Welcome to Pasifika Heritage Month 2021!

Hosted by: Faith Kebekol & Layla Afu

This workshop will highlight what it's like to be a non Polynesian Pacific Islander. Some islanders are typically assumed to be Hawaiian, Samoan, or Tongan when they are actually Melanesian or Micronesian or many other identities. Participants will hear stories from panelists with similar experiences. A few panelists will speak from their point of view as Polynesians and how they include and make space for other islanders. This is a space for people to share their experiences and look at ways we can come together (rather than marginalize) under the label "Pacific Islander". The workshop will end with a community building game that focuses on celebrating all of the various Pacific Islander identities. There is a prize at the end of the game!

Target Audience: General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (PST)

Zoom Info: https://portlandcc.zoom.us/j/95579324468

Hosted by: Taecia Kukui Akana

Carrying the Torch: Envisioning "Tomorrow" is a workshop that offers mentorship, character development, and strategies for success. This workshop will prompt participants to envision the future as bright and successful, challenging participants to go out of their comfort zones to aspire big and execute their goals and dreams. Our community deserves to thrive, and sometimes a roadmap is the helpful tool for folks to achieve their desired success.

Target Audience: General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Location: zoom.us/join

Meeting ID: 607 551 1564

Passcode: 1887

Hosted by: Highline College Umoja Scholars & AANAPISI Ambassadors

Please join us this Wednesday, May 26^th at 2 PM for a special Wake-Up Wednesday. Since both the Asian and Pasifika communities celebrate their Heritage Months in May, the Umoja and AANAPISI Student Ambassadors are collaborating to deliver a powerful presentation on Anti-Blackness, as it shows up in various communities of color. Spread the word and hope to see you there!

The Wake-Up Wednesday workshop series, created and facilitated by the Umoja Black Scholar's program, shares and centers Black History, Culture, and Experiences. Please use the link to register and attend this week's session.

Target Audience: General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Register at https://bit.ly/WakeupWednesday

Hosted by: Olympic College in collaboration with Green River College & Highline College

Facilitated by: Edwina Fui & Benjamin Lealofi

Tagata Pasifika: Saunoa Mai in the Samoan language translates to "People of the Pacific: Welcome, Come Through". This is a 3-part workshop series beginning Tuesday, May 4 and ending Thursday, May 6, each day from 2:30-5:00 p.m. This is an invitation for all Pasifika identified high school and college students to have in-depth meaningful conversations around Pasifika matters, engage in activities, learn/expand Pasifika culture, and be part of an action plan to raise awareness on our ever-evolving Pasifika communities. We also encourage folx who may be working in education and community settings with Pasifika scholars to join, along with allies and accomplices who wish to engage, support, and learn more about our Ocean communities.

Target Audience: General Audience (High School-College students) allies, accomplices and those whom work in community settings that help support Pasifika scholars are also welcome.

Time: 2:30-5:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time)

Zoom Link: zoom.us/join

Meeting ID: 872-2649-5627

Passcode: 764763

Hosted by: Research Family @ UW Seattle

Research Families started at the Burke Museum as collections-based research that connects Pacific Islander students to their families, communities, values, and language through research. It is a decolonizing approach to research that foregrounds relationships, reciprocity and respect (Wilson 2010). The first Research Family centered Pacific Islander approaches to research in higher education, but has expanded to include faculty-led, collections-based research with Black, Native, and Southeast Asian students. Numerous parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relations of the students join hands with UW faculty to expand student opportunities to build bridges connecting numerous forms of knowledge.

Join Research Family students from the University of Washington, University of Hawai’i, and Baylor University in learning and discussion around various topics about Pacific cultures and peoples across Micronesia. In this presentation we hope to share information about the various regions and islands nations of Micronesia in a fun, casual way through trivia!

Target Audience: General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95871554873

Hosted by: Taecia Kukui Akana

A poetry workshop that finds inspiration in our ancestral legacies. Participants will be asked to look within, look to the past, and look to the future as they weave their own stories and poems of identity, liberation, healing, and more!

Target Audience: Students, Staff & Faculty, Community, General Audience (All Ages), All

Time: 2:00 - 3:15pm (Pacific Standard Time), 11:00am-12:15pm (Hawaii Standard Time)

Zoom: https://zoom.us/join

Meeting ID: 607 551 1564

Passcode: 12.19.1831 (note: enter dots in between)

Hosted by: Jeremiah Sataraka

This presentation is based off Jeremiah’s dissertation project, which conceptualizes an emergent theoretical framework called Ocean Critical Race Theory (OceanCRT). Grounded in the lived experiences of Queer and Transgender Pacific Islander (QTPI) activists, OceanCRT builds upon three distinct theoretical frameworks: Queer Indigenous studies, Pacific studies, and Critical Race Theory. This research project uses Talanoa as an Oceanic Indigenous research methodology to center the knowledge of QTPI activists to disrupt oppressive systems. The goal of OceanCRT is to continue addressing institutional and interpersonal oppression of Oceanians in order to contribute towards a more equitable and just world.

