This past summer, Jo-Jikum was happy to finally host the second instalment of our Climate Change Arts Camp in its new iteration as the Climate and Health Arts Seminar. The Climate Change and Health Arts Seminar was an arts camp for high school students that allowed participants to explore the connections between climate change and […]
This was a statement written for “Recovering Better Together: Youth Choice” a #YouthChoiceWed virtual event coordinated by UN Youth Envoy’s office for World Environment Day that brought together young activists to debate with the UN for a green post-COVID19 recovery. The event was chaired by Ireland and the Marshall Islands. The statement delivered by the […]
This past March, Jo-Jikum had an opportunity to assist in the Nuclear Remembrance Day organizing here in the RMI. Nuclear Remembrance Day is an important opportunity for Marshallese to commemorate the legacy of nuclear testing conducted by the United States on our island. It’s an important yearly ceremony that honors those who died due to […]
Jo-Jikum recently hosted a workshop in April funded by International Organization on Migration and World Bank. The workshop was a pilot project for our larger Digital Storytelling Program – a program we’ve envisioned which would take over 6 months to complete. This workshop, instead, took 2 weeks. Our organization has experience teaching and creating workshops […]