Here is a comprehensive report of CAPAA Commissioners’ activities between the months of March through June 2018
Commissioner Activity Report Overview
Total # of Activities: 94
Activities Requiring Commissioner/Staff Follow Up
| Commissioner | Activity | Issues & Recommendations |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | SEAD Unite Summit Meeting | UNITE Summit Planning Meeting |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | Oceana & Pacific Islander Minor Reception | Encouragement to continue supporting PI studies. |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | Meeting with Joseph Siea and Taffy regarding UTOPIA Forum & Pasifika Pride Summit | Planning and updates on the upcoming community forum and summit. |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | Talanoa on Race | Community discussion around race relations. |
| Tyati Tufono | PI Homeless issues | Language ACCESS |
| Tyati Tufono | Meeting w/PI DSHS Employees | WA State needs Interpreters!!! |
| Tyati Tufono | Emails w/CAPAA Staff & Board Members | Various |
| Tyati Tufono | Email Communication w/State agency, CAPAA & Samoan Community Leaders | Educate City & School Officials on racial profiling |
| Tyati Tufono | API Heritage Month Celebration | Discussing a stronger PI presence with this celebration |
| Tyati Tufono | Meeting with FIGHT members | ICE detainment & Immigration issues with |
| Tyati Tufono | Meeting at Spanaway Lakes HS | Follow Up with Police dept. |
| Tyati Tufono | Meeting w/J Baublits-Principal SLHS | Follow up is needed |
| Tyati Tufono | Meeting w/Roshina Wilson | How to best target PI’s needing jobs. |
| Tyati Tufono | Meeting w/Hope & Hale Talia of Aganu’u Samoa | Bringing the Samoa Cultural Classes to Seattle area |
| Tyati Tufono | Meeting w/John Chen of API Heritage Committee and Commissioner Sinclair & Sam Le | Including PI’s into the celebration |
| Lori Wada | Presentation at the Korean American Chamber of Commerce | On-going effort needed to support the economic development as well as narrow the gap with the Korean business community. Continue dialog to share, educate and identify the business opportunities with state government. Timely and user-friendly information sharing with business owners were strong message received. |
| Lori Wada | Prescription drug labeling to other language | Able to make connections with Dr. Brain Park at U of Oregon who leads the same effort in Oregon. Hosted a conference call with Nora Coronado who leads the CHA and Dr. Park to share information and progress made up to the date. This effort will be making a fast progress as the Oregon state has done a much needed ground work. Dr. Park is willing to share the progress with us. |
| Sina Sam | Community Meeting with Seattle Clemency Project | Community appreciated CAPAA’s host of this informational session, want more. |
| Mohan Gurung | Nepal Seattle Society Building | They need community hall to achieve above goals. |
| Tyati Tufono | 2018 PI Violence Prevention Summit | Various |
| Tam Dinh | Art of Survival | Worry about generational gaps of leadership in Cambodian community. |
| Tam Dinh | JJSI Task Force Meeting | Need to develop screening tool that would reduce racial disparity into juvenile justice system. |
| Tam Dinh | Meeting with JJSI Taskforce Coordinator | There needs to be larger system change. |
| Tam Dinh | CAPAA Education Committee meeting | Need to do environmental scan of current resources. Map out pathways to higher educational achievement. |
| Mohan Gurung | Washington Small Business Forum | support to small businesses |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | The Art of Survival – Khmer Coalition of Washington | The Khmer Community continues to be very active in civic engagement and we must continue supporting their events and activities. |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | Miss Lao Washington Lao Community Service Center 2018 Pageant | I represented CAPAA as one of the honored judges of the pageant. I spoke to the educational achievement gap that persists in the Lao Community. |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | SEAD Coalition Meeting | SEAD is planning for its fourth educational summit. |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | Southeast Asian & Pacific Islander Health Education Summit | Community is working to create a summit focused on physical health screenings, Healthcare career pathways and mental health issues specifically for the Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander communities. |
| Ekkarath Sisavatdy | Samoan Arts and Academic Competition (SAAC) | This is the 4th Annual Samoan Art’s and Academic Competition – a grass roots initiative addressing the educational opportunity gap through visual and performance arts. The community support led to a sold out Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall where money was raised for PI scholarship. |
Commissioner Dickinson
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| Supreme Court Minority and Justice Commission | 4/6/2018 | New rule on juror challenges, lfo reform | Civil Rights & Justice |
