A Journey Home: Camp Roxas and Filipino American History in Guam

February 14: The Ilonggo's Story: Return to Camp Roxas, A Sizzle Reel with Dr. James Sobredo, Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies from California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Sobredo is the son of a former Camp Roxas member, as well as an expert on Asian American immigration history.

February 28: Cockfighters, An Untold Triumph, Strange Land and Remember the Boys, A Film Montage with Stephanie Castillo, a Hawaii-based Filipino American Filmmaker.

Ms. Castillo is an EMMY award-winning independent filmmaker, and has completed many award-winning documentaries since beginning her documentary film work in 1989. Her growing body of work captures and explores diverse perspectives of Filipino American immigrant stories and ancestry, as well as Native Hawaiian histories. She will present scenes and lead discussion on several of her films. Cockfighters explores the subculture of cockfighting from the point of view of American cockfighters. An Untold Triumph: The Story of the 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, U.S. Army, narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips, was her father’s regiment. Strange Land is a short film on her mother, a WWII war bride who left the Philippines to come to America with her soldier husband from Hawaii. Remember the Boys is a short film and tribute to Domingo Los Banos, a Veterans of Foreign Wars chaplain and WWII war buddy to the men he served with as a teenager. Click here to view the flyer for this event. Note: You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in your computer.

March 13: Manongs, a film by Linda Mabalot, Manongs, is a documentary highlighting the stories of Filipino Americans who immigrated after World War II.

All events will take place at the War in the Pacific National Historic Park, T. Stell Newman Visitor Center at 6:30 pm.

A Journey Home will run from February 7 to March 21, 2008 at the Isla Center. Center hours are Monday through Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Admissions is free. Donations are appreciated.

GUAM HUMANITIES COUNCIL 2008 GRANT CYCLE—Call for Proposals

The Guam Humanities Council is calling for proposals for its 2008 grant cycle. Proposals specifically for humanities-based projects aimed at a public audience will be considered. Grant forms and guidelines can be picked up at the Council’s office located on the first floor of the Reflection Center in Hagåtña, beginning December 19. Forms in Portable Document Format (PDF) will also be available for download from www.guamhumanitiescouncil.org beginning Dec. 19.

A grant writing workshop will be offered Jan. 5, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Council office. There is a $25 fee for participating in the workshop. Registration deadline is Dec. 29, 2007. Preliminary proposals are due on Feb. 8, 2008, and final proposals are due on March 7. Please submit applications by mail to Program Officer, Guam Humanities Council, 222 Chalan Santo Papa, Reflection Center Suite 106, Hagåtña, GU 96910.

At this time, applications cannot be submitted online. Grant awards will be announced the first week of April 2008. For more information contact Dominica Tolentino at 472-4460/61 or dominica_ghc@teleguam.net.

ENVISIONING THE PACIFIC

Ekungok Yan Atan (Listen and Look): Stories for Guam
Outrigger Guam Resort, Fort San Jose Ballroom
Thursday, November 29th
6:00pm – 9:30pm
Admission: $25 per person

The Guam Humanities Council continues to celebrate its 16th anniversary by presenting Ekungok yan Atan (Listen and Look): Stories for Guam , the third in a series of three events of Envisioning the Pacific that focuses on the use of visual media to document and effectively communicate cultural experience. Envisioning the Pacific also highlights the diverse contributions of the Council and its community partners to provide quality humanities programs for the people of Guam.

Ekungok yan Atan: Stories for Guam focuses on modern day storytelling as a dynamic and relevant means of cultural expression. As our society has moved into the digital age, storytelling continues to be an important technique to create vivid and vibrant pictures of our past in order to preserve our culture and history. The evening will showcase a selection of visual media, artistic renderings and dramatic performances that demonstrate storytelling through Guam's different historical eras and the integration of modern and ancient genres of Guam's oral traditions. Featured storytellers include Mel Borja, Peter Onedera, Antonia Castro, Bal Aguon and Jay Pascua. The evening will conclude with the premiere of a short film on the Chamorro creation story I Tinituhon: Puntan yan Fu'una , to be featured on Guampedia, a long-term online encyclopedia project of the Council.

The Council kicked off the Envisioning the Pacific series on September 13, 2007, at the Outrigger Guam Resort, with our first event, entitled, From L. A. to Guam: Alex Muñoz, Chamorro Filmmaker to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience. Our second event, Micronesia Sound Waves , was held in October and featured the work of musical artists from our region, including Maria Yatar McDonald, Patrick Palomo, Last Minute and Parker Yobei. Micronesia Sound Waves conveniently tied in with our current tour of the Smithsonian Institution exhibit New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music , which is here until November 10 in historic Inarajan village.

For further information call Monaeka Flores at 671.472-4460/1 or e-mail her at monaeka_ghc@teleguam.net.