Elizabeth Mailo founder of Mana Community Support Services (MCSS), speaks of her work with mana health, and how its important that we stay well for the benefit of those that we try to help.  Liz shares her story, her struggles, her healing, and her passion for her work, especially working with our local community where there is so much stigma and less awareness within families to help support family members with mana health issues.  

Elizabeth (Liz) Mailo, founder of Mana Comunity Support Services(MCSS)

Co-host:  Judy Matautia, Marilyn Ho Ching, Frances Thomsen (Alliance staff)

Learn how using Poetry Slam can help participants create safe spaces to talk about domestic and sexual violence, as well as other important issues.  Hear from Avery Maloata, Poetry Slam participant perspective on the difficulties of connecting with parents and their children.  The impact of technology and its role in cyberbullying promoting hate in today's youth.  He shares the difficulty of being Samoan to be respectful, in the days of cyberbullying and technology.  

 American Samoa Community College students Avery Maloata and Eleanor Sogialofa.

(Co-hosts:  Judy Matautia and Mona Uli)

Learn as we talk about Intimate Partner Violence, what that is, and the difference between domestic and family violence in American Samoa.  We focus on cultural view to domestic violence, what is the Va Tapuia and how impacts domestic and sexual violence.  Learn more about what the word "bystander" means, and how the kids at Tafuna High School helped.  We encourage those to participate and learn more about domestic violence to combat violence. 

Through this discussion, you will learn about colonization in American Samoa, and how it impacted the Fa'aSamoa.  We share about our matai systems, the change our gender roles through religion and whats the impact of DV in American Samoa

What it's like doing advocacy work in Samoa and American Samoa.