Famoksaiyan - Dinana Chamoru

Didide' ha' tiempo tetehnan esta ki i Dinanan Famoksaiyan guini giya San Diego. Gof magof hu nai sa' achokka' taya' salape' este na fine'nina chinagi, meggai taotao pau fanmatto, mas ki 50 yanggen dinanche i emails hu risisibi. (Yanggen mas ki 60, dimalas, sa' i catering u na'haspok 50 ha', siempre bai hu famahan KFC)

Ti hu hulat muna'komprende i minagof-hu yan inexcitment-hu put este. Ti gefsaga' yu' put kosas material, ya parehu ha' para este na dinana, menos di un mit pesos para todu, i ligat, i nenkanno', i printing. Put este na pinepble, ti meggai na sina hu guahayi i manmatto. Lao ti hu na'atok este, ti hu chagi pumuni na "grass roots" hit. Hu diseseha na todu ma komprende este a ma li'e i minachalapon-na este na konfrensia! Kinase' ha'.

Estague i mas pa'go na schedule yan listan mamafa'nu'i siha:

FAMOKSAIYAN: Decolonizing Chamorro Histories Identities and Futures
April 14 – 15th, 2006
The Sons and Daughters of Guam Club, 334 Willie James Jones Ave, San Diego, CA
Attendance is free and lunch is provided.

TENATIVE SCHEDULE

DAY 1 – April 14, 2006

9:30-10:30
Registration

10:30 – 11:00
Welcome and openings remarks,

11:00 – 12:25
Panel 1 – Chamorros and the Military
Nicole Adapon Santos, University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael Lujan Bevacqua, University of California, San Diego
Fanai Castro, Nasion Chamoru and Guahan Indigenous Artists Collective

12:30 – 1:00
Lunch

1:00 – 2:25
Panel 3 – Solutions for Chamorro Mental and Physical Health
Hope Cristobal, Argosy University, Hawai’i and Boston Medical Center
Lola Sablan-Santos, Guam Communications Network (GCN)
Rita Sharma Setpaul, Alliant International University

2:30 – 4:00
Panel 2 – Strategies for Chamorro Activism
James Servino, Santa Clara University
Chaz Pangelinan, Seattle University
Jeremy Lujan Bevacqua, George Washington High School

DAY 2 – April 15, 2006

9:00-9:30
Registration

9:30 – 10:55
Panel 4 – Critical Chamorro Histories
Alfred Peredo Flores, University of California, Riverside
Kelly Marsh, Unibetsedat Guahan and Charles Sturt Univeristy
Leiana Naholowaa, Cal State San Marcos


11:00 – 12:30
Panel 5 – Ensuring Educational Access for Chamorros
Victor Thompson, National Pacific Island Education Network
Michael Gumataotao Tuncap, University of California, Berkeley
Madelsar Tmetuchl Ngiraingas, University of California, San Diego

12:30 – 1:00
Lunch

1:00 – 2:25
Panel 6 – Decolonization of Chamorro Lives and Lands
Lina Taitingfong, Evergreen State College
Sabina Perez, Water Rights Activist
Neil Weare, Yale University

2:30 – 3:00
Closing Session

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