Day: December 19, 2019
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Minnesota’s doors, hearts remain open to refugees
Minnesota has a proud tradition of welcoming immigrants — particularly refugees. Over the decades Minnesotans have helped Hmong, Somalis, Liberians and others make a fresh start, and this state has … Read Full Article
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Elk Grove’s ethnic studies push + Bill for immigrants with criminal pasts: Your AAPI newsletter
What better than spending time on books in the Californian winter? I just finished reading “The Song Poet” by Kao Kalia Yang, a page-turner of a memoir of Yang’s father, Bee, a Hmong song poet who … Read Full Article
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The Gender Pay Gap Will Close In Another 257 Years, A Report Says
The National Partnership for Women and Families released a report in 2019 that found that while the average poverty rate for Asian American and Pacific Islander people is around 12%, those rates spike … Read Full Article
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Being in a “Straight” Relationship as a Queer Hmong Womxn
I was in three successive queer relationships (with T, L, and A) before I began dating my current partner, Y, who is a cisgender heterosexual Hmong man. Even though I’ve been in “straight” r … Read Full Article
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Celebrate roots at Rochester’s Hmong New Year
That’s how Txerlee Moua described the Rochester Hmong Community’s New Year celebration, an annual event in Rochester since 1985, taking place this Saturday. It is open to the public, and though … Read Full Article