Christine Chin Ryan: Hello. I am Christine Chin Ryan, chair of the Portland Police Bureau Asian and Pacific Islander American Advisory Council, referred to as the APIA Council. We are a community driven, community led council to the Portland Police Bureau that is willing and committed to building a lasting relationship with all bureau members, fostering two-way learning and cultural growth, valuing mutual understanding and respect, and we are coming together to create a safer and thriving community. Rosaline Hui: It's so important that we have police that want to help us and they know our background, and our culture, and also our language. Lee Cha: When you have a language barrier or when you have a cultural barrier, you are at a disadvantage. Because whether or not the lack of understanding about how law enforcement really work or whether or not the lack of understanding how our judicial system is really work. May Saechao: Throughout the years, we've seen a lot of cracks in the system that could have been fixed if there was some sort of representation. Rosaline Hui: We always felt left out when we have some problem and then we don't know where to go to. Dr. Anita Kiteau-Tuiaki: With my communities, it's sometime it's hard just wanting to feel safe, but you don't know who to speak to. Lee Cha: As long as we still feel that there are barrier between us, it's only benefiting the bad guys. May Saechao: With this partnership, what we've been doing is really learning about the agency, the agency, really learning about what the API needs are and how really diverse we are collectively as a whole. Neil Lee: We're collaborating to help provide more comfort and communication between the Chinese community and the Portland Police Bureau. Because we really need that collaboration. Jessica Irvine: It's always just good to hear how policies, police policies might affect a community. And it doesn't mean they have to change, but it's always important that we consider, and that's a big part of Polynesian culture, is just to consider the point of view of others. Cheryl Nervez: When we are working with the PPB, we are able to voice our opinions and we are able to be seen, and even more so to be heard. Dr. Anita Kiteau-Tuiaki: Coming to our communities, coming to our space, our cultural, whether if that's in the church buildings or parks or wherever, but coming to us, it creates a different kind of relationship rather than just calling 911 or trying to go down to the police department. Rosaline Hui: I really, really appreciate the police department in the past few years that come out to the community and talk with the community member and gave them a lot of information that they never have heard before. Dr. Anita Kiteau-Tuiaki: That's one of the reason I'm driven to continue being a part of the council is not just exposure and building network, but hey, come on down here. Come out here to our community and let's hear each other's concerns. Jessica Irvine: I want to make sure that as a member of a very small community, the Pacific Islanders that we're both seen and heard and our concerns are understood by Portland Police Bureau. Cheryl Nervez: As a community member, I see a lot of transparency when we are in those meetings about their process and how we as the community can engage with them and them engage with us. May Saechao: Not only do we talk a lot about representation, but we talk about what we can do as a community to help one another. Lee Cha: That we could help to look at policies and practices that would help to improve how we deal with the API community when it comes to biased crime, when it comes to law related activity concerning to the API community. Rosaline Hui: If we can work together and we can educate the community and with the help of the police advisory group, I think there should be more things that we can do to help the community. Lee Cha: Regardless of how we look, you know who we are, what color of skins we have. At the end of the day, we're helping Americans. Christine Chin Ryan: We are Americans, we are Oregonians, we are the Asian Americans, native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Thank you. Neil Lee: My name is Neil Lee and I represent the Chinese community. I'm president of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, otherwise known as the CCBA and I'm also president of the Portland Lee's Association. Cheryl Nervez: I'm Cheryl Nervez. I'm a Filipino American. I currently sit on the board of directors for the Asian and Pacific Islander Community Coalition of Oregon, and I'm part of the Filipino Bayanihan Center and the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce. Jessica Irvine: Hi, my name is Leitumalo Jessica Irvine. I am a victim advocate with Portland Police Bureau and I am Samoan American. Dr. Anita Kiteau-Tuiaki: [foreign language 00:05:31] everyone, and hello. My name is Dr. Anita Kiteau-Tuiaki and I am Tongan American. I'm a part of IRCO, which is Immigrant Refugee Community Organization. I work as a budget analyst for IRCO, and prior to that I was a facilitator for the Tongan language course. I also am a part of the Tongan community here in Portland. May Saechao: Hi, my name is May Saechao. I am one of the council members for this advisory. I am here representing the API as a whole, but also representing my community of immigrant and refugees, the Southeast Asian community. I am a union woman who is born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Rosaline Hui: Hi everyone. I'm Rosaline Hui and I'm the owner of the Foreign Chinese Times and the newspaper has been here for 25 years. And I'm also the J District Committee member and I have been on that committee for over eight years now. Lee Cha: My name is Lee Cha. I am the executive director of IRCO. IRCO stands for Immigrant Refugee Community Organization. And I came from the Laotian community ethnically Hmong, and so I came to the States as a former refugee.