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Indochinese Refugee Resettlement Office helped bring thousands of Southeast Asian refugees to Minnesota
Tags Asian, association, church, community, Lao, Minnesota, refugee, refugees, Southeast Asia, womenFamilies, church groups, and community organizations, such as the Association for the Advancement of Hmong Women in Minnesota and the Lao Association of Mutual Association, Inc., participated in the resettlement process. They sponsored refugee families and …
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Ensuring compliance in a data driven world
In a conversation with CIO Dive, Hmong Vang, Chief Trust Officer of Liaison Technologies, discussed the challenges of remaining compliant in today’s technology environment as well as the benefits and caveats of adaptive integration. This conversation has …
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University of Arizona Inks Deal for ‘Micro-Campus’ at American University of Phnom Penh
RELATED: California University to Offer Hmong Minor Starting Fall 2016 “We’re very excited about the possibilities the dual-degree program opens up for our students. It opens up the possibility for them to get degrees from both the America University of …
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Little Mekong Plaza set to open Wednesday
The outdoor gathering space could help support businesses by attracting more visitors to the area, said Bao Vang, the president and CEO of the Hmong American Partnership, which owns the site. “This is actually a very important … piece of the …
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Siskiyou County sued by the Hmong Community
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Cal. – The Hmong Community speaks out about feeling discriminated in the Siskiyou County community. The Hmong community is suing the Siskiyou County over alleged voting discrimination. Resident Howard Thao says he felt intimidated when …
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Mary Sanchez: Help those who served U.S. in Laos
The announcements — lauded by many Hmong and Laotian Americans — will help rectify the on-going deadly consequences of a war ended long ago. It’s an important step, one of humanitarian importance that will surely save life and limb. But there is more …
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Hmong residents sue Siskiyou over alleged voter intimidation
Allegations of voter intimidation in Siskiyou County have made their way to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and they are joined by accusations of racist enforcement of county ordinances against the Hmong community.
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MSU granted $1.2 million to teach less-common languages
Tags AsianThough MSU already offers 29 less-commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, 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, Asian and …
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Plenty of Working-Class Conservatives Embrace Diversity—They Don’t Need It Forced on Them
My small hometown of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, was whiter than a model’s teeth in a Crest commercial until we had a large influx of Hmong during my childhood. The Hmong are wonderful people who helped the United States fight the Viet Cong during the …
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Accused Fresno County Jail shooter is poster child for deportation gaps
A Hmong refugee accused of shooting two Fresno County correctional officers is one of thousands of immigrants existing in a legal limbo because their home countries have declined to take them back. U.S. immigration authorities tried to deport Thong Vang …
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Laid-back in Luang Prabang
Our guide Yae, a lawyer and gentleman farmer at his Hmong home fields when he takes a break from being a genial xenagogue, informed us that tourism is the next best income generator in Laos after agriculture, this last heavily dependent on the cultivation …
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Closing achievement gap for Hmong students should be a priority
Since arriving in Wisconsin in 1980 as a Hmong refugee, I have been engaged in social justice for Hmong people and refugee communities. My passion for helping others started as a teenager, when I entered high school and knew no English. I was the target of …
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49 Voices: Pa Mipajntsuab in Anchorage
Pa lives in the Mountain View neighborhood in Anchorage. (Photo by Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) PA: I have a Hmong last name but it’s kind of long. Mipajntsuab (mei-ban-zhuo). Yeah, and it stands for “Little Flower Green.”
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Cultural fun at diversity festival
For instance, the festival has been trying for years to get the Hmong dancers from Oroville to participate. This year, they agreed to the event and will debut their stylish dance moves and elegant costumes for all to enjoy. Add to that Senegalese Dance and …
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Fresno Correctional Officer Who Was Shot in Head Returns Home
Yesterday Vang, a Hmong refugee, pled not guilty to two counts of attempted murder, the Fresno Bee reported. He was scheduled to return to court Oct. 19 and, if convicted, could face 110 years to life in prison. Vang was on parole at the time of the …
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Absentee voting for 2016 general election begins in 1 week
Absentee Ballot application forms are available in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Karen, Russian,Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer, and Amharic. Voters can request an absentee ballot even if they are not registered to vote—a voter registration …
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Assisted living, clinic may be coming to Frogtown
The St. Paul-based Hmong American Partnership is proposing to build a three-story, 50-unit assisted-living facility as well as a two-story, 15,000-square-foot medical center or office building on the northwest quadrant of University Avenue and Galtier Street.
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Minnesota has more farmers markets than ever. That might not be good for farmers.
(but) it also illustrates that when things are grown in an uncoordinated way, it can have negative ramifications,” said Pakou Hang, the executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association, who grew up selling produce with her family at farmers …