Ohana Hawaiian BBQ's Jin Lee Honored by NPIEN

On December 14, 2009 at its Annual Holiday Board and Staff Meeting, held at the Ohana Hawaiian BBQ in Lakewood, CA, Ohana's Jin Lee was presented the Dr. Alofa Tanuvasa Community Award for his service to NPIEN and the Pacific Islander Community. Ohana Hawaiian BBQ has been a frequent site of NPIEN fundraisers and meetings the past few years. The fundraisers provide an opportunity for NPIEN members and friends to gather, enjoy some delicious Hawaiian food, and also view entertainment by the Linaka Polynesian Dancers, NPIEN Halau, and the ever popular Uncle Henry Kamae, ukulele artist. NPIEN Sponsor Cookie Lee, Lorraine Telles, has also participated as a vendor. Ohana has donated a percentage of the proceeds from these events to NPIEN's operational and scholarship funds. We salute Jin Lee and Ohana Hawaiian BBQ for their Aloha, and willingness to always support us!

Moorehouse College Scholarships

Hello everyone,

On behalf of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) and CDC in an effort to increase the pipeline for our Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islander (NHPI) in Public Health; we are now into our 2nd year in extending this special invitation to all our Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander communities nationwide including our US Jurisdictions. The APIAHF is offering four (4) full scholarships to qualified undergraduates (juniors and seniors) and recent graduates (class of 2009) to apply for this 11-week summer internship program.


Attached you will find a ready to print flyer for your use of important information on the application process. The online application is now live online http://stdapp.morehouse.edu:8080/imhotep. Please share the attached information with your network and college affiliates.


First, the application will go through an initial screening of minimum criteria (G.P.A, etc.) by Morehouse College. Second, the NHPI students who pass the first screening will receive an invitation for an interview with the selection committee. The APIAHF and CDC will part take in the interview and selection process. Once the four scholarship recipients are selected, the remainder NHPI applicants who passed the first screening are still eligible for the general selection process by Morehouse College. This means our NHPI students have two chances to be selected.



Here is another opportunity for our NHPI professionals in Public Health and related fields. Morehouse College is now opening this opportunity for our own NHPIs to be a mentor to our own students. Please share the attached information with your colleagues.



I know this is a lot of information but we want to make sure the flyer is sent out immediately. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please email me at tvremmers@apiahf.org or call me direct at 415-568-3306?



Your assistance in getting this information out to your community is much appreciated. Let's help our NHPI students get the opportunity they deserve. Please read about our 2009 NHPI Project IMHOTEP graduates at www.apiahf.org/imhotepstudents . Again, your help and much appreciated.



Thank you

Ia manuia

Tau



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Taunuu "Tau" Ve'e-Remmers, MA

Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Affairs Division

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)

450 Sutter Street I Suite #600 I San Francisco, CA 94108 I

415-954-9988 Main I 415-568-3306 Direct I 415-954-9999 Fax I

tvremmers@apiahf.org I www.apiahf.org I 202-466-7772 D.C. Office

Legacies of the Pacific War 2010 NEH Landmarks Workshop for Community College Faculty

From: Geoffrey White
Subject: 2010 NEH Landmarks Workshop "History and Commemoration:
Legacies of the Pacific War"


Please forward to eligible colleagues:

History and Commemoration: Legacies of the Pacific War 2010 NEH Landmarks Workshop for Community College Faculty

Workshop 1: July 25 - 30, 2010

Workshop 2: August 1 - 6, 2010

With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks in American History and Culture program, two one-week workshops will be offered on the subject of "History and Commemoration: Legacies of the Pacific War." The workshops are sponsored by the East-West Center (Asian Studies Development Program), the Arizona Memorial Museum Association, and the National Park Service (World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument).

The program offers a mix of lectures and discussion, opportunities for individual research, and visits to Pacific War sites in the greater Honolulu area, particularly Pearl Harbor. Presentations by scholars known for their work on the history and memory of the Pacific War will focus on a range of key places and events that continue to be points of interest and controversy in interpreting the significance of the Pacific War. Classroom sessions will be complemented with visits to historic sites and opportunities to utilize resources in the library and archive collections of the University of Hawai'i.

The workshops will consist of 25 U.S. community college faculty, eligible for NEH funding (a $1200 cash stipend to help cover travel expenses, books, food and lodging), as well as ten Asian and Pacific college faculty, to be supported with funding from the Arizona Memorial Museum Association. Both full-time and adjunct faculty teaching in U.S. community colleges may apply for NEH support.
Participants will receive a $1200 cash stipend to help cover travel expenses, books, food and lodging.

For more information and guidelines for U.S. applicants, see:

http://www.arizonamemorial.org/teachers_workshop/2010/home.html

or contact

Geoffrey White, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

Department of Anthropology

University of Hawai'i

Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
tel: 808-956-8193

white@hawaii.edu

Federal Student Aid Checklist

Dear counselor, librarian, or other mentor,


In November, we mailed a single copy of the new, expanded College Preparation Checklist to every address on our Federal Student Aid Publications Ordering System mailing list. We recommend the checklist as a foundational information and outreach publication for any students who are considering college. In the mailing that you received, along with the checklist, is a letter (which we have included as a link in this e-mail). The letter introduces the checklist and provides ordering instructions and other important information about Federal Student Aid publications and the FAFSA.



You can download a PDF of the checklist at www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov/collprep. You can download a copy of the letter at http://www.fsa4counselors.ed.gov/clcf/attachments/MLLetterFinal.pdf.

