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Jerrold Dwayne Castro is a Chamoru Fine Artist who currently works as an adjunct professor at the University of Guam. He incorporates themes of culture, history and identity into his work drawing out the complexities of the Chamoru experience and context. Learn more about the way he explores the concept of inafa’maolek in this episode.

This episode premiered on Facebook and YouTube on October 18, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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Artist John A. Kurtz was stationed in Guam from 1963-1964 and was befriended by the family of Tun Eloy Benavente in the village of Dededo during his time on island. He took hundreds of images of the family and life in the village, which was still rebuilding after Typhoon Karen. In 2022 he donated these images to the Guam Museum and for this episode he shared some of the background from the images and his time in Guam.

For this episode Mr. Kurtz is joined by some of the children of Tun Eloy Benavente, who still remember him from his time on Guam, and also help provide context for the places and people captured in the images. Julie Benavente Flores, Dorothy Mae Benavente Frank, Roman Benavente and Francisco Benavente. 

This episode premiered on Facebook and YouTube on September 27, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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This episode of Fanachu featured author and PhD student at UC Santa Cruz Kyle Galindez who shared his research focusing on the connections between militarization, urban development and imperialism in Guam.

This episode premiered on Facebook and YouTube on September 7, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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This episode of Fanachu features Dr. Alfred Peredo Flores who is discussing his new book "Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962" published by Cornell University Press. 

Alfred P. Flores is an assistant professor of Asian American Studies at Harvey Mudd College. His expertise is on diaspora, labor, indigeneity, militarism, oral history, and settler colonialism in Micronesia. He is the author of Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944-1962 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2023). His previous work has appeared in Amerasia Journal, American Quarterly, Critical Ethnic Studies Journal, Okinawan Journal of Island Studies, and Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History.

This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and premiered on YouTube and Facebook on November 15, 2023.

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The Decolonization Conversation, the movement to change Guam's political status to something other than being a territory, was first started in the late 1960s. One key site in this movement has been the United Nations, where Guam is on a list of 17 non-self-governing territories that have yet to be decolonized. Since 1982, Chamorus have traveled to the UN to testify about the state of affairs in their island before the global community and remind the United States about its obligation to Guam to support the territory and its people towards genuine self-government.

For this episode of Fanachu, Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua provides a brief history of Guam/Chamoru activism at the United Nations. This episode premiered on September 15, 2022 on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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On this episode of Fanachu, Independent Guåhan's media and solidarity committee co-chair, Annie Fay Camacho returns to the podcast with Pairourou (Master Navigator) Melissa Taitano! Join Annie and Melissa as they talk story about their journeys in seafaring, the importance of connection, and their love for the canoe house and community.

This episode premiered on Facebook and YouTube on October 25, 2023. It was produced and hosted by Annie Fay Camacho. 

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This episode of Fanachu features Yo'åmte and CNMI Cultural Icon Siñot Donald Mendiola as guest discussing his life teaching the Chamoru language and culture, especially through traditional healing and medicine.

This was a Fino' Chamoru episode and premiered on Facebook and YouTube on September 7, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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Tori Manley Speaking guest hosts this special episode of Fanachu titled "Individual Impact Matters" and talks with activists Maria Balbin and Kaity McManus. 

You can follow Tori Manley Speaking on Instagram @Currynt_Leaf_a_Barefoot_Tori https://www.instagram.com/curryntleaf_a_barefoot_tori/ 

Resources from Maria: 
Follow Maria Balbin on Instagram @mulberry.maria 
https://www.instagram.com/mulberry.maria/

 Follow G3 on Instagram @guamgreengrowth https://www.instagram.com/guamgreengrowth/ 
Follow GSC on Instagram @gusustainable https://www.instagram.com/gusustainable/ Guahan Sustainable Culture Website https://gusustainable.org/ 

AmeriCorps Guahan Sustainable Culture Application: My AmeriCorps - Home Page https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=100709 Follow irecycle on Instagram @irecycle.guam https://www.instagram.com/irecycle.guam/ 
Guam Solid Waste Services to properly dispose of trash on Guahan: Welcome to Guam Solid Waste Authority | Guam Solid Waste Authority https://www.guamsolidwasteauthority.com/ 

Resources from Kaity: Follow Kaity McMannus on Instagram @micronesianmermaid https://www.instagram.com/micronesianmermaid/ 
Varo- Guam (5/5 Stars Reccomended) https://www.varoguam.org/ 
Peace Prize Nominee Hope Cristobal on the Guam Daily Post https://www.postguam.com/news/local/uniting-peoples-generations-for-peace-and-justice-hope-cristobal-is-nobel-peace-prize-nominee/article_2cafea6a-aa81-11ec-95ec-73aa10fff095.html 
Guam Homeless Coalition https://guamhomelesscoalition.org/ 
Guam Oasis Empowerment Center https://pacificregionresources.org/organizations_detail/?organizations_id=261

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This episode of Fanachu! featured a panel of active learners of the Chamoru language, who shared their experiences and their journeys in learning Chamoru and embracing more of their heritage. All of the guests have been students in Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua's free zoom Chamoru classes offered each Saturday. 

Fanachu has hosted multiple episodes with Chamorus seeking to learn their native language, who share their language learning journeys. As more than 80% of Chamorus in the world today cannot speak their native language, it is important to normalize and nurture the learning of Chamoru, not mock those who weren’t taught the language growing up.

This episode featured as guests Patricia Pocaigue Beuke, David Taitingfong, Natalie "Pachang" Velasco and Charlie and Avery Selk. It was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and aired live on August 31, 2022. 

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This Fanachu! featured Josephine Ong, doctorate student at UCLA and member of the group Filipinos for Guåhan. She discussed her scholarly work and the historical and contemporary intersections between Filipino activist histories and contemporary struggles for sovereignty and decolonization in Guam.

This episode originally aired on August 24, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua.

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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