


Oceania Northwest
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Oceania Northwest
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Why Oceania Northwest?
Oceanians from the three regions of Oceania - Melanesia, Micronesia & Polynesia, are the fastest growing communities in the Pacific Northwest due to the forces of colonization, capitalism & racism in the Pacific. Most have settled in Pierce, Thurston & King Counties and more recently in Snohomish County.
We experience chronic under-investment due to racist data aggregation practices that invisibilizes us under the problematic AAPI label. When disaggregated as Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NH/PI), we see some of the worst social determinants of health factors outcomes compared to other racial groups.
Oceania Northwest contains the brilliance birthed from the cultural and spiritual dna of our poeple to combat racist systems of oppression and offer up meaningful solutions that mitigate poverty, improve social and cultural welfare and build and organize our people to stand in their power.
Pacific Islanders belong. Pacific Islander ancestors are sacred. Pacific Islander issues are important. Pacific Islander people are beautiful. Pacific Islander children are brilliant. Pacific Islander culture is joyful, kind and generous. Pacific Islander peoples have what it takes to transform this world for the better.
Our Mission
Oceania Northwest equips Pacific Islanders and other most impacted communities through leading community health initiatives, creating village healing spaces, and offering meaningful social and economic stabilization support.
Our Vision
We uplift the power of unity in Pasifika communities to build thriving networks of care for generations to come. We are here.
We do not believe in cancel culture. We are rooted instead in Indigenous cycles of relational restoration and healing.
Unity & Hospitality
"Our Values" encapsulate our essence: UNITY binds us as one people, one soul, one destiny,
while HOSPITALITY ensures all are embraced in our village's warm embrace.
Belonging & Respect
In our community, BELONGING is as vast as the ocean,
RESPECT is the thread weaving our intergenerational nets
Heritage
and HERITAGE guides us with ancestral wisdom as we journey forward
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Main Office: 1158 Industry Drive, Tukwila WA
Site Location: 2401 Hewitt Ave, Everett WA
EIN: 93-2622247 Oceania Northwest is a 501c3 Nonprofit
Oceania Northwest acknowledges that we live and work on stolen Coast Salish land. We recognize the land stewardship of all Indigenous people since time immemorial and the disruption of this work by white colonization. We are aligned to efforts in supporting Indigenous sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest as we also fight for Indigenous sovereignty over our home, Oceania.