Oceania Development Network Conference

From:
Anselmo Villanueva
Pan Asian Community Alliance
Eugene, OR
Phone : (541) 870-1575
anselmo.villanueva@gmail.com

Biennial ODN Conference 2010

“Regionalism and Service Delivery: Meeting the needs of Pacific Island People”

April 14-16, 2010 Naviti Resort, Fiji

The Oceania Development Network invites development researchers, academics, policy analysts, policy makers and others working for universities, government and non government organizations, and international and regional institutions, contractors and others involved in social and economic development to participate in their 2010 conference.

OCEANIA DEVELOPMENT NETWORK (ODN)

ODN Secretariat, National University of Samoa, P.O Box 1622, Tel:
(+685) 20072 ext. 156/ 217;

Email: odnpacificocean@gmail.com

Website: www.gdn-oceania.org

The Secretariat of the Oceania Development Network (ODN) is currently based at the National University of Samoa (NUS). The Secretariat relocated to NUS in October 2007 which also coincided with the 2nd biennial ODN conference on ‘Security, growth and Development in the Pacific' which was held at NUS.

The primary objective of the ODN is to provide a platform for researchers in the region to interact with each other, share knowledge and skills to foster team research, and build and update regional databases. Such a platform will serve as a useful way to identify contemporary issues that underpin the development agenda in the Oceania region through high quality research, information dissemination and contribute to policies.

In line with the above objective, a number of key activities have been planned for the time of the ODN at NUS. These include: capacity building workshops for younger researchers, regional research competitions on contemporary issues, development research seminars and regional conferences. Please visit the ODN website regularly for more information about these future events and activities.

The current members of the Executive Committee of the ODN are: Billy Manoka (UPNG), Fikreth Shuaib (FDC), Pamela Thomas (ANU), John Overton (University of Wellington, Victoria), Vijay Naidu (USP), Joseph Foukona (Solomon Islands and Vanuatu), Wood Salele (National University of Samoa), along with representatives from AusAID and NZAID. The ODN’s representative on the GDN governing body is Professor Vijay Naidu (University of South Pacific, Fiji).

I would like to acknowledge the assistance of our sponsors – the Global Development Network (ODN’s parent body); Australian International Development Agency (AusAID) and the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID).

Thank you also, to all the supporters and well-wishers of the ODN and its activities.

Finally, please register yourself as members of the ODN by logging on to the GDN website (www.gdnet.org). Also, please register as members of the ODN and be in direct contact with us here in the Pacific.

You will benefit immensely from being engaged with the ODN and its and activities.

The email contact for ODN is odnpacificocean@gmail.com.

Afualo Dr Wood Salele
ODN Chair
National University of Samoa
Le Papigalagala Campus
Apia, Samoa

Just a Few More Days in 2009 for Tax Deductible Donations

Did you realize that NPIEN has been a 501.c3 non profit organization recognized by the federal government since 2002? This means that you have just a few more days to make a donation. Donations to NPIEN are as good as a donation to any other charity, plus, you will have the satisfaction knowing that you are contributing to the future of the Pacific Islander community.

*Over 95 students have received the Christina Diaz Student Scholar Award, including scholarships for 12 of these students
*We have taught over 2000 students and parents at our education conferences on how to apply for financial aid, and college entrance
*We have visited over 30 elementary, middle, and high schools, providing guest speakers for assemblies and career days, reaching another 500 plus students
*Our scholarship directory and college preparation information has reached over 6,000 via e-mail list serve, and the NPIEN website
*We have presented to teachers and school administrators who serve our Pacific Islander students at faculty meetings, and major education conferences: CTA, NEA, ACSA, LEAP, the College Board, NAAPAE, APAHE, NCORE, and others


Make checks payable to NPIEN, 4425 Pixie Ave. Lakewood, CA 90712
*Renew your membership for only $20
*Purchase a ukulele which will be used for our ukulele instruction classes for just $30
*Advertise on our website for $25 for six months for a business card ad, banner and website link for $100

Thanks for your consideration! Sincerely, The NPIEN Board

Happy New Year 2010 from the NPIEN Board

On behalf of the NPIEN Board of Directors, Falanai Ala, President, Eugene Mafi, Secretary, Martha Gusukuma Donnenfield, Treasurer, Members Rita Scanlan, Aileen Tanimoto Matsuura, and member/Northern California Chapter President Soledad Santos, we would like to wish all of our members a Happy New Year 2010! We will soon be posting our 2009 Accomplishments, but of note are the following:

*Presentation at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity for Higher Education
*Ongoing mentoring program and ukulele instruction at a number of schools, including Will Rogers Middle School, Lawndale, Prarie Vista Middle School, Hawthorne, Davis Middle School, Compton, California Academy of Math and Science, Carson, Stanford Middle School, Long Beach, Palms Elementary School, Lakewood, Costa Mesa High School, Costa Mesa
*Two Ohana Hawaiian BBQ Fundraiser Nights
*Co-sponsorship of the Linaka Polynesian School of Dance Luau
*Over 297 attended the 2009 Annual Conference at Paramount High School - see our conference report at www.npien.com
*A new Major Sponsor, AXA Financial
*Established the Tsunami Education Relief Fund to aid schools in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga
* The First Annual Northern California NPIEN Conference administered by our Northern California Chapter!

The Thompson's will be participating in the Rose Parade where new Eagle Scout Andrew Thompson will march with 300 other Scouts to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Scouting. Andrew received a US Flag from America Samoa Congressman Eni Faleomavaega, which was flown over the US Capital in his honor.

We appreciate your support!