Day: February 6, 2020
Changes needed to make local food system thrive
“The farmer still gets paid, the market master gives him or her the equivalent money.” That market also has been innovative in a different way. Hmong Americans, the largest Asian ethnic group in … Read Full Article
Hickory Elks honor firefighter, police officer
As a police officer, Vang immediately made a positive impact on his fellow coworkers and the neighborhoods that he served. His ability to speak the Hmong language was an asset to the department and to … Read Full Article
What’s the heart of Yia Vang’s Vinai funding request? Hmong community ownership.
But for Vang—and many in the Hmong community—the word “Vinai” means a lot more. From 1975 to 1992, Ban Vinai was a refugee camp in Thailand that housed up to 45,000 people, about 95 percent of them … Read Full Article
Things to do in Seattle: Feb. 6 – 12
In America, it’s referred to as the Vietnam War. But to Southeast Asians, it’s known as The American War. And to the Hmong people of Laos, the ethnic minority recruited by the CIA to fight for the … Read Full Article
The Education Data Portal: Making federal data accessible to study ‘small’ student populations
They do not tell us everything we want to know about students and schools. And they group students into broad categories such as “Asian” or “Hispanic” that don’t allow analysts to understand the … Read Full Article
KQRS signs Morning Show host Tom Barnard to new long-term contract
In the late ’90s, offensive remarks he made about the Hmong community led to calls for a boycott and a loss of major advertisers. In 2007 the station issued an apology after he and then sidekick Terri … Read Full Article
In the Middle of the Night, Bernie Was Tipped Toward Victory by Working-Class Immigrant Votes
At the Grand View Satellite Caucus, where caucusgoers of Lao, Hmong, Filipino, Vietnamese and Cambodian descent convened, he won all eight delegates. While on the stump for Sanders in Sioux City, Iowa … Read Full Article
Sacramento City Councilmember Pushing To Have Fire Department Pulled From Reality TV Show
The Sacramento Fire Department is in its first year of being on a reality TV show called ‘Live Rescue,’ on A&E. The show features firefighters and paramedics from around the country. But Sacramento … Read Full Article
Fresno State’s Hmong minor helping students celebrate their heritage
In the three years since it was created, Fresno State’s Hmong minor has helped students to celebrate their heritage while preparing them for the workforce. “After taking a few classes in Hmong … Read Full Article
Three concepts unveiled for City Hall plaza in memory of Judge Larry Cohen
Cohen, who helped launch the city’s neighborhood district council system, was among the first public officials to greet the early wave of Hmong refugees in Minnesota and bring trained Hmong … Read Full Article