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Three artists get top prizes in the EPACCM Stop the Hate Art Awards Celebration
The Penieli dance group members weave their magic through their dancing at the East Palo Alto Center for Community Media's Stop the Hate...
Ivan Temes
Oct 21, 20244 min read
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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...
Selen Ozturk
Aug 7, 20245 min read
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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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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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...

Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Nov 6, 20232 min read
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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....

Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Nov 6, 20233 min read
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Who silenced the Pacific Islander?
Written by Tonga Victoria Fakalata On September 7, 2023, the Asian American Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus (AAPILC) convened the...

Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Oct 7, 20233 min read
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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...

Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Oct 4, 20233 min read
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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...

Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Sep 23, 20233 min read
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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...

Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Sep 4, 20234 min read
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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,...

Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Sep 4, 20233 min read
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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...

Connie Young Yu
Jul 23, 20234 min read
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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...
Yuuki Nishida
May 6, 20235 min read
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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,...

Yuuki Nishida
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Feb 24, 20233 min read
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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...

Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Feb 17, 20233 min read
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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...
Jamauri Bowles
Sep 6, 20226 min read
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