Independent Guåhan May General Assembly
Independent Guåhan continues village outreach with Malesso’ General Assembly, will focus on local leadership and ingenuity For Immediate Release, May 23, 2017 – In their continuing efforts to educate the island community about decolonization, Independent Guåhan will be holding their monthly General Assembly at the Malesso’ Recreational Center on May 25th from 6:00-7:30 P.M. This month’s assembly continues a village-based outreach initiative, where the group brings informational resources and critical conversations about independence as a political status option directly into the island’s villages. At each General Assembly, Independent Guåhan choose a Maga’taotao or elite person to be honored. For the May assembly, the group will recognize the courage of Jose “Tonko” Reyes, who during the closing days of the Japanese occupation of Guam, organized a group of men from Malesso’ to rise up and kill the Japanese soldiers holding the village captive. Like the brave and