They stand at the Micronesia Mall and Agana Shopping Center. They visit Infusion Coffee & Tea branches and farmerâs markets. They hang outside of Ross Dress for Less and post flyers at food vendors.
They are researchers seeking answers for the 2021 Guåhan survey, a project to survey 650 CHamorus by Aug. 15. Their target? One percent of the CHamoru population, as counted in the 2010 census.
âThe survey is a broad survey about what the CHamorus care about, what they think about and what they want for their future,â said Kevin Lujan Lee, co-principal investigator of the project and doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lee grew up in Malaysia but hails from the Capili family in Barrigada.