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32:38 - 33:24
“its mission is to seize empower and educate individuals and families, and most of all, we promote pride and acceptance of all cultures.”
- Speaker
- Unidentified speaker
- Timestamp
- 32:38 – 33:24
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
So that's how we started. So when we started, 12 elders came in, and I had the computer class for 2 years, and they graduated from the computer class because It costs $15 to call their loved ones back home for 3 minutes. So I created a— my husband is IPM, retired from IPM, so he built 4 computers and we installed it in all these elders' homes so they can email their loved ones back home to save money. So that's what happened. So Polynesian Association of Alaska, its mission is to seize empower and educate individuals and families, and most of all, we promote pride and acceptance of all cultures.
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