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Program helps immigrant farmers extend growing season
ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. — A state-funded program to help southwest Missouri Hmong famers and others use a high-tunnel farming method has taught one family some valuable lessons in the first year. High-tunnel farming involves growing crops inside a plastic …
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California Turns Up the Volume of Diversity Narrative in School Textbooks
California’s Hmong history isn’t included, but books by Hmong authors are recommended. The story of Americans with disabilities is also addressed. There’s a much deeper discussion of African American history, relying on slave narratives and firsthand …
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Irrigation, pesticide drift part of learning on Hmong farm
ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. (AP) — A state-funded program to help southwest Missouri Hmong famers and others use a high-tunnel farming method has taught one family some valuable lessons in the first year. High-tunnel farming involves growing crops inside a …
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Secretary of State expands Minnesota voter resources, adds ten new languages
The website, mnvotes.org, is dedicated to providing Minnesotans with important voter information. The new languages included are Amharic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese. Materials in the Karen language will be …
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The US’s Stateless People: How Immigration Gaps Create Poverty
Tags Asia, California, child, Fresno, government, Laos, people, persecution, refugees, Southeast AsiaFresno, California — They came to the United States in the 1970s and 1980s as child refugees, members of the Hmong minority in Laos fleeing that country’s new communist government and persecution for helping the CIA in its covert war in Southeast Asia.
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Secretary of State expands Minnesota voter resources, adds 10 new languages
The new languages included are Amharic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese. Materials in the Karen language will be added before the general election on Nov. 8. “As the son of an immigrant, I know how important it …
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Stateless People: How Immigration Gaps Create Poverty in the US
Tags Asia, California, child, Fresno, government, Laos, people, persecution, refugees, Southeast AsiaFresno, California — They came to the United States in the 1970s and 1980s as child refugees, members of the Hmong minority in Laos fleeing that country’s new communist government and persecution for helping the CIA in its covert war in Southeast Asia.
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California’s new public school history curriculum reflects state’s diversity
California’s Hmong history isn’t included, but books by Hmong authors are recommended. The story of Americans with disabilities is also addressed. There’s a much deeper discussion of African American history, relying on slave narratives and firsthand …
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UNPO/TFD Conference Report: Prospects for Minority and Indigenous Rights in South East Asia – Towards Regional Cooperation?
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) in cooperation with the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) and the Haëlla Foundation is releasing a report titled “Prospects for Minority and Indigenous Rights in South East Asia: Towards …
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Refugees Fare Well Long-Term In The U.S., New Study Finds
The Center for American Progress and Fiscal Policy Institute looked at refugees who have lived in the U.S. for 10 years or more, focusing on Somali, Burmese, Hmong and Bosnian refugee communities. Bowling Green and Louisville are among the top-40 cities …
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Complaint requests federal investigation of officer in Laird mall arrest
“We no longer trust or believe the system nor the policies and procedures meant to protect us (have) the best interests of our people or our community members who are African American, Latino, Hmong, Native and of mixed race culture, ethnicity, and …
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Funeral set for Merced soldier who died during training
David Lee, Moua’s brother-in-law, said the U.S. Army infantryman’s funeral service will be performed in the Hmong tradition, with a wake ending at 8 a.m. Aug. 8. After the service, charter buses will be available to transport people who want to attend …
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Mai Ja Yang meeting to be extended one more day
Tags YangChin National Front Vice-Chairman SalaiLian Hmong Sakhong told reporters after the meeting “Today we discussed the security sector and basic principles but they are not yet finished. For tomorrow’s meeting, we have one subcommittee for the framework …
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America’s Stateless Hmong
They came to the United States in the 1970s and 1980s as child refugees, members of the Hmong minority in Laos fleeing that country’s new communist government and persecution for helping the CIA in its covert war in Southeast Asia, looking for the …
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Hmong Minister Attacked, Robbed in Northern Philadelphia
Shongchai Hang, a 69-year-old Hmong-American minister, was attacked in the Fern Rock neighborhood of northern Philadelphia on July 15. Hang was beaten so badly that he was taken to a nearby medical center for treatment, according to the Philadelphia Police …
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Stakes high in state primary elections
In State Representative District 59A incumbent, Rep. Joe Mullery sees a DFL challenge from Hmong-American, Fue Lee. Lee is a graduate from Patrick Henry High School and Carleton College. Polls in Minnesota open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 9 and early …
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Irrigation, pesticide drift all part of learning curve on Hmong farm
ROCKY COMFORT, Mo. — Hmong farmer Fue Yang stood near three rows of Goliath tomatoes Tuesday inside a plastic-covered structure called a high tunnel. Yang and his parents, Neng and Zoua Yang, are part of a state-funded effort to help area Hmong farmers …
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Hill tribes reap benefits of Queen’s kindness
Open to the public next Monday, the exhibition hopes to showcase and engender appreciation towards the Hmong, Karen, Mien (Yao), Lahu (Musur), Lisaw, and A-Ka (E-Gor) hill tribes whose local fabrics and techniques of hand weaving, sewing, embroidery …