I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e launa hou me ke kaiāulu mokuʻāina o CHamorus a me nā mea pili iā Guam ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, Ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Guam (GVB) Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia ua hoʻopau maikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna misionari ma ka 28th Pacific Islander Festival Association (PIFA) ma Ski Beach ma San Diego, Kaleponi.
ʻO ka hanana makahiki nui, ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia mai ka makahiki 2019, ua hopu ʻia ma luna o 300,000 mau kānaka o ka Pākīpika i hui pū e hoʻomau i nā moʻomeheu a me nā waiwai o ka poʻe ʻōiwi o Melanesia, Micronesia a me Polenekia mai Kepakemapa 24-25. He kākoʻo kūhelu ʻo GVB no PIFA mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana. ʻO ka hanana i kēia makahiki he 123 mau mea kūʻai aku me ka hōʻike ʻana mai Guam, ka CNMI, Tahiti, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Hawaii, Tokelau, Fiji, and Tonga.
"Ke hoʻoikaika ikaika nei mākou e kūkulu i kā mākou mākeke ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ma o ka launa pū ʻana me ka diaspora Guamanian a me ko mākou ʻohana nui, nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana koa i pili i ka mokupuni."
"Ua hōʻano hou mākou iā lākou i kā mākou mau pahuhopu e kūkulu i ka nui o ka noho a me nā uku ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me kā mākou mau hoa mokulele ma o ka hana ʻana i nā pūʻolo huakaʻi kūpono loa i Guam," wahi a GVB Pelekikena & Luna Nui ʻo Carl TC Gutierrez. "ʻO ko mākou hele ʻana ma PIFA a hui pū me nā hui like ʻole ma San Diego he mea koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi."
Halawai i na keikikane a me na kaikamahine o Guam
Me ke kōkua ʻana mai nā Sons and Daughters of Guam Club member Jojo Borja a me kāna kāne, ʻo Sakman Chamorro Project Director Mario Borja, ua hoʻokipa ʻo GVB i kahi hui a aloha ʻia me nā poʻe he 200 e hele ana ma ka hale o ka hui ma San Diego. Ua noho ka hui lōʻihi mai ka makahiki 1953 a ke alakaʻi ʻia nei e Pelekikena Antolin Taijeron a me ka Luna Hoʻomalu o ka Papa Brenda Diaz. Ua haʻi ʻo Gutierrez i nā mea hou e pili ana i nā hana hoʻolaʻa mākaʻikaʻi a Guam a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo o GVB i ka hui, a me ka Hale o Chamorros, a me Chamorro Hands in Education Links Unity (CHELU) e mālama hou, hoʻolaha, a hoʻomau i ka moʻomeheu CHamoru a me ka ʻōlelo ma US. ʻāina nui.
Hale o Chamorros evolution
Ma waho aʻe o ka hui ʻana me nā keikikāne a me nā kaikamahine o Guam, ua hui pū ʻo GVB i nā lālā o ka papa me ka Hale o Chamorros e mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou home hou i wehe ʻia ma nā International Cottages ma Balboa Park. Ua kūkākūkā ʻo Pelekikena Jeff Macaraeg, Hope Pelekikena Janice (Waller) Bouffiou, nā lālā o ka papa ʻo Philip Gogue Jr. a me Dolores (Loling) Cepeda, a me Liaison Lori Waller i ka ʻike honua o ka hui no Guam a me nā Marianas, ʻoiai ʻo Pelekikena Gutierrez kaʻana like i nā kumumanaʻo e hana pū me nā mokulele e kū nei. nā mea lawe kaʻa e hoʻomohala hou i ke kālepa e hiki mai ana o ka huakaʻi i ka mokupuni.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Meeting the Sons and Daughters of GuamWith assistance from Sons and Daughters of Guam Club member Jojo Borja and her husband, Sakman Chamorro Project Director Mario Borja, GVB hosted a meet and greet with over 200 people in attendance at the club's home in San Diego.
- Gutierrez shared updates on Guam's tourism recovery efforts and committed GVB's support to the organization, as well as the House of Chamorros, and Chamorro Hands in Education Links Unity (CHELU) to further preserve, promote, and perpetuate the CHamoru culture and language in the US mainland.
- Gutierrez and Sons and Daughters of Guam Club President Antolin Taijeron take a photo with visitors from as far as Las Vegas who came for the GVB meet and greet at the club’s San Diego home.
