Keep the Spot Open for our Manamko
Sometimes, I wonder if all people that are using the handicapped parking spots, have the proper documentation in their vehicles at all times: a placard or a license plate. The other day I went to…
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Community Support for Vaccination Outreach in Hawaii
February, 1st, 2022, Honolulu, HI Marshallese Community Organization of Hawaii Press Release On Saturday, January 29th, the Marshallese Community Organization of Hawaii (MCOH) hosted a COVID-19 vaccine clinic that drew record numbers of participants in…
Chuuk Independence II
A scheduled Chuuk Independence referendum that was to be held in Chuuk this year, all seems to be forgotten. But that may not be the case, it might just be the appearance on the surface. Matt Kuor, a…
Climate Adaptation – Cold Weather
Two major winter snow and ice storms hit the south particularly hard in February 2021 causing 237 confirmed fatalities, most of which were in Texas. The Category 3 winter storms (February 13-17 and February 15-20)…
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,…
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…
