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  2. OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates - Wikipedia

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    National Pan-Asian Pacific American civil rights organization headquartered in Washington, DC. OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates (previously known as the Organization of Chinese Americans) is a non-profit organization founded in 1973, whose stated mission is to advance the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Americans and ...

  3. National Council of Asian Pacific Americans - Wikipedia

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    The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) is a coalition of 35 national Asian-Pacific American organizations in the United States.Founded in 1996 and based in Washington D.C., NCAPA seeks to expand the influence of Asian-Pacific Americans in the legislative and legal arenas, and enhance the public's and mass media's awareness and sensitivity to Asian-Pacific American concerns.

  4. Orthodox Church in America - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Orthodox Church in America ( OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. [2] : 68 [9] [10] In 2011, it had an estimated 84,900 members in the United States.

  5. United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Offensive Counter-Air (OCA) is defined as "offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their source as possible" (JP 1-02). OCA is the preferred method of countering air and missile threats since it ...

  6. Oculocutaneous albinism type I - Wikipedia

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    Oculocutaneous albinism type I or type 1A [1] is an autosomal recessive skin disease. This subtype of oculocutaneous albinism is caused when the gene for tyrosinase (symbol TYR or OCA1) does not function properly. The location of OCA1 may be written as "11q1.4–q2.1", meaning it is on chromosome 11, long arm, somewhere in the range of band 1 ...

  7. Oxalis tuberosa - Wikipedia

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    Oxalis tuberosa. Molina. Oxalis tuberosa is a perennial herbaceous plant that overwinters as underground stem tubers. These tubers are known as uqa in Quechua, [1] oca in Spanish, yams in New Zealand and a number of other alternative names. The plant was brought into cultivation in the central and southern Andes for its tubers, which are used ...

  8. Category:Asian-American organizations - Wikipedia

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    Asian American Dance Theatre. Asian American Hotel Owners Association. Asian American Journalists Association. Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Asian American Theater Company. Asian American university resource center. Asian American Women Artists Association. Asian American Writers' Workshop. Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.

  9. Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the Midwest - Wikipedia

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    SCOBA. v. t. e. The Diocese of the Midwest is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, missions, and chapels located in twelve states in the Midwestern United States – Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.