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Guma’Famoksaiyan
Gathering Strength for our Journey Ahead
May 23-25, 2008
San Diego, California
Famoksaiyan is a group comprised of dedicated and passionate people who work on issues of decolonization, cultural and language revitalization and the dissemination of information regarding the proposed military build up of Guam. The organization’s first conference was held in San Diego, California, on April 14-15, 2006, and was titled “Famoksaiyan: Decolonizing Chamorro Histories, Identities and Futures.” The people who attended that first gathering left with the desire to transform the energy and excitement of the conference into something more sustainable.
Famoksaiyan translates into “the time or place of nurturing or growing,” or “the time to paddle forward.” And it was in this spirit that more than 70 Chamorros and individuals of other ethnic identities from Guam gathered together to share their work, ideas and stories in hope of effecting a positive change for Chamorro communities in the Marianas Islands and the United States.
In a short period of time, Famoksaiyan has organized and assisted in organizing several historic meetings, trips and conferences. Most prominently amongst these have been the following:
• Three trips to the United Nations to testify to the international community on the question of Guam.
• The “Decolonizing Our Lives” forum held at the University of Guam, which gathered more than 250 people. The event served to educate individuals about what different organizations are doing to facilitate Guam’s political and cultural decolonization.
• A second Famoksaiyan conference held on April 20-22, 2007, in Berkeley and Oakland, California. Titled Famoksaiyan: “Our Time to Paddle Forward,” Summit on Decolonization and Native Self-Determination, the conference brought together more than three hundred people to share and learn about the struggles of indigenous people in the Pacific and the Americas.
As part of Famoksaiyan’s continuing commitment to the decolonization of Chamorro lands and lives, we are pleased to announce in cooperation with Chamorro Hands in Education Links Unity (CHELU) Inc.:
Guma’Famoksaiyan
Gathering our Strength for the Journey Ahead
Day 1 Friday, May 23, 2008 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Famoksaiyan Sustainability Meeting
CHELU Inc. Office
334 Willie James Jones Ave
San Diego, CA 92102
Day 2 May 24, 2008 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
I Salud i Taotao yan i Tano’
Joyce Beers Community Center
1220 Cleveland Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
Day 3 May 25, 2008 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ma’cho’cho’cho’ para i Mamamaila
Sons and Daughters of Guam Club
334 Willie James Jones Ave
San Diego, CA 92102
In times past, knowledge, skills, family and village histories were passed down to the younger generations through different guma’ or houses, such as the guma’saga’ or the family home, or the guma’ulitao, the bachelor’s house. In these spaces young Chamorros, would be given the crucial knowledge of their family, clan and village genealogy, and also be imparted the necessary skills for tasks such as planting, fishing, navigation, debate and weaving. Through this inter-generational sharing, young Chamorros would be prepared to be productive, respectful and active members of both their clan and their village.
As Chamorros and their islands face uncertain futures due to various economic, health, environmental, military and social concerns, it is crucial that we come together to work towards developing progressive solutions to these problems. This year’s gathering hopes to continue the spirit of our ancestors by creating a guma’famoksaiyan, or a house where we can nurture each other, grow and strategize ways to continue paddling forward. We will do this by first, providing presentations and facilitating discussions about fundamental issues that are affecting our people and our islands, whether it be health and diet issues, the impending military buildup, the reality of Guam’s physical environment, the decolonization of Guam and the plight of the Chamorro language. Second, in the hopes of building a more progressive and critical Chamorro / Guam community, we will also convene working groups to discuss different projects and strategies to creatively and effectively confront the existing problems that face our island.
Attending the gathering is free, however donations will be taken throughout the weekend. Please contact Michael Lujan Bevacqua (mlbasquiat@hotmail.com) or Leiana San Agustin Naholowaa (leiana@gmail.com) or visit the Guma’Famoksaiyan website at http://famoksaiyan.blogspot.com for more information.
Chamorro Hands in Education Links Unity, Inc. (CHE’LU) is the official fiscal sponsor of Famoksaiyan and the Guma’Famoksaiyan gathering in May 2008 in San Diego, California. CHE’LU is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and all donations made to Famoksaiyan are eligible for tax deduction. Neither CHE’LU nor Famoksaiyan support any political candidate, party or affiliation in compliance with the laws governing nonprofit institutions.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Airport Transportation
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Friday, February 8, 2008
Directions to SSB from Sheraton La Jolla - Campus Shuttle
1. Take UCSD Nobel Shuttle from La Jolla Village Center (Villa La Jolla Drive) to Mandeville Auditorium on UCSD campus. (Please see map below or ask hotel for directions to UCSD Shuttle stop.)
2. From Mandeville Auditorium walk straight north to Social Science Building. Please see campus map for more detailed directions: http://maps.ucsd.edu/Default.htm
For additional UCSD shuttle and city bus routes, please visit: http://blink.ucsd.edu/Blink/External/Topics/Policy/0,1162,11788,00.html
2. From Mandeville Auditorium walk straight north to Social Science Building. Please see campus map for more detailed directions: http://maps.ucsd.edu/Default.htm
For additional UCSD shuttle and city bus routes, please visit: http://blink.ucsd.edu/Blink/External/Topics/Policy/0,1162,11788,00.html
Directions to UCSD from Sheraton La Jolla - Driving
Sheraton La Jolla to Pangea Parking Structure
1: Start out going WEST on HOLIDAY CT toward VILLA LA JOLLA DR.
