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En 1973 el Centro Samoano de Seattle abre sus puertas en El Centro de la Raza, un centro comunitario Chicano/Latino en North Beacon Hill. El centro atiende las necesidades sociales de la comunidad samoana, y proporciona servicios para ayudar a los miembros migrantes de la comunidad a ajustarse a la sociedad americana. A lo largo de los años, el centro proporcionará una programación constante para cuidados diurnos de ancianos y niños, así como clases culturales para niños. El centro procurará activamente obtener subsidios para proyectos que atiendan los problemas específicos que atormentan a la comunidad, tales como drogas y violencia entre pandillas. El centro canalizará la voz de la comunidad y recordará activamente a Seattle y a sus ciudadanos los persistentes problemas de pobreza, desempleo, analfabetismo en inglés, y la elevada tasa de deserción entre estudiantes de escuela secundaria/preparatoria, que acosan a la comunidad samoana.

Sources:

Constantine Angelos, “Grants Given to Help Neighborhoods,” The Seattle Times, September 8, 1993; David B. Berrian, "The Samoan Community in Seattle: A needs assessment," 1980, City of Seattle, Department of Human Resources; Cassie Chinn, “Narrative Report: Asian Pacific Islander Americans in Southeast Seattle,” December 15, 2009, The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington; Kathleen Kemezis telephone interview with Pastor Washington Talaga, November 19, 2010, Seattle; Deni Yamauchi Luna, “Pacific Islanders and Smoking,” Northwest Asian Weekly, October 14, 1993, p. 1; Barbara Burns McGrath, “Seattle Fa'a Samoa (Samoans in Seattle, Washington)” The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Fall 2002); Scott Maier, “3 of 4 Samoans Here Out of Work,” The Seattle Times, February 14, 1978, p. A-1.

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