Christmas in Dubuque
Finding a space large enough for a community event continues to be a challenge for the Marshallese community in Dubuque, Iowa. There continues to be fewer spaces available as the pandemic drags on. The more…
Articles by Melanie Carbine
Kōtōpar #StrikeTober
In English: https://chikinmelele.com/striketober/ Em̧ōj ke am̧ lo hashtag eo #StrikeTober ilo social media im ba, ta in? Elōn̄ jidāik (strike) ko m̧okta ak kōn elōn̄ļo̧k ilo Oktoba, jet armej ilo social media kar jinoin kōjerbali hashtag…
Koba Ippān Doon nan kenono kake ļapļo̧k in Kāām̧pōj eo an Jones Center
English: https://chikinmelele.com/campus-vision-community-event/ Iloan 8 allōn̄ ko remootļo̧k, eaar jinoe būļāān (plan) n̄an kōļapļo̧k kāām̧pōj eo an Jones Center ilo downtown Springdale. Rej jerbal ippān architect ro — kumi eo ej kōm̧m̧ane būļāān im pija in…
COVID-19 Springdale Update: Breakthrough Infections and Vaccinating Children
On the afternoon of Friday November 5, the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese hosted another COVID-19 Vaccine clinic at the Center for Nonprofits in the JTL shop in Springdale, Arkansas. Among the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese…
Leading the World in Climate Adaptation
Chikin Melele will be posting an exclusive from our bwebwenato with Selina Leem about her participation and presentation at the TED Summit Program and COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Selina was the youngest delegate to…
Campus Vision Community Event
Kajin M̧ajeļ: https://chikinmelele.com/koba-ippan-doon-ilo-jones-center/ Over the last 8 months, The Jones Center has been planning to expand the Jones Center Campus in downtown Springdale. They are working with Denver-based Landscape Architecture firm, Civitas Inc. In Phase…
Churches, Concerts and Apartments Host Pop-up Clinics
We saw as many covid-cases in August and September as we did last December and January. The coronavirus that we knew last year, that we thought we had learned how to live around, leveled up….
Ri tal n̄an aujpitōl kōn COVID-19
Kom̧m̧ool ñan ArkansasCovid kōn interactive graphs ñan loore ajedeed in COVID-19 im leto-letak wā ko ilo Arkansas. Daily COVID-19 Updates sourced from the ADH: https://arkansascovid.com/ Epojak wā in COVID-19 ko rekajoor ļo̧k n̄an riArkanjo ro…
Proud to be Marshallese – Celebrating Ṃanit Day
People in the Marshallese community in NWA gathered on the basketball courts outside the Jones Center last Saturday, September 26, 2021. Everyone celebrated the end of Ṃanit Week together. With a generous sponsorship from T-Mobile,…
M̧anit Day: More than a Day about Culture
The Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI) celebrated the start of M̧anit week by sharing the Marshallese culture with the people of Fayetteville, AR. MEI and the Fayetteville Public Library partnered to bring us this two-part cultural…