September 2020

Poultry Workers Hit Hard by COVID-19 while Factories Lobbied to Remain Open

Community Journalism, English /

Olivia Paschal, a journalist in Northwest Arkansas, has been reporting on poultry processing workers.  Read the complete article first published by Facing South on August 20, 2020 and translated and republished with permission.  This is Part 2 of 4. Part 1 available here. When factory workers began to become sick from COVID-19, poultry companies took […]

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Talk with Your Racquet, But Play With All Your Heart

Community Journalism, English /

Written by Jabin Lewis Before all the chaos of the year 2020, the Marshallese Tennis Club of Springdale, Arkansas enjoyed spending their days training for sporting events and simply being in each other’s company. The Marshallese Tennis Club began in the year 2019 with less than twenty members. They have recently reached as many as

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Bathsheba Laraya

English, Wulio m Deo /

Iakwe & Hello to all. My name is Bathsheba Laraya, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Laraya and baby sister to Walton Laraya. One of my biggest accomplishments this year was entering the National American Miss (NAM) pageant representing Arkansas. I am proud to announce that I will be attending the NAM pageant as a contestant

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Sepe Bolkiem

English, Marshallese, Wulio m Deo /

On Sunday, September 13, 2020, we learned that Sepe Bolkiem had died of a heart attack. Her friends and family mourn her sudden loss. A friend and family member, whose youngest sister was adopted by Sepe Bolkiem’s family, and who had recommended her to her position at Parson Hills Elementary School, said that she was

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Ta Wōņāān JAB JITDAM Mōttan 1

Jabōn kōnaan, Jitdam Kapeel, Marshallese /

Kōmeḷeḷe jān William Swain Al en an J-Lik J-War ej ba: Ilo raan kein adro,Jej lo ke ejakoļo̧k,Mour im mantin aelōn̄ kein,Ko rej ad jolet im mweied,Jān ro mokta ļo̧k jān kōj Chorus: Libūbū, lajimmaJitdam kapeel ej jab bwe ilo n̄a;Kōn wōt aō jab pedped,ilo mour im mantin aelōn̄ kein. Jen jimor kūkki im dāpiji,Jabōn

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Government and Industry Ignored Local Community Impacted by COVID-19 Spread in Factories, Part 1

Community Journalism, COVID-19, English /

Olivia Paschal,  a journalist in Northwest Arkansas, has been reporting on poultry processing workers.  Read the complete article first published by Facing South on August 20, 2020 and translated and republished with permission.  This is Part 1 of 4. Riiti ilo Kajin Majel: Kien im Jikin Jerbal raar Kajekdon Jukjukun-pad eo ejoreen jen Ajedeed in

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