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CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Island Life, People and Places, Politics and Government, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life

We Are Guåhan

 

In 2006, the United States and Japan signed an agreement known as the Roadmap for Realignment Implementation. This bilateral agreement initially involved the realignment of some 8,600 marines from bases in Okinawa, Japan to the US territory of Guam in what would be the largest military buildup in the region since World War II. In addition to the relocation of marines, land would be needed to accommodate live round weapons training, as well as housing for military personnel, families and laborers.

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CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Island Life, People and Places, Politics and Government, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life

OPI-R: Organization of People for Indigenous Rights

 

Although Chamorros have a long history of resisting the different colonial administrations that have governed the island, the latter decades of the 20th century are marked by the emergence of formalized indigenous activist groups. These groups mobilized to addressed the island’s ongoing colonial status.

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CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination, Civic Society, Contemporary Guam Era, Contemporary Guam: Politics, Historic Eras of Guam, Island Life, Language, People and Places, Politics and Government, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life

PARA-PADA

 

CHamoru activism in the 1970s. In the 1970s, several CHamoru activist groups organized to resist both local injustices and United States colonialism on Guam in general. PARA-PADA was formed from two activist groups that merged together and operated outside the traditional political leadership circles on Guam.

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Contemporary Guam Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Island Life, People and Places, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life

Chamorro Roots Genealogy Project

 

The vision of the CHamoru Roots Genealogy Project, Hale’ CHamoru, is to be the premiere portal of CHamoru genealogy, where CHamoru, both in the Marianas and abroad, can have access to a centralized repository of genealogy information. The goal of the project is to contain as much accurate and relevant genealogy information on the CHamoru people of the Mariana Islands.

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Contemporary Guam Era, Guamanian Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Island Life, Modern Guam Rises, People and Places, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life

Guam Women’s Club

 

The Guam Women’s Club was the first women’s organization on Guam. It was founded in February of 1952 and formally incorporated as a non-profit organization on 10 March 1953. The original incorporator members included Patricia M. Ehrhart, Betty Pilgrim, Bethia C. Sessions, Phyllis H. Tyng, Melba Shriver, Isabel T. Guzman and Agueda I. Johnston.

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Contemporary Guam Era, Historic Eras of Guam, Island Life, People and Places, Villages, Heritage Sites and Island Life

Guam Legal Services Corporation

 

Guam Legal Services Corporation (GLSC) was established on Guam in 1979 to provide civil legal assistance to people with a low-income on Guam. It is a grantee of Legal Services Corporation (LSC), a private nonprofit corporation established by the US Congress in 1974 to fulfill the nation’s goal of securing equal justice for all.

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