Thousands attend separate Hmong New Year celebrations. But it meant the same for all
They were miles apart, but thousands of Hmong residents in Fresno celebrated the start of the Hmong New Year on Tuesday with a shared goal – to be with each other. There have been competing events in Fresno for years, but this year there’s a new group …
Hmong New Year Celebration bringing people from around the world to Fresno
People from around the world are gathering in Fresno this week for the biggest Hmong New Year celebration in the United States. More than 120,000 people will walk through the gates over the week-long Hmong Cultural New Year Celebration celebrating …
Five Things To Do Today, Tuesday, Dec. 26 | Hmong New Year, Reptiles and more!
The educational and celebratory program features several guest speakers nightly through Jan. 1. African American Historical and Cultural Museum, 1857 Fulton St., Fresno. 6-8 p.m. The pop-up cabaret stars Michael Willett, Miranda Rae Mayo and special guests …
Hmong New Year begins next week. Here’s what you need to know for both Fresno events
Hmong New Year celebrations begin next week, and this year thousands of attendees from across the country can attend events at two different Fresno locations. This year, a new group will run the events that have annually been held at the Fresno Fairgrounds …
It’s early, but newcomers already say they want a seat on the Fresno Unified school board
Her, a reserve member of the California Air National Guard who helps plan Fresno’s Hmong New Year festival, says he will focus on special education and teacher issues. “You need to be a champion for the staff instead of being political or doing things …
Former Fresno State student lost her parents to homicide, suicide
The family plans to hold two traditional Hmong burials for her parents. Each burial takes about two weeks to prepare and the service lasts for three days, Vue said. “The costs with these two funerals combined exceeds what we can provide out of pocket …
Anti-deportation ralliers decry surge of Cambodian detentions
“We are here today to say we will not be moved. We are here to stay.” Yang, a daughter of Hmong refugees, said the largest population of refugees was resettled in California, and as so, the state has a responsibility to the community to respond and …
Cartels to blame for local drug problem
The lab gave us a profile of a Hispanic make, but we’ve never had any hits of those results either.” In 2010, they ran into a grow run by a Hmong gang out of California. Not only does the county have a perfect storm, making it an ideal territory for …
Rewriting the new year
It was afternoon on the final day of the Miss Hmong California pageant, and contestant No. 4 got a tough question during the Q&A round. “A big issue in our community is that Hmong men are divorcing their wives to marry younger women in Laos or Thailand …
‘I never had any teachers that looked like me.’ Fresno Unified aims for more diversity
You have to be able to connect with them. Fresno Unified teacher Carlanda Williams 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 …
Karen seek freedom on foreign soil
They feel welcome in Minnesota, too, as other refugee groups have settled here before them. The Hmong first settled in the state, alongside California, in the 1970s and ’80s, and Somalis in the ’90s and early 2000s. The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint …
Breakthrough for Asian American Women in Two Cities
Sophia Vuelo has become the first Hmong judge in the state of Minnesota and just the third in the country. In Yuba City near Sacramento, Preet Didbal will soon be the first Sikh woman to become mayor in the United States. Didbal who is Indian American was …
Asian-American Cops Sue California Police Department Over Discrimination
In Fresno the year before, Hmong casino workers sued the establishment, saying that management compared the employees to dogs and segregated and reduced the amount of hours they were allowed to work. Ultimately, Ochi said, these lawsuits are telling of …
This week in entertainment: Talent show, Brad Paisley tickets and folklorico
Fresno State’s Hmong program and the Hmong Language Club will host a screening of the PBS documentary “The Hmong and the Secret War” at 6 p.m. Tuesday in McLane Hall, Room 161. The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Lar Yang.
A Daughter’s Tribute to Her Father and His Taste for Bordeaux
Fadiman’s prior work has established her as a talented anthropologist; her 1997 book, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” a daringly in-depth profile of a Hmong refugee family she’d met in California nearly a decade earlier, won the …
Hmong friends
After the Vietnam War sparked a mass migration, Sacramento is now home to 27,000 Hmong people, the second-highest concentration of this population in the state. To celebrate Hmong culture, the 13th Annual Sacramento Hmong New Year Festival from November 23 …
Merced police chief announces retirement
“Whether it is attending the Hmong New Year or sitting at a neighborhood meeting in someone’s living room, the chief believes in tearing down walls and opening doors between his department and the community,” Murphy said in a news release. Andrade joined …
Vietnam News- June 2011
THE DEEPLY REVERED former General Vang Pao of the Royal Army of Laos, who led thousands of Hmong guerrillas in a CIA-backed secret army during the Vietnam War, died in California at the age of 81 on Jan. 6. Despite requests to the Pentagon and the White …
