A family-owned, family-run organization, KuauTee is inspired by the creative talents of our resident artists and tribal design originating from the Marshall, Kiribati, and Tuvalu Islands. KuauTee’s TEEam even represents the Island of Jamaica in the Caribbean. This mixture of cultures, combined with the creative ideas of each of their team members, makes a unique island […]
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May Day was not only a time to gather for sports but also for laughs. During the last day of softball tournaments, Michael Mapa announced a Marshallese Comedy Show for the Tuesday after the tournament, May 31, 2022. Thanking the comedians there from Hawaii, Phoenix and locally in Springdale, the First Marshallese Comedy Show was
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, Marina Edgar and Anthalina Elson were recognized for their accomplishments as bilingual speakers in a ceremony for students receiving the Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy. Springdale Public Schools leads the state of Arkansas with 1,070 of the 3,309 students recognized for the achievement stemming from Springdale Schools since the seal was
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It’s been a whole day after Governor of Guam, Lou Leon Guerrero, lifted the all-COVID mandates. Yet, the mask is still clinging to the face. As I drove my kids down to their bus in Paseo de Susan Park in Hagatña, my son, Shane, who was sitting in the front seat, blurted out: “There is
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President Panuelo spoke at both the ribbon-cutting as well as a reception dinner last month on April 23-24, 2022. Everyone was glad to hear that the FSM continues to be COVID-free with 80% vaccination rate among adults and 65% overall. He also reported the Nation’s sovereign trust fund now exceeds half a billion dollars in
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The Consulate for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) officially opened their new office in Portland, Oregon serving more than 10,000, the largest population of Micronesians, living in the United States. The Consulate is considered the Federated States of Micronesia, as would the U.S. embassy in the FSM be considered the United States. The event
Written by: Caleb Klipowicz The first week of April, Marshall Islanders representing over 30 different community-based organizations convened in Salem, OR for the First Annual Marshallese Leadership Summit. The Summit was put on by the newly-formed National Marshallese Community Coalition (NMCC), an umbrella organization started by the leadership of three current Marshallese non-profits in Hawaiʻi,
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Springdale, just north of Fayetteville, has about 85,000 people and is home to the our largest Marshallese community. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, an EF-3 tornado touched down at 4:04 a.m. near the NWA Mall and continued for 5.2 miles between the Northwest Arkansas Mall and The Jones Center. It later spawned an EF-1 tornado
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Over 800 meals and 350 hygiene housing kits were delivered and with financial donations 20 individuals had temporary housing in hotels within the first couple of days after the tornado impacted Springdale, Arkansas on Wednesday Marsh 30, 2022. Clothes and hygiene products, as well as food, are available at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2925 Old
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