Kevin is a community-based researcher who in his doctoral studies created Pasifika Strong, a multi-national census of Pacific Islander community organizations in the continental US. There are SO many organizations doing great work. The census data will be anonymized, aggregated, and released back to us in the community next year in December 2023. To facilitate the timely release […]
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Thank you Michael Mapa for believing that the Marshallese can aspire to more. This past election, we also had our first Marshallese candidate on the ballot. Michael Mapa ran for a seat on the Quorum Court, a legislative body of county government that has 15 members called Justices of the Peace who are elected every
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This election the office of governor was open for new candidates in Arkansas to run. Governor Asa Hutchinson, being term limited, will be finishing his second term in office as state governor and handing over the position to Governor-Elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Although more than half of the states allow for the re-election of a
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Pasifika Strong, a multi-national census of Pacific Islander community organizations in the continental US, created by Kevin Lujan Lee in his doctoral work. There are over 400 organizations already in the census. The census data will be anonymized, aggregated, and released back to us in the community next year in December 2023. To facilitate the timely release of this
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Like the Olympics, midterm elections happen every two years but alternate between winter and summer sports. The midterms elect new members of Congress – not a new president. They happen in the middle of the president’s four-year term of office. In 2020, the balance of power swung over the Democrat party with the election of President
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We also have been watching Alaska which has ranked voting. With 95% votes counted, Alaska has one Senate and one House seat that has not yet been decided. Sen. Murkowski (R) running for re-election won 43.3% of the vote and Kelly Tshibaka (R), endorsed by Trump, received 42.7% of the votes. With ranked voting, however,
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Bwebwenato in juon sponsored article jān the Jones Campaign. Read in English – Who is Chris Jones? View video recordings in Marshallese and English – Full Interview. Juon bwebwenato ippān Chris Jones, eo ej karreelel n̄an kabna eo an Arkansas. Kwomaron̄ bout ilo Oktoba 24 – Nobōm̧ba 8. Im Chikin Meļeļe ej kajjitōk ippān: wōn
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Bwebwenato in juon sponsored article jān the Jones Campaign. You can watch the broadcast segment in Marshallese and more from the interview in English below. Chikin Melele focuses on news of interest to Marshallese in Arkansas and other communities in the US. If you are interested in advertising with us or sponsoring a news story,
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Albious Latior, who had been renting space in the back of a furniture store for his congregation to worship until this past year, now has an office at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and they conduct worship services Sunday evenings out of the building. Through this shared use, the Marshallese congregation are able to host kemem
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With the discovery of two cases of community transmission in Yap on August 16, 2022, the Governor temporarily suspended work for all government non-essential workers and closed all schools for August 17-22 to prepare emergency response. Within the following 3 days, there had been 13 new cases reported. With the lead time following the COVID
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