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Business Matters: Changing lives through empowerment at Pacific Gateway Center
“We do social services, language services, and guidance counseling. We also teach people to fend for themselves. What we’re trying to do is move more toward social empowerment, political empowerment, psychological empowerment, you know, a sense of being and participating as an equal in society,” Board President Gregory Pai said. “To me, that’s the most important thing for us to do all of this all of these are various ways in which we, you know, carry on that idea of empowerment for the lesser advantaged in our society.”
Vaccination roll-out for the Tongan elders and immigrant essential workers in food & ag
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Vaccination clinic targets Tongans, immigrant farmers
• KHON: Coronavirus vaccine clinic held for Tongan elders, Southeast Asian immigrant farmers
• KITV: Pearl City church hosts COVID vaccine clinic for Tongan, Southeast Asian communities
• Hawaii News Now: Healthcare center and church work together to vaccinate Oahu’s underserved communities
Client Highlight: Pono Potions
CBI Native Hawaiian entrepreneur, Peter Hessler, founder of Pono’s Potions, Artisan syrups rooted in Hawaii, wins multiple awards, including the HVCA (Hawaii Venture Capital Association) award.
Farmers in the Kitchen
• CRAVE | A Farmer’s Soul: Tales of Food, Culture and Rebuilding Lives | January 13, 2021 |
• Star-Advertiser (Honolulu)VOICE | West O‘ahu Community News | Chef Hui and Pacific Gateway Center Farmers’ in the Kitchen Series | January 6, 2021
• Episode 1: Kasy Farm LLC, Soun and Orathay Rasabout, refugees from Laos, Replanting New Lives at Kasy Farm. Make Chicken Coconut Green Curry with long beans and fresh bamboo shoots grown on their farm
• Episode 2: Peña Farm, immigrant farmers from the Philippines, The Long Game. Make the Filipino traditional dish, Pinakbet with veggies from the Peña farm
• Episode 3: B.I. Farm, Phayvanh Inthisane, born in Laos, refugee from Thailand, If they Grow It They Will Come. Make shrimp and vegetable stir-fry.
• Episode 4: Mingalar Farm, Saw Thinn and Aung Naing Htoo, from Myanmar, Try, Adapt, Grow: A Lifetime of Learning at Mingalar Farm. Get the recipe for Banana Stem Salad.
Pacific Gateway Center Gives Immigrant Businesses a Boost | August 18, 2022 | Honolulu Civil Beat
Rerooting Farmers in a New Land | July 5, 2022 | Earth Island Journal
KHON TV featuring Pacific Gateway Center as part of the series, “Business Matters” sponsored by Hawaii National Bank
Here’s what Honolulu is doing to test Hard-hit Communities for Covid-19 | September 3, 2020 | Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Chef helps to get food to the Hungry | March 30, 2020 | Star-Advertiser (Honolulu)
Aloha Harvest and Chef Hui launch new partnership to feed those in need | March 30, 2020 | Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
The Voice of Vietnam with Evelyn Bui | February 3, 2020 | KNDI 1270 AM Radio (Honolulu)
Adventures in Small Business | December 6, 2019 | ThinkTech Hawaii (Honolulu)
Raising Hawaii’s Workforce | August 2, 2019 | Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Na Kupuna Makamae NOT Just for Seniors | September 3, 2018 | CareerChangersTV (Honolulu)
Aloha Iā 'oe A Marlene Sai Legacy | June/July 2016 | Generations Magazine (Honolulu)
Pacific Gateway Center Kupuna Center | October 31, 2016 | CareerChangersTV (Honolulu)
The Economy and You with Chris Lethem | September 4, 2015 | ThinkTech Hawaii (Honolulu)
Gov. Ige says Hawaii will accept Syrian migrants | November 16, 2015 | KHON2 (Honolulu )
Pacific Gateway Center joins Hawaii Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program | March 4, 2015 (Honolulu)
Historic Kakaako building converting to a senior center | September 10, 2014 | KHON2 (Honolulu)
Hawaii Gov. Abercrombie Releases $1 Million to Revitalize Kakaako Pumping Station | July 15, 2014 | Honolulu Civil Beat (Honolulu)
Pacific Gateway Center gets $1M to turn Honolulu pumping station into senior center | July 15, 2014 | Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Pacific Gateway Center’s 40th Anniversary | November 25, 2013 | CareerChangersTV (Honolulu)
Just opened: The Pig and the Lady in Chinatown | November 14, 2013 | Honolulu Magazine (Honolulu)
Pacific Gateway Center offering free farmer program for beginners | June 4, 2013 | Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Geisha at Lemongrass Cafe | February 24, 2013 | Frolic Hawaii (Honolulu)
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox: Dr. Tin Myang Thein | January 22, 2013 | PBS Hawaii (Honolulu)
Kalihi Pride - Some of the Great Things About Kalihi | January 15, 2011 | Walk808
Pacific Gateway Center opens second facility | October 28, 2010 | Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Shared dreams | July 28, 2010 | Honolulu Weekly (Honolulu)
Nonprofit gets $1 M for Chinatown retail incubator | October 5, 2007 | Pacific Business News (Honolulu)