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, but it causes more breakthrough infections, which is when someone who has been vaccinated develops symptoms (usually milder symptoms). According […]
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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 than 2,000 Marshallese that live in Iowa, in the city centers of Dubuque, Waterloo and Ottumwa, are finding new spaces
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Written by: Tyler Norwood 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 where I met a community of almost one thousand people from the Marshall Islands that would
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We caught up with Selina Leem who recently participated and presented at the TED Summit Program and COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Selina was the youngest delegate to speak at the climate summit in 2015, attending with Tony deBrum and making the closing statement on behalf of the Marshall Islands. Selina opened the COP26 Heads
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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 staff that were present at the event included ACOM’s Project Manager, Stephanie Takamaru, recently joined intern, Lewisa Lawin, as wellas
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Ilo Kajin M̧ajeļ: https://aejemjem.com/kotopar-striketober Written by: Caleb Klipowicz 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 social media began to use this hashtag – Strike + October. Most strikes happen when union
Kajin M̧ajeļ: https://aejemjem.com/koba-ippan-doon-ilo-jones-center/ Over the last 8 months, The Jones Center has been planning to expand the Jones Center Campus in downtown Springdale. They are working with Denver-based Landscape Architecture firm, Civitas Inc. In Phase 1, they asked for community input. Now, the Campus Vision Plan is moving into the detailed design phase. In Phase
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We saw as many covid-cases in August and September as we did last December and January. The coronavirus that we knew last year, that we thought we had learned how to live around, leveled up. The delta variant quickly took over and became the dominant strain in July. More people, including children and young adults,
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People in the Marshallese community in NWA gathered on the basketball courts outside the Jones Center last Saturday, September 26, 2021. Everyone celebrated the end of Ṃanit Week together. With a generous sponsorship from T-Mobile, Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese (ACOM) hosted this community-wide event in recognition of M̧anit Day, the last Friday in September, a
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The Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI) celebrated the start of M̧anit week by sharing the Marshallese culture with the people of Fayetteville, AR. MEI and the Fayetteville Public Library partnered to bring us this two-part cultural event last Saturday, September 19 2021. Programming included a cultural performance in the Event Center followed by a children’s craft
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