Famoksaiyan on KUAM

Global Guamanian network shares DEIS thoughts
Feb 21, 2010
KUAM
by Janjeera Hail

Guam - The deadline to submit comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was last week, and it wasn't just local residents who aired their concerns. Michael Lujan Bevacqua is a member of Famoksaiyan, a network of people on Guam and the mainland focused on Chamorro concerns.

Famoksaiyan uses the Internet to share information and encourage Guamanians in the states to participate in the DEIS process. He told KUAM News, "If you're in the States getting an education, or if you're living in the States and planning on retiring and coming back to Guam, the buildup really affects you as well because the buildup will bring jobs, it will bring people who will take those jobs.

"And so those jobs may not go to those people in the states trying to get educated and then later come back."

Vote in Guam's Special Election Tomorrow

For more info go to the GEC website.

Chamorro Cultural Festival

Famoksaiyan will be at the Chamorro Cultural Festival, March 20th at the Market Creek Plaza in San Diego, California. More info on the flyer below, or you can check out the website for CHELU Inc. to learn more.

Peace Action at Camp Smith

Generation Guahan

Petition for President Obama

President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Guam sometime next month.

We Are Guahan is spearheading a petition drive, to ensure that while Barack Obama is on Guam he takes the time to meet with the community and hear their concerns, especially with regards to the military buildup planned for Guam.

If you are interested in signing the petition, just click here.

2010 Chamorro Lunar Calendar Festival

For those of you who want to learn more about the ways in which Chamorros used the moon to pattern their fishing and planting, you can pick up a free copy of the Chamorro Lunar Calendar as this festival.

If you come later in the afternoon and evening, you can see the organizers use a chahan or underground oven to cook a feast in celebration.