Micronesians United – Big Island

Micronesians United – Big Island (MU-BI) is a Hawaii-based nonprofit organization with the mission of empowering Micronesians for greater self-reliance, and to educate Micronesians and the Big Island community about their respective cultures, rights, and...
My Beloved Nation Turns 33!!!

My Beloved Nation Turns 33!!!

May 10, 2012 commemorates the 33rd anniversary of the birth of my beloved nation of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). In a special letter to citizens and friends of the FSM, Mr. James A. Naich, who represented the Northwest Region in the last two FSM...
Valuing our Chuukese-ness

Valuing our Chuukese-ness

Last week I co-facilitated a Leadership Institute for the senior leadership in the Chuuk State Department of Education. While I learned a lot from my co-facilitators Fr. Arthur Leger, SJ, Ph.D., and Mr. Destin Penland,  I left Chuuk feeling like I gained much more...

Justice for Micronesians

The article entitled, “The Case for Justice for Micronesians in Hawaii” by Victor Geminiani, published in today’s issue of the Honolulu Civil Beat is worth reading. The Executive Director of the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice...

Cuthbert Connects Weipat

By Bill Hagen In January 2012 a fully functional, internet connected, computer lab was set up at WeiPat High school on the island of Onoun in the Namonweito Atoll of Chuuk State, FSM. In a partnership between The Cuthbert Project and Guam Community College, funded by...