Training & Events
Join PI-CoPCE and partners for the trainings and events listed below.
Ongoing Podcast Series
Koviki Talk Podcast
Mondays starting September 14 – 5:00-6:00pm PDT
Join LIVE on Facebook – @PI-CoPCE @Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response @Empowering Pacific Islander Communities @PolyByDesign OR on Zoom – bit.ly/KovikiTalk-Zoom
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the inequities across many areas in our society including health care, research, policy, and essential community services. Although data that separates Pacific Islander numbers from the general population is limited, the states and counties that are reporting this data show Pacific Islanders are disproportionately affected by COVID-19—with some regions seeing rates of infection up to five times that of white people.
Join the Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care Excellence (PI-CoPCE) with partners for the Koviki Talk, a limited podcast series on all things Pacific Islanders, COVID-19, and seeking wisdom to learn more about how the Pacific Islander community is responding.
Past Events
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- NHPI Voter Week of Action: COFA Health Justice on “Pasifika Youth Voice,” Session Recorded October 15, 2020
- NHPI Voter Week of Action: COFA Health Justice on “Pasifika Climate Justice,” Session Recorded October 14, 2020
- NHPI Voter Week of Action: COFA Health Justice, Session Recorded October 13, 2020
- NHPI Voter Week of Action: Pasifika & Native Solidarity, Session Recorded October 12, 2020
- NHPI Voter Week of Action, Session Recorded October 12, 2020
- Koviki Talk Podcast: Episode 5 – Seeking a Wisdom 201, Session Recorded October 12, 2020
- Koviki Talk Podcast: Episode 4 – Faith in Action, Session Recorded October 5, 2020
- Koviki Talk Podcast: Episode 3 – Seeking a Cure, Session Recorded September 28, 2020
- Koviki Talk Podcast: Episode 2 – Census 2020, Session Recorded September 21, 2020
- COVID-19 Community Testing for Pacific Islanders, September 17, 2020
- Koviki Talk Podcast: Episode 1 – Seeking Wisdom 101, Session Recorded September 14, 2020
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NHPI Voter Week of Action: COFA Health Justice
October 15, 2020 – 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PDT
Register at bit.ly/PasifikaYYATownhall
Join the townhall as Pasifika youth & young adult leaders engage in critical discussions on why now more than ever, YYA leadership matters in driving social justice change in our communities. Hear exciting perspectives, and also understand what issues are most critical with our young Pasifika leaders.
NHPI Voter Week of Action: COFA Health Justice
October 14, 2020 – 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PDT
Register at bit.ly/pasifikaclimatejustice
This workshop will highlight environmental and climate issues that has driven the displacement of Pacific Peoples and have largely contributed to the Pasifika Diaspora in the U.S. continent as Pacific Peoples leave their cultural homelands becoming climate refugees in the U.S. Pasifika families experience environmental racism that has led to sickness and mental health disparities such as high autism rates, high infant mortality rates, high cancer rates and other ailments. Join us to learn practical tools of advocacy to join the Pasifika Climate Justice movement.


NHPI Voter Week of Action: COFA Health Justice
October 13, 2020 – 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PDT
Register at http://bit.ly/COFAWomenforHealthJustice or on Facebook LIVE – @PacificIslanderCommunityAssociation · Community Organization
Our panel elevates and celebrates the leadership of Pacific Islander COFA women in leading the COFA Health Justice movement. Panelists will highlight the critical nuances of COFA migrants who face unique health disparities and will speak on policy implications towards promoting social justice for our COFA communities across the United States.
Moderator: Melisa Laelan, Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese
Panelists: Josie Howard, Jiji Jally & Michelle Pedro
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NHPI Voter Week of Action: Pasifika & Native Solidarity
October 12, 2020 – 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PDT
Join LIVE on Facebook – @PacificIslanderCommunityAssociation · Community Organization
Our panelists will provide an understanding of the way that Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders have worked in solidarity with Native Americans and Native Tribes in advancing Indigenous solidarity between Oceania and the U.S. continent. Panelists will illuminate where NHPI work align, integrating NHPI liberation work with Native American Tribal Sovereignty.
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NHPI Voter Week of Action
October 12 – 16, 2020
Join LIVE on Facebook
National NHPI Voter Week of Action is an entire week dedicated to talking and learning about the issues that matter most to Native Hawaiian (NH) and Pacific Islander (PI) communities, the ones that impact us at the ballot box and beyond. We know voting is just ONE of the many ways some can create the future we want for our communities.
We hope this week inspires you to vote AND…
Vote & Organize
Vote & Heal
Vote & __________
Tell us your path to freedom.
Our voices and our votes matter now more than ever. Please help us by creating local content and using our media kit throughout the week: https://www.dropbox.com/t/9ePJ8Z2WpI3Hw2sK
Koviki Talk Podcast: Seeking a Wisdom 201
October 12, 2020
Join LIVE on Facebook @PI-CoPCE @Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response @Empowering Pacific Islander Communities @PolyByDesign OR register at bit.ly/KovikiTalk-Zoom
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the inequities across many areas in our society including health care, research, policy, and essential community services. Although data that separates Pacific Islander numbers from the general population is limited, the states and counties that are reporting this data show Pacific Islanders are disproportionately affected by COVID-19—with some regions seeing rates of infection up to five times that of white people.
