Melisa Laelan founded the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese, a nonprofit organization, to advocate for the community’s needs and improve their quality of life. (Arkansas Atoll Podcast, Courtesy of the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas)
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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