B-boys continues dance traditions
“I wish, when I was younger, somebody came up to me and helped me out.” Yang previously organized a breakdancing tournament during Hmong New Years called “Battle of the New Years” and said that events like “Battle of Fresno” are the result of …
Minneapolis team keeps immigrants informed during Super Bowl
The state also has the second-highest Hmong population, behind California. The team of community specialists in Minneapolis does outreach in immigrant communities all year, but is working with more partners and intensifying efforts in the lead-up to the …
Team keeps immigrants informed during Super Bowl
The state also has the second-highest Hmong population, behind California. The team of community specialists in Minneapolis does outreach in immigrant communities all year, but is working with more partners and intensifying efforts in the lead-up to the …
Six steps and headspins: Breakdance crews battle it out at Fresno event
Flores was doing multiple, continuous airflares in 1998, according to Slusser’s research. At the time, Fresno had a diverse scene of mostly Latino and Hmong dance crews, Slusser says. The Hmong dancers were especially fierce. If you wanted to really …
Fresno County Issues Media & Public Relations RFP
The bidder should also have experience working in languages other than English, such as Spanish, Hmong and Punjabi, and reaching hard-to-reach populations, such as homeless residents. The successful bidder will be expected to work collaboratively …
Small Farmers in Fresno Hope for Big Moringa Payoff
Kaying and her husband moved to this 40-acre plot a few years ago, after retiring from Long Beach. They wanted to be closer to their Hmong family and to the outdoors. With more space and free time, Kaying has become an entrepreneur. Across her land she has …
UCCE helps farmers increase revenue by creating value-added enterprises
The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with real-time adaptation in Hmong and Spanish. Partners include Central Valley AgPlus Food and Beverage Manufacturing Consortium, Fresno State, San Joaquin County Rural Development Center, the Agricultural …
2014 Lindhurst grad crowned Miss Hmong California
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The next battle over affirmative action is about discrimination against Asian Americans
While 70 percent of Indians and 52 percent of Chinese in California who are at least 25 years old have a degree, only 16 percent of Cambodians, 13 percent of Hmong and 10 percent of Laotians do. A Los Angeles-based civil rights group, Asian Americans …
Valley Focus: Book by Hmong-American writer selected for Big Read
The Fresno County Public Library is encouraging you to have fun at Big Read events. The Big Read is a program made possible by a grant through the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA gives grants to libraries across the country and Fresno was one of …
Roses to Selma gravesite volunteer, thorns to adults selling booze to kids
Lives – and businesses – are at stake. Thumbs up to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla for making it possible for Californians who speak Punjabi, Hmong, Syriac, Armenian, Persian and Arabic to have the option of requesting a facsimile ballot in …
California’s Secessionists Want To Take Emerald Triangle With Them
And bringing together the contentious issues of cannabis and immigration, the Siskiyou crackdown was hit by litigation claiming it was racially discriminatory in disproportionately targetting ethnic Hmong growers, who have been moving into the county in …
‘I never had any teachers that looked like me.’ Fresno Unified aims for more diversity
That means “increasing our community outreach efforts, such as recruiting at the Hmong New Year events; creating a team of diverse teachers and administrators who will represent us at recruitment events because we have been told by candidates that they …
Reclaiming member John Slade seeks party nomination to run for state office
About 2 percent identified as multi-racial, Native American, or some other racial or ethnic group. He also noted that the Hmong, a Laotian refugee group, has formed in St. Paul and is the city’s largest Asian group. In the US, only Fresno, California has …
A Minnesota health advocate’s crusade brings harmful skin lightening out of the dark
They have been found in Somali, Hmong, Mexican, Dominican, and West Indies communities from California to Minnesota to New York. Users, and even sellers of the creams, are often unaware that they are harmful or illegal. “We can’t address this issue …
Fresno County Library hosts Big Read
Reading can be fun and fabulous! The Fresno County Public Library kicked off this year’s Big Read with traditional Hmong dancing and music. The Woodward Park library event included a Hmong fashion show, art displays and special speakers who took turns reading.
UCCE works with CDFA to help Hmong farmers conserve water and reduce emissions
California farmers Fong Tchieng and Vang C. Thao have a lot in common. They both have farming operations in the Central Valley. They both belong to the state’s vibrant – and growing – Hmong farming community. And most importantly, they have both …
The California Report
Lao and Hmong veterans who fought alongside U.S. troops in the Vietnam War could soon receive the same burial benefits as American troops if proposed legislation becomes law. Hmong veterans in the Central Valley have been fighting for this a long time.
