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….
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…
Consul General Eldon Alik convened a town hall meeting last June to share updates on projects in the community. He also introduced the new Vice Consul Gerrick Kelen and newly organized non-profit AenEmmaan. The group’s…
The Greek alphabet, the precursor to all modern European alphabets, has been around for about 3000 years. Adapting the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted of only consonants, the Greeks added a few more symbols, such as…
In a recent conversation with Consul General Eldon Alik about covid and this past year, he recounted a clever turn of phrase in one of many meetings. He was encouraging everyone to get vaccinated and…