Signature Events
November marks the beginning of PCRC's end-of-the-year campaign. As we approach the season of Thanksgiving, we want to express our gratitude to our dedicated community for their unwavering support. Your generosity has been crucial in helping us achieve our north star of building vibrant communities, and we are deeply grateful for your continued partnership.
We invite you to donate to our end-of-year campaign as we aim to raise $50,000 by December 31, 2023. With your support, we can continue to make a positive impact in the year ahead and build stronger communities for all. We appreciate your consideration and for being a valued member of our PCRC family.
With great pleasure, we share with you the recent attendance of our Executive Director, Malissa Netane-Jones, at the Inaugural Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Currents Conference held from October 26-28th in Washington, DC. This conference brought together Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander leaders from all over the country and the Pacific to discuss various topics and issues affecting the community.
The Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Alliance organized the conference and welcomed over 100 community leaders from across the country and beyond, including leaders from the Republic of the Marshall Islands and American Samoa. The conference provided an opportunity for attendees to meet and build relationships with leaders from nearly 60 NHPI-serving organizations. Moreover, federal agency and national organization staff were also present to help extend the network of attendees to include those working on behalf of the community at the national level.
This conference was fruitful and useful to all the attendees and the life-changing work they do in service of our Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. It is heartening to see such initiatives that bring together leaders from diverse backgrounds and geographical locations to work towards the betterment of the community.
Congratulations to the 17 graduates who have completed and participated in our Conflict Transformation Program this quarter! The skills and knowledge they have gained through this program will be invaluable in their personal and professional lives. Conflict transformation is an important process that involves understanding the root causes of conflict, building relationships, and creating sustainable solutions. By completing this program, they have demonstrated a commitment to making a positive difference in our communities and workplaces.
During the program, you learned how to communicate, negotiate, and mediate in conflict situations effectively. You also gained a deeper understanding of the different types and sources of conflict and the role that power dynamics and identity play in conflict. Through hands-on exercises and simulations, you developed practical skills for managing and transforming conflict in various contexts.
We are proud to have had the opportunity to work with these participants and support them in their journey towards becoming skilled and compassionate conflict transformers. We know that they will continue to use their new skills and knowledge to create positive change in the world. Congratulations again on this important achievement!
Join our Community Mixer and Discover our Work in San Mateo County Schools
We're thrilled to host a quarterly community mixer highlighting one of our four entry points. Our last event was a fantastic showcase of our work in various San Mateo County neighborhoods. We had a great turnout and heard from community partners, participants, and PCRC staff. Light refreshments accompanied our short program, which was an enjoyable experience for all. Check out the link below for a sneak peek of our first mixer. You would want to attend our upcoming mixer, where we will be highlighting our work in San Mateo County schools. Mark your calendars for Thursday, January 18, 2023, and join us for an exciting afternoon.
Click link to register for our upcoming Vibrant Community Mixer: Schools
As part of PCRC’s Stop the Hate Initiative, we hosted a film screening for Red, White & Brass on September 27th at the Century Movie Theater in San Bruno. The film showing was a FREE community event to bring together the Pacific Islander community, local leaders, and PCRC friends for an evening of community celebration and anti-hate! We celebrated with 290 community members at a sold-out screening with a few special guests, including Tongan Consul General- Sela Tukia, San Bruno City Mayor- Rico Medina, and Lau Afioga Papali’i Manufou Anoa’i. “I’m so glad that I brought my children to be a part of this fun and powerful event. I want them to see our community in a positive light with cultural pride!” - Movie Attendee
We were honored to partner with the Khyiris Tonga Foundation and host the New Zealand lead actor of the film, John Paul “JP” Foliaki, who attended our screening and other planned events as part of our Stop the Hate Initiative. Thank you to our sponsors: CSM Mana Learning Community, Kiss My Boba, Shops at Tanforan/CBRE, and the Mana Dream Academy for the collaboration. Click on the link below to see a sneak peak of the screening event.
For almost 10 years, PCRC has facilitated the 10-week Parent Project curriculum that supports parents, legal guardians, and allies to strengthen relationships with their children. It focuses on important strategies that promote positive communication, respect, love while preventing violence, drug and alcohol use. Hosted by the San Mateo Police Department, our most recent graduating class of Parent Project celebrated with their families and toured their facility!