Join the Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care Excellence (PI-CoPCE) with partners for the Koviki Talk, a limited podcast series on all things Pacific Islanders, COVID-19, and seeking wisdom to learn more about how the Pacific Islander community is responding.
In this episode, “Seeking Wisdom 201,” Carl Johnson and Annette “Nackie” Fiso-Moli of PolyByDesign sat down with Dr. Andrew Ah Young and Dr. Raynald Samoa to break down how community-based research can help us gain new wisdom.
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Koviki Talk Podcast: Faith in Action
October 5, 2020
Join LIVE on Facebook @PI-CoPCE @Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response @Empowering Pacific Islander Communities @PolyByDesign OR register at bit.ly/KovikiTalk-Zoom
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the inequities across many areas in our society including health care, research, policy, and essential community services. Although data that separates Pacific Islander numbers from the general population is limited, the states and counties that are reporting this data show Pacific Islanders are disproportionately affected by COVID-19—with some regions seeing rates of infection up to five times that of white people.
Join the Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care Excellence (PI-CoPCE) with partners for the Koviki Talk, a limited podcast series on all things Pacific Islanders, COVID-19, and seeking wisdom to learn more about how the Pacific Islander community is responding.
In this episode, Carl Johnson and Annette “Nackie” Fiso-Moli of PolyByDesign sat down with Karla Thomas of the NHPI COVID-19 Data Policy Lab and Alina Fa’aola of Oakland Pacific Islander Network.
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Koviki Talk Podcast: Seeking a Cure
September 28, 2020
Join LIVE on Facebook @PI-CoPCE @Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response @Empowering Pacific Islander Communities @PolyByDesign OR register at bit.ly/KovikiTalk-Zoom
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the inequities across many areas in our society including health care, research, policy, and essential community services. Although data that separates Pacific Islander numbers from the general population is limited, the states and counties that are reporting this data show Pacific Islanders are disproportionately affected by COVID-19—with some regions seeing rates of infection up to five times that of white people.
Join the Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care Excellence (PI-CoPCE) with partners for the Koviki Talk, a limited podcast series on all things Pacific Islanders, COVID-19, and seeking wisdom to learn more about how the Pacific Islander community is responding.
In the third episode, Carl Johnson and Annette “Nackie” Fiso-Moli of PolyByDesign sat down with Dr. Andrew Ah Young and Dr. Raynald Samoa to break down the steps to seeking a cure.
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Koviki Talk Podcast: Census 2020
September 21, 2020
Join LIVE on Facebook @PI-CoPCE @Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response @Empowering Pacific Islander Communities @PolyByDesign OR register at bit.ly/KovikiTalk-Zoom
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the inequities across many areas in our society including health care, research, policy, and essential community services. Although data that separates Pacific Islander numbers from the general population is limited, the states and counties that are reporting this data show Pacific Islanders are disproportionately affected by COVID-19—with some regions seeing rates of infection up to five times that of white people.
Join the Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care Excellence (PI-CoPCE) with partners for the Koviki Talk, a limited podcast series on all things Pacific Islanders, COVID-19, and seeking wisdom to learn more about how the Pacific Islander community is responding.
In the second episode, “Census 2020” Carl Johnson and Annette “Nackie” Fiso-Moli of PolyByDesign sat down with Corina Penaia and Esther Kia’aina to discuss the Census.
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COVID-19 Community Testing for Pacific Islanders
September 17, 2020
The event is:
- FREE
- Is for our Pacific Islander Community
- Will help us curb the spread of COVID-19
- Will have prizes from local Pacific Islander Business
- Will have swag
- Will have updated COVID-19 resources
- Will have Information on housing, utility, and small business COVID-19 related resources
- Will have an onsite Food drive
Koviki Talk Podcast: Seeking Wisdom 101
September 14, 2020
Join LIVE on Facebook @PI-CoPCE @Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response @Empowering Pacific Islander Communities @PolyByDesign
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the inequities across many areas in our society including health care, research, policy, and essential community services. Although data that separates Pacific Islander numbers from the general population is limited, the states and counties that are reporting this data show Pacific Islanders are disproportionately affected by COVID-19—with some regions seeing rates of infection up to five times that of white people.
Join the Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care Excellence (PI-CoPCE) with partners for the Koviki Talk, a limited podcast series on all things Pacific Islanders, COVID-19, and seeking wisdom to learn more about how the Pacific Islander community is responding.
In the first episode, “Seeking Wisdom 101” starting next Monday, September 15 – Carl Johnson and Annette “Nackie” Fiso-Moli of PolyByDesign sat down with Dr. Andrew Ah Young, Dr. Raynald Samoa, and Dr. Nia Aitaoto to break down how community-based research can help us gain new wisdom.
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