Christchurch Sister City Association was founded in 1981 by a group of volunteers seeking to improve the people-to-people connections between Seattle, USA, and Christchurch, New Zealand. The SCSCA builds a valuable international connection through a wide range of activities in Seattle, WA and Christchurch, NZ.

Seattle International Dance Festival

Seattle,

Community Focus: BIPOC, Black American, Indigenous American, Pacific Islanders
Asian / Pacific Islander (API), German, Hispanic, Italian

The festival began in 2006 after Cyrus Khambatta, Executive Artistic Director for Khambatta Dance attended an Artistic Director Leadership training program with a grant from The Paul G. Allen Foundation and began to realize a long, stirring desire to connect audiences with dance through the festival environment. After a decade in which his own Khambatta Dance was invited to numerous international festivals, each with its own particular take on dance, he found the excitement and fervor with which audiences digested dance works to be a stimulating environment in which to create.

Seattle Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival

Seattle,

Community Focus: Pacific Islanders, Polynesian
Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli

Spokane United We Stand

Spokane,

Community Focus: Micronesian, Pacific Islanders, Polynesian, Southern African
Chamoru, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli, Hmong, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Lao, Malaysian, Marshallese, Palauan, Taiwanese, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese

Spokane United We Stand is a community-based organization comprised of volunteers from the descendants of Chinese & Japanese families who arrived in Spokane starting the 1850’s, along with Spokane’s Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders residents, COFA, immigrants & refugees. Representing: China, Japan, Vietnam, Hmong, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Korea, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Micronesia, Guam, Marshallese, Palau, Tonga, Hawaii, and more. Our mission is to use the arts to share about our history, traditions, culture, and our experience in America.

Te Fare O Tamatoa

Renton,

Community Focus: Pacific Islanders, Polynesian
Tahitian

Te Fare O Tamatoa is a non-profit organization with the sole purpose of spreading knowledge of Tahitian culture through dance and music.

The Alliance of Idaho

Bellevue,

Community Focus: Afro-Latina/e/o/x, Latina/e/o/x, Mexican, Pacific Islanders
Hispanic, Spanish

Immigrants are part of our national fabric, bringing energy, skills, values, and vision that benefit all Americans. The Alliance works toward building a community that supports fairness, equity, and justice for immigrants and advances a prosperous future for all. We envision a society where human rights are guaranteed, all people have the right to migrate, full civic participation is supported, and everyone, including the most vulnerable, can flourish.

Theatre Diaspora

Portland,

Community Focus: Asian, Pacific Islanders
Asian / Pacific Islander (API)

Theatre Diaspora is Oregon’s only professional Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) theatre company.

TiE Seattle

Mercer Island,

Community Focus: African, Americas, Asian, Australian, Middle Eastern, North American
Australian, Canadian, Indian

TiE Seattle is the area chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs, a global nonprofit dedicated to growing and fostering entrepreneurship all over the world.

Toka Valu

Seattle,

Community Focus: Indigenous American, Pacific Islanders

Malo e lelei. My name is Toka, an indigenous Pasifika Artist/Illustrator based in the City of Rain.

Tongan Community Resource Center of Washington

Burien,

Community Focus: Polynesian
Tongan

The Tongan Community Resource Center of Washington, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was created to specifically meet the needs of the Tongan community in the state of Washington. We strive to provide resources, referrals, information and support. We also assist individuals and families in accessing resources in their community by providing information and referrals for basic needs such as food, clothing, housing, employment, and transportation. We are looking to engage with our local Tongan community in a variety of ways including socializing, participating in recreational or educational activities, gaining information and seeking counseling or support services.

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