Pacific Peoples’ Partnership

Victoria Peace Walk-Nuclear Free Pacific, 1987

Photo credit: Jurgen Pokrandt

Forty-five Years of Resilience Supporting Pacific Dreams and Aspirations

This year’s One Wave Gathering was focused on the themes of resilience and allyship and features arts and culture events, including Indigenous opera, digital media, theatre, film screenings, workshops, and more. Highlighted events include Together / As One, a FLUX Gallery exhibit featuring Roy Henry Vickers’ “Peace Dancer” with Theatre Inconnu and Story Theatre, as well as Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’ “Flight of the Hummingbird” with Pacific Opera Victoria and Opera Vancouver. Other virtual or small in-person events include the unveiling of the Pacific Peace House Post, the culmination of a two-year collaboration between local Lekwungen and Solomon Islands carvers Bradley Dick and Ake Lianga, at Macaulay Point.

Looking ahead

In these challenging times, our team at Pacific Peoples’ Partnership feels it is more important than ever to make space for cultural connection and learning. While we need to take precautions to keep one another safe, it is vital that we find ways to share special moments, listen to one another, and engage with the issues facing the Pacific. From Samoa to T’Sou-ke, from Viti Levu to Lekwungen territory, Pacific communities are working to preserve and revitalize culture, pass on knowledge, and ensure a healthy future for all. At the One Wave Gathering and in all our work, we invite people from all backgrounds into the circle to hear Pacific stories, be inspired, and find ways to move forward together in a good way.

Our dream is a healthy Pacific for all peoples, from the small islands of the South Pacific to our coasts here in BC. It is a dream of thriving Indigenous and Small Island communities, of climate justice, gender equity, and kinship between Pacific peoples of all ancestries. Through empowered partnership and community-led stewardship, we continue to pursue this vision. We hope you will support our work and join us in solidarity, allyship, and resilience! •

Learn More

Find more information on the work of Pacific Peoples’ Partnership on facebook.com/pacificpeoples and at pacificpeoplespartnership.org

Above: The three fish symbolize the Pacific island archipelagos of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

Solomon Island carver Ake Lianga with the ten-foot yellow cedar Pacific Peace House Post at the Songhees Carving Shed. Photo credit: Lara Costa