Our Pacific cultural center board is split on whether to include vakasalewalewa perspectives in our youth programming and I'm watching us tear apart over something that should be bringing our community together. The older board members keep saying we're moving too fast and the younger ones are threatening to leave if we don't act.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group faces generational conflict about how quickly and openly to embrace traditional Pacific gender diversity.
“Where Are You with Pacific gender diversity?”
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