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This slide was presented as part of my presentation at the "Serving Youth and Families: Culture, Family Dynamics, and Social Etiquette Conference" coordinated by the Hawaii County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. It was meant to be a summary of the panel presentations from members of the Micronesians United - Big Island organization.
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Supporting
Hawaii’sYouth & Ohana
ALII!
ALOHA
Republic of Palau (Palauans)OLOMWAAY!Carolinians (Saipanese)
HAFA ADAI!Guam (Chamorros / Guamanians)
IAKWE!Marshall Islands (Marshallese)
KASELEHLIE!Pohnpei, FSM (Pohnpeians)
MOGETHIN!Yap, FSM (Yapese)
PAING KOM!Kosrae, FSM (Kosraeans)
RAN ANNIM!Chuuk, FSM (Chuukese)
WENIMOMOTO!Outer Islands (Chuuk / Yap)
Pacific Islander Student Center at UH Hilo: www.hilo.hawaii.edu/pisc | Pacific Students: www.pacificstudents.org
MAURI!Kiribati (Gilbertese)
o Chuukese “Jones”o Product of public education
in Chuuko Educator & Studento Social Entrepreneuro UH Hilo well represented on
panel
Vidalino RaatiorDirectorPacific Islander Student Center
Intro
SERVICES
A Place to Gather
o Home-away-from-homeo Kitchen
o Fridge, stove, rice cookero Computers
o 8 Desktops, 20 laptops (PCs & Macs) o Club Meetings
o Facility Request Form to reserveo Patio with umbrellaso Television
o Sports, News, Movies
PROGRAMS
Navigating Success Bridge
o Academic Supporto Student Support Services Program (SSSP)
o Peer Mentoringo Peer Assistance Linkages & Support (PALS)
o Study Nightso By Major, Classes, Islands, etc
o Workshop Serieso Jobs, leadership, cultural, internships, etc
o Tutors On Demando Personalized - Math, English, Business
What’s Our Story?Colonizers labeled us
What’s Our Story?
o Ask: “Oh, which island?”o Guamanians / Chamorroso Marshalleseo FSM
o Chuukeseo Kosraeano Pohnpeiano Yapese
o Palauano Gilbertese
“Micronesian” is a label!
Our Videosyoutube.com/PacificStudentsMediaOur Videosyoutube.com/PacificStudentsMedia
OUR STORY…
..is now part of the HAWAII story…
OUR STORY…
Sovereign
Through world history…
$elf-governedColonized
Navigators roamed free
US money & border for your land & ocean
Poor savages need to be civilized.
OUR STORY…
Sovereign
In other words…
$$elf-governedColonized
New Used Pre-owned
CHANGE the STORY
HELP!
HELP 101
Family = Very Extended#1
HELP 101
We EARN, LEARN, YEARN in community
#2
HELP 101
We carry the BURDEN of our struggling governments#
3
HELP 101
We yearn for a SAFE environment for our kids#
4
HELP 101
Our kids are losing their culture, language, identity#
5
HELP 101
Learning to adjust to clock for TIME, not SUN#
6
HELP 101
We are often too ASHAMED to speak or show up.#
7
HELP 101
We are influenced by the WIND, not by our WILL.
#8
HELP 101
Your ALOHA is the wind in our sail.#9
__________ Be open to learning from us too.
#10
HELP 101
Q & A
“We cannot change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust our sail to always reach our destination.”
MESULANG!
MAHALO
Republic of Palau (Palauans)MALO!
Tonga (Tongans)
SI YU’OS MA’ASEGuam (Chamorros / Guamanians)
KOMOL!Marshall Islands (Marshallese)
KALAHNGAN!Pohnpei, FSM (Pohnpeians)
KAMMAGAR!Yap, FSM (Yapese “Proper”)
KULO!Kosrae, FSM (Kosraeans)
KINISOU!Chuuk, FSM (Chuukese)
SA HAGICHICHIG!Yap, FSM (Outer Island)
Produced by Pacific Students Media, UH Hilo | Website: www.pacificstudents.org
KORABA!Kiribati (Gilbertese)
