COVID-19 Update: Omicron
The new coronavirus variant of concern, the Omicron variant, has mutated in such a way that it is overcomes immunity from past infection or vaccination. It likely spreads just as easily as the Delta variant,…
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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…
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…
#StrikeTober
Ilo Kajin M̧ajeļ: https://chikinmelele.com/kotopar-striketober Maybe you’ve seen the hashtag #StrikeTober on social media this month and thought, what’s going on? There have always been strikes but because of the increase in October, some people on…
Jambo n̄an Evansville, Indiana
When I was 19 years old I left my home in Plano, Texas to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. For nearly a year I served in Evansville, Indiana…
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….
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…