{"id":248438,"date":"2017-03-17T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=248438"},"modified":"2017-03-17T06:00:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T20:00:59","slug":"maisie-tenorio-late-dolores-ichihara-marciano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/maisie-tenorio-late-dolores-ichihara-marciano\/","title":{"rendered":"Maisie Tenorio, late Dolores Ichihara Marciano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-248438 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/maisie-tenorio-late-dolores-ichihara-marciano\/dolores-marciano\/'>Dolores-Marciano<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-248442'>\n\t\t\t\tThe late Dolores Ichihara Marciano will be hailed for her tremendous contribution to cultural promotion and preservation. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/maisie-tenorio-late-dolores-ichihara-marciano\/maisie-tenorio\/'>Maisie-Tenorio<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-248443'>\n\t\t\t\tMaisie Tenorio is this year\u2019s Imperial Pacific\u2019s R.I.S.E. Women in History honoree for public service. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Two women will be recognized for their contributions over the years at today\u2019s R.I.S.E. Women in History Awards Ceremony, which is organized by Imperial Pacific International\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility as part of the CNMI\u2019s Women\u2019s Month celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Maisie Tenorio is this year\u2019s Imperial Pacific\u2019s R.I.S.E. Women in History honoree for public service and the late Dolores Ichihara Marciano will be hailed for her tremendous contribution to cultural promotion and preservation.<\/p>\n<p>Tenorio, the late Marciano, educator Paulette Tomokane-Sablan, healthcare advocate Margarita Torres-Aldan and the late pioneering businesswoman Escolastica Cabrera are the five recipients of the pioneering R.I.S.E. Women in History honors that will also unveiled today at a 10:30am at the Pacific Islands Club.<\/p>\n<p>R.I.S.E. Women is defined as Respected, Inspired, Strengthened, and Empowered Women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Service award<\/strong><br \/>\nTenorio, who is being recognized for her contributions and unbending stance against domestic and sexual violence, tells of her journey in the field of public service: \u201cTo me, public service is all about community service. Everyone is involved in public and community service if they work to create a better Commonwealth for everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you work for a private company, the government or a non-profit organization, working toward the common good is everyone\u203as responsibility,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Tenorio\u2019s first venture in public service was in high school as part of the Saipan Youth Council, the group that advocated for the creation of the CNMI Youth Congress. She has also signed up several other groups promoting youth issues.<\/p>\n<p>While in college, she expanded her focus toward working with children, volunteering as a mentor in a program that served youth with disabilities, among others.<\/p>\n<p>When she returned home to Saipan as a college graduate, she volunteered in various community activities including at the House of Manhoben, which was then ran by Karidat. She was also part of a group that worked to create the CNMI Youth Alliance, a non-profit organization and served on the board of the Micronesian Youth Services Network.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, Tenorio was invited to attend a meeting with a group that was committed to ending domestic violence and sexual assault.\u00a0That was the start of Tenorio\u2019s lifelong commitment to the anti-violence movement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffective public\u00a0service work means to be passionate about what you do and to do it to the best of your ability, whether you are a counselor, police officer, wholesaler, baker, wait staff, caregiver or mason,\u201d Tenorio noted.<\/p>\n<p>She believes that every single person has the power to impact others around them and effect change in the world.\u00a0It is like the concept of paying it forward.\u00a0\u201cKindness, hope and courage are contagious. If everyone focused on passing it on, we\u203ad have one amazing community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of her team, she shares some words of wisdom to women everywhere: \u201cAt the Coalition, our message to women and girls has always been \u00abYou are enough. You matter. You are valued and you deserve respect.\u00bb \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is quite an honor that there are members of our community who value the work of the Coalition. While we will continue to passionately serve the CNMI without accolades and\u00a0recognition, it feels good to know that our work to create a violence-free CNMI is recognized,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Tenorio is executive director of the Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arts and Culture award<\/strong><br \/>\nThe late Dolores Ichihara Marciano is the recipient of R.I.S.E. Women in Arts and Culture honor for the promotion and preservation of the local culture through education and performing arts.<\/p>\n<p>Marciano is credited for promoting both the Chamorro and Refaluwasch cultures through her teachings and work at the then-Department of Education, Chamorro Bilingual Program, CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine) religious education and as a songwriter and choreographer for the sunset cruise dancers.<\/p>\n<p>Upon graduating from Hopwood Intermediate School in 9th grade, she went into teaching.  She attended the San Jose State University and University of Guam before moving to Hawaii to attend and receive her bachelor\u2019s dgree in Elementary Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  <\/p>\n<p>Her children recalled their upbringing with their \u201cMom Ling\u201d and how they consider her as their \u201csuperwoman.\u201d  They saw the \u201cstrength of a woman\u201d in their mother.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cMy mom got me interested in education,\u201d said daughter Luella. \u201cMy mother wrote short stories in Chamorro and translated fairy tales like Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and oral history tales such as the Sleeping Lady, which she heard from my paternal grandfather, David Marciano.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The late Dolores Marciano also wrote few books of her own. Her daughter recalls how her mother, after obtaining her bachelor\u2019s degree, moved back to Saipan to teach. She was a Chamorro bilingual curriculum writer until she became the district\u2019s director of the program. <\/p>\n<p>After getting off work at the then-Department of Education, she would also teach class at the Northern Marianas College. After her NMC class, she would go home and start her dance lessons for children ages 5 and up.<\/p>\n<p>Son Gordon Marciano has fond memories of his mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had to make so many sacrifices while she was raising us. My father was in Guam working and she was working and going to school at the same time so, to make things easier, my siblings and I split the house chores,\u201d Gordon Marciano remembers.<\/p>\n<p>One unforgettable moment was when his mother brought them to the zoo and spoke to them in the Chamorro language while they replied in the Carolinian language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSundays it was a must for us to go to church. This is where we would meet other Chamorros and Carolinians. She always reminded us about never forgetting who we are and that even though we were in Hawaii, we are not Americans but Chamorros and Carolinians from the CNMI, added Gordon Marciano.<\/p>\n<p>In Hawaii, Dolores Marciano\u2019s children grew up around bilingual-speaking women that included the late education commissioner Dr. Rita Hocog Inos, Carmen Taimanao, and Dr. Ebert-Santos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she was still around today, the message she would express to her fellow educators would be to strive and to continue. Start early and do not stop. Do not lose the bilingual program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another daughter, Leilani, express her profound appreciation for honoring their late mother.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe want to say thank you to all the people who want to honor my mother. Thank you for perpetuating my mother\u2019s songs and dances. It really means a lot to us and I\u2019m sure if she was here, she would be saying the same thing.\u201d <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two women will be recognized for their contributions over the years at today\u2019s R.I.S.E. 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