With escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric, California farmworkers fear the future
As the ’24 elections get into full swing, anti-immigrant rhetoric is growing increasingly ugly, with real world consequences for migrant...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Can We Please Leave “Plastic Pacific Islander” In 2023?
Graphic by Tonga Victoria Fakalata Each new year unfolds with a promise of surpassing the preceding one, enveloping individuals in a...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Nov 6, 2023
- 2 min
2023 South Pacific Food Fest: Community event of the year?
Written by Tonga Victoria Fakalata On Saturday October 6, 2023, Tokemoana Foods and Anthony’s Kitchen hosted East Palo Alto’s first night...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Nov 6, 2023
- 3 min
Bay Area Pasifika Leaders Invited to 2023 APEC Summit Meanwhile Pasifika Says No2APEC
By Tonga Victoria Fakalata The 2023 Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation took place in San Francisco the week of November 10 -19....
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Oct 7, 2023
- 3 min
Who silenced the Pacific Islander?
Written by Tonga Victoria Fakalata On September 7, 2023, the Asian American Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus (AAPILC) convened the...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Oct 4, 2023
- 3 min
Is there a danger in diversity, equity and inclusion practices? A conversation from the grassroots
Written by Tonga Victoria Fakalata Grassroots America best defined are neighborhoods and communities across the great United States where...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Sep 23, 2023
- 3 min
The War on Drugs: How an East Palo Alto Pacific Islander Organization is Tackling the Post-Pandemic
Written by Tonga Victoria Fakalata As Fall 2023 approaches, the ‘Back-to-School’ sections of neighborhood Targets and WalMarts crowd with...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Sep 4, 2023
- 4 min
A Tale of Two Cities: How Menlo Park and East Palo Alto School Districts Are Leading D.E.I Work
By Tonga Victoria Fakalata On June 10, 2021, unified efforts towards greater educational equity were made when the East Palo Alto School...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Sep 4, 2023
- 3 min
COVID’s Back? How To Weather Another COVID Storm Without Being A Bigot
Written by Tonga Victoria Fakalata It seemed that the days of shelter-in-place mandates and six-feet social distancing were behind us,...
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Connie Young Yu
- Jul 23, 2023
- 4 min
REMEMBERING 1882 in 2017
I wrote this article for the Chinese Historical Society of America Bulletin in May 2017 making the connection between the Trump...
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Yuuki Nishida
- May 6, 2023
- 5 min
Asian American history is American history
Written by Yuuki Nishida Despite the CDC’s plans to end the Covid-19 public health emergency on May 11, Asian Americans continue to be...
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Yuuki Nishida
- Mar 10, 2023
- 2 min
State and local community effort continue to lead hate crime reporting
Written by Yuuki Nishida The stabbing of an 18-year-old Indiana University student on a local bus in Bloomington, Indiana, this January,...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Feb 24, 2023
- 3 min
Are Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islanders victims of AAPI hate?
Written by Tonga Victoria Fakalata Graphic courtesy Swordhouse, Inc. With more than 100 gun laws, lawmakers have called for even more...
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Tonga Victoria Fakalata
- Feb 17, 2023
- 3 min
When racial training becomes the bottom-line
Is diversity, equity and inclusion enough? In this article we will continue exploring the good, the bad, and the ugly...
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Jamauri Bowles
- Sep 6, 2022
- 6 min
Rise in hate crimes creates concern nationwide
Tension and discord based on race and ethnicity have been an ongoing societal issue for ages. Now, recognizing the substantial increase...
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