Fanachu Archives: Episode 12 (2017): Save Litekyan: Environmental Stewardship in the Marianas

From the Fanachu archives - here is the twelfth ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. 

Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam.

For this episode, Manny spoke Joni Kerr and Sabina Flores Perez, community activists who were founding members of what would later become Prutehi Litekyan/Save Ritidian and today known as Prutehi Guåhan. The group was formed by a coalition of organizations, activists, families and scholars who were all seeking at the time to protect the Litekyan (Ritidian) area from becoming part of the Surface Danger Zone (SDZ) for the US military's proposed firing range. The conversation also focused on issue of indigenous rights and environmental stewardship in the Marianas. 

This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on February 12 2017. 

Look out for more episodes from the archives as continue to migrate Fanachu content to new platforms.