A Showcase of Marshallese Cooking
Enrā Pantry debuted its first cooking video on YouTube in December and they are busy working on a second video. Melisa Laelan, founder of Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese, posted that Enrā Pantry will have pantry…
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RMI Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa began their Covid-vaccine programs in mid-December. However, the Marshall Islands became the first independent nation in the Pacific to begin distributing COVID-19 vaccinations with just a few…
Successful Repatriation of Essential Workers to Majuro
Some very encouraging news has been coming out of the RMI over these past couple of months. The border cases identified at the end of October, one active infection of COVID-19, was cleared to re-enter…
Caleb Klipowicz
Kajin M̧ajeļ: https://chikinmelele.com/caleb-klipowicz-2/ Iakwe everyone! My name is Caleb Klipowicz and I am a student at the University of Iowa where I study anthropology and public health. Anthropologists like me are interested in learning about…
TRUE Northwest Arkansas Bolsters Local Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts
TRUE Northwest Arkansas, a program through the Arkansas Community Foundation, is supporting the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts of 14 local organizations in Benton and Washington counties: BikeNWA, Circle of Life, Crystal Bridges Museum…
Joshua Manene
Joshua Manene was born in La Grande, Oregon in 1992 to his parents, Tolio and Ponciana Clanry. He grew up in Oregon until 2006, when his parents moved back to the Marshall Islands to become…
Rev. Jim Parrish, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville
Io̧kwe! Hello! I’m Rev. Jim Parrish, minister for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville, a city in northwest Arkansas (NWA). I’ve been the pastor there for six years, and my congregation and I are involved…
COVID Vaccines To Begin Distribution in the US Mid-December
A total of 313 people – 268 American workers plus 17 Americans and 28 Marshallese expected to be released from quarantine this week – have been repatriated to the RMI through Kwajalein as of November…
First Marshallese Group to Clear Quarantine Protocol for Repatriation This Week
As soon as there was community spread of the novel coronavirus outside of Asia, the RMI closed its borders. There has been discussion and debate all year surrounding the possible repatriation of essential workers to…
270 to Win – The Electoral College and President-Elect Joe Biden
With a projected 306 electoral votes and more than 75 million votes, Joe Biden wins the election to take office as the next president and Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States. The…