| Outreach to API GU student | 4/12/2018 | More opportunities for career/jobs, mentoring and support for API students | Education, API outreach in law school for development and support of API law students |
| Minority Business Associations Meet and Greet with Justice Gonzalez | 4/16/2018 | Forming Minority Business Professionals Group | Meeting with Spokane Minority business people and Justice Gonzalez to network and learn new issues |
| ABAW Board Meeting | 4/17/2018 | Working on outreach to API law students | Civil Rights & Justice |
| Filipino Congressional Medal Award Ceremony | 4/15/2018 | Continue to support Filipino Veteran outreach and activities | Civil Rights & Justice |
| WSBA Diversity Luncheon | 4/20/2018 | Work with other MBA (Minority Bar Associations) to have more strength in numbers | Civil Rights & Justice |
| ABAW and QLAW outreach | 4/20/2018 | More outreach to E Washington, opportunities for students to network, promote retention of API students, diversify legal community | Civil Rights & Justice, Education |
| Meeting with Community Member re: API health | 4/20/2018 | Follow up – Empire Health Services President re: API issues in community | Health and Human Services |
| Minority and Justice Supreme Court Symposium | 6/6/2018 | New law starting 6/7/18 on LFO, waiving interest, some fines and fees | Civil Rights & Justice |
Commissioner Dinh
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| Art of Survival | 4/7/2018 | Worry about generational gaps of leadership in Cambodian community. | Education on history of Cambodian community |
| JJSI Task Force Meeting | 4/20/2018 | Need to develop screening tool that would reduce racial disparity into juvenile justice system. | Civil Rights & Justice |
| API Heritage Celebration | 5/6/2018 | n/a | Cultural Celebration |
| Meeting with JJSI Taskforce Coordinator | 5/10/2018 | There needs to be larger system change. | Civil Rights & Justice, reduce racial disparity |
| CAPAA Education Committee meeting | 5/16/2018 | Need to do environmental scan of current resources. Map out pathways to higher educational achievement. | Education |
| Equity Conference | 5/23/2018 | n/a | Education |
Commissioner Finau
N/A
Commissioner Gaur
N/A
Commissioner Guerrero
N/A
Commissioner Gurung
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| Nepal Seattle Society Building | 3/19/2018 | They need community hall to achieve above goals. | Community Building |
| Governor Inslee taking action on same day voting registration | 3/19/2018 | Easier for voters | Public notice |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50th remembrance | 4/4/2018 | Follow Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. foot steps | Civil Rights & Justice |
| The Art Of Survival Cambodian American Community | 4/7/2018 | They want to keep their culture, identity alive. | Community event |
| UW-Nepal Study, foster technical innovation in healthcare | 4/18/2018 | Opportunities for collaboration and partnership to foster technical innovation in Healthcare. | Health and Human Services |
| Washington Mental Health Summit | 5/8/2018 | Mental Health Issue | Health and Human Services |
| Washington Health Equity | 5/11/2018 | Reduce Washingtonians | Health and Human Services |
| Washington Small Business Forum | 6/7/2018 | support to small businesses | Economic Development |
Commissioner Nguyen
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| Poverty Workgroup | 5/17/2018 | Ongoing Governor’s taskforce with the goal of reducing poverty in the next 10 years. | Civil Rights & Justice, Health and Human Services |
| WIN Meeting | 5/18/2018 | Meeting to plan kickoff for immigrants’ network for State employees. | Economic Development |
| WIN Meeting | 4/13/2018 | Meeting to plan kickoff for immigrants’ network for State employees | Economic Development |
Commissioner Sam
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| Orientation Meeting | 4/29/2018 | Learned about Commissioner role, duties and CAPAA history. | Orientation |
| CACCW – Art of Survival | 4/7/2018 | Cambodian American community needs more educational, cultural and healing events like this to feel connected with and empowered to engage with state agencies. | Cultural education and community building |
| CACCW Graduation Celebration | 5/19/2018 | More events to celebrate Cambodian/SE Asian academic achievements are needed. | Education |
| Community Meeting with Seattle Clemency Project | 6/2/2018 | Community appreciated CAPAA’s host of this informational session, want more. | Civil Rights & Justice, Immigration |
| Hem Family Pardon Hearing | 6/8/2018 | Help to share the Hem Family’s Pardon experience with the wider community to foster interest and education about expedited pardons that are prioritized. | Civil Rights & Justice, Immigration and Deportation |
Commissioner Sisavatdy
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| Civic Learning Summit 2 (Justice Sonia Sotomayor) | 1/23/2018 | The summits goal was to address gaps by providing further access, encouraging developments and more youth and community engagements in civic matters. | Civil Rights & Justice, Education |
