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Santa Cruz’s Shoreline Middle School students surf tech wave with Chromebooks
SANTA CRUZ >> All dressed up for Hawaiian spirit week, eighth-graders at the Shoreline Middle School read intently about Hmong Americans in a language arts class. But these Santa Cruz students are using laptop computers in place of textbooks. Starting this …
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Hmong, Punjabi language classes planned for Central High
Hmong and Punjabi language classes are coming to Central High School, thanks to a grassroots effort as leaders of both communities teamed up. More than 300 people have signed an online petition in support of the initiative on the website for Jakara …
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End of season nears for Oshkosh Farmer’s Market
Vendors are located all in one room. Prepared foods and beverages will be for sale in the kitchen area by The Magnet Billiards and Bar, The Roxy Supper Club, Hmong and Asian Foods and Los Tres Manantiales. Coffee will be for sale by JSA Coffee Roasting.
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Explore more than the main stage, there are lots of other bands playing The Big Fresno Fair
That includes the old-school R&B group B.I.G. (or Brothers Igniting a Groove), the Hmong-language N.C.O. Band, Zydeco band Crawdaddios and the Los Angeles American folk group Gun Hill Royals. Don’t miss: Metalachi, the world’s only (or so they say …
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Rad Milwaukee Woman: Tammie Xiong
More information at womensfundmke.org. Tammie Xiong is the Executive Director for the Hmong American Women’s Association. Xiong is also a board member for Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation, co-chair for the Milwaukee Commission on Domestic Violence and …
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Asian student club seeks recognition
A dual focus of helping Asian students build a community and create awareness of Asian culture throughout the UW Oshkosh campus is what drives the Hmong Student Union/Asian Student Association, the organization’s adviser Mai Khou Xiong said during their …
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Hmong: First Sport Court of Traditional “Tuj Lub” Inaugurated in Minnesota
The inauguration of the first Tuj Lub court in Minnesota, United States, was perceived as a meaningful sign of acceptance by the largest Hmong community in the country. Side by side with other American sport disciplines, the 1.000-year old game now forms …
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Hmong-American women form PAC to wield political clout
A new Minnesota political action committee led by Hmong-American women is getting ready endorse about 25 candidates in state and local races. The new group goes by the name Maiv-PAC (pronounced MY-pac). In the Hmong language, the word Maiv is like saying …
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Joe Nathan column: 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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Tuj Lub, or top-spin, opens at the Duluth and Case Rec Center in St. Paul
an area with a heavy Hmong population. The officials were met there by state Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul, state Rep. Tim Mahoney, DFL-St. Paul, and St. Paul City Council Member Dan Bostrom. The courts, which are approximately 10 feet by 100 feet …
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St. Paul opens the state’s first Tuj Lub courts
St. Paul opens the state’s first Tuj Lub courts at its Duluth Case Recreation Center. Tuj Lub is a game popular with the city’s large Hmong population and St. Paul’s move signals a continuing shift to better meet the demands of a changing city demographic.
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Farm to Table: The long and short of long beans
The Hmong name for these beans is taao-hia-chao. Long beans taste similar to the North American green bean. Use them in any recipe calling for green beans. This climbing bean can grow up to 12 feet long, but most you’ll see at farmers markets will be …
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New tuj lub courts in St. Paul signal acceptance, Hmong leaders say
The Duluth and Case Recreation Center in St. Paul was bustling Tuesday afternoon with people playing the familiar games of autumn. On one field, flag football teams from Humboldt and Farnsworth schools were warming up for a game. On others, soccer players …
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Free Cervical and Breast Cancer Screenings Offered in North Minneapolis
N. in Minneapolis. To make an appointment, call 612-767-9197 (English), 612-767-9161 (Spanish), 612-767-3120 (Hmong), and 612-767-9160 (Somali). Walk-ins are also welcome. Interpreters will be available to help patients. Somali and African American …
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California: Records: State agency sought to obscure role in ‘intimidation’ case
In the week leading up to June’s state primary election, at least two investigators from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office spent three days tracking down members of the Hmong community in rural Siskiyou County. But when allegations that …
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Wisconsin looking to train more court interpreters while experiencing shortage
“We have 30 students here this weekend,” program manager Carmel Capati says. “Spanish is certainly the one we use the most during court cases, but Hmong and Arabic are definitely needed too.” There are 65 certified interpreters in the state of Wisconsin.
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Man who was found guilty of sexual assault sues his victim for $4million after she called him a rapist online when her trial failed to convict him of rape
The lawsuit from Lang Her, who pleaded no contest to felony assault, stated that Xiong and her three of her siblings colluded to alienate him from the close-knit ethnic Hmong community and called him a rapist on Facebook. Xiong said it was like a ‘slap to …
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Sexual offender sues his victim for $4m because she called him a rapist
The suit from Her, who had just pleaded no contest to felony assault as part of a plea bargain, stated that Xiong and her three of her siblings colluded to alienate him from the close-knit ethnic Hmong community and called him a rapist on Facebook.