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How this immigrant founder failed, then succeeded wildly
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — If you’re looking for Yia Vang, you could check his modest office at the Hmong Village Shopping Center in a former St. Paul Public Schools storage building in St. Paul’s Phalen neighborhood. A better bet is among the 230 shops …
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Wausau Hmong Memorial Still Coming
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) — A long-awaited memorial commemorating Hmong veterans and their efforts during the wars in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia will have to wait a little longer. Retired Marathon County Administrator Mort McBain is one of many working on the …
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Hmong: War Veterans Memorial to be Inaugurated in the United States
Below is an article published by Wsau: A long-awaited memorial commemorating Hmong veterans and their efforts during the wars in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia will have to wait a little longer. Retired Marathon County Administrator Mort McBain is one of many …
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Century Building sold for redevelopment
Of the 50 units, 42 are targeted as low income. The building’s first floor tenants include a George Webb restaurant, Quality Optical eye-care studio and Xankia, a Vietnamese & Hmong sandwich shop. Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to email this …
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Tribute to the Hilltribes
Thanpuying Charungjit Teekara, the Queen’s deputy private secretary, says six groups of “Thai mountain people” will be represented in the show – the Karen, Hmong, Yao (Mien), Lisu, Akha and Musser (Lahu). All persevered through the destruction of their …
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Initiative Strives to Make Communities More Accessible to Physical Activity
Project FINE will host summer events featuring Tuj Lub (a traditional Hmong spinning game) throughout Winona, which hopes to inspire physical activity, curiosity about the Hmong culture and a stronger sense of community. Transit for Livable Communities …
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After a century, a St. Paul clinic that helped thousands of poor pregnant women to shut its doors
The clinic had staff that spoke a half-dozen languages — including Arabic, Amharic, Hmong, Oromo and Spanish. When uninsured mothers needed medication, nurses at Seton would give them vouchers to use at nearby pharmacies. If mothers lacked transportation …
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Hmong fishing tournament grows into a blowout of bass and fiberglass
Feeding hamburgers and hot dogs to more than 300 people at the conclusion of last weekend’s Hmong community bass fishing contest was a no-brainer for tournament director Meng Thao. At its core, the annual gathering along the St. Croix River in Hudson, Wis.
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Asian Americans Crowdsource Open Letter to Families: ‘Black Lives Matter To Us, Too’
Currently available in English, the group is working to translate the letter into as many Asian languages as possible — including Bengali, Bahasa, Chinese, Hmong, Punjabi, Tagalog, and more — by Monday, as well as create animated, video, and audio …
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Donations of good quality books needed for giant book sale in Port Hope
The Rotary Club of Port Hope and other Rotary clubs are assisting the charity in its largest water project, with more than 120 water filters, a permanent water project bringing water about seven kilometres to a village of 148 large Hmong families with an …
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Latest From California Healthline:
(Castellanos, 7/7) In other news, a cancer coalition reaches out to a community that has distrust in invasive medical procedures — KQED: In Fresno, Cancer Screening Advocates Reach Out To Hmong Community Older members of the Hmong community, in …
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For many immigrants, shootings in the US bring back tough memories
In Minnesota, where she is based, there is a large Somali community as well as sizable populations of Hmong, Cambodians and Vietnamese. Opoti says in the wake of the shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas, she has been hearing from a lot of …
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New York Times praises St. Paul, the thrifty traveler’s dream
While noting the longtime presence of longtime honky favorite “A Prairie Home Companion,” Peterson was damn near smitten with St. Paul’s Hmong markets. Aided by a newfound chum he met at the Hmong American Partnership, he slurped a beef and tripe …
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The Dancing Prince: 10-Year-Old Aidan Xiong Went from Baby Headstands to Dancing Stardom
His mother Sheng Xiong — who used to perform and choreograph Hmong cultural dancing — first noticed Aidan’s natural dexterity when he was a toddler. “At one-and-a-half years old, he was trying to do a headstand,” she told NBC News. By age four …
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In Fresno, Cancer Screening Advocates Reach Out to Hmong Community
At a community center in southeast Fresno, dozens of Hmong seniors gather for a health fair. They tentatively approach tables with pamphlets in Hmong and English on breast cancer screenings, how to safely dispose medicine, and other health topics.
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St. Paul charter school averts possible closure
School leaders maintained the staff shake-up was needed to improve the quality of the school that serves about 1,000 students who are predominately Hmong. But after leaders learned the firings could jeopardize the school’s future, they worked to bring …
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Cultural Beliefs Leave Some California Communities Uneasy with Health Care
But what if your cultural beliefs discourage you from seeing a doctor? For the Hmong community in the Central Valley, that’s led to high rates of death from cancer. Reporter: Farida Jhabvala-Romero Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by …
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Philando Castile’s Killing: Some geographic background
Tags AsianMost are white, but there is a strong Asian presence, because this is one of the main neighborhoods into which the Hmong immigrated back in the day. Also, many apartment dwellers in the area are from countries all around the world, because the are …