We Do Islands

Pohnpei Public Radio keeps listeners in Pohnpei and overseas informed and entertained photo

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Pohnpei Public Radio keeps listeners in Pohnpei and overseas informed and entertained. (www.youtube.com)

01/25/2024

Pohnpei Public Broadcasting Corporation and the V6AH radio station’s Commissioner Peterson Sam shares how the radio station will be strengthened by funding support from the Office of Insular Affairs, the public service programs they provide, and how they serve the public in Pohnpei, the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia and people overseas.

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CRAG and Coral Reef Management Fellowship photo

Web Reads: OIA Conversations – Motusaga and Valentine Vaeoso, CRAG and Coral Reef Management Fellowship (www.youtube.com)

01/25/2024

Sisters Motusaga and Valentine Vaeoso work for the Coral Reef Advisory Group, helping protect coral and ocean resources for their island home of American Samoa. They each belong to different cohorts of the National Coral Reef Management Fellowship program, funded by Interior's Office of Insular Affairs. These women celebrate the ocean every day, not just during the month of June.

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OIA Conversations - Guarding the Ocean and Protecting Natural Resources

Web Reads: OIA Conversations - Guarding the Ocean and Protecting Natural Resources in the Mariana Islands with MINA and Tasi Watch (www.youtube.com)

01/25/2024

With grant funding support from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) runs an ocean ranger program (Tasi Watch) and works with students to promote the protection of natural resources. Learn more about the MINA and their work in the Northern Mariana Islands in the full OIA Conversation with Program Manager Becky Furey.

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Highlight on Ocean Month with Nicole Yamase

Web Reads: OIA Conversations - Highlight on Ocean Month with Nicole Yamase, the first Pacific Islander to Descend to the Challenger Deep (www.youtube.com)

01/10/2024

In honor of Ocean Month, OIA shares this OIA Conversation Highlight with Nicole Yamase, a PhD candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is the first Pacific Islander to descend to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. She shares her thoughts on the Ocean and her gift from the expedition to the Department of the Interior Museum.

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