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Interior Celebrates Native Hawai’ian and Pacific Islander Communities (www.doi.gov)

05/24/2021

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities make our nation more vibrant through a diversity of cultures, languages, and religions. The President’s Proclamation on Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Island Heritage Month is a call to reflect, as a nation, on these communities’ monumental contributions toward building and sustaining our country, our national character, and our rich heritage.

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Web Reads: OIA Conversations – U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia Carmen G. Cantor (youtu.be)

05/12/2021

Ambassador Cantor shares her work towards strengthening United States and Micronesia relations while leading two Embassy teams from Guam. Stranded on Guam for months along with several Embassy staff, and residents of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Ambassador anticipates return to Pohnpei on the 1st humanitarian/repatriation flight provided by the U.S. Coast Guard in mid-May.

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Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Nicole Yamase, the First Pacific Islander to Descend the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench (youtu.be)

05/06/2021

Meet the first Pacific Islander to descend into the Challenger Deep the deepest part of the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Ms. Nicole Yamase, a PhD candidate at the University of Hawaii, who hails from the Federated States of Micronesia, accompanied scientist Victor Vescovo on March 11, 2021 to descend into the Challenger Deep and made history.

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Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Former Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen of the U.S. Virgin Islands (youtu.be)

05/03/2021

Meet the first woman elected by the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands to represent the territory in the U.S. House of Representatives and the first woman physician in Congress. Former Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen shares thoughts on years advocating at the national level for health equity in communities of color, managing COVID-19 mitigation, vaccination tourism, the insular cases, and more.

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