Episode 2 — Cecilia Cruz Bamba: Guam’s Champion for Land Claims & War Reparations

Memoirs Pasifika

English - March 29, 2021 16:35 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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Happy Women’s History Month and Mes CHamoru! You’re listening to the 2nd episode of Memoirs Pasifika, a podcast series exploring events, movements, and people in modern Micronesian history. In our second episode, Dr. Vivian Dames tells the story of one CHamoru woman, Cecilia Cruz Bamba, who courageously took on the U.S. federal government on behalf of Guam’s World War II survivors and their descendants by championing the causes of compensation for Land Claims and War Reparations.

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Interviewees:

- George Bamba Jr.

- Dr. Laura Marie Torres Souder

Music:

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