Slides to my keynote speech at the Northwest Educators / Leadership Summit 2012 at Weipat High School on Onoun Island.

1. Northwest Educators Symposium
2012
Vidalino Raatior, M.A.
Director, Pacific Islander Student Center
University of Hawaii at Hilo

2. TirowWomi
I. Tirowwomi ach Samol me aramasenlon ach
eimwiichkichsipweachocho fan
anukuunpwungunfonu.
Korus: Fan iten ach Samol me lapalappwe ii chon
nemeneikichkichsipweachocho fan
anukunpwungunfanu.
II.
Tulongeifaanamwarenfonuachkopwesepatauureni
epwennuketemwokutsaosupwang.
III. A siwilmwuusipweachochoalapalo ach
angangtumunuepwenuuketemwokutsaaosupwan

3. Agenda
 Introduction [Ngang Io?]
 Our Islands [Fanuarh], Our People [Piloorh], Our
Responsibility [Wiisarh]
 Yes We Can [Ewer Kirh Man Tongeni]!
 Next Steps [EpweIfa]?

4. Vidalino Raatior
1) Ainang: Pwaraka /
Alengeitaw
2) Education: Masters
3) Work: Xavier HS, Santa
Clara Univ. Univ. of
Hawaii at Hilo
4) Vision: eChuukation
5) Hope: Our Islands! Our
People! Our
Responsibility!

5. Education
 Latin root: educere = from within, leading forth
 Good educators = bring forth, pull from within a
student.
 Educere =
 Yes We Can [Ewer Kirh Man Tongeni]!

6. IfaNenien Sukul?
Old New
Education eChuukation
Tradition Progress
Wisdom Energy
Mirit Tipachem
Experienced Credential
Community Schools
Preservation Change

7. Our Islands [Fanuarh]
1) Spaniards,
Germans, Japanese,
Americans
“discovered”
2) Micronesia, our
own!

8. Our People [Piloorh]
1) Migration
2) Hipweangangfenge
n!

9. Our Responsibility [Wiisarh]
1) American
Education
2) ChuukeseeChuukat
ion

10. Northwest
Leadership
Our next steps?
1) Take charge of our own
2) Claim our rights to good
schools
3) Get everyone involved
4) Demand actions from
state, national leaders
5) Teach our own