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We recognize the important role that data has played historically and still today in deciding where resources flow and how our communities are engaged in decision and policymaking. Furthermore, it has determined how many of our traditionally overburdened communities have been defined, (in)visibilized and (under)served by systems and institutions for decades.
In efforts to build collective analysis and better partnership between our Pasifika communities, state and federal policymakers, institutions, and other stakeholders, we — with our partners at UTOPIA WA, NH/PI community members, and allies across the state — have researched, discussed, and written this disaggregated Washington NH/PI community data report to share first and foremost about our culture and our love of our people, but also about the specific ways in which systems were not built for us and the outcomes which have resulted because of this.
Through this report, we hope to uplift the critical need for more disaggregated and culturally aligned data collection and reporting, provide policy recommendations that are informed by community wisdom and successes, and continue to advocate for better Pasifika health outcomes in solidarity with BIPOC, queer, and disabled intersecting communities in holding systems and institutions accountable to the communities they serve.
Thank you to Inatai Foundation for funding this report and for your continued dedication toward data disaggregation and community visibility. Thank you for also funding organizations with the objective of relationship building.
Thank you to KAYA Strategik for your partnership in data collection and analysis. We are deeply grateful for your partnership in advocating for data disaggregation and better practices around data collection and reporting.
Thank you to UTOPIA for your continued partnership in serving our beloved Pasfika peoples and for your critical work in uplifting some of our most sacred, but too often invisiblized, community members. Thank you for being our teacher in modeling intersectionality, centering those most impacted always, and for your hearts of service.
Thank you to all of our partners in service across the state, country and diaspora who have not only contributed to this report, but who make our work possible every day. Our work is better because of you and we are humbled to work toward equity alongside you every day.
Lastly, thank you to our beautiful and resilient Pasifika community. We are so grateful for your trust in us at PICA-WA to serve you, steward community money, and amplify the sacred voices of our community members. Thank you for your grace, solidarity, and efforts as we all do something that has not been done before — dream of new systems and a new world where our people will be able to thrive.
Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington (PICA-WA) acknowledges that our organization and community work, live and play on the unceded traditional lands of the Spokane, Chinook, Cowlitz, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Duwamish, Chelan, Nisqually, Squaxin, Chehalis, Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish, Tulalip, Puyallup, and the Steilacoom tribes. We honor with gratitude the land itself and its original caretakers.
Pacific Islander Community Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
EIN: 84-2470123
Pacific Islander Community Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
EIN: 84-2470123
Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington (PICA-WA) acknowledges that our organization and community work, live and play on the unceded traditional lands of the Spokane, Chinook, Cowlitz, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Duwamish, Chelan, Nisqually, Squaxin, Chehalis, Sauk-Suiattle, Stillaguamish, Tulalip, Puyallup, and the Steilacoom tribes. We honor with gratitude the land itself and its original caretakers.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!