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Higher Education Partners
- Cerritos College, Long Beach City College, Long Beach City College MANA, Rutgers University, University of California, Irvine, Azusa Pacific University, California State University, Los Angeles, Grand Canyon University, Southern Oregon University, California Baptist University
Community Based Organizations
- Kutturan Chamoru Foundation: Preservation of the Chamoru Culture
- IslandGrad: Supporting Pacific Islander Graduates
- Empowering Pacific Islander Communities```
- Hawai'i Daughter's Guild
- Micronesian Islander Community
- Office of Samoan Affairs
- Inafamaolek, Bay Area Organization serving the CHamoru community Guam
- Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
School Safety
Language Courses
Health Organizations
- NCADD | Tobacco Control & Prevention Program
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services We Can Do This
- Southern California Pacific Islander Community Response TeamSouthern California Pacific Islander Community Response Team
Pacific Islander Festivals
- Samoan Heritage Celebration, City of Carson, CA
K-12 Education School District Organizations
Dr. Wendell Fuiamono is the Associate Principal at Blue Springs High School in the Blue Springs School District in Missouri.
Leatapo Fesili serves on the Board of the Pacific Islander Islander Health Partnership, also and the Board of LE GAFA--Leadership and Education through Gagana (language) and Fa’a Sāmoa (Samoan culture). He has been a Respiratory Care Practitioner for over twenty years. He holds Degrees from Kanana Fou Theological Seminary, Claremont School of Theology (Master of Divinity), and Princeton Theological Seminary (Master of Theology).
Dr. Charlene Shimada is the Principal at Alameda Elementary School in the Downey Unified School District in California. She was a 1st grade teacher in Glendale Unified for 5 years. Then she returned to teaching in Downey, where she taught the 1st and 5th grades at Lewis Elementary School and Carpenter Elementary School, where she taught 5th grade and was a Categorical Teacher. Her career as principal started 6 years ago at Alameda. Dr. Shimada said, “Every day I am blessed by our students, families, and staff.” She received her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from USC in 2019.
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Lita Sagato is a co-advisor of the Alta High School Pacific Islander Club in Utah. She is a Realtor with Sagato Realty and co-owner of the Sagato Bakery and Café. She serves as President of the OCA Utah Asian and Pacific Islander Advocates and is Director of Le Malu. She is the co-founder of SAILI, Samoana Integrated Language Initiative. She has served as a community health worker for the Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition and is a founding Board Member of Mana Academy Charter School. |
