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St. Paul Hmong charter school hires back teachers, narrowly escapes closure
The Community School of Excellence, a Hmong K-8 charter school in St. Paul, had one critical job to accomplish by July 1 in order to stay open. Charter schools need an authorizer – a separate, sponsoring body – in order to operate in Minnesota.
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Working For The Weekend: Weiner Dogs, Water Skiing & Freedom
Bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy this free hour-long waterski show. Hmong Freedom Celebration This weekend is the 36th Annual Hmong Freedom Celebration! Thousands of people will head to Como Park’s McMurray Field Saturday and Sunday to take in …
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Art Hounds: Farmers, fireflies and a Shakespeare festival
Photo historian George Slade is going to see Mike Hazard’s exhibition “Seeds of Change.” Hazard has been documenting the work of the Hmong Farmers’ Association for years. Slade says Hazard has a habit of falling in love with his subject matter, and the …
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Search and recovery mission
Griffin will work 28 out of 30 days he spends in the jungle, leading an expeditionary team of 18 active military members and 50 local Hmong villagers in examining more than a quarter acre of dirt and soil to find what, at times, feels like a needle in a …
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Journey Mental Health Center to expand, move to Madison’s West Side
which offers mental health support for Hmong elders. It served 12,210 patients last year, up from 8,585 in 2012. The agency will move its Downtown Madison headquarters to the West Side in early August, when it will change its name to Journey Health …
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Cannabis valley: The sudden proliferation of marijuana grows in the California Valley worries residents
While no one’s exactly sure how this all started and who’s driving it, several people familiar with the situation say a majority of the farmers are Hmong—an ethnic group that experienced mass migration, fleeing from Laos and surrounding countries …
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Fireworks booths open for business in Lompoc
Central Ave.; First Apostolic Church — Vons, 729 North H St.; CPC Hmong Alliance Church — Walmart, 701 W. Central Ave.; and Lompoc Employees Development Association — Sears, 1009 North H St. The booths will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day …
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Notes from Karl’s Bench: “Enjoy the lilacs while you can.”
Today alone I’m sharing the park with Mexican, Jamaican, African-American, Caucasian, and Japanese gawkers, and over the years from this perch I’ve witnessed so many inspiring yoga classes, dance performances, plays, and ridiculously beautiful Hmong …
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Millennials acting as a voice for their community
The intersection, which is also the location of the main entrance for the Hmong Village shopping center, has been considered by many to be dangerous for years. The petition was created by a community-led campaign called “Racial Equity on Johnson …
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APL report highlights status of Hmong in the Badger State
The population of Hmong in Wisconsin is still growing, but more slowly than in the 1990s—and, as of 2010, most Hmong living in Wisconsin were born in the United States. While the 1990s saw a significant reduction in poverty among Hmong, they made fewer …
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District will Build on Success with English Learners
Some work has already begun to support the master plan, including hiring more Spanish and Hmong teachers; relocating bilingual principals to support new dual immersion programs; and adopting new English language arts and math curriculum — curriculum that …
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St. Paul Frogtown’s last remaining food shelf closes
St. Paul’s median household income was $50,885. The population of more than 15,000 residents is 35 percent Asian — many of them Hmong or Burmese refugees — and 30 percent black. The neighborhood is 20 percent white, with a small percentage of …
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Massachusetts farm provides immigrants, refugees with land to grow crops
Yang, a Hmong resident of Fitchburg, has been farming daily at Flats Mentor Farm in Lancaster for seven years, a skill she learned in Laos, the country from which she emigrated in 1979. Flats Mentor Farm, operated by World Farmers, provides more than 275 …
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Germania Hall to become Hmong Union Hall
MENASHA — Germania Hall has been sold to new owners whose mission is guiding souls to the afterlife. Kor Xiong and Chiaxah Vang completed their purchase of the banquet and restaurant facility at 320 Chute St. a week ago and are now working to clean …
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MPR news correspondent Doualy Xaykaothao, on the Hmong-American experience
MPR News correspondent Doualy Xaykaothao recently visited Wausau, Wisconsin to see what life is like there for Hmong immigrants and their children, decades after the Hmong fought for the U.S. in Laos and arrived as refugees in Wisconsin. It was a return …
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Aiding refugees has been our duty and privilege
The largest Christian Vietnamese church has over 4,000 members and the number of Vietnamese Christians is growing. In Minnesota I met Hmong Christian leaders. The Hmong were Animists from the hill country of Laos and close allies to the U.S. during the …
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Religion: Let love cast out fear
The largest Christian Vietnamese church has over 4,000 members and the number of Vietnamese Christians is growing. In Minnesota I met Hmong Christian leaders. The Hmong were Animists from the hill country of Laos and close allies to the U.S. during the …
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Minnesota memorial honors soldiers of ‘secret war’
Laos was neutral during the Vietnam War, but the CIA recruited Hmong soldiers to carry on a covert campaign. After the U.S. pulled out of Laos and Vietnam, tens of thousands fled and lived in refugee camps in Thailand. Many refugees eventually resettled in …