Pasifika Project Talanoa – Pacific Region: A Community Listening & Visioning Session

Date & Time: February 25, 2026 (Virtual)
Start time: 4:00PM PT / 5:00PM MT / 6:00PM CT / 7:00PM ET
End time: 5:30PM PT / 6:30PM MT / 7:30PM CT / 8:30PM ET
Organization: Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
Project: Capacity Building for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (Pasifika) Project
Location: Virtual
OVW Approved?: Yes

Description

Join us for talanoa, a community listening and visioning session as part of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI/Pasifika) Project, led by the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) in partnership with Pouhana O Nā Wāhine.

Open to open to advocates, service providers, community leaders, and systems partners serving or planning to serve victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in NHPI communities, this session is designed for participants in Pacific-based time zones, including Hawaiʻi, American Samoa, Guam, and CNMI. The talanoa centers NHPI-serving organizations’ perspectives on community-identified needs, challenges, and opportunities to strengthen support for survivors.

Participation is limited to one participant per organization per session. Participants will receive a $75 stipend.

Topic Areas: Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking
Target Audiences: Adult Protective Services, Campus Staff, Child protective services, Corrections personnel (probation, parole, and correctional facilities staff), Court Staff, Educators (teachers, administrators, etc.), Elder organization staff (non-governmental), Faith-based organization staff, Government agency staff (vocational rehabilitation, food stamps, TANF), Health professionals (doctors, nurses, does not include SANEs or SAFEs), Immigrant organization staff (non-governmental), Judges, Law Enforcement, Mental Health Professionals, Prosecutors, Sexual assault nurse examiners/sexual assault forensic examiners, Social service organization staff (non-governmental), Substance abuse organization staff, Supervised Visitation, TA organization staff, Transitional Housing, Tribal government/Tribal government agency staff, Victim assistants (governmental, includes victim-witness specialists/ coordinators)
Contact: Matapuna Levenson Project Manager 4159304703 mlevenson@api-gbv.org