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Community Support for Vaccination Outreach in Hawaii

COVID-19, English /

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 the heart of Waipahu. MCOH partnered with other local non-profits, including nurses from Project Vision, as well as the Hawaii […]

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Icy Weather through Thursday in Southern States

Climate Adaptation, English, Marshallese /

Another winter weather system is moving east from Texas bringing ice, sleet, and snow to the region. The current winter weather alerts will impact nearly 40 million people in Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and West Virginia. Monday and Tuesday January 30 and 31, several airports in Texas, including Dallas Love, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and Houston Bush

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Executive Orders Target Radical Left Agendas and Prohibits the X in Latinx

Community Journalism, English /

In the first week of taking office, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed several executive orders one of which establishes a policy regarding the use of “Latinx” in government documents. The executive order, signed on January 10, 2023, claims to “respect the Latino community by eliminating culturally insensitive words from official use.”  It requires that

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Chuuk Adapts to Life after COVID-19 Resuming Goodwill Games and Holiday Celebrations

English, Island Life /

With quarantine protocols still in place through the end of October, the school year had just started in Chuuk and the State Government was working to complete renovations on the main hospital in Weno.  However, that was quickly curtailed with the Chuuk State and FSM Government announced confirmed community transmission of COVID-19 in Chuuk, the

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What to Know about Mpox

COVID-19, English /

Kajin Ṃajeḷ: chikinmelele.com/kojjela-mpox Last summer I remembered hearing about some kind of monkeypox that could become the next pandemic.  After a few weeks though it fell out of the news cycle.  As it turned out, monkeypox was neither the next COVID or the next AIDS.  It is not even primarily spread by monkeys, so the World Health

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Ta in kōjjeḷā kōn Mpox

COVID-19, Marshallese, News Publications /

Kajin Iñliij: http://aejemjem.comwhat-to-know-about-mpox/ Jemar 2022 ewōr nuuj kōn juon kij etan monkeypox im ekar wōr kauwōta ekāāl in pandemic.  Ak ālikin jet iien, ejjeḷọk bar nuuj. Kiiō, etan in mpox ekkar ñan World Health Organization.  Ewōr meḷeḷe eḷapḷọk ilo Kajjitōk ko Ekkūtkūt an Oregon Health Authority. Ilo 2022, ewōr nañimej in Mpox ilo 110 laḷ akō ilo US

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Mauna Loa

English, Island Life /

Mauna Loa has been erupting for the past week. The first eruption since 1984, the volcano erupted on November 28, Hawaiian Independence Day when Hawaii was recognized as a sovereign kingdom in 1843. The ongoing lava flow is now about two miles from reaching the main highway. An attempt to redirect the lava flow is

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Koṃṃool Consul General Alik

Community Engagement, English, Wulio m Deo /

Consulate General Eldon and Anita Alik have spent the last five years representing the RMI Consulate in Arkansas. Their leadership has been exceptional in building up the community, encouraging a growth of community work, and responding to the health crises and natural disasters. The Consul General along with the Marshallese COVID-19 Taskforce communicated regularly with

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