CHUNG IN THE CNMI

Sandy Chung is just back from an 8-day trip to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). In Luta (also known as Rota), she attended the Mina’dos na Konferensian Chamorro (2nd Chamorro Conference), where she presented a paper on Chamorro’s status as an endangered language. The conference was attended by Chamorro educators, students, government staff, and others interested in Chamorro language and culture; almost all of the presentations were in Chamorro. Thanks to Sandy’s co-author Manny Borja, who translated her talk beforehand, she too was able to give her paper in Chamorro. After the conference, Sandy and Manny ran a workshop for bilingual teachers in Saipan. Sandy’s and Manny’s trips were sponsored by the NMI Council for the Humanities. For some photos, go here.