Pacific Islander Health Careers Forum 4/25/09

TALOFA!, HAFA DAI!, ALOHA!, MALO E LELEI!, BULA!, IA ORA NA!, YOKWE YUK!

Greetings,

You are formally invited to attend a community forum brought to you by The Pacific Islander Health Careers Pipeline (PIHCP) of Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA). The PIHCP is hosting community forums in San Diego and Long Beach. We hope that these community forums are central and easily accessible for the community at large. We plan to disseminate information and inform community members, key stakeholders, and decision makers of both the progress and future plans of the PIHCP program.

Our specific objectives for the community forums are the following:

1. Share key activities and accomplishments over the past year in planning a health careers pipeline program for Pacific Islander youth,

2. Share key findings, results and recommendations from the needs assessment that was conducted to assess the barriers for Pacific Islander youth from going into higher education (focus groups, and key informant interviews),

3. Solicit feedback from the community with regard to future direction of the PIHCP program, and

4. Provide opportunities and resources for partnership, involvement, and support of continued PIHCP efforts.


A community perspective is essential in informing the implementation phase of PIHCP. Please forward this to those in your networks that are interested in impacting the lives of Pacific Islanders through education and health promotion. Thank you for your time. If you have any further inquiries, please feel free to contact me.


TOFA SOIFUA, ESTA AGUPA, ALOHA, NOFO A, NI SA MOCE, E NOHO RA, YOKWE,


Joseph G. Fa’avae

SATURDAY, APRIL 25th 2009

California State University, Long Beach

Pyramid Annex Conference Center, Rm. 223

1250 Bellflower Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90840

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

(Park in LOT 13)

*Light refreshments will be available