Father Goode, Omowale Satterwhite, EPA Community Law Project, Faye McNair-Knox, Dyanne Ladine, Carlos Romero, Youth Development Center (YDC), Tongan Assembly of God, Shule Mandela Academy, Senter Uhilamoelangi, One East Palo Alto, Appollonia "Mama Dee" Uhila, Pacific Islander Outreach, Robert Jones, Anamatangi Polynesian Voices, Community Development Institute (CDI), Chester Palesoo, Bob Hoover, Bob Hartley, Duane Bay
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Interview of Senter Uhilamoelangi by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to EPA in 1982 to become an assistant pastor at the Tongan Assembly of God Church; territorial EPA neighborhoods; crime in 1992; personal and communal EPA family; wife Appollonia "Mama Dee" and children Michael, Shanna, Squeaky and Tiffany; community cultural events; establishment of One East Palo Alto; why he stayed in East Palo Alto; community cultural events; differences and conflicts between Samoans and Tongans; explaining the opening song in the interview; community organizations; Pacific Islander Outreach and how it became Anamatangi Polynesian Voices; work to help Tonga after 2002 Tsunami; his life as an artist and the Samoan Fire/Knife Dance; how he met Mama Dee; his vision for EPA; gentrification and other topics.