2: Turn RIGHT onto VILLA LA JOLLA DR.
3: Turn LEFT onto LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR.
4: LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR becomes N TORREY PINES RD.
5: Turn RIGHT onto PANGEA DR.
6: Turn RIGHT onto SCHOLARS DRIVE NORTH
7: Turn LEFT into Parking Structure
Pangea Parking Structure to Social Sciences Bldg (SSB)
1: Walk on Scholars Drive North towards PANGEA DRIVE
2: Turn LEFT onto Pangea Drive
3: Walk uphill on Pangea Drive.
4: End at SSB
Pangea Parking Structure to Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS)
1: Walk on Scholars Drive North towards PANGEA DRIVE
2: Turn LEFT onto Pangea Drive
3: Walk uphill on Pangea Drive past first Stop Sign.
4: Take your next left (a small road/fire lane). Go to the end.
5: End at CILAS (on the left-hand side).
1: Start out going WEST on HOLIDAY CT toward VILLA LA JOLLA DR.
2: Turn RIGHT onto VILLA LA JOLLA DR.
3: Turn LEFT onto LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR.
4: LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR becomes N TORREY PINES RD.
5: Turn RIGHT onto PANGEA DR.
6: Turn RIGHT onto SCHOLARS DRIVE NORTH
7: Turn LEFT into Parking Structure
Pangea Parking Structure to Social Sciences Bldg (SSB)
1: Walk on Scholars Drive North towards PANGEA DRIVE
2: Turn LEFT onto Pangea Drive
3: Walk uphill on Pangea Drive.
4: End at SSB
Pangea Parking Structure to Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS)
1: Walk on Scholars Drive North towards PANGEA DRIVE
2: Turn LEFT onto Pangea Drive
3: Walk uphill on Pangea Drive past first Stop Sign.
4: Take your next left (a small road/fire lane). Go to the end.
5: End at CILAS (on the left-hand side).
Directions to UCSD from L.A. - Driving
L.A. to Pangea Parking Structure, UCSD
1: Take I-5 S.
2: Take the GENESEE AVE exit- EXIT
3: Take the GENESEE AVE WEST ramp.
4: Merge onto GENESEE AVE.
5: Turn LEFT onto N TORREY PINES RD.
6: Turn LEFT onto THURGOOD MARSHALL LN.
7: End at [1-9] Pangea Dr,
La Jolla, CA 92037, US
1: Take I-5 S.
2: Take the GENESEE AVE exit- EXIT
3: Take the GENESEE AVE WEST ramp.
4: Merge onto GENESEE AVE.
5: Turn LEFT onto N TORREY PINES RD.
6: Turn LEFT onto THURGOOD MARSHALL LN.
7: End at [1-9] Pangea Dr,
La Jolla, CA 92037, US
Directions to Sheraton La Jolla from L.A. - Driving
1: Take I-5 S.
2: Take the LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR exit- EXIT 28.
3: Turn RIGHT onto LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR.
4: Make a U-TURN at LA JOLLA SCENIC WAY onto LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR.
5: Turn RIGHT onto VILLA LA JOLLA DR.
6: Turn LEFT onto HOLIDAY CT.
7: End at Sheraton Hotel La Jolla:
3299 Holiday Ct, La Jolla, CA 92037, US
2: Take the LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR exit- EXIT 28.
3: Turn RIGHT onto LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR.
4: Make a U-TURN at LA JOLLA SCENIC WAY onto LA JOLLA VILLAGE DR.
5: Turn RIGHT onto VILLA LA JOLLA DR.
6: Turn LEFT onto HOLIDAY CT.
7: End at Sheraton Hotel La Jolla:
3299 Holiday Ct, La Jolla, CA 92037, US
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Contact: Michael Lujan Bevacqua
futures0308@gmail.com
‘Postcolonial’ Futures in a Not-Yet Postcolonial World:
Locating the Intersections of Ethnic, Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies
Conference Will Look at the Futures of Indigenous, Ethnic and Postcolonial Peoples Across the World
(San Diego, February 10, 2008) On March 5-7, 2008, the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego will be hosting a conference titled “Postcolonial Futures in a Not Yet Postcolonial World: Locating the Intersections of Ethnic, Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies.” This conference will bring together scholars and activists from the United States and from around the world, who are engaged in organizing and scholarly work across ethnic, indigenous and postcolonial communities.
Traditionally, Ethnic Studies deals with minority peoples in first world nations. Postcolonial Studies is about the formerly colonized, now developing world. Indigenous Studies engages with communities that claim ties to land which the modern world rarely respects and they constitute nations, but are not nation states. Each of these disciplines is widely thought to be divided because of the specific segments of the global population they represent.
