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Minnesota sees record one-day online voter registration
Voter registration applications are also available at every state agency, all 87 county offices throughout the state, and online in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer, Amharic, and Karen. To request an …
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Sally Awards honor St. Paul musician, playwright and dance group
The honors are awarded in five categories: Arts access: St. Paul playwright, poet and performance artist May Lee-Yang’s plays, including “Hmong-Lao Friendship Play or Lao-Hmong Friendship Play” and “Ten Reasons Why I’d Be a Bad Porn Star,” have …
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Hmong leaders and Wausau Police prepare for Yang sentencing
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – “It just so happens that person was Hmong, that was not a factor in the investigation, or in the decision to arrest or go to court with this,” Wausau Police Lieutenant Todd Baeten said. On Wednesday Dylan Yang, who has been convicted …
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Wausau law enforcement, Hmong leaders meet to fix relationship
Members of the Wausau Police Department, Marathon County Sheriff’s Department and Hmong leaders met Sunday night to work toward fixing the relationship between law enforcement and the Hmong community. “Any time that we have opportunities to forge …
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Wausau Police Meet With Hmong Community
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – Members of the Wausau Police Department, Marathon County Sheriff’s Department, and Hmong leaders met Sunday night to work toward fixing their relationship ahead of the sentencing of Dylan Yang on Wednesday. In 2015, Yang fatally …
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Ordway Announces 24th Annual SALLY AWARD Winners
Arts Access Award – May Lee-Yang May Lee-Yang is a playwright, poet, prose writer and performance artist. Her plays include Hmong-Lao Friendship Play or Lao-Hmong Friendship Play, Confessions of a Lazy Hmong Woman and Ten Reasons Why I’d Be a Bad Porn Star …
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Yang sentence: Can there be justice?
The sentencing won’t be victorious for anyone, said Mary Thao, an activist and Hmong leader from Wausau. “It’s not going to be a good day,” she said. In late May, a few months after Yang was convicted, Thao participated in a peace march inspired by the case.
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Wisconsin Making More Murderers: Juvenile Sentencing Demands Scrutiny
In the Marathon County jailhouse of the small city of Wausau, Wisconsin, a 16-year-old Hmong boy, Dylan Yang, sits in a solitary cell awaiting an October 19 th sentencing – two days from now.… For a fatal stabbing on February 27, 2015, in which Dylan …
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Neighborhood volunteers call the frogs back to St. Paul’s Frogtown
Not only did Hmong adults and children alike learn about the frogs that once filled Frogtown, Yang said, they discovered how important frogs are to a healthy ecosystem. So important that FrogLab and its parent organization, Frogtown Green, is working to …
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Last Day to Register to Vote for November 8 Elections
Voter registration applications are also available at every state agency, all 87 county offices throughout the state, and online in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer, Amharic, and Karen. Some people hoped the …
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Deportations to Cambodia stoke fear in Twin Cities Hmong community
Hmong leaders are voicing alarm over diplomatic talks they fear could spur deportations to Laos for the first time since the Hmong started arriving here four decades ago. Fueling these concerns are impending deportations that have roiled local Cambodians …
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South Sacramento meetings to address crime in Asian American, Latino communities
Two community meetings are scheduled to inform members of the Asian American and Latino communities how to protect themselves from crime. In August, a spate of robberies of Asian Americans occurred in south Sacramento, according to police. Members of the …
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Why Woodside resident has devoted decades to restoring World War II command vehicle
His work in experiential education took him to refugee camps in the Philippines and Thailand for Amerasian children and boat people from Vietnam, Hmong from Laos, and Khmer from Cambodia. He also worked for a while on the Thailand/Burma border with the …
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Vanghoua Anthony Vue: finding a place between Hmong and Australian cultures
Art Radar catches up with artist Vanghoua Anthony Vue to talk about the influences of biculturalism in his work. The exhibition “Ci-lines” at Gorman Arts Centre in Canberra uses unconventional and industrial materials to reinterpret Hmong textile …
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City cultivating new opportunities for agricultural land
Quieter are the conversations had by Hmong farmers shrouded in green as they pick peppers, pumpkins and other produce from the parcels of land where cattle used to graze. Among the small-scale growers is Yee Ythal, who is crouched next to rows of Brussels …
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State owes Siskiyou sheriff an apology
What happened in Siskiyou County last June after the local elections official raised questions about the voter eligibility of hundreds of Hmong residents would “take a few beers” to explain, as a Secretary of State investigator told an associate in an …
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Nathan: Wonderful book by Kao Kalia Yang about her father
As with previous generations of immigrants, there is so much to learn from and honor about what Hmong in general, and this family in particular, have experienced and bring to Minnesota. This is Yang’s second book. Her first book, “The Latehomecomer …
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Uneven growth for WNC population, diversity since 2010
A sizeable Hmong population in Burke County gives it the highest Asian population percentage in WNC at 4.0 percent, though larger Buncombe has more actual number of Asian residents. The Hmong are native to Laos and Vietnam, with many immigrating to the …