The ninth annual Chamorro Cultural Festival is one of the largest such annual gatherings of in the U.S. mainland and is organized by San Diego-based nonprofit Chamorro Hands in Education Links Unity (CHE’LU) to share the heritage and customs of the people from the Mariana Islands
This past weekend’s CHE’LU Chamorro Cultural Festival was just as identity-reaffirming as the last one three years ago that stirred my mahålang, moved me to tears and inspired me to
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Danny Blas, who teaches middle school history and social science at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, is excited to see his students again. Some students have had their Zoom cameras turned off this school year, so Monday will be the first time he sees their faces.
But Blas also is scared. He is vaccinated so he’s not scared about his own health, but his “worst nightmare” is if one of his students contracts COVID, he said.
“I wish there was a support group I could go to and just be able to have someone telling us, or someone telling me, everything’s going to be okay,” he said. “It’s just a very complex collection of thoughts and feelings and stresses.”