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Mama Dee Uhila Interview

Themes:

Notable Visitors Economic Development - Whiskey Gulch/University Circle Community Events & Celebrations Policing - Community Policing Arts & Culture Political Activism & Social Justice Nairobi Movement Education - Nairobi Schools Non-Profits Education - Ravenswood City School District People of EPA

Subjects:

Nobantu Ankoanda, Dee Uhila, Pacific Islander Outreach, CIBI Schools, Shule Mandela, Senter Uhila, Princess of Tonga

Date of Creation or Publication:

8/21/2021

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Creator

Sisilia Afungia

Donor

Dee Uhila

Language

English

Samoan

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Interview of Mama Dee Uhila by Sisilia Afungia. Topics include: migration to EPA from San Mateo in the 1970s, migration of Pacific Islanders in the 1970s and 1980s, education her children in Ravenswood City School District then moving them to Shule Mandela, her children performing for Nelson Mandela in Oakland, political activism, culture in EPA pre-incorporation, creating non-profit Pacific Islander Outreach (PIO), meeting Princess of Tonga to get validation of PIO, princess visiting EPA, uniqueness of cultures and other topics.

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