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.

1. Supportin
g
Hawaii’s
Youth & Ohana

2. ALII!
ALOHA
Republic of Palau (Palauans)
OLOMWAAY!
Carolinians (Saipanese)
HAFA ADAI!
Guam (Chamorros / Guamanians)
IAKWE!
Marshall Islands (Marshallese)
KASELEHLIE!
Pohnpei, FSM (Pohnpeians)
MAURI!
Kiribati (Gilbertese)
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

3. Intro
Vidalino Raatior
Director
Pacific Islander Student Center
o Chuukese “Jones”
o Product of public education
in Chuuk
o Educator & Student
o Social Entrepreneur
o UH Hilo well represented on
panel

4. SERVICES
A Place to Gather
o Home-away-from-home
o Kitchen
o Fridge, stove, rice cooker
o Computers
o 8 Desktops, 20 laptops (PCs & Macs)
o Club Meetings
o Facility Request Form to reserve
o Patio with umbrellas
o Television
o Sports, News, Movies

5. PROGRAMS
Navigating Success Bridge
o Academic Support
o Student Support Services Program (SSSP)
o Peer Mentoring
o Peer Assistance Linkages & Support (PALS)
o Study Nights
o By Major, Classes, Islands, etc
o Workshop Series
o Jobs, leadership, cultural, internships, etc
o Tutors On Demand
o Personalized - Math, English, Business

6. What’s Our Story?
Colonizers labeled us

7. What’s Our Story?
“Micronesian” is a label!
o Ask: “Oh, which island?”
o Guamanians / Chamorros
o Marshallese
o FSM
o Chuukese
o Kosraean
o Pohnpeian
o Yapese
o Palauan
o Gilbertese
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8. OUR STORY…
..is now part of the
HAWAII story…

9. OUR STORY…
Through world history…
Sovereign
Colonized $elf-governed
Navigators
roamed free
US money & border
for your land &
ocean
Poor savages need
to be civilized.

10. OUR STORY…
In other words…
Sovereign
Colonized $$elf-governed
New Used Pre-owned

11. CHANGE the STORY
HELP!

12. HELP 101
#1 Family = Very Extended

13. HELP 101
We EARN, LEARN, YEARN
in community
#2

14. HELP 101
We carry the BURDEN of
#3 our struggling governments

15. HELP 101
We yearn for a SAFE
environment for our kids
#4

16. HELP 101
Our kids are losing their
#5 culture, language, identity

17. HELP 101
Learning to adjust to
#6 clock for TIME, not SUN

18. HELP 101
We are often too ASHAMED
#7 to speak or show up.

19. HELP 101
We are influenced by the
WIND, not by our WILL.
#8

20. HELP 101
Your ALOHA is the wind
#9 in our sail.

21. HELP 101
__________ Be open to
learning from us too.
#10

22. Q & A
“We cannot change the direction of
the wind, but we can adjust our sail
to always reach our destination.”

23. MESULANG!
MAHALO
Republic of Palau (Palauans)
MALO!
Tonga (Tongans)
SI YU’OS MA’ASE
Guam (Chamorros / Guamanians)
KOMOL!
Marshall Islands (Marshallese)
KALAHNGAN!
Pohnpei, FSM (Pohnpeians)
KORABA!
Kiribati (Gilbertese)
KAMMAGAR!
Yap, FSM (Yapese “Proper”)
KULO!
Kosrae, FSM (Kosraeans)
KINISOU!
Chuuk, FSM (Chuukese)
SA HAGICHICHIG!
Yap, FSM (Outer Island)
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