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Experts Mull Framework for North Pacific Regional Cooperation on Energy Security

HONOLULU (Dec. 18) -- Between them, the nations that surround the North Pacific – China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Canada and the U.S. – include the world’s largest energy consumers and importers, as well as two of its largest producers. While each of these countries has its own interests and agendas, all share the common desire for energy stability and security, from both the supply and demand perspectives...more...

EWC Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki Appointed to National Petroleum Council

HONOLULU (Dec. 23) – East-West Center Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman to serve on the National Petroleum Council (NPC). The Council is a self-funded advisory body to the Secretary of Energy whose members represent all sectors of the oil and natural gas industries and related interests...more...


East-West Center Receives $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange Program

Applications Currently Being Accepted

HONOLULU (Dec.15) -- The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $275,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to provide renewed support for the Korea-United States Journalists Exchange program...more...


New Website Offers Graphical Data on U.S.-Asia Connections

Visit Asia Matters for America, the EWC's new online hub for viewers to explore the importance of U.S.-Asia interactions to individual U.S. states and even congressional districts...more...


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New approaches to governance and economic self-reliance in Pacific Island societies
International Research Seminar
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Rose Nakamura

Rose Nakamura’s Selfless Service Attracts National Honor

After 25 years of devoted service as a program officer and participant services officer assisting East-West Center’s international students, Rose Nakamura didn’t slow down.  Her retirement from the Center in 1989 opened up new avenues of service.  As Hawaii’s senior population continues to grow and many are isolated, living far away from family on the U.S. mainland, Nakamura saw a need in the community to create a program that provides volunteer assistance to homebound frail elderly and disabled persons to ensure their independence and dignity.

With 55 volunteers serving just 110 elderly people at the time, she co-founded Project Dana (the Sanskrit word for “selfless giving”), starting as a small faith-in-action operation based out of Mo‘ili‘ili Hongwanji Mission. Today, Project Dana has grown into a statewide interfaith coalition of more than 30 churches with over 750 volunteers assisting thousands of senior citizens each year. “Dana is about extending compassion and care, without any reward or recognition,” said Nakamura in an AARP article. “Caregiving is everybody’s business.”. . . more . . .


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by Peter Larmour


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