Pacific Islanders Archives - Page 2 of 6

Asian-Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC)

Seattle,

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

Asian Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC) is a broad based membership which comprises of over 40 executive directors, board presidents and other high level administrators from primarily nonprofit and civil rights organization, government and education.

Asians for Collective Liberation in Spokane (formerly APIC Spokane)

Spokane,

Community Focus: Asian American, Pacific Islanders
Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli

ACLS centers the power of Asians and Asian Americans to build a just, healthy, and thriving community for all.

Brad Bordessa

Honokaʻa,

Community Focus: Pacific Islanders, Polynesian
Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli

Brad plays ʻukulele in Honokaʻa, Hawaiʻi.

DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon

Eugene,

Community Focus: Asian American, Pacific Islanders
Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli

Started in 2005 by Jason Mak & features juried films that support social justice themes and break the Asian American and Pacific Islander stereotypes

First Tongan American Community of Washington

Seattle,

Community Focus: Pacific Islanders, Polynesian
Tongan

To uplift and create opportunities for Tongan Americans through permanence and education.

Gillian Dueñas

Seattle,

Community Focus: Micronesia, Pacific Islanders
Chamoru

Guahu si Gillian Dueñas and I tell my stories through visual art. By painting, weaving, carving, and jewelry making, I explore my identity as a mixed-race Indigenous Pacific Islander woman born and raised in the diaspora. My art is an act of reclamation, decolonization, and healing. I take inspiration from traditional motifs, legends, and jewelry and reimagine them in a modern context. Overall, I use my art to amplify my stories as well as the stories of my community.

Halau Hula O Napualani

Seattle,

Community Focus: Pacific Islanders, Polynesian
Hawaiian / Kanaka Maoli, Maori, Tahitian

Halau Hula O Napualani is the oldest Hawaiian dance school (Halau) in Seattle, Washington. We hold classes in Seattle and Gig Harbor. We teach dance and music. Our dance classes include Traditional Hawaiian Hula (Auana and Kahiko), Tahitian, and Maori dancing. Music that we teach includes ukulele and toere/pahu pehe (Tahitian drumming).