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Joseph Seia

Executive Director

Joseph Seia is the Co-Executive Director of the National Association of Pasifika Organizations (NAOPO) and the founder of PICA-WA (Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington). He has 15 years of experience in direct service, youth development work, and nonprofit leadership & administration. He labors against the political erasure of Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (NH/PI) communities in data and policy by re-envisioning what it means for Pasifikans to feel cultural belonging in the U.S. Diaspora.

Dec. 12, 2023

Therapeutic Violence—How Mental Healthcare Falls Short in Immigrant C…

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Sept. 22, 2022

Pacific Islanders—What does erasure of a community mean? (Joseph Seia…

This is part II of our conversation with Joseph Seia. Joseph is the Co-Executive Director of the National Association of Pasifika Organizations (NAOPO) and the founder of PICA-WA (Pacific Islander Community Association of Wa...

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Sept. 22, 2022

Pacific Islanders—What does Tyson Farm have to do with all of this? (…

Joseph Seia is the Co-Executive Director of the National Association of Pasifika Organizations (NAOPO) and the founder of PICA-WA (Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington). He has 15 years of experience in direct...

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