Category: General Blog Posts

APIOPA Launches a New Healthy Cooking Workshop Series!

By Kyle Tsukahira Monterey Park, CA: On Sunday, April, 6th 2014 the Asian Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance (APIOPA) officially launched, “Connecting with your Roots,” a new healthy cooking workshop series aimed at teaching local community members not …

Project SEEK – 90% Overweight and Obese

By Alisi Tulua 90% of Pacific Islanders are overweight or obese, with 80% of Samoans and 67% of Tongans classified as obese, according to the 2012 Pacific Islander Health Study conducted by Dr. Sela Panapasa of the University …

Creating a FRESH SPACE with Historic Filipinotown Youth

By Ailene Ignacio In late 2013, APIOPA and Samahang Pilipino Advancing Community Empowerment (SPACE) at UCLA, a higher education access project of the UCLA student organization Samahang Pilipino, came together. Our collective goal is twofold: to not only …

APIOPA Youth Empowerment at Glen A. Wilson High School

By Scott Chan It’s been over a decade since I graduated from Glen A. Wilson high school. Looking back, there were few nonprofits or community organizations around to really empower us to make the changes we wanted to …

Planting Seeds of Change in 2014

By Kyle Tsukahira Roots CSA is starting the new year off with a very exciting pilot program in partnership with California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA).  The Asian and Asian American studies department at CSULA recently received grants …

Fresh HiFi – Our First Store

By Ailene Ignacio After a year of searching and building relationships, APIOPA finally has its first corner store partner for the Fresh HiFi corner store transformation project: Don Baraton Discount Store. The business is located in southeast Historic …

Healthy Living to Me Means…

By Ailene Ignacio On Saturday, October 19, 2013, APIOPA participated in Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez’s Northeast Los Angeles Health Fair, held at Burbank Middle School in Highland Park. The fair was geared to promote the use of health services …

Project SEEK – Uniting Efforts of Community and Law Enforcement

Community leaders at first Hawthorne/Lennox Community Safety Coalition Meeting.  Top L-R:  ‘Alisi Tulua, Sina Fifita, President Sione Tuiasoa, Pastor John Jefferson, Lt. Johann Thrall, Ethan Nguyen.  Sitting L-R: Nisi Vaomotou, Maria De Leon, Vanessa May, Sgt. Chris Cognac, …

Roots CSA – Growing Our Roots

By Kyle Tsukahira Over the past month, the Asian and Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance (APIOPA) has begun rolling out our new Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) project, titled Roots CSA. Roots CSA is a collaborative project of APIOPA and …

Bike to China Program Update: Chinatown Tour with Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez!

By Kyle Tsukahira On Wednesday, July 17th the Bike to China youth had the opportunity to lead their State Assemblymember, Jimmy Gomez, on a tour of Chinatown, one of nine cities represented in the 51st assembly district.  This …