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2011: Year in Review
Saturday, December 31, 2011 10:29
This year was an eventful year for We Are Guahan. The organization helped organize over 11 hikes to historic sites on Guam, announced a high school scholarship program and enjoyed a historic legal victory against DOD in the lawsuit to save Pagat Village. We Are Guahan would like to extend a dangkulu na Si Yu’us [...]
Joint Press Conference For Pågat Lawsuit Update
Thursday, November 17, 2011 21:29
We Are Guåhan, the Guam Preservation Trust and the National Trust for Historic Preservation will be holding a press conference on November 19, 2011 to discuss recent developments in the Pågat lawsuit. The press conference will be held at the Lujan House at 10am and streamed live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/we-are-guahan. You can view early news coverage [...]
DoD Announces Another EIS
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 19:46
DoD has recently published notice of a new EIS to establish a “divert” runway. Scoping meetings will be held this week on Guam at the Barrigada Community Center and the Dededo Mayor’s Office on Thursday and Friday, from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. More information about the EIS can be found at this website.
Request Access to DoD Sites
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 19:40
DoD is now accepting comments it will use to develop a “Public Access Plan” to cultural sites on DoD property. A few sites that DoD has previously identified: (1) Haputo, (2) Almagosa Springs / Falls, (3) Fena Village, (4) Sumay Village, (5) Spanish Steps, (6) Tweed’s Cave, (7) Orote Point. You can submit comments here [...]
Upcoming Public Forum on Diego Garcia, Guam & Pagat Lawsuit
Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:04
Community Events: The Division of Social Work, in partnership with the Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice will be sponsoring two public forums at the CLASS Lecture Hall in the Fall semester: 1) September 28th (5:30-8:30PM)- Public Forum titled, “Islands of Shame: Base Displacement from Diego Garcia to Guahan”. Speakers: Dr. David Vine, Department of [...]
Scoping Meetings Announced for New EIS
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 16:30
The Department of Defense recently announced its “Notice of Intent” for the use of explosives and sonar in the Mariana Islands. ”Resource areas that will be addressed because of the potential effects from the Proposed Action include, but are not limited to, ocean and biological resources (including marine mammals and threatened and endangered species), terrestrial [...]
Miss Guam World Contestant Raises Over $2K for GAPSS Scholarship Program
Friday, September 2, 2011 14:26
We Are Guåhan would like to acknowledge and thank poet and Miss Guam World contestant Alissa Eclavea for kicking off our GAPSS Scholarship Program fundraising by raising OVER $2000 to help high school juniors cover pre-college expenses such as SAT testing and college applications which they otherwise might be unable to afford! You truly went above [...]
We Are Guåhan Announces GAPSS Scholarship Program
Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:08
This school year, hundreds of juniors and seniors are looking at what options they have after graduation. Many of these students come from families who cannot afford to pay for basic things such as registration fees for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (“SAT”) and college application fees. Most scholarships and financial aid are not available until [...]
Donate Today!
Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:05
Support We Are Guahan: Please specify what program or programs you want to support with a donation: 1000: General Donations – Your donation will support all We Are Guahan programs such as our Heritage Hikes, Clean-ups and Education Initiatives. 2000: Prutehi Yan Difendi Campaign – Your donation will support the Prutehi yan Difendi Campaign, the [...]