Micronesians United – Big Island
Aloha! Sirow! Mogethin! Alii! Ran Ennim! Kaselehlie! Paingkom! Iakwe! Sign up to get Free Fruit Trees, Planting Tools, and Supplies for your family and community. We are excited to launch the Grow Tree Grow Community Project—an inspiring new initiative that brings together the U.S. Forest Service, the Kaulunani Urban Forestry Program (DLNR Hawai‘i), and Micronesians United–Big Island (501c3) to support …
MU-BI congratulates Srue Wakuk (FSM) and Pearlnalin Anien (RMI) for being selected from a strong pool of applicants to be the first recipients of the MU-BI-sponsored Dr. Joakim Peter Memorial Scholarship. Each of them will receive a $1,500 scholarship and be the first participants in the A+JOJO Scholars Program to receive leadership development and mentoring support during their college career …
MU-BI is proud to support Oahu-based We Are Oceania (WAO) in their Micronesian Youth Summit (MYS). Modeled after MU-BI’s Pacific Youth Empowerment for Success (PacYES) youth conference, MYS also served Micronesian youth on Oahu. On March 7, 2020, members of the MU-BI Board joined MYS to officially launch the Dr. Joakim Peter Memorial Scholarship which MU-BI sponsors.
Micronesians United – Big Island (MU-BI) and several non-profit organizations in Hawaii; namely, Faith Action for Community Equity (FACE), The Learning Coalition (TLC), and We Are Oceania (WAO) – are co-sponsoring a research study to determine the feasibility of establishing a Micronesian-focused charter school or other educational programs in Hawaii. They have contracted a team of doctoral students in the …