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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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,…
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…
A week after Stroll the Atoll, a smaller group of people gathered in Shiloh Square. This time they were adorned not with flowers and shells but rather with gloves and garbage bags in hand. They…
MEI (Marshallese Educational Initiative) recently hosted a series of events, Our Shared Nuclear Legacy, June 29-July 1 including a youth day, commemoration and equity panels. With a critical discussion of nuclear testing, climate change, the…
Many other pressing issues were raised in the JuneTown Hall meeting, including the impact on mental health, increasing drug use, and the difficult process of applying for Medicaid. We were glad to hear from representatives…