supporting hawaii's micronesian youth & ohana

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)