8th Annual Hawaiʻi Conference on Language Access (August 14, 2015)
Posted on Aug 14, 2015 in Conferences, OLA Posts8th Annual Hawaiʻi Conference on Language Access – Friday, August 14, 2015
This conference presented the challenges to achieving language access and social justice for Hawaiʻi’s residents from the Compact of Free Association (COFA) nations, (the Federated States of Micronesia (Pohnpei, Yap, Chuuk, and Kosrae); the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and the Republic of Palau) – with a special focus on: Health Care, Homelessness, and Education.
Mark A. Chandler
Mark Chandler– Director, Community Planning & Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
“HUD Community Planning and Development Programs”
Josie Howard
Josie Howard– Executive Director, We Are Oceania
“Working with us Natives from the Micronesian Islands”
Sheldon Riklon, M.D.
Sheldon Riklon, M.D.– Assistant Professor, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Chair, Micronesian Health Advisory Coalition
“Compact of Free Association Nations: Geopolitics & Culture”
Neal A. Palafox, M.D., M.P.H.
Neal A. Palafox, M.D./M.P.H.– Professor of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
“Language Access – Health Literacy 8-14-2015”
Joakim JoJo Peter
Joakim “JoJo” Peter– Doctoral candidate College of Education, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, COFA Community Advocacy Network, Micronesian Health Advisory Coalition, We Are Oceania, Micronesian Advocacy Network, Micronesian United, FAS Empowerment, Nations of Micronesia
“Language Access, Social Justice & Hawaii’s COFA Residents”
Glory Gervacio Saure
Glory Gervacio Saure– Director of the Honolulu Local Office, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Christina Perez
Christina L. Perez– U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of Minority Health in Region IX, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health as the Regional Minority Health Consultant
“COFA Migrant Legal Status in the U.S.”
Tina A. Takashy
Tina A. Takashy– Advocate/Consultant, Devint Micronesia
“ Understanding the COFA Homelessness Challenge in Hawaii”
Barbara Tom, RN/PHN
Barbara Tom- RN/PHN, Chair, Nations of Micronesia Committee
“Micronesian Interpreters Training and Challenges”
Jun Yang
Jun Yang- Executive Director of the Mayor’s Housing Office, City and County of Honolulu
“Housing First: the City’s Coordinated Approach to Addressing Chronic Homelessness”
Dina R. Yoshimi, Ph.D.
Dina R. Yoshimi, Ph.D.– Director, Hawaiʻi Language Roadmap Initiative, and Associate Professor, College of Languages, Linguistics & Literature at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Part 1: Welcome & Primer on Hawaii’s Language Access Law
Part 2: Geopolitical Challenges
Part 3: Challenges to Providing Healthcare to COFA
Part 4: Homelessness and COFA Residents
Part 5: Education for COFA Residents