by Dr. Vid Raatior | Nov 15, 2015 | Blog, Featured Article, Social Justice
Update: June 5, 2017 – This article was originally posted in December 2011 when the film was first released. I am re-posting it because the film is once again showing on PBS and the stupid Trump Administration has decided to pull out of the Paris Accord. Yet,...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Education, Featured Article, Youth
Our Navigating Success – 3rd Annual Pacific Islander Youth Empowerment conference for high school students of Pacific Island ethnicities was a complete success. What I started with our Marshallese Iakwe Club and a few colleagues from the Division of Student...
by Vid | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog, Social Justice
I invite all my friends, colleagues, and family near and far to support Island Soldier, a film documentary project that was recently launched on Kickstarter. Directed by my friend Nathan Fitch, former Peace Corps Volunteer in my country of the Federated States of...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog, Education, Featured Article
I am blessed to be part of a consultancy team of doctoral students at the College of Education at UH Manoa who are working with several Hawaii-based Micronesian-serving clients on a project to study the feasibility of establishing a charter school focusing on...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Aug 19, 2014 | Blog, Education
The FSM Congress recently appropriated $20,000.00 to fund scholarships for students from the Northwest region of Chuuk State. This is by far the largest amount set aside to help students from the small and remote outer islands of Pattiw, Pafeng, and Namwonweito. But...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jun 5, 2014 | Blog, Youth
The other day, I interviewed Tracy Kaleikehaulani Nakanelua Poch as part of the Pacific Students Media team’s “What’s Our Story?” project to combat negative stereotypes and misinformation about Pacific Islanders in Hawaii. Tracy has been in the...