In partnership with San Mateo County, we celebrated the end of the year youth accomplishments in our Community Engagement Program that focuses on Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) prevention. PCRC works with youth from all over the county on AOD The youth presented on their learning on the dangers of AOD use, how they can be champions of change, and community leaders. Check out the highlights from our event.
The YEEE! Job Training Program reflects current practices in social justice, education, and work-based learning. Through the 3 E’s of Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and Employment youth from historically marginalized backgrounds develop the following six cultural capital competencies, aspirational, familial, social, navigational, resistant, and linguistic. This job trade program is a youth workforce pilot program rooted in the belief system that education is for liberation. The program achieves this mission by equipping young people with the knowledge, skills, resources, and drive to become the next socially and critically-conscious, justice-focused, action-oriented contributors to San Mateo County.
10th Annual Pacific Islander Violence Prevention Conference
PCRC hosted the 10th Annual Pacific Islander Violence Prevention Conference (PIVPC) June 7-9 at the College of San Mateo in partnership with Pacific Islanders Knowledge to Resources. The mission of the PIVPC is to feature PacificIslander voices, perspectives and expertise on violence within our community, address the challenges and empower participants to critically examine their approaches to prevention. It will also serve as a catalyst for the development of new relationships between Pacific Islanders, service providers and the cultivation of future collaboration.
The theme, “Building a legacy of Healing” promotes meaningful evidence and culture based approaches to healing ourselves, families, community and people. We were honored to host over 25 community leaders, practitioners, experts, and those with lived experience that presented to over 150 attendees over the 2.5 days of the conference. It was a powerful conference that brought all sectors of the community together towards one goal, peace!
"This was my first time attending and I don't have words to express how I feel other than gratitude. It was emotionally draining and soul inspiring. I want to be a better ancestor today and promote unity and love to combat conflict and violence." - PIVPC 2023 Attendee
Thank you to our partners & sponsors.
Restorative Mixer
The Preparing Vibrant Futures with a Restorative Today event highlighted PCRC's efforts in supporting school communities as they lean into restorative practices. We got to hear testimonials from staff and partners on the impact our restorative schools work as we expand throughout the County. This event led to the community understanding that a vibrant school, or one that has a restorative school environment with high levels of student and family engagement, will ultimately support better academic outcomes. Effective restorative justice programs and approaches have shown to not only positively impact student behaviors but also academic success and this was highlighted at our event.
In partnership with San Mateo County, PCRC facilitates the Friday Cafe's which is a safe space for the unsung heroe's of family and community engagement. They go by many titles including (but not limited to): parent liaison, partnership coordinator, home-school facilitator and family resource specialist. Friday Cafe's connection through the use of community circles, peer-to-peer learning and resource sharing.
ADRx 2019
On Friday December 6, 2019 PCRC in partnership with Beechwood School and Bravemaker, Inc., PCRC presented our Annual ADRx event with a focus on Women and Equity. ADRx is PCRC's version of a TEDtalk, short for Alternative Dispute Resolution X. ADRx brings together local and national thought leaders to make connections and inspire through a series of short and compelling presentations. Our speakers shared their stories and insights on using the arts, entertainment, and technology to improve understanding across differences in the workplace and the world. If you weren’t able to attend, click on the link to view the gallery.
Pacific Islander Violence Prevention Summit
The Pacific Islander Violence Prevention Summit is an annual gathering that brings together Pacific Islander community members, advocates and service providers for education and networking opportunities related to violence prevention. Since 2014, PCRC has embraced the challenge of creating safe spaces for people to break the silence on issues of violence in their lives. In 2018, our speakers shared their skills and experiences working in different areas of the Pacific Islander community and touching on the roles that culture and faith play in the healing process. They also shared best practices in working with PI youth using prevention and intervention methods that recognize the role culture plays in youth violence and incarceration.
Building Empathy and Respect
Every year, PCRC awards the Warren Dale Building Empathy & Respect Award to an individual in our community who has embodied empathy and respect and used their leadership to sustain and improve the lives of others. At PCRC, we believe that these characteristics are the cornerstones of great leadership.
Past Events
Action Summit
In 2018, PCRC hosted a two-day Action Summit at the College of San Mateo with over 400 participants. PCRC convened residents and leaders across various sectors to inspire innovation, design the communities in which they want to live and take action to bring about their desired vision.