Introducing the Washington State Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Community Data Report 2019-2024.
We recognize the important role that data has played historically and still today in deciding where resources flow and how our communities are engaged in decision and policymaking. Furthermore, it has determined how many of our traditionally overburdened communities have been defined, (in)visibilized and (under)served by systems and institutions for decades.
In efforts to build collective analysis and better partnership between our Pasifika communities, state and federal policymakers, institutions, and other stakeholders, we — with our partners at UTOPIA WA, NH/PI community members, and allies across the state — have researched, discussed, and written this disaggregated Washington NH/PI community data report to share first and foremost about our culture and our love of our people, but also about the specific ways in which systems were not built for us and the outcomes which have resulted because of this.
Through this report, we hope to uplift the critical need for more disaggregated and culturally aligned data collection and reporting, provide policy recommendations that are informed by community wisdom and successes, and continue to advocate for better Pasifika health outcomes in solidarity with BIPOC, queer, and disabled intersecting communities in holding systems and institutions accountable to the communities they serve.
