Day: January 7, 2020
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Charges Filed, Seventh Suspect Arrested For Southeast Fresno Mass Shooting
The deceased victims were international singer Xy Lee, 23; Phia Yang, 31; Kou Xiong, 38 and Kalaxang Thao, 40. All were of Hmong descent, and the incident rocked Fresno’s Southeast Asian community, … Read Full Article
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Foundation working to alert all populations about census
The committee meets to brainstorm how to reach those populations. Logan Todd of NVCF said it’s been reported that only about half Butte County’s Hmong population was counted during the 2010 census. Read Full Article
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Michigan’s greatest movies: Who won, Eddie Murphy, Clint Eastwood or Eminem?
Gran Torino’ is a big surprise,” says Lee of the No. 1 status of this story of a retired widower who faces off against his neighbors in the Hmong community, then slowly develops a relationship with … Read Full Article
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OPINION: Celebrating the holidays: ‘Maintaining a collective memory of our Hmong homeland’ through the Hmong New Year
To be considered, we need your name, email address and phone number for verification. Please email your submissions to info@milwaukeenns.org. Lo Neng Kiatoukaysy is the executive director of the Hmong … Read Full Article
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Nelsie Yang sworn in as first Hmong woman and youngest-ever member on St. Paul City Council
On Wednesday, as the city clerk swore in the seven members of the St. Paul City Council at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Yang officially became the council’s youngest member, the first … Read Full Article
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Boca Grande Garden Club welcomes Russ Morash
A recent show on the relaunched “The Victory Garden’s Edible Feast” explores the use of Laotian herbs in Madison, Wisconsin restaurants. Another episode takes a look at the Hmong people of Minnesota, … Read Full Article