Marianas Club at UH Manoa

Congratulations to all of our club members for making it to the end of a challenging academic school year!

As always, we Chamorus rise to the occasion and even graduate during a global pandemic. Congratulations to Arisa Barcinas for completing her BA in Environmental Science (Fall 2020) and Kacey Bejado for receiving her BA in Pacific Islands Studies with a minor in Anthropology (Spring 2021). We can't wait to hear what you accomplish next!

Big congrats to LeeAna Acfalle for finishing her masters in Political Science (Spring 2020) and continuing on in the program as a PhD student. Your surprise graduation celebration over Zoom was a memorable one! We look forward to celebrating your doctorate in person in the next couple of years.

Finally bula cheers to Dr. Jesi Lujan Bennett for completing her PhD in American Studies and Museum Studies (Spring 2021). Her research discusses the migration of Chamorus to the U.S. and the ways these diasporic communities articulate their Indigeneity in new geographic and cultural contexts. Jesi was hired last year as a professor by Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, the Department of Maori, Pacific, and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

The Marianas Club wishes these famalao'an the very best as emerging leaders, thinkers, and creators. Biba Chamoru excellence! ✊🏾

Hafa adai todus hamyo! The Center for Pacific Islands Studies' Pacific Speaker Series returns this semester with one of our prolific Chamoru attorney's, Julian Aguon. Please join us for "Defending the Blue Continent: A Conversation with Julian Aguon" on Wednesday, January 22 at noon. Please see the flyer for more details. We hope to see you there!

Speaking of club members, we can't forget to congratulate the newly graduated Dr. Kenneth Gofigan Kuper and Master Raymond Lujan. These two are shining examples of Chamoru excellence. The Marianas Club is beyond proud! ✊🏾🤓 Biba!

This week our club member became Dr. Francine Naputi Francine Naputi after successfully defending her dissertation 🙌🏽 You're amazing, Fran! We're all excited to see how your research helps better our home islands and Chamoru people. Biba! 👑

Marianas Club member, Francine Naputi, defends her dissertation this Wednesday. Please join us to watch one of our star scholars shine!

"Decolonizing Sexuality: CHamoru Epistemology as Liberatory Praxis"
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
2:00-4:00 pm
Wist Hall 130

Buenas todus hamyo! Marianas Club hosts CHamoru language sessions every Friday at Mānoa Marketplace Coffee Bean. All levels are welcome, and it's totally free. Please join us and bring along friends and family.

See the flyer for more details or email [email protected] and [email protected] if you have any questions. Feel free to like, share, tag, retweet, and email this flyer.

Si yu'us ma'ase yan saina ma'ase to everyone that contributed to the Northern Marianas Club, Hawaii's Typhoon Yutu Relief Drive.

Special thanks to the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Political Science, Social Work, and American Studies for their donations!

Join us in supporting those back home that are rebuilding after Super Typhoon Yutu. The Northern Marianas Club of Hawaiʻi arranged for a Matson shipping container to depart for Saipan and Tinian at the end of the month. Please see our club flyer below for preferred goods and drop-off donation locations.

Please also check out the flyers below from the Atherton YMCA and NMI Club of Hawaiʻi. Both organizations are taking goods until their respective deadlines. SYM!

Guam's Decolonization Plebiscite Case will be heard by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals at UH Mānoa on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

Join us this week to show our support for attorney Julian Aguon who will lead oral arguments for Guam, along with Deputy AG Ken Orcutt and AG Elizabeth Barrett Anderson. Feel free to spread the word amongst your friends, family, and classmates.

Join us agupa', Sept 13, for a lecture from Mr. Joe Quinata, Guam Preservation Trust's Chief Program Officer. Please see the UHM's Anthropology Department announce below for more details.

Let's start our morning with some Chamoru inspiration! Big congrats to our club members, Geisha Dela Pena, Joanna Santos, Elyssa Juline Santos, and Malia Toves, that graduated this school year. All of your hard work and dedication uplifts our people and islands. Biba class of 2018!

Please join us as we welcome Dr. Robert Underwood, President of the University of Guam who will deliver a talk, “Micronesian Waters: No Longer an American Lake,” on Tuesday, March 20 at the East-West Center. Please see attached flyer for details.