Guam Communications Network

Accomplishments

2000

1999

  • Gopi 1999
  • Tan Chong Padula Humanitarian Awards
  • Matson's Seafaring Traditions of Micronesia
  • 1st Annual Chamorro Film Fest
  • 3rd Annual Fiestan Chamorro

1998

  • Pacific Islander Woman's Breast Cancer Early Detection Program
  • Chamorro Community Tobacco Education Program
  • Participant, Cancer and Pacific Islander Research Project

1997

  • Co-founding agency, Media Alliance for Pacific Islanders (MAPI)
  • Co-founding agency, Pacific Islander Health Care Project Advisory Council
  • Participant, API's CAN conference Sacramento
  • Member, Asian & Pacific Islander Task Force for Healthy Babies NOW
  • Member, Asian & Pacific Islander Task Force on Teen Pregnancy
  • Member, Partnered for Progress
  • Member, Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Breast Cancer Early Detection Task Force
  • Member, Orange County Breast Cancer Partnership
  • Basta Chumupa Smoke-Free Home/Vehicle Campaign
  • TEAM CHAMORRO, Pull-Apart Chasis Racing Team (1st Place Winners, Inaugural Smoke-Free Grand Prix)
  • Participant, APPEAL Building New Mountains Conference, Hawaii
  • Participant, APIAHF Voices Conference, San Francisco
  • Presented, "Recycle the Wedding Dress" Exhibit
  • Established, The Chamorro Traditional and Folk Arts Program
1996
  • Produced "Nana's Kitchen Table" a tobacco education video documentary
  • Co-founder Hale'-ta I Chamorro Cultural Performers
  • Produced 2nd Annual Fiestan Chamorro
  • Produced "Lil Quipooie's Viewing Room", public-access TV Show
  • Participant Los Angeles County Arts Open House '96
  • Founding Agency, Chamorro Community HIV/AIDS Task Force
  • Founding Agency, Chamorro Community Planning and Advisory Council
  • Co-founding agency, Asian & Pacific Islander Tobacco Control Coalition
  • Member, Asian & Pacific Islander AIDS Education Caucus

1995

  • Presented "Tun Segundo Blas: Master Storyteller and Woodcarver" folk art exhibit
  • Presented "Memories of Nana" photo essay
  • Produced 1st Annual Fiestan Chamorro
  • Published Galaide News Magazine
  • Created "Lil Quipooie Club" yo
  • uth storytelling program
  • Participant Los Angeles County Arts Open House '95
  • Organized Chamorro youth volunteer performers
1994
  • Co-host "Emerging Communities in the South Bay", a community forum sponsored by LEAP (Leadership Education for Asians/Pacifics Inc.)
  • Participant, 5th Annual Pacific Islander Festival
  • Produced video documentary "From the Eyes of Our People: Recalling WW2 on Guam"
  • Created A Living Cultural Display of N
  • atve Chamorro History and Artifacts
  • Established The Chamorro Arts and Cultural Center
  • Established The Chamorro Reference
  • Center
  • Presented "La Sangri Yama", photo essay by Toni Ramirez in conjunction with Guam Huma
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  • ities Council
  • Published GCN Newsletter

1993

  • GCN established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation
  • Created Chamorro Information Directory (CID)
  • Created Guam Emergency Support and
  • Assistance Team (GESAT)
GCN Funders

Past & Present

The Administration for Native Americans

The Guam Visitors Bureau

Continental Airlines

Nortel

Island Cargo Consolidators

The Robert Gumbiner Foundation for the Arts

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Los Angeles County Tobacco Control Program

Asian & Pacific Islander Tobacco Education Network

Asian & Pacific Islander Tobacco Control Coalition

Partnered for Progress

Appeal

Charles Schwab & Co.

Special Services for Groups

L.A. Link

The Orange County Breast Cancer Partnership

California Arts Council

Micromedia

Autodesk