U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in partnership with the Hawaii County Immigration Services Office, and Catholic Charities Hawaii General Immigration Services, invites you to attend our Immigration Information Sessions from Wednesday, September 16, to Thursday, September 17, 2015. All sessions are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Please share this invitation widely with your colleagues, friends, and relatives in …
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Help Typhoon Maysak Victims
Click on photos to enlage. Photo credits: Brad Holland, Anthony C. Tareg, PMA [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”3″ gal_title=”Yap – Typhoon Maysak”] Excerpt from Red Cross International: “On 27 March, super typhoon Maysak brought widespread destruction to islands across the Federated States of Micronesia, killing five people and leaving thousands displaced from their homes. Chuuk and Yap States bore the brunt of the …
Film Screening & Panel – At Home While Away
Micronesians United – Big Island (MU-BI) and UH Hilo’s Pacific Islander Student Center (PISC) are sponsoring a screening of the newly released film, “At Home While Away” on Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 5:00 PM at UCB 100 on the UH Hilo campus. The free screening will be introduced by Nathan Fitch the filmmaker who will be part of the …
Immigration Office Outreach to Marshallese Community on Big Island
The County of Hawaii Immigration Information Office invites all citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to a special outreach event on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 10:00 – 12:00 pm at the West Hawaii Civic Center, Community Meeting Hale (Bldg G) located at 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy in Kailua-Kona. Services to be provided include: I-9 Information I-94 Replacement …
Emiliana Musrasrik to Speak at UH Hilo on Migration & Human Trafficking Issues
MU-BI is co-sponsoring the upcoming presentation by Ms. Emiliana Musrasrik coordinator of the IOM-funded Migrant Resource Center (MRC) located in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Emi will focus on the UN-sponsored International Organization for Migration who’s mission is “committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society” and the work at the MRC. All …
COFA Community Health Care Plans Sign Up Day
Event: COFA Health Care Day Date: Saturday, January 24, 2015 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: UH Hilo, Pacific Islander Student Center, Campus Center 307 (Free parking) Cost: Free MU-BI is co-sponsoring this event with the Pacific Island Student Center at UHH, community church leaders, and Hawaii Health Connector to help our COFA community members on the Big Island …
8th Annual Meeting – November 15, 2014
Join us for MU-BI’s 8th annual gathering with the them, “Moving Forward.” We will update you on our accomplishments this year, discuss ways to work together to keep our community moving forward through education, healthcare, jobs! There will be free health screening, election for new Board Members, and our usual potluck. Please bring a dish to share. Open to the …
Pacific Islander Youth Career Day 2014
MU-BI is proud to be a major sponsor along with the Prosecutor’s Office, Councilman Greggor Ilagan, and the Pacific Islander Student Center of the 2nd Annual Pacific Islander Youth Empowerment Summit focusing on career and college readiness. The successful conference occurred on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Hilo as part of the national Make a Difference Day. …
Shared Cultural Values & Social Etiquettes
MU-BI has released a summary of some of the shared cultural values and similarities across the Micronesian regions of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau (ROP). These were presented by a panel comprising of some of the MU-BI Board of Directors during the conference entitled, “Serving Youth and Families: …
FSM Consulate General in Hawai’i Office Visit
FSM Consulate General in Hawai’i Office Visit Saturday, September 27, 2014 1:00-3:00 pm University of Hawaii at Hilo, Campus Center Room 307 (Pacific Islander Student Center) Staff from the Federated States of Micronesia Consulate General Office in Honolulu will be visiting Hilo to help FSM citizens apply for or renew FSM passports, register to vote in the upcoming FSM national government elections, …