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Speaker C
31:38 - 32:37
"Polynesian Association of Alaska started back in 2004 in a small office down here on the Thompson Building on 3rd Avenue"
“Polynesian Association of Alaska started back in 2004 in a small office down here on the Thompson Building on 3rd Avenue”
- Speaker
- Speaker C
- Timestamp
- 31:38 – 32:37
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
And Polynesian Association of Alaska started back in 2004 in a small office down here on the Thompson Building on 3rd Avenue, and where we were there with some other organization, nonprofit organization, but We started back in 2004 when there was a lot of shootings and a lot of youth activities with the law back in the days. And so we started because when I did, I taught a Samoan computer class in our Samoan language for our elders in that building. And then my elder says, "We need to find a home." for us. And I said, "A find a home? What do you mean?" What they mean by, we need to find a place where we can go and get information, resources, and help us to live in this new community.
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