| Meeting w/ Commissioner Gurung | 1/25/2018 | Brainstorming and discussions on possible partnerships between Nepalese/Bhutanese and Lao Communities. | Civil Rights & Justice, Education |
| Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Health Education Summit | 1/26/2018 | Community action planning to address health issues that affect SEA&PI communities | Education, Health and Human Services |
| SEAD Unite Summit Meeting | 1/31/2018 | UNITE Summit Planning Meeting | Education |
| ASPIRE Conference | 2/3/2018 | CAPAA team presented workshop in support of closing the educational opportunity gap. | Education |
| Washington’s Elected Officials of Color Reception | 2/21/2018 | Encourage more civic engagements and community support. | Civic Engagement |
| Oceana & Pacific Islander Minor Reception | 2/27/2018 | Encouragement to continue supporting PI studies. | Education |
| Meeting with Joseph Siea and Taffy regarding UTOPIA Forum & Pasifika Pride Summit | 3/6/2018 | Planning and updates on the upcoming community forum and summit. | Education |
| Talanoa on Race | 3/9/2018 | Community discussion around race relations. | Education |
| The Art of Survival – Khmer Coalition of Washington | 4/7/2018 | The Khmer Community continues to be very active in civic engagement and we must continue supporting their events and activities. | Civil Rights & Justice, Education, Health and Human Services |
| Miss Lao Washington Lao Community Service Center 2018 Pageant | 4/7/2018 | I represented CAPAA as one of the honored judges of the pageant. I spoke to the educational achievement gap that persists in the Lao Community. | Education, Scholarship |
| SEAD Coalition Meeting | 4/18/2018 | SEAD is planning for its fourth educational summit. | Education |
| Southeast Asian & Pacific Islander Health Education Summit | 4/27/2018 | Community is working to create a summit focused on physical health screenings, Healthcare career pathways and mental health issues specifically for the Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander communities. | Education, Health and Human Services |
| Samoan Arts and Academic Competition (SAAC) | 5/5/2018 | This is the 4th Annual Samoan Art’s and Academic Competition – a grass roots initiative addressing the educational opportunity gap through visual and performance arts. The community support led to a sold out Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall where money was raised for PI scholarship. | Education, Scholarship |
| API Heritage Month at the Armory in Seattle Center | 5/6/2018 | N/A | Civic Engagement |
| Lao Community Meeting on Deportation | 5/12/2018 | The Lao community in Washington are learning about deportation issues that affects our community. Currently there are 4500 Laotians who will be affected if there is a bilateral agreement between Lao PDR and our nation. | Civil Rights & Justice, Health and Human Services |
| SEAD Coalition Meeting | 6/16/2018 | UNITE Summit has been postponed till February/March. | Education |
| Southeast Asian & Pacific Islander Health Education Summit Meeting | 5/21/2018 | We discussed the days agenda, strategies to reach out to more SEA and PI communities in support and and promoting of the event. | Education, Health and Human Services |
| Hmong Association of Washington: Vietnam Perspectives event | 5/23/2018 | Sharing the Hmong narratives about the “Secret War,” a forgotten and lost piece of our nation’s history. It was a very powerful program and many veteran’s were in attendance. | Civil Rights & Justice, Education |
| AAPI-EL D2 Advisory Board | 5/31/2018 | Lots of community engagement strategies have been implemented by Evergreen, Spokane and Federal Way School districts in support of PI students and communities. | Education |
| Khmer and Lao Community Meeting with Clemency Board: ACRS | 6/2/2018 | It was a great discussion surrounding our state’s clemency process. | Civil Rights & Justice, Education |
Commissioner Sinclair
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| Community Health Worker Conference | 4/12/2018 | High prevalence and concern about chronic diseases, and the need for culturally appropriate health care and services. | Health and Human Services |
| UW Pacific Islander Minor Studies | 4/20/2018 | The need for internship opportunities for API college students enrolled in the UW Pacific Islander Minor Studies program. | Education |
| NAPA meeting | 4/30/2018 | Support needed for API student events. | Education |
| Grantwriting workshop for NHPI | 5/14/2018 | Grantwriting training and professional development programs for NHPI are needed to increase the number of NHPI who can compete for Federal funding. | Professional development of NHPI |
| Recruitment for hypertension program | 6/15/2018 | NHPI recruitment event for enrollment into a hypertension management study. | Health and Human Services |
Commissioner Tufono
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| CAPAA Bill Signing | 3/9/2018 | COFA Bill Signing | Civil Rights & Justice, Health and Human Services |
| PI Homeless issues | 3/18/2018 | Language ACCESS | Health and Human Services, WA Homeless Family Issues |
| Meeting w/PI DSHS Employees | 3/27/2018 | WA State needs Interpreters!!! | Civil Rights & Justice, Health and Human Services, Language Access disparity in State Agencies |
