A Life of Chamoru Activism with Siñora Lani Tydingco Bordallo

In the early 1970s a diverse coalition on Guam formed to challenge and protest the transferring of the Sella Bay Area in southern Guam over to the US military in order to build an ammunition wharf. This coalition included educators who largely came from the US, to members of the Guam Legislature by Senator Paul Bordallo and also a group of young Chamorus who publicly protested in the name of indigenous rights and protection of land. One of those protestors was Siñora Lani Tydingco Bordallo. She joined for this episode of Fanachu to talk about her life of Chamoru activism and how she brought her sense of community advocacy into the classroom as well. 

This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and originally aired on April 19, 2023. The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.