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I Drove 14,000 Miles in Search of What Americans Have in Common
In Wassau, Wisconsin, a town of 39,000 surrounded by rolling green farms dotted with red barns and gleaming silos, I met Yee, a 22-year-old second-generation Hmong man with serious eyes and a self-proclaimed love of history. He identified as a Democrat …
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SBS Radio opens public consultations for review.
Tags AsiaThat led to a new radio schedule with 74 languages, including six new languages from Asia and Africa. Malayalam, Hmong and Pashto were brought in, along with three new African languages, Dinka, Swahili and Tigrinya. Mark Cummins says expanding the number …
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I Drove 22,000 Kilometres in Search of What Americans Have in Common
In Wassau, Wisconsin, a town of 39,000 surrounded by rolling green farms dotted with red barns and gleaming silos, I met Yee, a 22-year-old second-generation Hmong man with serious eyes and a self-proclaimed love of history. He identified as a Democrat …
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Singapore’s Most Influential Brands Were Honored At A Grand Gala Event. Here’s Everything We Learned
One of them is an NGO actively assisting the marginalized Hmong people break out of the cycle of oppression and poverty – the relief and development agency Radion International. Giving youths a chance to attend schools, meeting the needs of poverty …
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Hmong students share their New Years celebration
CLAREMONT – It was all about appreciating diversity at Oxford Elementary School on Nov. 16 with an early celebration of the upcoming Hmong New Year. Oxford Elementary has one of the largest Hmong student populations in the Catawba County Schools (CCS …
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How Good Is Flint’s Water These Days?
Judge Lawson also ordered that officials provide information in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Hmong, to residents about lead levels of city water and how to install filters that properly reduce the contamination …
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Community notes: Hmong New Year coming up
Sheboygan’s Hmong population is getting ready to ring in its new year this month. The Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan says its culturally significant New Year celebration is scheduled to run Nov. 26-27 inside Sheboygan North High School …
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How the ‘Model Minority Myth’ Hurts Us All: A Brown Girl’s Perspective
Tags communitiesWhile the Chinese and Indians are cited as being among the highest earning groups in America, the Hmong, Cambodians, Bangladeshis, and Laotians are known for experiencing high rates of poverty. So the depiction of all members of these communities as …
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Saturday Food Section: Turkey Gravy Intel, U.S. Food Policy Changes & More
[Tasting Table] Just in time for the holiday, The Times offers a glimpse into 15 different Thanksgivings across the country. See what’s on the Hmong-, Somali-, and German-American Thanksgiving table. [New York Times]
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A Motorcycle Trip Through Northern Vietnam
Early the next morning, I found Bac Has market. Men in puffy jackets and women in the colorful dresses of the Flower Hmong ethnic group hawked vegetables, meat, coffee, textiles, plastics, electronics, and livestock. Shoppers carried bags with squirming …
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Lee Lor Vying to be Central Valley’s First Hmong Woman Elected to Office
MERCED, Calif.– After working in the community for fifteen years and seeing first-hand the disconnect between residents and elected officials, Lee Lor felt it was time for a change. Her bid for Merced County District 2 Supervisor now appears to be …
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Thanksgiving Events: Perfect Week To Eat And Run, Or Run Then Eat
Sacramento Hmong New Year – Nov. 24-27, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. This 12th annual festival will be hosted at Cal Expo where numerous booths and vendors will entertain and peddle food and drinks to attendees, who are encouraged to wear their favorite Hmong outfits …
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Things to do in Vietnam: readers’ travel tips
By far the most amazing experience I had in Vietnam was in the north, near Sapa, and the day spent with the Black Hmong Tribe, arranged through Ethos. Our host, Ker, met us at our hotel in Sapa, and took us shopping for ingredients, which her brother in …
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East Side Freedom Library connects community
On a recent day, the library was hopping with activity. Rachleff, one of its founders, chatted with members of a bakers’ union, who were just finishing up a meeting as a Hmong theater group was loading in props for the evening’s performance. “It is so …
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Lah Thao, using martial arts to overcome bullying
Lah Thao, using martial arts to overcome bullying Lah Thao, the son of an Asian father and white mother, the times were arguably even more difficult than for the typical Hmong child. He’s 35 years old, a business owner and a teacher at EEA Learning Academy …
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California Today: Meet the New Mayor, Age 26
California pulled off several mayoral firsts on Election Day. The city of Elk Grove in Sacramento County elected Steve Ly, the first Hmong mayor anywhere in the country. In Berkeley, Jesse Arreguin became the city’s first Latino mayor. And in Stockton …
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Books For Kids About Cambodia (ages 4 to 16)
I was working on book lists for Hmong, Lao, Vietnam, and Cambodia, but it turns out that there are few fiction books on their countries but quite a few on Cambodia. Like Japanese American books that mostly focus on WWII internment, many fiction books …