by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jun 28, 2016 | Blog, Education, Featured Article
A college education is a big investment in money, time, energy, and resources for any high school graduate. For the Pacific Islander students who are afforded the chance to leave the relative calm of their home islands in pursuit of a college degree, this experience...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Dec 16, 2015 | Blog, Education
As we prepare for the new year amidst climate change summits and anti-immigrant sentiments from Republican presidential candidates, we pause to reflect on our lives as Micronesians in these United States. In this season of giving, our community continues to suffer...
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 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...
