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CHamoru Medium Education Consortium
The urgency to revitalize and reclaim the CHamoru language is even more critical as we will lose a vast majority of our most fluent speakers in the next 10‭ ‬years‭.‬ It is not too late‭. ‬We can still do something about this crisis if we band together across political and ideological lines to provide the needed resources to leverage and‭ ‬enhance current efforts and build a sustaining institutionalized framework for‭ ‬CHamoru Medium Education‭.‬

To this end, a CHamoru Language Educators Consortium was convened to research, discuss, and propose such a platform for reversing this catastrophic linguistic trend in our trajectory as the Taotao Tåno’ spurred by Legislative Resolution No. 69-73 (COR) introduced by Speaker Therese M. Terlaje and Senator Chris Barnett. The Consortium was charged with recommending “…how the full development of CHamoru Language education and instruction in Guam can be supported by each of these (participating Consortium stakeholders) government and private entities.”

The Consortium has met on a monthly basis since its inception in the Fall of 2022‭ ‬and in a two-day Planning Retreat on October 17‭ & ‬18‭, ‬2023‭ ‬to clearly articulate the‭ ‬vision‭, ‬mission‭, ‬and philosophy of a viable structure for implementing a coordinated‭,‬ sustainable CHamoru Medium Education strategy for Guam‭. ‬

The Consortium is made up of individuals working towards the perpetuation of‭ ‬the CHamoru language and culture‭.‬ The Consortium committee members are‭:‬

Chief Hurao‭, ‬Inc‭. ‬dba Chief Hurao Academy
Anna Marie B‭. ‬Arceo‭ ‬
Ma’ina Diego

GDOE Faneyåkan Sinipok‭, ‬CHamoru Studies Division
Jimmy S‭. ‬Teria

GCC, Nina’fitme Fina’nå’guen Fino’ CHamoru Program, English Department
Simone Bollinger

UOG‭, ‬CHamoru Studies Program
Dr‭. ‬Kisha Borja-Quichocho Calvo

Kumisión i Fino’ CHamoru yan i Fina’nå’guen i Historia yan i Lina’la’ i Taotao Tåno’
Dr‭. ‬Laura M‭. ‬Torres Souder

Members proposed the establishment of a Public Foundation‭, ‬Inetnon i Fina’nå’guen yan Ineyak i Fino’ CHamoru  ‬as the most viable organizational structure to institutionalize CHamoru Medium Education‭. ‬This proposal was submitted to‭ ‬Speaker Terlaje of the 37th‭ ‬Guam Legislature for consideration and legislation‭.‬ No legislative action has been taken todate.

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