Target Audience: Students, Staff & Faculty, Community, General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92973108293

Hosted by: Kiana Fuega

Join Samoan storyteller, Kiana Fuega, to learn about the amazing technologies used in Oceania cultures to navigate vast bodies of water. Learn about the tools and cultural practices used since Time Immemorial with pieces from the Burke’s collection.

Target Audience: Students, Staff & Faculty, Community, General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Registration Info: bit.ly/pasifikaprogram

Hosted by: Third Andresen, Jeanette Bushnell, Sui-Lan Ho’okano

This program taking place from August - September 2021, will examine the implications of U.S. occupation of Hawai'i on indigeneity, knowledge construction, identity formation, settler colonialism, and restorative justice through Gonzales (2013) Securing Paradise: Military-Tourism Partnerships in Hawai’i and the Philippines and Haunani-Kay Trask (1993) From a Native Daughter. Students will study the relationship between indigenous restorative practices, tourism, education, Hip Hop, and U.S. military presence in Hawai‘i.

Please join us in learning more about this amazing study abroad program! Application deadline: May 15th, 2021.

Target Audience: Students, Community

Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91004661865

Hosted by: Glendal Tautua

High School Students will gain an understanding of the UW application process and how to prepare for applying to the University of Washington. We will also be joined by current Pacific Islander students to talk about student life and being a Pacific Islander student on campus.

Target Audience: Students, Community

Time: 3:00pm - 3:45pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91521630793

Hosted by: Stan Dahlin

A personal perspective of a Hawaiian kupuna on fitting into the dominant Western culture and doing so while still embracing his Native Hawaiian Culture. Recalls the story of the logs for the hulls of Hawai'i loa as a means to his resiliency and coping. Explains metaphor of the canoe in helping guide one's personal journey.

Target Audience: Students, Community, General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97364774944

Hosted by: Taecia Kukui Akana

This workshop offers participants to learn the history of the native Hawaiian language, also known as ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, and basic sentence structures for everyday uses. This workshop seeks to carry on the revitalization and perpetuation of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.

Target Audience: General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 2:00pm - 3:15pm (Pacific Standard Time); 11:00pm - 12:15pm Hawaii Standard Time

Zoom Info: zoom.us/join

Meeting ID: 607 551 1564

Password: 1893

Hosted by: Green River College's Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Green River Diversity & Equity Council & GRC's Pacific Islander Student Union

Facilitated by: Dr. David Palaita

Description: VĀSĀ (The Space that is Sacred): We Are Ocean, is a story about the creation of California's first Pacific Islands Studies program. Centering on the voices and activism of Islander students at the City College of San Francisco, Dr. Palaita's presentation will cover four (4) themes that were integral to developing a culturally relevant program for Pacific Islander students. The conversation will include his experience in founding the nation's first program in Critical Pacific Islands & Oceania Studies and its connections to Ethnic Studies and Critical Race Theory. The story will weave in CCSF's lineage to the Pacific Northwest, by way of Oceania students from the University of Washington in Seattle. Pedagogy, indgeneity, race, culture, knowledge production, and decolonization are a few topics that will be explored.

Target Audience: General Audience (All Ages)

Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (PST)

Zoom ID: 813-1687-5417

Passcode: 288486

Hosted by: Our Future Matters

Description: "Join us as we highlight the importance of finding your wave. What do we mean by "wave"? Your passion, your niche, the reason why you push hard every day. In this space, you will be challenged to dig deep and look for what it is that has your attention. We will discuss ways you can help your communities as you cultivate your calling in life."

Target Audience: High School Students

Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time

Zoom Info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82159939701

Meeting ID: 821 5993 9701

Hosted by: South Seattle AANAPISI

Facilitated by: Helen Enguerra

Black Lives Matter. Join us for a discussion about the history of anti-Blackness in the Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander communities and how we can support the Black Community.

Target Audience: Community

Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (PST)

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/APIHeritageSouth to receive zoom link to workshop

Hosted by: Jesse Aspree & Malaelupe Samifua

Description: Join us for a kanikapila lunch hour. Kanikapila is a style of Hawaiian music produced in an impromptu jam session, most commonly taking place at a beach, or family gathering. The term comes from kani which means sound. and pila which means any string instrument in the Hawaiian language. We're going to be singing and playing some of our fave island songs and talking story.

Time: 12:00-1:00pm (Pacific Standard Time)

Zoom Info: zoom.us/join

Meeting ID: 886 5194 6765

Password: ukulele