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After recognitions, Hmong veterans call for benefits
After recognitions, Hmong veterans call for benefits Hmong veterans of still call for official recognition, burial rights Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://wdhne.ws/2dm2A2G
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Hmong-Lao veterans of the Secret War speak on lack fo benefits
Hmong-Lao veterans of the Secret War speak on lack fo benefits The United States pulled out of Vietnam in 1973, and many of the Hmong soldiers who fought for U.S. in the Secret War have since resettled across the nation and become legalized citizens …
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Coming Last But Winning at Life in Sapa Vietnam
Sapa was no different. We knew we wanted to trek through the rice paddies the region is famous for and stay in a homestay with a Hmong family. These seemed like simple goals, but our nightly Google search revealed that there were dozens of companies …
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Secret War veterans still without benefits
Secret War veterans still without benefits Hmong veterans continue plea for official recognition, burial rights, health care Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://wdhne.ws/2dm2A2G
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American Colleges Should End Racist Admissions Policies
Hmong-Americans—a group that came to America in the 1970s from China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam to escape war—face poverty rates that rival any other racial group in the United States. But they are often placed in the “Asian” admissions category …
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Lo Artisan Distillery Defaults on Door County Revolving Loan
The owners of Lo Artisan Distillery, makers of a traditional high-proof Hmong rice liquor, at 1607 Stevenson Pier Road in Brussels, failed to appear at a Sept. 6 court hearing. The County of Door was awarded a default judgment of $33,452.78 plus interest …
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Voters can start casting ballots on Friday
Then you can fill it out at home and mail it in. Forms are available online in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Karen, Russian, Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer and Amharic. How does the in-person voting work? Drop by your county or local elections …
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Community notes: Highways ‘town hall’ planned
A central Wisconsin city is planning to unveil and dedicate a new Vietnam War memorial to Hmong and Lao veterans. The Hmong-Lao Veterans Memorial monument will get its dedication this weekend outside the Marathon County Courthouse in Wausau. The ceremony …
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Kabat, commission look to inclusive economic development projects
Commission member Chong Cher Lee, a Hmong business owner who also sits on the Hmong Cultural and Community Center board, suggested the city focus on small businesses. “I think there are still opportunities,” Lee said. “One thing is just the outreach.”
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Federal Lawsuit By Ethnic Minority: Retaliation For Enforcement Of Cannabis Law?
A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on Sept. 12 by a group of Hmong plaintiffs led by Jesse Vang and Wang Chang against Siskiyou County, its sheriff (Jon Lopey), the county clerk (Coleen Setzer), along …
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UAA uses zero-level classes to get hundreds of students ready for college
Tags students“All you need to get into UAA is a pulse, so that’s pretty good,” he said. “And how many of those students speak Hmong? And how many of those students speak Samoan? And how many of those students have always struggled? This is what they need.” Even more …
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Minnesota schools on a health kick following federal regulations
Last year, the district added the Hmong American Farmers Association to its list of farm-to-school partners. Mechura said about 95 percent of Hopkins High School’s meals are from scratch, and about 80 percent in the elementary and middle schools.
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Jerry Martinez of Lakeland stumbled into a career of providing translaters
It was in 1997 when he met one of his most memorable challenges. A client called, requesting an interpreter for Hmong, a dialect spoken mostly by people in China, northern Vietnam, Thailand and Laos and only about 260,000 people in the United States.
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A Tale of Two Californias: Hmong farmers flounder, Silicon Beach flourishes
What is the state of economic opportunity in California? Take Two is examining that question as part of a series we are calling “A Nation Engaged,” a collaboration with NPR that explores local issues ahead of the November election. Are economic …
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Mamey, nance or chile? Latin frozen treats are as close as your corner bodega
Ready to take things one step beyond? For at least two summers now, Hmong teens in particular have been flocking to Plaza del Sol and other shake stands for a colorful sweet-and-sour drink that’s notable for its ingredients. The “Mangonada,” known …
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Sheboygan Shebang variety show returns
A local 88-year-old poet, Evelyn Prevenas, will read an original piece. LunaBellas: Made up of Hmong youths from the Sheboygan community these young ladies perform dances that include Fusion, Traditional Hmong, Bollywood, Thai and Lao Morlum. They are …
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Missing senior went for walk, didn’t return
Lee does not speak English, and only speaks Hmong, police say. She is 5’3” and 90 pounds with long, black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call Lafayette Police at 303-665-5571.
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Michigan State University to offer Armenian language courses
Though MSU already offers 29 less-commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, and CeLTA faculty hope to add many more, including Armenian, Burmese, Gaelic, Hmong, Serbo-Croatian and Sinhala, according to the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic …