January 14, 2004

Pacific Islander Activist To Speak At Boise State

Community leader and activist Amata Coleman Radewagen will speak at Boise State University at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Student Union Hatch Ballroom. Sponsored by the Hui-O-Aloha club, Radewagen’s talk, titled “What as Asian/Pacific Islanders can you do to shape the future?” is free and open to the public. Contact the Boise State Cultural Center at 426-4259 for more information.     Radewagen chairs the 15-member President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She is the only Pacific Islander on the committee that advises President George W. Bush on Asian American and Pacific Islander issues.     A community activist and political leader in American Samoa, she was named National Breast Cancer Coalition coordinator for the territory in 1993 and from 1994 to 1997 was Pacific Region coordinator as well. A breast cancer survivor, Radewagen also has served as spokesperson for the Samoan Women’s Health Fund, a project aimed at breast cancer awareness and a screening program in the territory, and helped to bring mammography to Pago Pago for the first time.     Radewagen also serves as a leadership staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the special projects coordinator and oversees the Outreach Job Bank for Congresswoman Deborah Pryce. -30- Contact Ro Parker Cultural Center Coordinator 208 426-4317 Media Contacts Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275 Angela Jones communications and marketing 208 426-3196