Day: September 14, 2021
Appleton hosting Rhythms of the World
A celebration of multicultural communities will take place in Appleton this weekend. Rhythms of the World 2021 is a free event at Houdini Plaza on Saturday, Sept. 18. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Read Full Article
Why Is It So Hard To Lose Weight?
Every Team Has A Game Like This’Jameis Winston passed for five touchdowns, New Orleans intercepted reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodge … Read Full Article
Community rallies around vandalized Hmong Cultural Center Museum
A St. Paul museum dedicated to telling the story of the Hmong community was targeted by vandals last week, its exterior painted over and tagged with racist graffiti. The incident at the Hmong Cultural … Read Full Article
Hmong Cultural Center moves forward after vandals attack
Kang Vang, who teaches citizenship classes, describes a year of “whiplash” for the Hmong community, between the highs of Sunisa Lee’s Olympic medals and lows of anti-Asian hate crimes. Read Full Article
Hmong American Center offers reading and writing classes for community
The Hmong American Center is offering classes on how to read and write in Hmong. The class teacher says it’s a great way to build relationships between the Hmong Community and Central Wisconsin. “That … Read Full Article
More than 230 cases added over the weekend in Burke
More than 230 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Burke County over the weekend, with 42 of them reported since Sunday. The 232 new cases brought the county’s total up to 13,903 cumulative cases, 1,350 … Read Full Article
Home Craft Day – Celebrating Milwaukee’s Refugee Communities
Hmong handmade hair accessories; new and used multilingual books from La Revo Books; handmade Tanzanian clothing, fabric, and accessories; and natural herbal and skincare products from Rumaneh … Read Full Article
EDITORIAL: Climbing rate of hate crimes affects all of us
Hate crimes across the country and much of Minnesota are climbing and all of us — no matter where we live, our skin color, ethnicity, religion or gender identity — need to be aware and work to keep … Read Full Article
Vandalism delays the opening of the Hmong Cultural Center Museum in Minnesota
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN The Hmong Cultural Center in Minneapolis is having to push back the opening of its expanded museum after vandals defaced the front of the building. Mark Pfeifer, the director … Read Full Article
Hmong Cultral Center Museum vandalized ahead of opening in Minneapolis
The Hmong Cultural Center in Minneapolis is having to push back the opening of its expanded museum after vandals defaced the front of the building. Read Full Article
St. Paul police investigating desecration of tombstones at Jewish cemetery
The supervisor of Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery in St. Paul found on Thursday that 32 memorial monuments had been knocked over. Read Full Article