Oceanians from the three regions of Oceania - Melanesia, Micronesia & Polynesia, are the fastest growing communities in the Pacific Northwest. Most have settled in King, Pierce, Snohomish & Thurston counties. Washington state has the second biggest Pacific Islander diasporic community living in North America.

Oceanians have experienced some of the harshest realities of colonization, hyper-militarization, and cultural assimilationist policies enforced on them by non-Native settlers that has lead to the displacement of Native Islanders from Oceania and now comprise the Pasifika Diaspora in North America.

Oceania Northwest contains the brilliance birthed from the cultural and spiritual DNA of our people to combat racist systems of oppression and offer up meaningful solutions that mitigate poverty, improve socio-cultural welfare and organize our people to stand in power.

Pacific Islanders belong. Pacific Islander issues are important. Pacific Islander people are beautiful. Pacific Islander children are brilliant. Pacific Islander Indigenous values are sacred. Oceania Northwest is fully committed to embodying these belief statements for all those who are a part of our villages.