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

35 I Therapeutic Violence—How Mental Healthcare Falls Short in Immigrant Communities

This episode features community leaders and prior podcast guests Ahmed Ali, Joseph Seia, Jennifer Huong, James Hang, and Morhaf. The episode delves into the complexities of mental health care within culturally diverse communities, emphasizing the need for culturally competent and trustworthy healthcare professionals and the challenges of language barriers, historical oppression, and cultural stigmas. The conversation covers topics such as the historical context of mental health in immigrant comm...

Guests: Ahmed Ali, Joseph Seia, James Heng, Jennifer Huong

Listen to the Episode

Sept. 22, 2022

7 I 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 Washington). To hear the introduction to this topic and the full guest intro, please listen to the previous episode. In part II, we dig deeper into several topics: decades of erasure and policy that have led to health disparities like the high rate of police killings ad homeles...

Guest: Joseph Seia

Listen to the Episode

Sept. 22, 2022

6 I Pacific Islanders—What does Tyson Farm have to do with all of this? (Joseph Seia)

Guest: Joseph Seia

Listen to the Episode