Marshallese Educational Initiative
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MEI was established to blend scholarly research with practical outreach efforts to create awareness on a national stage, while also making a real difference in the lives of individual Marshallese. Today, our Marshallese staff serve our community through direct outreach, provide programming for youth, women, and elders, and continue to raise awareness of the ongoing consequences of nuclear testing
06/06/2026
MEI staff members Marcina Langrine, Mia Bien, and April Brown provided a class on Thursday to members of the Arkansas Dept of Education in Little Rock about Marshallese in Arkansas. The class is part of our MICI project that includes interpreter training for Marshallese interpreters. MICI is a collaboration project of UA Partners, Seso, Inc., and MEI and funded through AR Governors Council on Developmental Disabilities. MEI will be hosting another class virtually on 6/24 and two lunch and learn sessions 6/19 and 6/29 when those who’ve taken a class can join for Q&A sessions. We will offer another interpreter training this month. Stay tuned for announcements and links to register next week! Shout out to our colleague and friend Tanya Miller-Witsell who has worked with us from the beginning and provided so many opportunities and resources for Marshallese families with a member with disabilities. Thank you!!!
"For Now and Forever" is for the mothers who never got to hold their babies — and for the mothers who did, only to lose them far too young. For the children taken in the womb, at birth, in childhood, and in the years that followed. For every mother who has carried the weight of radiation's silent toll across a lifetime. 🕊️
This song carries their names, their grief, and their love. It is dedicated to every mother and child whose life has been forever altered by nuclear testing — in the Marshall Islands and in all communities that have endured nuclear harm.
This is the first track from MARK Harmony's new album, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. The full album drops after the Solidarity Concert on June 30.
Teaser out now. Full song coming soon.
05/10/2026
Benetick Kabua Maddison, MEI’s ED and Kathleen Sullivan of Nuclear Truyh Project met with Christopher King, Chief, Weapons of Mass Distruction Branch UNODA on May 08th discussing the opportunities for the future and work surrounding the TPNW!
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614 East Emma Avenue , Ste 203
Springdale, AR
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| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
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