Selen Ozturk
Aug 75 min
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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Jan 163 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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Nov 6, 20232 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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Nov 6, 20233 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....
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Oct 7, 20233 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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Oct 4, 20233 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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Sep 23, 20233 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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Sep 4, 20234 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...
Tonga Victoria Fakalata
Sep 4, 20233 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,...
Connie Young Yu
Jul 23, 20234 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...