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The Guam Humanities Council Trains 18 Facilitators for Community Conversations on the Military Buildup Project
The Guam Humanities Council trained 18 facilitators last month, for their project entitled, 8000, How Will It Change Our Lives: Community Conversations on the US Military Buildup on Guam. The project is funded through a grant through the We The People Initiative, from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project will encourage island residents to examine the impact of the relocation of military personnel and their families to Guam in 2014. While the potential effects of the buildup are still being debated, the Council’s overarching goal with the “8000 Project” is to provide a space in which a diversity of voices and opinions that speak to the upcoming military transfer can be heard. Their aim is to involve residents from diverse village settings in addressing various issues related to the anticipated military buildup in Guam, which may include ethnic group relations, labor and economic interests, public safety, health, education, social welfare and land resources. Last month, the Council brought to Guam master trainer, Dr. Deva Woodly, who conducted a facilitators training workshop utilizing the “civic reflection model.” Eighteen facilitators are now trained to convene community conversations throughout the island. The civic reflection model is an innovative approach that has been successfully implemented by other humanities councils to engage citizens in discussions of humanities-based issues that affect civic life. Through civic reflection, individuals are invited to step into a hospitable space where they may think and discuss with others the values and choices we make while living together as a community. Conversations begin with a focused discussion of a selected reading, poem, film or other text. Facilitators guide the participants through a reflection process that encourages critical analysis, asking questions, and self-expression. At this time, the Council is announcing an open call to the public for anyone who may be interested in participating in these conversations, which will be provided at various venues and with several community groups island wide. To sign up or for more information, please contact Monaeka Flores at 472-4461 or email monaeka_ghc@teleguam.net.
2nd Annual Y Tinaotao 5K Run 
The Guam Humanities Council is excited to present the Second Annual Y Tinaotao 5K Run. The historically themed run follows a course in Hagåtña, taking runners to various sites from different periods of Guam's past. The Y Tinaotao 5K will raise community awareness and greater accessibility to the Council’s diverse humanities programming, while highlighting our island’s history and encouraging an active lifestyle among our residents. Runners and walkers will be treated to cultural presentations along the route while identifying significant sites highlighted on the course. The course will kick off at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Agana Cathedral-Basilica, circle past Ninth Street in Anigua, and end at the Skinner Plaza in Hagätña. The first 500 finishers will receive commemorative t-shirts and all participants will have the opportunity to win raffle prizes. The top 3 finishers (male and female) in 8 categories will also receive awards. A $200 donation will be awarded to a student body organization from the school with the highest number of registered participants. The Guam Humanities Council is a local nonprofit organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are dedicated to providing educational and foundational resources for the people of Guam through a variety of quality humanities-focused programs and activities. Our mission is to promote the humanities—the study of history, culture, language, religion, politics, law and other aspects of human experience—as a means to encourage island residents to think reflectively on important issues that affect our lives. The proceeds from the Second Annual Y Tinaotao 5K Run will be used to support the Council’s various community programs. The Second Annual Y Tinaotao 5K Run will take place on Saturday, September 26. Show time is at 5:00 am, go time is at 6:00 am. The early entrance fee is $7 per person or $25 for a family of four. The entrance fee on race day is $10 per person. Registration forms and race numbers will be available at the Guam Humanities Council. For more information, please call 472-4461/0 or email Cathy at cathy_ghc@teleguam.net.
 The Guam Humanities Council, in partnership with Isla Center for the Arts, is sponsoring an Educators Workshop for Picturing America, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities aimed at strengthening the teaching, learning and study of American history through art. Developed with the American Library Association, Picturing America uses images of some of the most significant and iconic artworks representing the unique and diverse experiences of the nation and its peoples. The images used in the program are from a diverse collection of artworks and artists, including Winslow Homer’s The Veteran in a New Field (1865), Louis Tiffany’s stain glass image of Autumn Landscape—The River of Life (1923-4), Dorothea Lange’s famous Depression Era photograph of Migrant Mother (1936), and James Karales’ stirring image from the American civil rights movement, Selma-to-Montgomery March for Voting Rights (1965). Each image is accompanied by a description of the artwork and the artist, as well as associated teaching activities designed for elementary, middle and secondary school students. The workshop series will be held in August 2009 at the Isla Center for the Arts on the University of Guam campus in Mangilao, Guam. Velma Yamashita, Director, Isla Center for the Arts, will conduct the workshops. While the workshops are open to teachers from the Guam Public School System, due to limited space, the workshops are limited to two representatives per school. For more information about Picturing America, visit www.picturingamerica.neh.gov. To learn more about the educators workshop series, contact Monaeka Flores at monaeka_ghc@teleguam.net or call the Council at 472-4461. Click here for Workshop Information.
Coming to Guam in Summer 2009: Key Ingredients: America by Food A Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Maila ta fan boka!
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The Guam Humanities Council (GHC) is pleased to announce a special Guam tour of Key Ingredients: America by Food, an exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution. Developed as part of the Museum on Main Street (MoMS) program, Key Ingredients explores the connections between Americans and the foods they produce, prepare, preserve and present at table. From hotdogs to laulau, pierogies to tacos, fiestas to Thanksgiving dinner, Key Ingredients presents a provocative and thoughtful look at the historical, regional and social traditions that merge in everyday meals and celebrations. Through a selection of artifacts, photographs and illustrations, Key Ingredients examines the evolution of the American kitchen and how food industries have responded to the technological innovations that have enabled Americans to choose an ever wider variety of frozen, prepared and fresh foods. The exhibition offers a multitude of opportunities for hosting organizations to link their own collections and local food specialties to the panoramic story told in the exhibition. Designed for institutions that lack regular access to traveling exhibitions due to space and cost limitations, MoMS exhibits such as Key Ingredients are particularly aimed at small institutions in rural areas and underserved communities.
Museum on Main Street is a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the Federation of State Humanities Councils (FSHC). Different humanities councils in the 50 states and territories are eligible to host a MoMS exhibition tour. Key Ingredients is the second exhibition hosted by the Guam Humanities Council, the first being the debut tour of New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music, which opened in April 2007. To learn more about Museum on Main Street and Key Ingredients, check out 