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Examining Reasons For License Non-Compliance Among Asian-Pacific Islander Community Members: Project For Oregon Board Of Massage Therapists, Masami Nishishiba, Lu Pang, Anh Nguyen, Thitisak Duadsuntia, Sirisak Laochankham

Center for Public Service Publications and Reports

Purpose of the Study: In an effort to improve professional connections with the Asian-Pacific Islander (API) community of massage practitioners in Oregon, the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists (OBMT) commissioned the Center for Public Service (CPS) at Portland State University to conduct a study to achieve the following objectives:

1. To identify any barriers that hinder licensing of Asian-Pacific Islander community members who practice massage;

2. To recommend ways to make massage education and licensing processes more culturally responsive to API massage practitioners’ needs.

Data Collection and Analysis: During September through December 2014, CPS assembled a multicultural project team and …

Embracing Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion: Developing And Facilitating The City Of Beaverton’S Diversity Advisory Board, Portland State University. Hatfield School Of Government. Center For Public Service, Masami Nishishiba, Fern Elledge

Center for Public Service Publications and Reports

This report covers a project of the City of Beaverton and the Center for Public Service (CPS) at the Hatfield School of Government within Portland State University in developing a Diversity Advisory Board and facilitating the development of a diversity, equity, and inclusion plan for the City.

Report: Multicultural Community Forum, Masami Nishishiba, Fern Elledge, Cynthia Alamillo, Charles Daniel, Anabel López Salinas, Nicholas Mccarty

Center for Public Service Publications and Reports

The City of Beaverton entered into an agreement with the Center for Public Service (CPS) to create a project focused on engaging diverse communities. CPS, in collaboration with Beaverton’s Diversity Task Force (DTF) organized a Multicultural Community Forum on Saturday, June 1, 2013. This report provides the purpose, planning process, outreach activities, agenda, and outcomes of the Forum. It also provides recommendations for next steps in engaging cultural and ethnic minority residents in the City of Beaverton.

The primary purpose of the Multicultural Community Forum was to create a momentum in engaging and empowering both new and emerging multicultural community …