\n\t\t\t\tTinian Jr.\/Sr. High School teacher Moneka Deoro, left, Victoria Lola-Deleon Guerrero, middle, setting up for presentation with the assistance of tech information staff, right. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nWith this theme, Tinian women celebrated Women\u2019s Month in March with small events that highlighted the role women play in the home and in the community. The month was kicked off with the Mayoral Proclamation that declared women\u2019s empowerment, followed by later events such as the sponsorship of the Catholic Mass for Women, a Parade of Cultures, a Walk-A-Thon with the Red Cross on, and finally, a conference held March 30 and 31 with emphasis on two focal issues: \u00a0the Tinian Loves to Read Initiative and Militarization. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Drs. Souder and Betances, world-renown inspirational speakers, focused their presentations and discussions on \u201c bridging the island\/global divide\u201d which were well received by women, men, and high school students who attended the conference. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Dr. Souder emphasized the critical role of women in linking tradition, family, and their community to the global community. The links are viewed as the umbilical cords bridging these gaps.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour identity as people is determined by your mother language and your successful link to the global community is your ability to speak and articulate well in English as it is the global language\u2026\u201d Dr. Souder said. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Dr. Betances expounded by focusing on the importance of words in the early stages of a child\u2019s development and eventual success in school and life. \u00a0\u201cWords are noises pregnant with meaning\u201d and children need to learn and use them by reading to them or having them read at least 30 minutes a day, in addition to their reading time at school and home work. The Tinian women are committed to being a part of the children\u2019s intellectual growth as well as in their physical and emotional needs.<\/p>\n
Equally dynamic were the presentations of Dr. Natividad, a professor from the University of Guam, Guam Legislature Speaker Judy Won Pat, and Victoria Lola DeLeon Guerrero on Guam\u2019s experience with the military build-up and saving the village of Pagat, a Chamorro ancestral place from take-over by the military for live range\/artillery training activities. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Other presenters included Dr. Glenda George-Concepcion, CGC clinical supervisor, who spoke on the different parenting styles and its perception from different cultural influences and Lawerence Duponcheel, secretary for the Tinian Cattlemen\u2019s Association, and NMC CREES staff, who discussed the possible impact of militarization on cattle and crop productions. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Tanya King, a member of the Public School System Board of Education commented that \u201cthe presentations and the discussion in this conference are unequivocally the most thought-provoking out of all the conferences I have ever attended, and I attended many of them.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
15th Tinian Municipal Council executive director Joe P. Cruz said, \u201cThe information shared in this conference was powerful\u2014very powerful.\u201d The resident director for the Department of Labor, Jay San Nicolas, said, \u201cI did not know what to expect when I first came to this conference, but after hearing Dr. Betances speak about the role of men as full partners with equal responsibility in the family in this day and age, I now think that I need to stop thinking like a man\u201d. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The Tinian women will be collaborating with the Office of the Mayor and with all individuals, but especially with the young people to thoroughly review the Environmental Impact Study due for release this Friday, April 3, 2015.<\/p>\n
Copies of the CD of the conference will be available for sale. \u00a0Clips will be published on Youtube and subscribers may download copies for a fee through Youtube. \u00a0Detailed information will be announced following the final editing of the video.<\/p>\n
The Tinian women wish to extend their gratitude to all sponsors and donors of their events and look forward to building a strong partnership with the local businesses, government, and members of the Tinian community. After all, we must leave the conference, remembering words inspired by Drs. Betances and Souder, of the added value collaboration can yield in bringing autonomous agencies together in working towards a common goal. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cCool Women, Hot Issues:\u00a0Make it Happen.\u201d With this theme, Tinian women celebrated Women\u2019s Month in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":198487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3593,3594,200,67],"class_list":["post-198461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cgc","tag-mayoral-proclamation","tag-military","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}