Micronesians United – Big Island
Congratulations to Punahou School students, Erin Nishi and Kainoa Maruoka, for their award winning video documentary, “No Aloha for Micronesians,” focusing on the health care disparities and social injustices facing Micronesians in Hawaii. The 5-minute project which features interviews with Dr. Neal A. Palafox, MD, MPH and Dr. Seiji Yamada, MD, MPH from the John A. Burns School of Medicine, …
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the 7th Annual PacYES Conference at UH Hilo will not be in-person this year. However, we have designed a new website where you can still find relevant information, video messages, resources. Our keynote speakers this year including Maui Policy Chief Tivoli Fa’aumu, Alvin Radford, Eva Abraham, and others will be interviewed and posted on our …
MU-BI congratulates Srue Wakuk (FSM) and Pearlnalin Anien (RMI) for being selected from a strong pool of applicants to be the first recipients of the MU-BI-sponsored Dr. Joakim Peter Memorial Scholarship. Each of them will receive a $1,500 scholarship and be the first participants in the A+JOJO Scholars Program to receive leadership development and mentoring support during their college career …
If you are looking for an informative article(s) on the experiences of the Micronesian immigrant community in Hawai’i, then check out Chad Blair’s 7-part Special Report called “The Micronesians” in the Civil Beat. Part 1: An Untold Story of an American Immigration : First we nuked their islands and then we took control of the whole region. In exchange, Micronesians …
MU-BI has formed a team to begin the long process of establishing a Micronesian culture-based charter school on Hawai’i Island called Navigating Success Academy. The idea was based on the MU-BI co-sponsored study entitled, “Feasibility Study to Establish a Micronesia Culture-based Charter School & Educational Programs,” conducted by a consultancy team from UH Manoa’s College of Education doctoral progrm. School …
The MU-BI co-sponsored research entitled, “Feasibility Study for a Micronesian Culture Based Charter School & Educational Programs,” led by our great consultancy team from UH Manoa’s College of Education’s Doctor of Education (Ed.D) program is one step toward becoming a reality. The final presentation was presented to MU-BI members at the Pacific Islander Student Center at UH Hilo on November …
MU-BI is proud to support Oahu-based We Are Oceania (WAO) in their Micronesian Youth Summit (MYS). Modeled after MU-BI’s Pacific Youth Empowerment for Success (PacYES) youth conference, MYS also served Micronesian youth on Oahu. On March 7, 2020, members of the MU-BI Board joined MYS to officially launch the Dr. Joakim Peter Memorial Scholarship which MU-BI sponsors.
Today over 66 years ago the world witnessed the first ever thermonuclear atomic bomb testing on Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands was the ground zero of US thermonuclear weapons testing program from 1946 – 1958, a span of 12 yrs. During this period -67 thermonuclear bombs were detonated — a total yield of which was equalled …
The Micronesians United – Big Island (MU-BI), Education Planning Committee invite all Hawaii Island parents from the FSM (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Yap), the Marshall Islands, and Palau to join us for a community presentation and discussion on the future of our children in Hawaii. Members of our consultancy team of researchers from UH Manoaʻs College of Education will present their …
Micronesians United – Big Island (MU-BI) and several non-profit organizations in Hawaii; namely, Faith Action for Community Equity (FACE), The Learning Coalition (TLC), and We Are Oceania (WAO) – are co-sponsoring a research study to determine the feasibility of establishing a Micronesian-focused charter school or other educational programs in Hawaii. They have contracted a team of doctoral students in the …