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There's More to Islands ... OIA Conversations

There's More to Islands ... OIA Conversations

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Conversations about Islands featuring the U.S. territories and the freely associated states with a focus on OIA-funded programs and people whose work is relevant to American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Hosted by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Deputy Policy Director and Communications Lead Tanya Harris Joshua. OIA Conversation Series | #WhatWeDoIslands | www.doi.gov/oia | @InsularAffairs | #InsularAreas© 2023 There's More to Islands ... OIA Conversations Ciencia Política Política y Gobierno
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  • Tamar Corry of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Graduate of the Executive Leadership Development Program

    Tamar Corry of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Graduate of the Executive Leadership Development Program
    Jul 7 2022
    Tamar Corry of the U.S. Virgin Islands, talks about her experience in the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) hosted by the Graduate School's  Pacific Islands - Virgin Islands Training Initiative. Ms. Corry  speaks to what she learned in the process and how she applies this knowledge in her work today..

    Since 2008, the Office of Insular Affairs has supported the participation of young leaders from the Caribbean and the Pacific through a contract with the Graduate School to assist in developing and retaining the qualified and skilled staff needed to lead insular governments into the future. Implemented by the PITIVITI, the ELDP is funded through the Technical Assistance Program in the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs.
     
    Eligible applicants must submit applications under a competitive application process. For more information visit pitiviti.org.

    0:00 Introduction
    1:36 How she heard  about the ELDP program
    3:01: IGFOA, a program funded by OIA for finance officers
    3:26 How she applied
    4:33 Program classes and details
    8:08 What she learned about herself as a public servant
    11:06 Academic work in ELDP
    14:00 Pivoting in government work
    16:00 Cultural differences between Federal and Virgin Island cohort members
    18:38 What she disliked about the program
    20:30 Support from the Graduate School
    22:12 How the island areas of the Pacific and Caribbean differ from one another
    25:05 Updating the Travel Regulations for the Virgin Islands
    27:19: Advantages of a remote program
    31:10 How to apply
    32:20 Final words
    33:06 Conclusion

    OIA Conversations is a series of conversations with program managers, officials, or non-profit organization stakeholders whose work relates to the U.S. territories and the freely associated states. This OIA Conversation series serves to raise awareness and share information about people and programs in the U.S. territories and the freely associated states served by the Office of Insular Affairs.  For more information about the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, visit our website at www.doi.gov/oia, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @InsularAffairs, and like us on Facebook at InsularAffairs. Don't forget to click the subscribe button on this channel.
     
    The OIA Conversation series is currently supported by Theresa Wu, a UC Berkeley student serving as the OIA Summer 2022 Communications Intern.   

     Participation or mention in this program does not imply any specific endorsement and serves only to provide information. 
     
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    34 m
  • T'Nelta Mori of Guam, an alumna of the Pacific ELDP program and her work - an OIA Highlight

    T'Nelta Mori of Guam, an alumna of the Pacific ELDP program and her work - an OIA Highlight
    Jul 7 2022

    Guam's T'Nelta Mori is one of over 175 young public servants from the Insular Areas who have graduated from the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) and shares her impressions and experience in the program and her work on Capitol Hill for the Guam Congressman. Since 2008, the Office of Insular Affairs has supported the ELDP to assist the Insular Area governments with developing and retaining the qualified and skilled staff needed to lead insular governments. The ELDP is implemented by the Pacific Islands and Virgin Islands Training Initiative or PITI-VITI (www.pitiviti.org) and is funded by the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs.

    Introduction
    0:53 About the ELDP program 
    2:13 Working for the Guam Congressman 
    3:43 Closing thoughts on working on Capitol Hill
    Find the full conversation on Buzzsprout, Soundcloud, and YouTube

    The Chamorro music for this video, Music Esti Ha Bida, was borrowed from Minanq670 - Chamorro Music Esti Ha Bida on Soundcloud.com. Images provided courtesy of T'Nelta Mori, pitiviti.org, and sannicolas.house.gov. 

    The OIA Conversation series is hosted and produced by the Office of Insular Affairs. Participation or mention in this program does not imply any specific endorsement.  

    For more information about the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, visit our website at www.doi.gov/oia, follow on Twitter @InsularAffairs, and like OIA on 
    Facebook.

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    5 m
  • T'Nelta Mori, an alumna of the Pacific Executive Leadership Development Program shares her perspective on the program and her work.

    T'Nelta Mori, an alumna of the Pacific Executive Leadership Development Program shares her perspective on the program and her work.
    May 16 2022

    Guam's T'Nelta Mori is one of over 175 young public servants from the Insular Areas who have graduated from the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) and shares her impressions and experience in the program and her work on Capitol Hill for the Guam Congressman.

     Since 2008, the Office of Insular Affairs has supported the ELDP to assist the Insular Area governments with developing and retaining the qualified and skilled staff needed to lead insular governments. The ELDP is implemented by the Pacific Islands and Virgin Islands Training Initiative or PITI-VITI (www.pitiviti.org) and is funded by the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs.

    0:00 Introduction and ELDP program overview
    2:18 What is unique about the program? 
    4:34 The impacts of COVID 
    5:05 ELDP guest speakers 
    6:55 Island area representation and diversity in the cohort 
    9:26 The meaning of “blue continent” 
    10:00 Working for Guam and the Pacific Island region 
    12:38 Process of passing legislation 
    15:38 Growing up in Guam 
    17:33 Transitioning out of COVID
    18:22 Celebrating the 78th Guam Liberation Day 
    18:40 Where to find the website and social media accounts 

    The Chamorro music for this video, Music Esti Ha Bida, was borrowed from Minanq670 - Chamorro Music Esti Ha Bida on Soundcloud.com. Images provided courtesy of T'Nelta Mori, pitiviti.org, and sannicolas.house.gov. 

    The OIA Conversation series is hosted and produced by the Office of Insular Affairs. Participation or mention in this program does not imply any specific endorsement.  

    For more information about the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, visit our website at www.doi.gov/oia, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @InsularAffairs, and like OIA on Facebook.

    Participation or mention in the OIA Conversation Series does not imply any specific endorsement and is meant to provide awareness and information about OIA-funded programs.  

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    21 m
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