Yet across the world, these communities are far from divided, but rather exist entangled with each other. Indigenous people, while often numerical minorities are nonetheless fundamentally different than other ethnic minorities around issues of sovereignty, citizenship and immigration. Postcolonial nations, which were born from fiery revolutionary fervor, now assume the violence of their former colonizers, against indigenous peoples. At the same time, in places such as Central and Latin America, a resurgence of Third World Leftist politics is being accompanied by a resurgence of indigenous populism.
The goal of this conference is to bring scholars and practitioners from each of these disciplines, as well as those who work at the intersections of these disciplines, into conversation with each other, in hopes of finding better ways to address the structures and systems of violence which mark the contemporary world.
Our conference will open with a panel of representatives from different local organizations who will discuss the ways in which San Diego, fits into the theme of the conference by addressing issues related to immigration and borders, militarization, and local Native American tribes.
The conference is made possible through support from the following UCSD offices, departments and programs: Dean of Social Sciences, California Cultures in Comparative Perspective, Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor, Graduate Student Association, The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, and the Departments of Ethnic Studies, History, Visual Arts and Literature.
What: “Postcolonial Futures in a Not Yet Postcolonial World: Locating the Intersections of Ethnic, Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies”
Time and Place: Wednesday to Friday, March 5-7, 2008. Social Sciences Building and the Institute of the Americas Complex, University of California, San Diego
Admission: Free and Open to the Public
For more information please contact Michael Lujan Bevacqua at futures0308@gmail.com.
Keynote Speakers:
Angana Chatterji, California Institute of Integral Studies
Denise da Silva, University of California, San Diego
Vicente Diaz, University of Michigan
Jesse Mills, University of San Diego
Renya Ramirez, University of California, Santa Cruz
Chandan Reddy, Washington State University
Local Org. Panel:
Louis Guassac, Kumeyaay Border Task Force
Bernice Paipa, Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee
Andrea Guerrero, American Civil Liberties Union
Mshinda Nyofu, UJIMA Institute for Civic Responsibility
Contact: Michael Lujan Bevacqua
futures0308@gmail.com
‘Postcolonial’ Futures in a Not-Yet Postcolonial World:
Locating the Intersections of Ethnic, Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies
Conference Will Look at the Futures of Indigenous, Ethnic and Postcolonial Peoples Across the World
(San Diego, February 10, 2008) On March 5-7, 2008, the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego will be hosting a conference titled “Postcolonial Futures in a Not Yet Postcolonial World: Locating the Intersections of Ethnic, Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies.” This conference will bring together scholars and activists from the United States and from around the world, who are engaged in organizing and scholarly work across ethnic, indigenous and postcolonial communities.
Traditionally, Ethnic Studies deals with minority peoples in first world nations. Postcolonial Studies is about the formerly colonized, now developing world. Indigenous Studies engages with communities that claim ties to land which the modern world rarely respects and they constitute nations, but are not nation states. Each of these disciplines is widely thought to be divided because of the specific segments of the global population they represent.
Yet across the world, these communities are far from divided, but rather exist entangled with each other. Indigenous people, while often numerical minorities are nonetheless fundamentally different than other ethnic minorities around issues of sovereignty, citizenship and immigration. Postcolonial nations, which were born from fiery revolutionary fervor, now assume the violence of their former colonizers, against indigenous peoples. At the same time, in places such as Central and Latin America, a resurgence of Third World Leftist politics is being accompanied by a resurgence of indigenous populism.
The goal of this conference is to bring scholars and practitioners from each of these disciplines, as well as those who work at the intersections of these disciplines, into conversation with each other, in hopes of finding better ways to address the structures and systems of violence which mark the contemporary world.
Our conference will open with a panel of representatives from different local organizations who will discuss the ways in which San Diego, fits into the theme of the conference by addressing issues related to immigration and borders, militarization, and local Native American tribes.
The conference is made possible through support from the following UCSD offices, departments and programs: Dean of Social Sciences, California Cultures in Comparative Perspective, Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor, Graduate Student Association, The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, and the Departments of Ethnic Studies, History, Visual Arts and Literature.
What: “Postcolonial Futures in a Not Yet Postcolonial World: Locating the Intersections of Ethnic, Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies”
Time and Place: Wednesday to Friday, March 5-7, 2008. Social Sciences Building and the Institute of the Americas Complex, University of California, San Diego
Admission: Free and Open to the Public
For more information please contact Michael Lujan Bevacqua at futures0308@gmail.com.
Keynote Speakers:
Angana Chatterji, California Institute of Integral Studies
Denise da Silva, University of California, San Diego
Vicente Diaz, University of Michigan
Jesse Mills, University of San Diego
Renya Ramirez, University of California, Santa Cruz
Chandan Reddy, Washington State University
Local Org. Panel:
Louis Guassac, Kumeyaay Border Task Force
Bernice Paipa, Kumeyaay Cultural Repatriation Committee
Andrea Guerrero, American Civil Liberties Union
Mshinda Nyofu, UJIMA Institute for Civic Responsibility
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