| Meeting w/Commissioner Gaur | 3/29/2018 | Shared with ED Itti | Commissioner feedback |
| meeting with APCC Lua Pritchard | 4/2/2018 | Ongoing support recap | Discussion of APCC events |
| Emails w/CAPAA Staff & Board Members | 3/31/2018 | Various | Executive Board Emails throughout the month |
| Meeting with Michael Itti & Commissioner Sinclair | 4/10/2018 | Various | End of term interview for Commissioner Sinclair |
| Meeting with Siniva Driggers & PI Client | 3/28/2018 | Homelessness | Health and Human Services |
| Meeting with Ink Aleaga-UW Athletic Dept. | 4/17/2018 | Continued assistance and oversight | Education, Health and Human Services |
| Meeting w/Pacharamart UW PI Arts Festival | 4/19/2018 | Continuing Oversight.. | Education |
| Meeting with Pacharamart for UW Arts Community. | 4/19/2018 | NA | Education |
| Meeting with UW Poly Students Association PSA | 4/19/2018 | Poly Day Issues | Education |
| Da Coconut Wireless Radio Show | 4/15/2018 | NA | Cultural outreach through Music and Community news. |
| Meeting with Sili Savusa | 4/19/2018 | Further discussion needed | PI Community Inclusiveness |
| Marshallese COFA Celebration Event in Spokane | 4/27/2018 | NA | Health and Human Services |
| PNW Race & Equity Summit | 4/28/2018 | Many on Racial Mindset & Mindfulness, Social Justice Framework | Civil Rights & Justice, Economic Development, Education, Health and Human Services |
| Meeting w/Commissioner SAM & Staff | 4/29/2018 | NA | New Commissioner meeting |
| Meeting with Le Moana Performer Tupe Lualao & Savali Andrews | 5/3/2018 | Upcoming tour June/July | Education |
| Da Coconut Wireless Radio Show | 4/29/2018 | NA | Pacific Islander Music/Community news |
| Samoa Academic & Arts Competition | 5/5/2018 | N/A | Education |
| Email Communication w/State agency, CAPAA & Samoan Community Leaders | 5/2/2018 | Educate City & School Officials on racial profiling | Education, Spanaway HS Incident w/Samoan Students, Staff & Police Department |
| API Heritage Month Celebration | 5/6/2018 | Discussing a stronger PI presence with this celebration | Cultural Celebration |
| Meeting with FIGHT members | 5/8/2018 | ICE detainment & Immigration issues with | Civil Rights & Justice, Health and Human Services |
| Meeting at Spanaway Lakes HS | 5/21/2018 | Follow Up with Police dept. | Civil Rights & Justice, Education |
| PI in Sports Series at UW | 5/25/2018 | None | Education |
| Meeting w/J Baublits-Principal SLHS | 5/29/2018 | Follow up is needed | Civil Rights & Justice, Education |
| Meeting w/Roshina Wilson | 6/3/2018 | How to best target PI’s needing jobs. | Economic Development, PI Outreach for Job Opportunities |
| Meeting w/Hope & Hale Talia of Aganu’u Samoa | 6/3/2018 | Bringing the Samoa Cultural Classes to Seattle area | Education |
| Meeting w/John Chen of API Heritage Committee and Commissioner Sinclair & Sam Le | 6/4/2018 | Including PI’s into the celebration | Cultural Celebration |
| Wally Rank & Naomi Mulitaopele UW Speaking Engagement | 5/25/2018 | No | Civil Rights & Justice, Education |
| 2018 PI Violence Prevention Summit | 6/7/2018 | Various | Civil Rights & Justice, Education, Health and Human Services, Gun Control, Public Safety |
| CAPAA Meet & Greet in Wapato | 6/15/2018 | None | Filipino Community Center Building Renovation |
Commissioner Wada
| Activity | Date | Issues & Recommendations | Issue Area |
| COFA advisory meeting | 9/5/2018 | COFA healthcare implementation planning meeting | Health and Human Services |
| Health Disparities Council meeting | 10/5/2018 | No issue. Discussions for naming the program, effective outreach effort, and understanding the COFA communities | Health and Human Services |
| Presentation at the Korean American Chamber of Commerce | 10/5/2018 | On-going effort needed to support the economic development as well as narrow the gap with the Korean business community. Continue dialog to share, educate and identify the business opportunities with state government. Timely and user-friendly information sharing with business owners were strong message received. | Economic Development |
| Training coordination with L&I for KACC | 5/4/2018 | Provide information and necessary training related to labor laws, changes, new or updates to prevent violation. | Economic Development |
| Prescription drug labeling to other language | 4/24/2018 | Able to make connections with Dr. Brain Park at U of Oregon who leads the same effort in Oregon. Hosted a conference call with Nora Coronado who leads the CHA and Dr. Park to share information and progress made up to the date. This effort will be making a fast progress as the Oregon state has done a much needed ground work. Dr. Park is willing to share the progress with us. | Health and Human Services |
| Health Disparities Council | 5/10/2018 | In commemoration of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the CAPAA made a presentation about the diversity of the API communities and discussed the importance of disaggregating data as finely as possible in order to identify hidden inequities facing API subgroups | Health and Human Services |
